Mediagazer: Al-Jazeera English Looks to Build Audience Before Ads (Andrew Hampp/AdAge)

3:35 AM ET, June 14, 2011

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David CARR — THERE'S A SYSTEM AND RIGOR TO WHAT WE DO, AND YOU CAN LAUGH AT IT AS ARCHAIC AND SILLY IN THE 24-7 NEWS CYCLE, BUT I DO THINK IT HAS SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO HAVE A PRETTY BIG ORGANIZATION THAT IS A LOT OF TIMES SAYING, ‘HEY WAIT A MINUTE.’ —DAVID CARR Director Andrew Rossi's …

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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:

A New Kingdom: Gay Talese Sounds Off on The New York Times—Past, Present, and Future — The Kingdom and the Power, Gay Talese's 1969 masterwork describing the inner workings of The New York Times, opens with this description: “Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world …

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Donya Blaze / FishbowlNY:

Andrew Rossi Goes Inside The New York Times — Andrew Rossi's Page One: Inside The New York Times hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles June 17, with a special premiere tonight at Lincoln Center. In the film, Rossi trails reporters at the paper's media desk (including TVNewser founding …

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Neal Mohan / The Official Google Blog:

Helping publishers get the most from display advertising with Admeld — (Cross-posted on the DoubleClick Publisher Blog) — It's now clear that investments in new technologies, new ad formats and improved buying and selling processes are helping to grow the display advertising pie.

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Ethan / ...My heart's in Accra:

Understanding #amina — On Monday, June 6th, a post appeared on the blog “A Gay Girl in Damascus” announcing that Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, the “girl” in question, had been kidnapped, possibly by Syrian authorities. Bloggers, including my friend and colleague Jillian York …

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Andrew Hampp / AdAge:

Al-Jazeera English Looks to Build Audience Before Ads — Plans to Launch U.S. Ad Campaign With Intention to Grow Awareness and Respect Outside Its Home Market — Al-Jazeera English may be one of the only fast-growing networks that doesn't want to tell potential sponsors its growth story.

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New York Times:

Movie Studios Reassess Comic-Con — LOS ANGELES — In summers past, Warner Brothers used Comic-Con International, the premiere convention for comic book, science fiction and fantasy fans, as a marketing platform for movies like “Sherlock Holmes,” “300” and “Sucker Punch.”

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The Atlantic Wire:

Howard Kurtz, Media Critic vs. Howard Kurtz, Bureau Chief — Howard Kurtz should get over himself. For 20 years, Kurtz earned his bread tsk-tsking the excesses of the mainstream media for The Washington Post. His standard biography kept him at arm's length from the newsroom.

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New York Post:

AMI is on the block — National Enquirer owner American Media Inc. has been shopping itself in recent months and has managed to attract at least one potential buyer, The Post has learned. — Sources said private-equity giant Apollo Management had stalked AMI, which also owns Star …

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Robert Marich / Variety:

Media upstarts dissed on the street — Analysts offer strategies for maximizing digital assets — Netflix, a relative newcomer to the media club, took in $2.2 billion last year — a puny sum compared with the $26.9 billion in revenues of media behemoth Time Warner.

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

What Not to Do When Being Profiled by the Media — Philippe Reines (pictured, at left) is Hillary Clinton's longtime adviser/ flack/ purse-toter. He's an inveterate gossip-spreader, self-promoter, and berater of reporters on behalf of his boss. And he loves to be recognized for his work!

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

AOL Raids Conde Nast For New Moviefone Editor — AOL has a new editor for movie ticket portal Moviefone: Vanity Fair web boss Michael Hogan. — Hogan will take the spot last occupied by Patricia Chui, who was fired by AOL in April. — Hogan, who starts his new job June 26 …

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Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:

Has the Internet “hamsterized” journalism? — Hey there newspaper reporter—has your broadband-powered job got you filing not only conventional stories, but blogging, video blogging, Facebooking, podcasting, picture posting, and Tweeting? If so, you'll be happy to know that the Federal …

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Matt Thompson / Poynter:

4 ways content management systems are evolving & why it matters to journalists — One byproduct of the digital media revolution is that most journalists today are techies, to a point. It's increasingly rare to encounter reporters who don't covet the latest hyper-powered smartphone.

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