Mediagazer: Newsstand, Reader, iCloud: 3 takeaways for the news business from today's Apple announcement (Nieman Journalism Lab)

4:15 AM ET, June 7, 2011

Top News:

Newsstand, Reader, iCloud: 3 takeaways for the news business from today's Apple announcement — Today's new-product announcement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference was, overall, a doozy. In addition to introducing the long-awaited OS X Lion and announcing a noteworthy Twitter integration …

Discussion: Macgasm, Bits, Anthony DeRosa, AllThingsD, CNET News, PadGadget, Future of Journalism, VentureBeat, New York Times, Forbes.com, ZDNet, Techdirt, Publishing Executive … and Memex 1.1, more at Techmeme »

Marco.org:

What Safari's Reading List means for Instapaper — Before today, I knew that a reading-list feature similar to Instapaper's core bookmark-saving purpose was being added to Safari in Lion, and wrote a big blog post about its potential impact on Instapaper. — I speculated that they wouldn't add …

Discussion: GigaOM, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, The Next Web, paidContent, ReadWriteWeb, MacStories, Betabeat, App Advice and VentureBeat

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Apple Flatters Instapaper. Did It Kill It? … Instapaper developer Marco Arment, via Twitter, shortly after Apple announced “Reading List”, a new iOS 5 feature that appears to closely mirror the features in Arment's popular iOS app. The silver lining, per Arment: “At least they're hitting a lot of other apps too.

Discussion: @marcoarment, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, Future of Journalism, paidContent and Betabeat, more at Techmeme »

iPhone Download Blog:
Newsstand Brings Newspapers and Magazines Directly to Your iPhone Courtesy of iOS 5

Discussion: TechCrunch, GigaOM, Macgasm, AllThingsD, Digits, MacStories, Ars Technica, Cult of Mac, TiPb, BGR, Gizmodo, FT Tech Hub and Gadget Lab, more at Techmeme »

Chris Cuomo / ABCNEWS:

Rep. Anthony Weiner: ‘The Picture Was of Me and I Sent It’ — Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in “several inappropriate” electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he has publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago.

Joe Coscarelli / Runnin' Scared:
Andrew Breitbart of Big Government Hijacks Anthony Weiner Press Conference

Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:

Live TV, YouTube, Bing coming to Xbox Live — Updated: Xbox took another big step today in its quest to become the social TV hub of your living room. Xbox Live's Marc Whitten announced a bevy of new features at E3 for Kinect-enabled systems. “We believe TV is more amazing when you're the controller …

Discussion: Microsoft, AllThingsD, Future of Journalism, Light Reading, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, Home Media Magazine, Pocket-lint and GigaOM, more at Techmeme »

Amir Efrati / Digits:

Online Ads: Where 1,240 Companies Fit In — Online advertising is a remarkably complex field. Terence Kawaja has a new way for potential investors to visualize it. — The market involves hundreds of small and large companies that help advertisers reach consumers and help website publishers …

Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
Pulling Out Weeds Online

Discussion: AdExchanger.com

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Movie & TV streams still missing from Apple's iCloud — Here's one feature you won't find in Apple's new iCloud service: video syncing. The cloud-based media storage service introduced at Apple's WWDC conference in San Francisco on Monday offers the ability to sync your personal music library …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Bits, ZDNet, Hillicon Valley and CNET News, more at Techmeme »

Jillian C. York / Global Voices:

Syria: ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ Seized — Amina Arraf has seen a quick rise to fame. Blogging pseudonymously, as Amina Abdullah, she writes about politics, the recent uprising, and being a lesbian in Syria. A dual citizen of the United States and Syria, her powerful words have shown …

Discussion: A Gay Girl in Damascus, Gawker, Guardian and The Daily What

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Why newspaper paywalls are still a bad idea — Media industry research shows that more and more newspapers are implementing paywalls, possibly inspired by the launch of a “metered” wall at the New York Times earlier this year. Frederic Filloux argues in a blog post at The Monday Note …

Discussion: Editors Weblog and Strange Attractor, Thanks:suranga_blinkx

Debbie Galant / Baristanet:

Coffee With ... David Carr — In a town full of media stars, David Carr still stands out. Media columnist for The New York Times, Carr is also a prolific Tweeter with 324,431 followers and a Klout score of 66. In 2008, he came out with a memoir about his years as an alcoholic and drug addict …

Discussion: Future of Journalism, New York Magazine, The Wire and Poynter

ABCNEWS:

Katie Couric Joins Disney/ABC for 2012 Talk Show; ABC News President Welcomes Couric to News Division — ABC News President Ben Sherwood sent the following email to ABC News staff: — I'm pleased to share important news: Anne Sweeney is announcing at this hour that Katie Couric will join …

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, The Wrap, The Huffington Post, Broadcasting & Cable, The Daily Beast, Adweek, MediaPost, Tower Ticker, Company Town, On Media's Blog, New York Magazine and New York Times

The Atlantic Wire:

When Gay Talese Met Frank Sinatra's ‘Hairpiece Lady’ — On Friday The Atlantic Wire contacted Gay Talese regarding Barbara Sinatra's interview with Andrew Goldman in The New York Times Magazine, in which she said Talese's account of an “inconspicuous little gray-haired lady” …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Online, Beck Will Impose a Fee Model — Glenn Beck is planning to charge his fans a monthly subscription for his daily talk show online starting this summer, as he makes the move from being a Fox News host to the owner of his own Internet network. — On Tuesday, Mr. Beck will announce …

Discussion: From Inside the Box

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Ali Velshi to Anchor 5 AM Show on CNN — Exclusive: CNN is planning to launch a new 5 AM program to be anchored by Ali Velshi, sources familiar with the matter tell TVNewser. — A name and launch date have not been set, but it will likely launch at the end of June or early July.

Discussion: FishbowlDC, 10,000 Words, Inside Cable News and eBookNewser

Esquire:

Bill Keller: The Esquire Exit Interview, with Scott Raab — In Bill Keller's office at the New York Times Building, June 3, the day after he announced his retirement as executive editor. — SCOTT RAAB: Ready to share your dating tips now? — BILL KELLER: I don't have dating tips.

Discussion: Gawker and The Wire

Matylda Czarnecka / Poynter:

7 reasons why journalists make good entrepreneurs — Recently, there has been an increase in journalists pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities. Some have gone in full-force and found ways to build their ideas, while others have hesitated, questioning whether their media background makes them suitable entrepreneurs.