Mediagazer: FCC to Take Another Crack at Boosting Station Disclosures (John Eggerton/Broadcasting & Cable)

5:50 AM ET, October 24, 2011

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The Media Equation: Bonuses Worthy of Protest for Gannett and Tribune Executives — Almost two weeks ago, USA Today put its finger on why the Occupy Wall Street protests continued to gain traction. — “The bonus system has gone beyond a means of rewarding talent and is now Wall Street's primary business …

Discussion: Gannett Blog and Future of Journalism

Elana Zak / 10,000 Words:

4 Questions With ProPublica's New Social Media Editor — The role of social media editor is a relatively new, and highly coveted, spot in newsrooms. While there are still a lot of questions about what exactly this job entails, everyone can agree that there needs to be at least …

Craig Silverman / Regret the Error:

The New York Times offers an amusing Angry Birds correction — An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the premise of “Angry Birds,” a popular iPhone game. In the game, slingshots are used to launch birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses, not to shoot down the birds. Link

Janet Maslin / New York Times:
Books of The Times: ‘Steve Jobs’ by Walter Isaacson - Review

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Gabriel Sherman / @gabrielsherman: The NYT writes that the only control Steve Jobs insisted on for his bio was the book cover design

Netflix, Inc.:

Netflix to Launch Service in the UK and Ireland for Streaming Movies and TV Shows in Early 2012 — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the leading global Internet movie subscription service, today announced it will expand to the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2012, offering unlimited TV shows …

Discussion: The Next Web and This is my next, more at Techmeme »

Newspaper Association of America:

Traffic to newspaper websites increases 20 percent in past year — Double-digit growth in multiple categories demonstrates high level of engagement by newspaper website visitors; — More than 110 million unique visitors in Q3; strong reach in key demographics continues

Discussion: Media Decoder, FishbowlNY, NetNewsCheck Latest, Agence France Presse, MarketWatch and bizjournals

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

Agency says HuffPo story payout sets precedent — The website Huffington Post has made a payment to a news agency which accused it of using stories without credit or consent. — Vienna-headquartered Central European News (CEN) invoiced HuffPo after discovering it had covered two stories …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Newspaper Guild Drops Boycott of the Huffington Post

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Why Apple's virtual Newsstand is driving a surge in magazine, newspaper iPad app subscriptions — A couple weeks ago I predicted that Apple's virtual Newsstand for iPads and iPhones would provide “a little more convenience for the user, and a little more discoverability for the publisher — but nothing here is a game-changer.”

Discussion: Guardian, Monday Note, Future of Journalism and Publishing Executive …

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

‘Public Parts’ and its public parts: In a networked world, can a book go viral? — Last month, Jeff Jarvis published his new book, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live. Last week, Evgeny Morozov published a scathing review of it.

Discussion: bookforum.com

Tony Ortega / Runnin' Scared:

Scientology Targeted South Park's Parker and Stone in Investigation — Another interesting revelation at Marty Rathbun's blog this morning: Rathbun released what he said was an internal Scientology document which suggests that the church targeted Trey Parker and Matt Stone …

Discussion: Moving On Up a Little Higher, Future of Journalism and Gawker

Bill Carter / New York Times:

In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback — In television, funny is money again. — For the better part of a decade, while drama became more ambitious, and reality shows became more outrageous, comedy had the worst track record in prime time.

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

FCC to Take Another Crack at Boosting Station Disclosures — Commission seeks to develop best way for broadcasters to file detailed programming reports online — The FCC next week is expected to scrap its 2007 Enhanced Disclosure decision to require broadcasters to file more detailed programming reports …

Heather Ford / MediaShift Idea Lab:

Wikipedia Isn't Journalism, But Are Wikipedians Reluctant Journalists? — Wikipedia articles on breaking news stories dominate page views on the world's sixth-largest website. Perhaps more importantly, these articles drive the most significant editor contribution — especially among new editors.