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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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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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Future of Journalism, Yahoo! News and The Atlantic Wire
Donya Blaze / FishbowlNY:
Andrew Rossi Goes Inside The New York Times
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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.
Nitasha Tiku / Betabeat:
Now That Hearst Has Partnered With Buddy Media, You're Going to Have to Learn What a ‘Sapplet’ Is — “The days of, ‘Do we publish on Facebook? Do we tweet?’ are over,” Buddy Media CEO Michael Lazerow told Betabeat. “Either you do it, or you're crushed. Do it or go out of business.”
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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 …
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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PopWatch, MTV Movies Blog, Company Town and Hollywood Life
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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http://www.Stinkyjournalism …, CNN, FishbowlDC and The Daily Beast
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.
Dan Rowinski / ReadWriteWeb:
Jason Calacanis: “Blogging Is Dead” & Why “Stupid People Shouldn't Write” — “Blogging is largely dead.” — “There are a lot of stupid people out there ... and stupid people shouldn't write.” — “There needs to be a better system for tuning down the stupid people and tuning up the smart people.”
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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 …
Haaretz:
Let journalists do their work — Trying a journalist for fulfilling his professional mission would constitute a stain on Israeli democracy and do critical harm to freedom of expression. — The State Prosecutor's Office is due by Thursday to issue its decision on the subject …
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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