Mediagazer: Next Stop for Hulu: Sale? (Shira Ovide/Deal Journal)

5:55 PM ET, June 21, 2011

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone — Not too long ago, theorists fretted that the Internet was a place where anonymity thrived. — Now, it seems, it is the place where anonymity dies. — A commuter in the New York area who verbally tangled with a conductor last Tuesday …

Discussion: Gawker, Gannett Blog, Tech Daily Dose and The Rumpus.net

Jim / Gannett Blog:

Bulletin: Gannett announces 700 newspaper layoffs — U.S. newspapers division President Bob Dickey distributed the following memo today: — CONFIDENTIAL CONTAINS PROPRIETARY BUSINESS INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION — June 21, 2011 — To: All US Community Publishing employees

Discussion: paidContent, Poynter, MediaPost, Adweek and Future of Journalism

Matthew Campbell / Bloomberg:

AOL Considering Paid Content, International Acquisitions in Company Revamp — AOL Inc. (AOL) may introduce premium versions of its online content and make international acquisitions as Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong works to turn around the struggling Internet pioneer.

Discussion: Mixed Media, Adweek, FishbowlNY, Online Video News, Future of Journalism and Noted

David Kravets / Threat Level:

Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article Is Fair Use — A federal judge ruled Monday that publishing an entire article without the rights holder's authorization was a fair use of the work, in yet another blow to newspaper copyright troll Righthaven.

Discussion: paidContent, FishbowlNY, Poynter, Future of Journalism, Electronic Frontier Foundation, WebProNews, PlagiarismToday, Techdirt, The Consumerist and http://www.Stinkyjournalism …

Jay Yarow / The Wire:

Hulu Received A Buyout Offer, And Is Now Considering Selling Itself — Breaking: Hulu is considering selling itself after being approached with a buyout offer, according to tweets from CNBC and WSJ reporters. — More to come ... Don't Miss: Hulu On Track To Generate $500 Million In Revenue This Year

Discussion: SAI, @bristei, The Business Insider and AllThingsD, more at Techmeme »

Shira Ovide / Deal Journal:

Next Stop for Hulu: Sale? — Our Deal Journal colleagues Jessica Vascellaro and Preeta Das weighed in with an intriguing scoop about a possible next step for Hulu, the online-video venture for TV shows and movies. — Hulu is mulling whether to sell itself after it was approached with an offer …

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Can OnSwipe convince media to go web instead of app? — OnSwipe, the New York-based startup that we wrote about awhile back, is launching the full version of its mobile web-publishing service today: a platform that allows websites and media companies to create tablet-friendly views …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals, PC Magazine and TechCrunch, Thanks:mirkolorenz

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

6 reasons to consider Onswipe for tablet-friendly websites — A new product launching today, Onswipe, helps news publishers easily set up a tablet-friendly version of their websites for iPad users and will help sell premium ads on those sites. — You may have come across the Onswipe interface already …

Discussion: The Next Web and Betabeat

Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A discovery engine for narrative nonfiction: Byliner.com launches with high hopes and a sleek site — It's a nonfiction nerd's fantasy: a database of nearly 30,000 feature stories, meticulously organized, sleekly presented, and fully searchable — by author, by publication, by topic.

Discussion: Poynter, The Atlantic Wire, Mashable! and The Wire

Mat Honan / Gizmodo:

I Call This Blackmail — Aol employee Mike Arrington is angry! The TechCrunch founder and co-editor fired off a histrionic screed yesterday directed at Caterina Fake, founder of Flickr and Hunch, with an explicit threat aimed at anyone who doesn't kowtow to him.

Discussion: Bloggasm, Quora and SAI, more at Techmeme »

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why We Often Blindside Companies

Discussion: Digital Media, Caterina.net, AllThingsD, SAI, @marshallk, @alexbraunstein, @tcarmody, ReadWriteWeb, Betabeat, @tcarmody, @dangillmor, Future of Journalism, @sarahcuda, @furrier, @gnat, @megan and cdixon.org

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Economist group results defy downturn — Almost all British-based newspaper and magazine publishers are contemplating losses or declining profits. But the Economist group, as it does on a regular basis, is telling a very different story today. — According to its results …

Discussion: Folio, Adweek and Press Gazette

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Barnes & Noble: E-books Now Outsell Print Books 3 To 1 On BN.com — As Barnes & Noble's board reviews a bid from Liberty Media to acquire the company, it still has to focus on the here-and-now of running a business with physical and digital components. On the digital side, the news is good.

Discussion: Barnes & Noble, Inc., Bloomberg and ReadWriteWeb, more at Techmeme »

Adweek:

First Mover: Vivian Schiller — Adweek: What's your favorite NBC News program? — Vivian Schiller: You're not really going to ask me that question are you? I know better than to pick one. — So how do you represent a giant brand like NBC News, which is a bunch of shows, across different digital platforms?

Discussion: On Media's Blog

Tanzina Vega / New York Times:

Bloomberg TV Pushes for a Wider Audience — Bloomberg has begun a major marketing effort for its television operation in a bid to persuade business executives to see the company as more than just a maker of the terminals that are popular on trading floors. — “We want to be the most …

Discussion: Company Town, The Wire, Inside Cable News and Adweek

Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:

The rise of the journalist as publisher — The rise of the journalist as publisher — Journalists can be their own publishers — able to produce, distribute, market and monetize their own content. It's not a new concept, but it continues to gain traction on new platforms like the iPad.

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Meet Engine28, an arts-focused pop-up newsroom — It has the makings of an MTV show: Forty journalists...picked to work in a house...and have their lives taped. But The Real World this is not. — Engine28 is another kind of reality show: a pop-up newsroom.

Discussion: LA Observed and Editors Weblog

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

The Washington Post is making money the new-fashioned way, by playing roulette — In the newspaper business, every year brings fresh buzzwords. Jockeying for the lead so far in 2011 are “new revenue streams” and its corollary “many small bets.” But what does that mean, in practice, for a given paper?