Mediagazer: Journalists and Statistics: Paying Attention to the Data of a New Media World (Lewis DVorkin/The Copy Box)

Hulu's Owners Weigh Cons of a Possible Sale of the Site — Online-video pioneer Hulu LLC has been a headache for its Hollywood owners at times. But now the owners who control Hulu's fate are asking themselves whether the website might be an even bigger nuisance to them in someone else's hands.

Discussion: Adweek, Digital Trends, CNET News, ZDNet and Electronista

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Politico Enters E-Book Venture With Random House — Politico, an accelerant to the news cycle like wind is to brushfire, is taking on the one realm of political news that it has not yet sped up: book publishing. — The all-things-politics Web site is teaming up with Random House …

Discussion: Adweek, GalleyCat, Yahoo! News, paidContent and Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd: 'The media is flat; we're all sort of equal' — NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd used to be anti-Twitter. He saw it as a site where people posted uninteresting tidbits about their daily lives, and he didn't think it had any news value.

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Wall Street Journal:

Meredith Expands Its Menu — Meredith is adding two food magazines as it expands into a category the company says is ripe for targeting cost-conscious consumers. — LIVE NOW — Markets Hub: Markets react ahead of a critical vote in Greece on an austerity program. Plus, big banks fret over capital requirements.

Discussion: rbr.com, MediaPost, TechCrunch and eMedia Vitals

David Carr / New York Times:

A Newsroom That Doesn't Need News — This is when TMZ punches in and goes to work making a television show that is beamed out five nights a week to the rest of us, mining our culture's need to know every single little thing about celebrities. — Syndicated by Fox Broadcasting for the past three years …

Discussion: The Wire and LA Observed

Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:

Supreme Court to weigh FCC's indecency policy — The Supreme Court said Monday it will review a lower court ruling that struck down the Federal Communications Commission's ability to regulate broadcast airwaves for indecency. — The court granted the government's petition for a writ …

Discussion: Adweek, rbr.com, TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable, The Atlantic Wire, CNET News, Company Town and Bloomberg, Thanks:gnagesh

Brad McCarty / The Next Web:

Twitter finds its media home with Twitter for Newsrooms — Twitter has been seen, by the savvy media, as a great source for relaying and finding information. But now, Twitter itself has given us even better guidance for using the service and its features in order to help more stories reach more people.

Discussion: 10,000 Words, Poynter and @twittermedia

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Can Time Out's Tony Elliott Weather the Storm? — Tony Elliott, founder and chairman of the Time Out empire, is not a man used to begging. But in 2008, his company, which had already been battered by the digital revolution, was in dire straits thanks to the recession.

Discussion: The Wire

Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:

Hearst's Umbrella Ad Campaign — On Monday, Hearst Magazines is to begin an elaborate advertising campaign, aimed at advertisers and readers, to burnish its brand image rather than promote individual magazines like Esquire or Good Housekeeping. The campaign, with the “Unbound” theme …

Discussion: rbr.com, FishbowlNY and Adweek

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Marimow quits Philly Inquirer for ASU Cronkite School post — Romenesko Misc. — Bill Marimow was removed as Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor last October because, according to the new owners, he didn't have the background in digital media necessary to lead the paper going forward.

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

The Right's Blogger Provocateur — MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Breitbart wasn't supposed to be sitting here in a television studio makeup chair. But when he heard that Anthony Weiner was about to announce his resignation, he dropped everything. — Mr. Breitbart, the conservative author …

Discussion: The Wire and Poynter

Lewis DVorkin / The Copy Box:

Journalists and Statistics: Paying Attention to the Data of a New Media World — I'm pretty obsessed with watching our traffic on Forbes.com. My preferred data enabler of the moment is my Android cell phone (somewhat sadly, I also have an iPhone, an iPad and a new Galaxy Tab for backup …

Discussion: GigaOM, eMedia Vitals and Bloggasm

Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:

Take that Netflix, HBO Go app sees big growth — If you don't believe cord cutting exists and that there isn't any competition between Netflix and cable programmers, then you needn't read on. — If on the other hand, you at least see the potential for Netflix to some day snatch customers away …

Discussion: Betabeat, Lost Remote, TVWeek.com, SocialTimes.com, NetNewsCheck Latest, Fast Company and Electronista, more at Techmeme »

Suw / Strange Attractor:

The Guardian: Burning platform is burning — After The Guardian and The Observer announced its ‘digital-first’ strategy the other week, which I, like Kevin, see as a burning platform admission, Alan Rusbridger went on Radio 4′s Media Show (MP3) to talk about the situation.

Discussion: Guardian and Strange Attractor

Emily Witt / The New York Observer:

The Guardian in America Is Going to Be British This Time — Julian Assange's favorite read. Or is it “favourite”? — We reported last week on the American expansion of the bikini-loving online wing of British newspaper The Daily Mail. The Guardian is also expanding its online presence here …