Mediagazer: Julian Assange Answers Questions on BBC's World Have Your Say (Alex Goldman/The latest episodes …)

9:20 AM ET, October 29, 2011

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

YouTube and Hollywood Finally Link Up: Here Come the Channels — YouTube and Hollywood, which have been circling each other for years, are finally getting together. — But instead of moving movies and TV shows to the world's biggest Web site, they're trying something different …

Discussion: Adweek, Multichannel, CNET News, GigaOM, paidContent, TechCrunch and Home Media Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:

Google's Big Video Push Is Here: YouTube Getting More Than 100 New Channels — Google is launching more than 100 new YouTube channels with exclusive video content commissioned from media companies and celebrities. — Providers with their own channels will include Thomson Reuters …

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Ben Huh / Washington Post:

Cheezburger's Ben Huh: Weingarten is confusing journalism with the business of newspapers — Journalism still has much to learn about timeliness when an oft-awarded columnist like Gene Weingarten is 34 days late to a story. Journalism still has much to learn about reporting when the writer …

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Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire: Lolcats Could Save the Washington Post

Gene Weingarten / Washington Post:
Modern journalism meets LOLcats

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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Gene Weingarten is wrong about bacon-cats and journalism

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The Official Google TV Blog:

An Update on Google TV — In the 1970s, there were just a few networks on TV. Cable changed things by adding hundreds of new channels like HBO, ESPN, and MTV. The Internet marks a new chapter for television. This chapter is not about replacing broadcast or cable TV; it's not about replicating what's on TV to the Web.

Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Google Tries Again With Google TV

Discussion: Benzinga, Multichannel, PC Magazine, CNET News, GigaOM, TechCrunch and TechCrunch

Caitlin E. Curran / Gawker:

How Occupy Wall Street Cost Me My Job — Joining the Occupy Wall Street protests has its dangers. You could get pepper-sprayed or end up in handcuffs. Or, as Brooklyn-based journalist Caitlin Curran explains, your boss could see a photo of you holding up a sign at a protest and fire you the next day.

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Reuters:

Steve Martin turns tweets into book — (Reuters) - Veteran actor and comedian Steve Martin is writing a book based on his Twitter posts, with all profits going to charity, the book's publishers said on Friday. — Martin announced the book via Twitter in a tweet that said “Due to absolutely no demand …

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Ryan Kim / GigaOM:

MoPub opens real-time bidding marketplace for mobile publishers — MoPub has been looking to take mobile advertising to the next level beyond ad networks. Started by former AdMob guys, it's now poised to offer what it calls a “one-stop monetization shop” with the launch of a real …

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Alex Goldman / The latest episodes from On The Media:

Julian Assange Answers Questions on BBC's World Have Your Say — Today at 15:00 GMT, Julian Assange will be answering questions live on The BBC's World Have Your Say. Unfortunately, due to region restrictions, US viewers are not able to watch the program live, but if you have a question for him …

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Apps Are the New Channels — I got an email yesterday from an up-and-coming young blogger named Jason Kottke, with a screenshot of two consecutive DF entries posted earlier in the day — “Condé Nast Subscriptions Up 268 Percent Since Newsstand Launch” and “Bloomberg TV+ for iPad”.

Discussion: 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Matthew Fleischer / FishbowlLA:

Sierra Madre Patch Editor Heading to HuffPo — Sierra Madre Patch editor John Stephens just landed a new gig with Huffington Post that will take him to New York. Stephens will be the site's new “Trends Editor.” We assume the job refers to online trends, but we asked Stephens to clarify.

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Heron: “I think my job will probably not exist in five years.” — Is the most up-and-coming job in journalism — the social media editor — a permanent position at news outlets, or a transitional role? — At a panel discussing social media best practices at the Journalism Interactive conference …

Discussion: Forbes

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

CBS, Warner Bros. Sell “Gossip Girl” Again — This Time to Hulu — CBS and Time Warner's Warner Bros., who just did a large re-run deal with Netflix for their CW network shows, have sold the same programming again. This time the buyer is Hulu, who is paying for the rights to show the stuff soon …