Mediagazer: CNN's Morgan Tries to Fend Off Scrutiny (Wall Street Journal)

CNN's Morgan Tries to Fend Off Scrutiny — CNN said it is standing by television host Piers Morgan amid growing media scrutiny over his past as a tabloid editor in Britain, where a widening scandal over reporting tactics has led to a re-examination of the tabloid-newspaper industry.

Discussion: TVNewser, Mediaite, The Wire, On Media's Blog, Guy Fawkes' blog, The Huffington Post, National Review and Inside Cable News

Frank Rich / New York Magazine:

Murdoch Hacked Us Too — The News Corp. scandal already exposed just how thoroughly the company had corrupted Britain. Now it's time to look on this side of the pond. — When I was offered a job as a film critic for the New York Post in 1975, it had just been labeled “a terrible newspaper” …

Discussion: New York Magazine, MediaFile, Company Town, Media Myth Alert and New York Magazine

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Rupert's Worst Nightmare Come True? — Here's Rupert Murdoch's worst nightmare: Nick Davies, the tenacious investigative reporter for the Guardian who has broken much of the Hackinggate story, comes to the U.S. in search of News Corp. crimes and coverup. — Well, it's come true.

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Gauging Impact of a Scandal — How worried is The Wall Street Journal that it could be tainted by the scandal roiling Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers? — Worried enough that it is asking its readers point-blank: What impact, if any, do the illegal acts by News of the World journalists …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Adweek and On Media's Blog

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

For New Yorker on iPad, Words Are the Thing — When magazine publishers began pouring their resources and hopes into the iPad, their thinking was that readers wanted something substantially more than just words on a screen. A simple PDF of a page just would not do. The app had to dazzle the senses.

Discussion: paidContent, FishbowlNY, TeleRead, PC Magazine, Electronista, MacStories and eMedia Vitals

Discussion: Poynter

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Newsbeat, Chartbeat's news-focused analytics tool, places its bets on the entrepreneurial side of news orgs — Late last week, Chartbeat released a new product: Newsbeat, a tool that takes the real-time analytics it already offers and tailors them even more directly to the needs of news orgs.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Al Jazeera English Breaks Into NYC Market — NEW YORK — Six months after New York City news junkies flocked to Al Jazeera English's website for up-to-the-second coverage of the Egyptian uprising, they'll now have a chance to watch the 24-hour news network on its original platform: television.

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, The New York Observer, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, National Review, Gothamist and Future of Journalism

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Reuters to change how it handles retractions after killing David Cay Johnston's News Corp. column — Reuters is planning to change how it deals with retractions on its website after killing a column written by David Cay Johnston which incorrectly stated that News Corp. had received billions in tax refunds.

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Inside Sports Illustrated: Building a Magazine for the Digital Age — Among magazines, Sports Illustrated has emerged as a leader in the digital age. — In addition to its print edition, the title has produced a tablet edition for the iPad every week since it debuted last June …

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Elizabeth Jensen / Media Decoder:

PBS Plans a British Outlet — PBS, known as the American television outlet for many British programs produced by the BBC and others, is looking to turn the tables by starting a digital channel in Britain. — The channel, which would be distributed via cable and satellite …

Discussion: TVWeek.com and Adweek

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

CNN's iReport at Five Years: “Core of How We Tell Big, Breaking Stories” — On Tuesday (August 2), hundreds of citizen reporters around the world will attend Meetups organized by CNN to mark the fifth year anniversary of its iReport. — CNN iReport has over 800,000 registered contributors …

Discussion: Poynter

David Kaplan / paidContent:

AOL HuffPo Hires Christina Norman To Lead Video, Black Voices — AOL (NYSE: AOL) is following last week's stunning ouster of ad chief Jeff Levick with something that has become as routine as personnel shakeups—site launches and a big-name editorial hire. But this batch goes to the core …

Discussion: Adweek, mediabistro.com, The Corsair and NetNewsCheck Latest

INMA:

Redesign focuses on interaction, relationship with readers — Jornal de Londrina reinvents itself, becoming the first free newspaper in Brazil with direct distribution and increasing its Web site views and reader engagement. — Jornal de Londrina (JL) repositioned itself in the market in 2006 with a model unique in Brazil.

Jon Slattery:

Guardian: ‘Journalistic success but losses up’ — Guardian News & Media, publisher of the Guardian and the Observer, has had another challenging year financially with a sharp fall in recruitment advertising and has reported an operating loss of £38.3 million, compared to £37.8 million in 2010, for the year to April 3.

Discussion: paidContent:UK, Guardian and Press Gazette