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Aaron Sorkin / Interview Magazine:
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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The Atlantic Wire and The Wire
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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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Yahoo! News and The Atlantic Wire
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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Adweek, 10,000 Words, mediabistro.com and TVNewser
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.
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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MediaShift, Runnin' Scared, FishbowlNY, Editors Weblog, TechCrunch and Future of Journalism
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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TVNewser
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 …
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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Poynter, The Wrap, mediabistro.com, Vanity Fair, Adweek and FishbowlNY
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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The Daily Beast, FishbowlDC, CNN and Chickaboomer
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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Company Town, PopWatch, Hollywood Life and MTV Movies Blog
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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Nieman Journalism Lab
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.
eMarketer:
Case Study: Using TV Star Tweets to Engage Viewers — Fans have a new way to participate in the TV viewing experience — Television networks and shows are using social media to enhance the viewing experience, encourage tune-in and foster conversation among viewers.
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Marketing Pilgrim and WatchingTV Online
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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FishbowlDC