Mediagazer: Colbert v. the Court (Dahlia Lithwick/Slate)

4:15 AM ET, February 6, 2012

Top News:

Significant and Silly at BuzzFeed — When a Web site called BuzzFeed broke the news in early January that John McCain was endorsing Mitt Romney, more than a few readers scratched their heads and said, “What is a BuzzFeed?” — They're about to find out. — BuzzFeed is the creation …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

After a Dip Into Video, Print Media Are Plunging In — The newest addition to the newsroom of Politico makes a statement about the news Web site's priorities. It's a stage set with lights, microphones, an anchor desk and five high-definition cameras so that reporters and editors can produce hours …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Beet.TV, Thanks:@beet_tv

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Arianna Huffington's Vision of Interactive Video Journalism — The Huffington Post, which has galvanized a massive community of millions of content creators who engage via comments, “likes,” tweets and thousands of guest blog posts, will soon participate in an ambitious linear video network …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and FishbowlNY, Thanks:@beet_tv

Business Insider:

The Incredible Shrinking New York Times — The New York Times just reported its fourth-quarter results to finish out 2011. — And it's still shrinking. — Despite the launch of an online paywall that has, by any measure, been a big success, the company's revenue for its core news business shrank again in 2011.

Discussion: TechCrunch, @michaelwolffnyc, @michaelwolffnyc, @michaelwolffnyc, @michaelwolffnyc, @romenesko and Future of Journalism

Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

The New York Times' About.com: From All-Star To Albatross — About.com is in free fall. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) revealed yesterday that its network of information sites suffered a 67% drop in profits and that revenues had fallen by a quarter. — The new figures come …

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

The NYT needs a lot more than just a paywall — If there was a bright spot in the latest quarterly results from the New York Times, it's the fact that the newspaper's metered paywall has attracted almost 325,000 subscribers willing to pay a monthly fee for the site.

Discussion: Slate, @mathewi, Newsonomics and The Awl

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

First Legal Streaming Super Bowl A Success, But Audience Still Denied The Real Show — Lately, we've been seeing more and more big television events come with an online streaming counterpart. Sporting and televised events are showing up online with increasing frequency …

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Forbes, AllThingsD, @twitter, Adweek, Softpedia News, The Next Web and @twitter, more at Techmeme »

Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:

Colbert v. the Court — Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance. — The Supreme Court has always had its critics. Chief Justice John Marshall had to contend with the temper of President Andrew Jackson ("John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!").

Discussion: The Rumpus.net, Hit & Run and Splitsider

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

topheadlin.es: Aggregating both news and news judgment — top headlines: — There's a morning routine that seems to unite almost everyone in the media world: that first, groggy glance at the smartphone before leaving bed. It's a universal experience born out of a basic need: Tell me what I need to know right now.

Discussion: The FJP and Gawker

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Sacramento Bee fires Bryan Patrick for photo manipulation — The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick Friday after finding three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs. — Patrick was suspended earlier this week when a reader raised questions …

Discussion: Guardian, Sacramento Bee and FishbowlLA

The Authors Guild Blog:

Publishing's Ecosystem on the Brink: The Backstory — [Update, February 2, 2012: There have been some comments here and elsewhere questioning the accuracy of a sentence in this blog post that we excerpted from Barry Lynn's “Killing the Competition” Harper's piece.

Discussion: O'Reilly Radar

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Random House Will Keep All Its E-Books In Libraries, With A Price Increase

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

How Trump's non-endorsement of Gingrich made the news — For about 15 hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Donald Trump was going to endorse Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination. The news media — or at least several highly respected parts of it — said so.

Discussion: Chickaboomer