Mediagazer: Interview: Ex-Newsweek President Edmiston Launching Seven New iPad Mags (Robert Andrews/paidContent)

8:05 AM ET, June 2, 2011

Top News:

Getting Away With Murder — CPJ's 2011 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and killers go free — Russia and Mexico, two of the world's most murderous countries for the press, are heading in different directions in combating deadly anti-press violence …

Discussion: Poynter, J-Source, Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KnightBlog, Jon Slattery, The Huffington Post and FishbowlNY

Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:

Can Bill Simmons Win the Big One? — For Bill Simmons, the walk on Laker game days from his office at ESPN to the Staples Center — or “the Silicon Center,” as he once referred to it in a column — is an excruciating 250 yards, a nauseating gantlet of purple and yellow jerseys …

Discussion: The Wire, Scocca, SportsGrid and Deadspin

Online NewsHour:

Woodruff: Calculating the Cost of an Attempt to Silence the Press — Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff writes about this week's hacking attacks on PBS websites and overcoming efforts to silence a free press. — The last time I felt something like my reaction now was when burglars broke into our home.

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Nieman Journalism Lab

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Set to Land at NBC News — Former National Public Radio head Vivian Schiller, who left her last job under a political cloud, looks to have found a new position. She's in talks to work at NBC News, where she'll oversee digital projects.

Discussion: Yahoo! News, TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable and Mediaite

Jonathan Glick / The Wire:

The News Article Is Breaking Up — Mobile technology is pulling apart the centuries-old format of the article. News and analysis are getting a divorce. — On smartphones, through which the vast majority of the world's population will get their news, people love succinct and scannable information.

Discussion: SAI and Cision

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Business Insider launches Europe site — Business Insider, the New York-based business news site, has launched a European version that will be edited by Gregory White. — White writes, “Here we'll be taking the best of what we already do covering Europe, such as breaking news on economic data …

Discussion: SAI

Jenn Webb / O'Reilly Radar:

News organizations still party like it's 1899 — Ben Huh (@benhuh), CEO of the Cheezburger, Inc., loves his Cheezburger project, but he's also ready to have a fling with news. In a recent blog post, Huh addressed the stagnant state of news presentation and consumption, which he's hoping to address with his new project Moby Dick.

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

In Lady Gaga's Album, Evidence of a New Order — A paradox of the new music industry: Albums sell less and less well every year, but as a marketing tool they are now more important than ever. — A case in point is Lady Gaga, whose new album, “Born This Way” (Interscope) …

Discussion: Heard Mentality and ArtsBeat, Thanks:steverubel

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Cable, Competition and Company Culture — Netflix has turned itself from a DVD rental company into a Web video subscription service, and consumers love it: Millions are signing up each quarter. — Investors love it, too: They've pushed the stock up in an amazing run over the last couple years.

Discussion: gigaom.com, TechCrunch, The Atlantic Wire, CNET News, The Wrap, Company Town, PC Magazine, Fast Company, VentureBeat, ZDNet, MacStories, Forbes.com and Gizmodo

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Interview: Ex-Newsweek President Edmiston Launching Seven New iPad Mags — Nomad Editions, established to devise new magazines for tablet subscriptions, has seven or eight more titles in the pipeline, says CEO Mark Edmiston, a former Newsweek president. — Since its free iOS carousel app went live …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Brenna Ehrlich / Mashable!:

MTV Launches Tumblr As Part of Digital Expansion — MTV has just added another social media tool to its roster in the form of a new Tumblr blog featuring original and reblogged content. — In an ongoing effort to expand its platform into all areas of the digital sphere …

WWD Media Headlines:

Memo Pad: Hearst Names Elle Publisher... Tiffany & Co. Gets Editorial... DONE DEAL: On the same day that the U.S. portion of the $919 million Hearst and Lagardère deal closed, Hearst Magazines wasted no time naming Esquire publisher Kevin O'Malley the new publisher of Elle.

Discussion: MediaPost

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Main Street Connect's Most Ambitious Launch Yet — Hyperlocal network Main Street Connect has rolled out 32 community-based news sites in its biggest launch to date. The areas covered by the launch covering Westchester County from the Sound Shore communities of New Rochelle and Rye …

Tim Baysinger / Broadcasting & Cable:

Beth Roberts Named COO, UCP & EVP, NBCU Cable Ent & Cable — Will oversee growth of UCP, business affairs for USA, Syfy, E!, G4, others — NBCUniversal announced on Wednesday that Beth Roberts has been named chief operating officer, Universal Cable Productions, and executive vice president …

Discussion: Company Town and Multichannel

Kashmir Hill / Forbes.com:

The Perfect Media Storm That Is ‘Weinergate’ — Unless you unplugged during Memorial Day weekend, and never managed to plug back in, you've heard of ‘Weinergate.’ Back story for those that have been in the hospital with firework injuries: a conservative blog reported over the weekend …