Mediagazer: Journalism, of a Sort, is Alive and Well in Financial Services (Tom Groenfeldt/Forbes.com)

2:56 AM ET, June 17, 2011

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Michael Kinsley / New York Times:

A Hyperactive Fly on a Newsroom Wall — “Page One: Inside The New York Times” is a documentary about this newspaper and the people who put it out. All of these people know far more than I do about The Times and are better positioned to judge the movie. But what might strike nonjournalists …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and FishbowlNY

Philip Bump / Mediaite:

Where Does Local News Fit If National And Social Media Take Up All Your Time? — Most cities don't have politicians who send pictures of their genitalia to porn stars. Very few do; at last count, the number totaled one. — Most cities don't have a President who gets into debates on policy …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Nieman Journalism Lab

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Who clicks more on local news, New York or Omaha? Surprising data from the FCC on local online news — While one can argue with some of the interpretations, Matthew Hindman's new study on how local online news is consumed gives us interesting data on reader behavior.

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Soo Youn / The Daily:

Dave planning new show - for a paid subscription service — Dave Chappelle is back, bitches! — The beloved comic is planning a new TV show with a paid subscription service like Netflix, Sony's Crackle, or Hulu, which are now competing in the original programming game, a plugged-in source told Flash.

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Guardian:

Guardian News & Media to be a digital-first organisation — Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of the Guardian, has revealed plans to become a digital-first organisation, placing open journalism on the web at the heart of its strategy. — Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of GNM …

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Guardian staffs up planned U.S. website as ‘major’ digital ‘transformation’ begins

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Mike Allen / The Politico:

Norah O'Donnell moves to CBS — Norah O'Donnell, one of NBC's best-known Washington bureau reporters, is moving to CBS News to be chief White House correspondent, CBS announced. — It's a stunning shakeup for both the front row of the White House briefing room and for Washington's intensely competitive network news bureaus.

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Nat Ives / AdAge:

Meredith Shutters DIY Darling ReadyMade Magazine, Eliminates 75 Jobs Companywide — Acquired the Brand in 2006 in Bid for Younger Readers — Meredith is closing the hip, DIY darling ReadyMade magazine and eliminating 75 positions from the company as a whole, incurring a $10 million …

Discussion: Folio, Adweek, Yahoo! News, paidContent, MinOnline, MediaPost and FishbowlNY

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

CBS Interactive Picks Marc DeBevoise to Oversee Entertainment Sites … NEW YORK - CBS Corp.'s CBS Interactive unit has named Marc DeBevoise, who most recently worked at premium TV firm Starz where he oversaw digital strategy, distribution and content, to run its entertainment Web sites.

Jonathan Van Meter / Vogue.com:

Bold Type: Tina Brown — At home in New York with daughter Isabel — There is something deeply old-fashioned about the so-called power-breakfast scene at the Regency Hotel, at Sixty-first Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan. Indeed, it is the very place where the phrase was coined in the mid-seventies …

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David Kaplan / paidContent:

Armstrong @ AOL Analyst Day: Critics Of HuffPo Deal Just Don't Understand — A month after AOL (NYSE: AOL) posted its first growth in display revenue after a more than three-year drought, the company is hosting an “analyst day” in New York's fashionable Soho district to further explain its strategy to Wall St. and the press.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Glynnis MacNicol / The Wire:

Arianna Taps Actress Rita Wilson To Head New ‘Boomer’ Vertical Huff/Post 40 — Arianna has not lost her knack for splashy name-dropping. — The AOL Huffington Post Media Group announced today they have tapped actress (and wife of Tom Hanks) Rita Wilson to be editor-at-large of a new Boomer vertical Huff/Post 40.

Discussion: Media & Entertainment

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Rebecca Black Pulls Infamous ‘Friday’ Video From YouTube — It's Thursday, Thursday, and Rebecca Black's memetastic “Friday” video is no longer available on YouTube, due to a copyright claim filed by Rebecca Black apparently. It's not clear what exactly happened to the video …

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