Mediagazer: Rules of the game change as sports journalists compete against teams they cover (Jason Fry/Poynter)

2:45 AM ET, September 16, 2011

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Jason Fry / Poynter:

Rules of the game change as sports journalists compete against teams they cover — In September of 2009, when I started writing a weekly column about digital sportswriting for Indiana University's National Sports Journalism Center, I figured one of my major themes would be the fraught relationship between …

Discussion: Washington Post

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

It's Called Google Propeller and It's Aimed at Flipboard (and Facebook Too, Natch) — Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. — Earlier today, well-known digerati dude Robert Scoble posted on his social feed on Google+ that the search giant was working on a social and news reader.

Discussion: Robert Scoble, VentureBeat, Electronista, Mashable!, CyberJournalist.net and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Facebook sends news sites more traffic than Twitter, revised study shows — Survey results that initially showed Twitter driving more traffic to news sites than Facebook were incorrect, the company behind the study says. — Outbrain issued revised results last week that show Facebook actually drives …

Neal Mohan / The Official Google Blog:

New tools to help publishers maximize their revenue — What do a celebrity blog, a video interview on a newspaper site and a cable channel's smartphone app have in common? They're all supported by advertising...and they're all examples of how the lines between media formats are blurring.

Discussion: AdExchanger.com, WebProNews, paidContent:UK and Adweek

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Nick Davies, Ana Marie Cox join Guardian's new U.S. operation — Nick Davies, the reporter who's blown the lid off some of the biggest scoops of the U.K. phone-hacking scandal for the British newspaper, will join the American operation next spring. I first reported last month that he was considering making the move.

Discussion: The Wrap, FishbowlDC, Future of Journalism and Guardian

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

Barry Diller Skewers AOL For Firing Michael Arrington From TechCrunch — Earlier today at The Paley Center for Media's International Council, IAC Chairman and Senior Executive Barry Diller took the stage for a keynote conversation with Jason Hirschhorn, CEO of reDEF Group.

Discussion: VatorNews, MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Real Dan Lyons Web Site, Business Insider, Adweek and The New York Observer

David Lieberman / Deadline.com:

Netflix Exec Says Company And Consumers Becoming More TV-Centric — Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos says the company ran into trouble today with its forecasts for streaming video and DVD rental subscriptions because it's still adjusting to the decision in July to turn them into separate products.

Cotton Delo / AdAge:

Gap Sponsors New Partnership Between GetGlue, Entertainment Weekly — GetGlue Users Who Check in to EW-Recommended TV Series Can Claim a 40% Discount at Retailer — Social-networking site GetGlue is adding a new dimension to its existing partnership with Entertainment Weekly …

Discussion: Adweek, Thanks:dorothy_jean

Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:

Megan McCarthy Named Observer News Editor — Megan McCarthy has been named news editor of The New York Observer, editor Elizabeth Spiers announced today. — “Megan has a great eye for a story and I look forward to seeing her talents contribute to making an Observer that's faster and more agile,” Ms. Spiers said.

Discussion: Poynter, @jason, Yahoo! News, FishbowlNY, @megan, @megan, @mathewi, @kevinmarks, Felix, @espiers and Gawker

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Freedom of the press applies to everyone — yes, even bloggers — If there's one thing that events such as the recent riots in Britain and protests in California have shown, it's that mobile devices and social tools like Twitter and YouTube have effectively made everyone into a journalist …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Thanks:mathewi

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Inside the Globe Lab: Building the tools to make the Boston Globe's two-site strategy work — Why exactly does The Boston Globe need a lab? I ask not out of Lab sensitivity (in that “we had one before labs were cool” way), but in the practical sense. Most newspapers aren't known for spending …

Discussion: beta.boston.com and Future of Journalism

Amy Wicks / WWD:

Changes Coming to Condé Nast — MASTHEAD UPHEAVAL: Publishing changes are on the horizon at Condé Nast, and all eyes are on Brides. Rumors have been circling the title for a while but sources insist Carolyn Kremins, vice president and publisher, is expected to move …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

News.me finally gets its wings — but can it fly? — As the flow of information from social networks and other digital sources like Twitter continues to increase, the need to have that river of data filtered and “curated” also increases. That has produced a growing crop of curation …

Discussion: News.me and THINK / Musings