Mediagazer: Is the app economy killing online publishers? (Yaron Galai/GigaOM)

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 …

Discussion: Search Engine Land, eMedia Vitals, CyberJournalist.net, TeleRead, CNET News, VentureBeat and Future of Journalism

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.

New York Times:

Netflix Secures Streaming Deal With DreamWorks — LOS ANGELES — DreamWorks Animation, the company behind successful movie franchises like “Madagascar” and “Shrek,” said it had completed a deal to pump its films and television specials through Netflix, replacing a less lucrative pact with HBO.

Discussion: Forbes, The Wrap and Medacity, more at Techmeme »

Yaron Galai / GigaOM:

Is the app economy killing online publishers? — A few months ago I tweeted this: “If I were a publisher I would either: a) pull my app from the App Store or b) invest all available cash in Apple stock.” The latter piece of advice was probably pretty solid, if not very practical …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

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: ZDNet, Future of Journalism, App Advice, Medacity, Engadget, VentureBeat, GigaOM, AppleInsider, Electronista, 9to5Mac 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.

Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:

What Exactly Am I Doing Here At Uncrunched? — William Shatner once asked me what exactly I was doing at TechCrunch, the blog I started in June 2005. Let's put aside the fact that I was testing out a new service that got celebrity autographs and a video in exchange for cash.

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Howard Owens:

You should only work this hard if you own the business — The list of duties for Patch editors in this Romenesko post is pretty much the job description for every local news site owner I know, at least the ones making a living at it. — When I've written about the number of hours I put …

Discussion: Poynter

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: Future of Journalism and Gannett Blog

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 …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

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 …

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: