Mediagazer: Tina Brown, Fanfiction And Princess Diana: Nine Observations (Michelle Dean/The Awl)

2:50 AM ET, July 1, 2011

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

E.W. Scripps Co. issues Social Media Policy — Romenesko Misc. — The publisher of the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, the Knoxville News Sentinel, and other newspapers (it owns TV stations, too) tells employees that “while the use of social media enhances the company's commitment to providing …

Discussion: B2B Memes

John Cook / Gawker:

Roger Ailes' Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News — Republican media strategist Roger Ailes launched Fox News Channel in 1996, ostensibly as a “fair and balanced” counterpoint to what he regarded as the liberal establishment media. But according to a remarkable document buried deep within …

Discussion: Poynter, Mediaite, The Atlantic Wire, New York Magazine, MediaPost and On Media's Blog

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Flipboard 1.5 Integrates LinkedIn, Adds A Content Guide For Curated News Browsing — An update to social news viewing app Flipboard goes live in the app store today, with a new souped up 1.5 version that optimizes the reader experience even further. Earlier this week we had the chance …

Discussion: Poynter, SocialTimes.com, Mashable!, ReadWriteWeb, The LinkedIn Blog, ZDNet, PC Magazine, PhoneArena, Appolicious ™ App Directory, The Business Insider, VatorNews, MobileBurn.com, Time, PC World, AllThingsD and Read It Later Blog

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Flipboard wants to be the newsstand of the future

Discussion: Inside Flipboard, PR Newswire and MacStories, Thanks:mathewi

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A year after its big redesign, how Google News is thinking about the best ways to present news stories — It's been a year since Google News launched its big redesign, the first major update of the Google News interface since it launched in 2002. The revamp put a new emphasis on customized news content …

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Fox News to debut ‘The Five’ in Glenn Beck Timeslot — Fox News Channel will debut a new program called “The Five” airing in Glenn Beck's soon-to-be vacated timeslot beginning Monday, July 11 and running through the summer. — The show, a “The View"-like ensemble program …

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D.M. Levine / Adweek:

Facebook Pitches Social TV Creating program guides based on what friends watch By D.M. Levine — Facebook has a message for the television world: social TV is coming. Andy Mitchell, SVP of Strategic Partner Development at Facebook, pitched a crowd of media and branding honchos …

Discussion: Lost Remote and All Facebook, more at Techmeme »

Tim Mak / The Politico:

Mark Halperin apologizes for Obama gaffe — Mark Halperin, editor-at-large for Time, called President Obama “a dick” on Thursday on a popular MSNBC morning show and then quickly apologized. — “I thought he was a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is a senior political analyst for MSNBC …

Michelle Dean / The Awl:

Tina Brown, Fanfiction And Princess Diana: Nine Observations — 1. Before we proceed, we might all need to take a moment to acknowledge that we've reached the point in our culture where former editors of the New Yorker are writing fanfiction. Publicly, I mean; who knows what William Shawn scribbled …

Discussion: Mixed Media, Washington Post and Salon

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Tablet owners read print newspapers, magazines less often — People who use an iPad or other tablet device read printed newspapers, books and magazines less than they used to, according to a recent study by Forrester Research. — Almost one-third (32 percent) of tablet owners …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Janon Fisher / Adweek:

NY Post Fires Reporter For Leaking — Readership wasn't the only casualty of the New York Post's newsstand price hike this week. — After Adweek broke the news that the tabloid would cost an extra quarter on Monday, editor-in-chief Col Allan went on a rampage to root out our newsroom sources.

Adweek:

Information Diet: Isaiah Mustafa — What's the first information you consume in the morning? — CNN is my home page on my computer, so that's probably the first thing I take a look at. — What do you read or watch or listen to at the breakfast table? — I usually read Psychology Today because I get everything else on my iPad.

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

With News Challenge funding, The Tiziano Project will expand training and tools for community journalism — We've reached a point where debates over citizen journalism have been washed over by a torrent of online video, blogs, and other media created by people who, while they may not identify themselves …