Mediagazer: Content Still King For Media Industry (Nicola Kean/Portfolio)

11:05 AM ET, October 7, 2011

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Steve Jobs and the continuing disruption of media — The products created by Apple and its iconic founder Steve Jobs have revolutionized a host of different industries in the past couple of decades, from personal computing to mobile telephony — but they have also had a substantial impact …

Discussion: Forbes, MediaShift, Fortune, Webmetricsguru, MediaFile, Media Money … and Poynter, more at Techmeme », Thanks:swagatsen

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Steve Jobs stops the presses one last time — It was scramble the engine time in the publishing world as news of Steve Jobs' death broke shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Simon & Schuster again sped up the release date of the Walter Isaacson-written Jobs biography that had been in the works …

Julie Moos / Poynter:
Jobs asked Isaacson to write bio in 2004 because ‘I wanted my kids to know me’

Discussion: NY Daily News, New York Times, Business Week, PC Magazine, Globe and Mail, FM Blog, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Publishers Lunch, Media Decoder, Betabeat, New York Magazine, Time and Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

John Brownlee / Cult of Mac:
Over 100 Newspaper Front Pages Around The World Mourn Steve Jobs [Gallery]

Discussion: Poynter and Poynter

Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Wikileaks Honors Steve Jobs with Fake HIV Report

Discussion: Forbes, VentureBeat, Bits, Media Matters for America, Adweek, Media Decoder, paidContent, AllThingsD and Poynter, more at Techmeme »

Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg:

New York Times Rises Most in Two Years After Carlos Slim Boosts Stake — New York Times Co. (NYT) climbed the most in almost two years in New York trading after Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim boosted his stake in the company. — The newspaper publisher rose 76 cents, or 13 percent …

Discussion: FishbowlNY and Poynter

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Wapping's pseudo-union dog fails to bark as members face uncertain future — One dog at Wapping that has hardly barked since the phone hacking scandal broke is the in-house pseudo-union known as the News International Staff Association (Nisa). — It is, of course, a creature of News Int …

Amelia Hill / Guardian:
Sun editor: celebrity reporters operate just like political hacks

Discussion: Press Gazette

James Robinson / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry could become tabloid witch-hunt, warns Sun veteran

Discussion: Jon Slattery, Guardian and Guardian

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo's Interim CEO in Internal Meeting: “Time Is a Constraint” (Also, Blame the Media!) — Today, in an internal meeting of its VP-level execs, Yahoo's interim CEO Tim Morse said of the Silicon Valley Internet giant's strategic review that “we know time is a constraint and we are mindful we have to go quickly.”

Discussion: The New York Observer, NetNewsCheck Latest, Business Insider and Future of Journalism

Nicola Kean / Portfolio:

Content Still King For Media Industry — Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google: these are the companies that will dominate the media industry in the near future. But the good news is it is possible for emerging businesses to break through, according to the panel at MediaPost's Future of the Media Forum earlier today in New York City.

John Koblin / WWD:

Michael Wolff to Stay at AdWeek — WOLFF AT THE DOOR?: After weeks of speculation, it appears Prometheus Chairman Jimmy Finkelstein has finally decided to keep Michael Wolff around. The question is whether Wolff wants to stay around at this point. — Throughout September …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What happens to books when the Kindle is free? — Amazon's recent announcement of the Kindle Fire — its color tablet that may or may not become a competitor to the Apple iPad — was what got the most attention last week, but the online retailer also made some other announcements at the same time …

Discussion: Forbes and TeleRead, Thanks:mathewi

Joe Flint / Company Town:

Bloomberg TV plays politics — Bloomberg TV is getting into politics. — The business news cable channel is hosting its first-ever presidential debate next week at Dartmouth College featuring the Republican candidates for the Oval Office including Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann.

Discussion: Inside Cable News

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Morris Communications merges print and online divisions during digital-first transition — Morris Publishing Group is absorbing the company's once-independent digital division, Morris DigitalWorks. The move comes as the newspaper company makes a “digital first” transition and wants …

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

Using A Familiar Model, ‘GMA’ Narrows Ratings Gap With ‘Today’ — Today's Wall Street Journal examines the narrowing ratings gap between NBC's “Today” and ABC's “Good Morning America,” declaring that morning television is “back in play.” The article notes that the ratings growth at second-place …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Susan Currie Sivek / MediaShift:

Once Magazine Takes the Photo Magazine into the App World — Photographers who might have aspired to see their work published on the glossy pages of a magazine can now opt for the glossy screen of an iPad. — Once Magazine, a “visual storytelling” app for the iPad, is a new showcase for photographers' work and related multimedia.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and SivekMedia.com

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Gannett's Craig Dubow Resigns, Hands CEO Duties To Martore — Less than a month after taking his second medical leave in two years, Craig Dubow has resigned as Gannett's CEO and chairman, the company said in a statement. With this news, Gracia Martore, president and COO …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Gannett Blog, Thomson IR, Poynter, On Media's Blog, rbr.com, Company Town, Wall Street Journal and Broadcasting & Cable

Ty McMahan / Venture Capital Dispatch:

Data And Storytelling Come Together At Advertising Week — Advertising Week attendees packed an auditorium in midtown Manhattan today to hear executives from the likes of AT&T, BuzzFeed, Facebook, Groupon, Huffington Post and LinkedIn speak on a panel titled “Masters of Monetization.”