Mediagazer: Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show (Brian Stelter/New York Times)

11:05 AM ET, October 31, 2011

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

A Year of Tina Brown and Newsweek Still Needs a Savior — When the merger between Newsweek and The Daily Beast was announced almost a year ago, it seemed like it might, at least, have the makings of a good story: charming nonagenarian audio tycoon teams up with a media mogul and celebrity editor …

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Marcus Vanderberg / FishbowlLA:

James Rainey Trading Media Column for Reporting — James Rainey wrote his last “On the Media” column for the Los Angeles Times Saturday, as the columnist will focus more on reporting on the media going forward. — LA Observed has the memo from the LAT announcing Rainey's new role at the newspaper:

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

James Murdoch gets pay rise despite News Corp row — Fury over James Murdoch's chairmanship of BSkyB did not stop him accepting a £1,300 pay rise as the broadcaster took a £16m hit for its aborted takeover by News Corporation, where he is deputy chief operating officer.

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

‘Rock Center’ Books Jon Stewart, As It Places Two Segments Online — On the premiere of NBC's “Rock Center” tonight, host Brian Williams will sit down for a conversation with comedian and “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart. Williams made the announcement during “Sunday Night Football” on NBC last night.

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show — This time a year ago, the television industry was rife with worry about so-called cord-cutting — people dropping cable subscriptions in favor of watching TV over the Internet. — But for the most part, the cords remain intact, the latest crop of earnings reports indicate.

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

How Google is quietly experimenting in new ways for readers to access publishers' content — Google appears to be experimenting with a new paywall-esque content roadblock for publishers, and it's not One Pass. For lack of a better name, let's call it a “survey wall,” because instead …

Susan Krashinsky / Globe and Mail:

Postmedia plans to charge for online articles — Canada's largest newspaper publisher is the latest in the industry to say the future can't be free. — Postmedia Network Canada Corp PNC.A-T , publisher of the National Post and other daily and community papers across the country …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Something New From Nook, Coming In a Week — Barnes & Noble will be announcing... something at a New York City press conference in a week. — About what? The oblique invitation I just got in my inbox doesn't say a word, other than promising it will be a “very special announcement.”

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Why Mitt Romney's Bypassing National Media — NEW YORK — When a group of national political reporters arrived at Mitt Romney's New Hampshire summer house in July 2010 for an off-the-record barbecue, the former Massachusetts governor greeted them warmly and handed out beers from a nearby cooler.

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Mike Shields / Digiday:

Viacom Mines Social Media Buzz for Movie Site — Viacom thinks it has a better way to gauge which movies are generating heat than box office numbers or Rotten Tomatoes scores: online buzz. — The media conglomerate has partnered with the social media data/research firm Trendrr to launch MovieTracker …

Gordon MacMillan / The Wall Blog:

The Independent begins charging and launches £19.99 iPad app — by @gordonmacmillan, posted on 31 October, 2011 at 9:26 am, filed under Media Owners, Web and tagged Apple iPad, The Guardian, The Independent. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

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