Mediagazer: Using A Familiar Model, ‘GMA’ Narrows Ratings Gap With ‘Today’ (Merrill Knox/TVNewser)

9:10 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: New York Post, MediaShift, Fortune, Webmetricsguru, MediaFile and Poynter, more at Techmeme », Thanks:swagatsen

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

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

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

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Time:
News is never a 9 to 5 Job

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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 …

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: Poynter

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: Future of Journalism

Amelia Hill / Guardian:

Sun editor: celebrity reporters operate just like political hacks — Dominic Mohan defends showbiz journalism at Leveson inquiry, while Daily Telegraph editor explains pressures facing papers — The Sun editor, Dominic Mohan, has defended celebrity journalism, likening …

Discussion: Press Gazette

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

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Amelia Hill / Guardian: Phone hacking ‘checks and balances failed’, says former NoW editor

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.

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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 …

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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

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, Thanks:mathewi

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.

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.”

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 …

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

The Reasons ABC Tied Up With Yahoo: Facebook, Twitter — WASHINGTON — Here at the Washington Ideas Forum, the heads of ABC, NBC, and CBS took to the stage for a panel moderated by our James Fallows. Alongside the discussions of international reportage and the politicization of news …

Discussion: Betabeat and The Corsair, Thanks:jaredbkeller

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Measuring The Facebook Effect: Are Content Services Gaining From New Apps? — Two weeks in, some of Facebook's new media partners are finding triple the listeners and a small uplift in readers from their new “frictionless” apps, paidContent is told. But how much do these gains really amount to... ?

Discussion: MediaPost

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Jay Carney's Message To Reporters ‘Screamed At’ By Sources: Toughen Up — At Wednesday's White House daily briefing, Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry asked Press Secretary Jay Carney to respond to a report that a White House official had “screamed and cussed at” …

Discussion: Erik Wemple and Media Matters for America