Mediagazer: To occupy Wall Street, occupy the internet first (Ben Berkowitz/Reuters)

8:35 AM ET, October 6, 2011

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Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD:

The Steve Jobs I Knew — That Steve Jobs was a genius, a giant influence on multiple industries and billions of lives, has been written many times since he retired as Apple's CEO in August. He was a historical figure on the scale of a Thomas Edison or a Henry Ford, and set the mold …

John Markoff / New York Times:

Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56 — Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday.

Tom Krazit / paidContent:

Apple Co-Founder And Chairman Steve Jobs Has Died — Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs has died, the company said late Wednesday. He was 56. — Jobs stepped down from his longtime role as Apple CEO in August, after years of suffering from complications related to pancreatic cancer.

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

How Steve Jobs changed (but didn't save) journalism — Editor's note: With news of Steve Jobs' passing on Oct. 5, we thought it was appropriate to republish this story, written when he resigned as CEO of Apple, about his impact on journalism. — Steve Jobs resigned Wednesday as CEO of Apple Inc. …

Discussion: Forbes, Charles Apple, The Next Web, Naked Security, TVNewser, Telegraph and TeleRead, more at Techmeme »

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

‘Time’, ‘Businessweek’ Plan Special Steve Jobs Coverage — The media has gone into full swing to cover Steve Jobs' death, with Time and Bloomberg Businessweek among those preparing special coverage. — Time's regular weekly issue, which goes on stands Friday, will devote its whole feature well …

Andy Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Jobs' Biography Sales Jump 42,000 Percent Upon Death

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Drew Grant / The New York Observer:

Jesse LaGreca: The Smartest Man on Wall Street? — Jesse LaGreca (Photo via the Daily Kos) — When Fox News turned their cameras on the 31-year-old Daily Kos writer Jesse LaGreca last Wednesday, they didn't know what they were in for. Not only did Fox producer Griff Jenkins get schooled …

Discussion: The New Yorker Blog, Mediaite, Capital New York, Media Matters for America, Betabeat, The Atlantic Online, GalleyCat, The Atlantic Wire and Chicago Business

MyFox New York:

Occupy Wall Street Arrests; Fox 5 Crew and Protesters Hit by Mace, Batons — Protest broadens scope — MYFOXNY.COM - The protests on Wall Street continue to grow. The rallies and their participants are showing no signs of slowing down. Wednesday evening, crowds surged past barriers …

Discussion: New York Times, The New York Observer, Viewfinder BLUES, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Hit & Run, Gawker and New York Magazine

Ben Berkowitz / Reuters:
To occupy Wall Street, occupy the internet first

Discussion: GigaOM, MediaPost, Change of Subject and Felix

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
WSJ has nothing to say about Occupied Wall Street Journal

Discussion: Breaking Copy, The Huffington Post and J-School

Katherine Travers / Editors Weblog:
Citizen journalism thrives in Occupy Wall Street coverage

Discussion: The News About The News

Jay Rosen / Quote and Comment:
A CNN Business reporter, Alison Kosik, summarizes what she thinks …

Discussion: Business Insider, Media Decoder, The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post, Business Insider and New York Magazine

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Not So Much on a Microsoft Bid for Yahoo (They're Crazy, But Not That Crazy) — Is this investment-banker-hype week and nobody told me? — It certainly seems so from all the almost ridonkulous rumors about everyone and their mother being “imminently poised” to make a bid for Yahoo.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Marketing Pilgrim, BGR, Business Insider, The Next Web, New York Post and Tech Trader Daily

Reuters:

Exclusive: Microsoft considers bidding for Yahoo — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.

Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com:
Should Disney just buy Yahoo?

Discussion: CNET News and Wall Street Journal

Microsoft:

Xbox 360 Teams Up With Entertainment Leaders to Transform TV — AT&T, BBC, Comcast, HBO, Rogers, Telefónica, Televisa and Verizon are among providers rolling out new TV entertainment services on Xbox LIVE. — A new era in television begins this holiday where your entertainment …

Jay Greene / CNET News:
Microsoft to bring cable programming to Xbox

Discussion: TechNet Blogs, The Next Web and GeekWire

Dave Walker / New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Shepard Smith recalls Fox New Channel's scuffling start-up — Shepard Smith's rebel status extends beyond his love for the Ole Miss football team. At the Fox News Channel, he's the guy - of all guys - whom network boss Roger Ailes designated as an outlier in a recent Howard Kurtz piece for The Daily Beast and Newsweek.

Discussion: Chickaboomer

Frazier Moore / The Huffington Post:
Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’

Discussion: NY Daily News, The Atlantic Wire, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, National Review, Mediaite, Gawker, Erik Wemple, Poynter, TVbytheNumbers, On Media's Blog and Business Insider

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Nearly 2,000 jobs to go at BBC — More repeats on BBC2, fewer entertainment shows and smaller BBC3 and BBC4 as corporation seeks to save £670m — The BBC will axe nearly 2,000 jobs as it looks to save £670m a year in long-awaited cost-cutting plans announced on Thursday morning.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Tom Robbins, post-'Voice': Today's piece in the ‘Times’ won't be his last, and a book about ‘a mobster’ is coming — Tom Robbins. — It's been nine months since veteran investigative journalist Tom Robbins resigned from his longtime job at The Village Voice after a round of downsizing claimed …

Discussion: New York Times

Jennifer Martinez / The Politico:

Google to launch YouTube Politics — Google-owned YouTube is launching a special site Thursday that it hopes will be a one-stop online spot for political junkies to watch the good, the bad and the ugly of the 2012 presidential campaign. — The site, YouTube Politics …

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

Redstate Digs up WaPo Writer's Criminal History — As it happens, WaPo's Stephanie McCrummen has an alleged criminal past. She's the reporter who wrote about GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry's “Niggerhead” hunting camp that has gained traction nationwide.

Discussion: mikerobinsonpc's blog and New York Magazine

Claude Brodesser-Akner / New York Magazine:

Hulu Is Also Making a Play for the Arrested Development Mini-series — In a move to outflank fierce rival Netflix, Hulu has jumped into the bidding war to exclusively distribute a new batch of Arrested Development episodes, greatly increasing the chances of a Bluth family reunion.

Discussion: Bundle, MTV Movies Blog, Techland, Company Town, Fast Company, AOL TV, TVWeek.com and Washington Post

Richard Jones / The Richard Jones Journalism Blog:

Thirteen Lessons I've Learned From Running A Hyperlocal Site — I set up Saddleworth News in February 2010. — I thought it would be a good way to keep myself involved in journalism while I stayed at home as a full-time dad to my young daughter, and I hoped it would become a source …

Discussion: Poynter

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Hulu to Stream Spanish-Language Shows — The popular streaming video Web site Hulu is adding Spanish-language television shows for the first time. — In a deal announced on Wednesday and to be carried out later this year, Hulu will have a selection of the Spanish-language soap opera dramas known …