Mediagazer: 2011 Online Journalism Award winners announced (Sconnolly/Online News Association)

David Smydra / Google News Blog:

Recognizing publishers' standout content in Google News — Every day, news organizations and journalists around the world dedicate significant time and resources toward some of the most critical types of coverage: exceptional original reporting, deep investigative work, scoops and exclusives …

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Google News Releases Standout, A Way To Flag Your Best Work — BOSTON — Google News unveiled a major new feature at the Online News Association Conference on Saturday, which will allow publishers to mark their top content as well as give credit to others who have a major scoop.

Jordan Golson / MacRumors:

Comcast Working on iPad TV Streaming Service Called AnyPlay — Comcast, the United States' largest cable and internet provider, is working on a television streaming solution for iPads, to compete with Cablevision and Time Warner. The streaming product was announced earlier this year, but details haven't been released until now.

Discussion: App Advice, Medacity, VentureBeat, GigaOM, AppleInsider, Electronista, 9to5Mac, Engadget and Business Insider

Sconnolly / Online News Association:

2011 Online Journalism Award winners announced — BOSTON — BBC News, Flipboard, the Los Angeles Times, Zeit Online and the Washington Post were among the news and technology organizations that took top honors tonight at the 2011 Online Journalism Awards Banquet.

Media & Entertainment:

Magazine execs psyched over color Kindle — Matthew Flamm - Nobody knows how big it will be, what it will look like or how much it will cost. But the mere rumors that Amazon.com will bring out a color tablet this fall have gotten magazine publishers more excited than they've been since …

Washington Post:

Post Web site loads too slowly — Porn sites download faster than The Post's Web site. Really. — I could say that I know that firsthand, but that would be embarrassing. And besides, I don't have to. — I'll let Jack, a longtime reader of The Post online, speak to this via his recent e-mail to me:

Habib Kairouz / GigaOM:

Buckle up: Traditional TV is in for a heck of a ride — The first wave of commercialization on the Internet had a tremendous impact on our lives and has disrupted most — if not all — industry value chains. The print industry was in the eye of the storm, with decline in readers …

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

‘A BRIDGE TOO FAR’: AOL Requires Patch Editors To Drum Up Ad Sales Leads — Yesterday, we reported that, as the year ends, AOL plans to use some clever accounting to make it look like 10 or so Patches are finally profitable. — But that's not all AOL is doing to juice Patch revenue numbers!

Discussion: Gannett Blog and Future of Journalism

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-TechCrunch Star Paul Carr Is Starting A New Company Backed By... Michael Arrington's CrunchFund! — Last week, TechCrunch columnist and author Paul Carr quit TechCrunch in spectacular fashion, accusing AOL management of royally screwing up everything and knifing founder Mike Arrington.

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Discussion: TeleRead, Business Insider, Future of Journalism and AllThingsD

Tim Ebner / American Journalism Review:

Steering Clear of Misinformation — An ONA session helps journalists avoid online hoaxes. — The speed at which breaking news moves online can result in embarrassing mistakes for journalists. Case in point: the spread of the inaccurate rumor that Piers Morgan had been suspended by CNN inspired by a fake tweet in late July.

Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:

Journalist Is Detained in China for Article on Sex Slaves — BEIJING — For a nation not yet inured to lurid and senseless crime, a report that a former civil servant in central China kept six women enslaved in an underground bunker — and that he killed two of them — was shocking enough.

Discussion: Daily Mail, Xinhua News Agency, Agence France Presse and Gawker

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Vacancies Open Up For The Lead Roles At Bloomberg.com And Time.com — Big changes atop digital at two major news sites today: Kevin Krim, the head of Bloomberg.com, is leaving the company, while Jim Frederick, who oversaw operations at Time.com as the site's managing editor, is the new editor of Time (NYSE: TWX) International.

Discussion: Business Insider and Talking Biz News

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

CNN Managing Editor Mark Whitaker: We are Reaping the Benefits of Global Expansion — CNN's sizable investment in international coverage has paid off with increased television ratings and digital consumption, says Mark Whitaker, EVP and Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide, in this interview with Beet.TV