Mediagazer: A.J. Daulerio Tells Us About The New State Of Gawker (Kevin Lincoln/Business Insider)

7:20 AM ET, March 1, 2012

Top News:

Investor Group Again Urges Sotheby's to Remove James Murdoch From Board — James Murdoch's resignation from News International amid heightened scrutiny over his handling of the unit's newspapers in Britain could hurt his position within companies beyond News Corporation.

Discussion: Guardian

Dominic Rushe / Guardian: News Corp pressure for Murdoch

Steve Myers / Poynter:
James Murdoch resignation revives News Corp. succession parlor game

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Business Wire:
James Murdoch Steps Down as Executive Chairman, News International to Focus on Expanding International TV Businesses

Robert Peston / BBC:
Murdochs: Exit James, enter Rupert

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Erik Wemple:

Vanity Fair on Washington Post: Old story, new copy — Vanity Fair has completed its long-awaited big-time look at the toils of the Washington Post. Sorry, readers, no link: Vanity Fair sent the piece on the condition that the URL not be shared. — Written by Sarah Ellison, the piece is as much history as current events.

Jim Romenesko:
Vanity Fair profiles Washington Post

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Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:

Whatever Happened to Ted Turner? — The “Mouth of the South” is no longer as he devotes his time (and $1 billion) to the U.N., jets between 28 homes and four girlfriends, misses Jane Fonda and opens up to THR about Rupert, Jerry and his abuse as a child. Says a friend: “He's definitely changed.”

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine, Chickaboomer, Washington Post, TVNewser and The Daily Caller

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

NYT guild members have ‘quiet’ protest outside Page One meeting — Newspaper Guild members at The New York Times received this notice Tuesday: … Quiet protest, everybody! Sorry: (quiet protest, everybody). You can vigorously rustle your copy of the Observer, or tap out a polite tweet on your phone (keyboard clicks off, please).

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Steven Church / Bloomberg:

Tribune Paid Bankruptcy Advisers $233.3 Million Since Filing in 2008 — Tribune Co. (TRB), the biggest news media company in bankruptcy, paid lawyers and other advisers $233.3 million since filing for court protection from creditors in December 2008. — The two main law firms …

Kevin Lincoln / Business Insider:

A.J. Daulerio Tells Us About The New State Of Gawker — With the new year also came a new editor of Gawker, Gawker Media's flagship site. — A.J. Daulerio took over Gawker's sports blog Deadspin from Will Leitch and turned it into a major player in terms of both news and audience.

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

BBC World Service Opens Newsroom to Public in Live Broadcast — The BBC World Service broadcast its daily morning editorial meeting live for the first time Wednesday as part of a series of public events commemorating its 80th birthday. — A recording of the 55-minute meeting …

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

Bloomberg's Abelson on How Wall Street Is Coping — Bloomberg's Max Abelson has the story of the day, another entry in his list of stories on out-of-touch Wall Streeters. This one's about how rich folks are coping with their reduced circumstances in a season of curtailed bonuses.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Capital New York and Gawker

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

With Starz exiting, Netflix loses access to live TV — Netflix customers won't just lose access to movies like Tangled and Toy Story 3 this week due to the end of the company's deal with pay TV network Starz. Subscribers also don't have access to the Starz live feed anymore …

Seth Godin / paidContent:

Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore? — We can probably agree that the local supermarket has no moral or ethical or business obligation to sell cherry-flavored Cap'n Crunch. If the owner doesn't like cherries, she doesn't have to sell them. — And the cereal maker shouldn't work under …

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Brooks ‘had her phone hacked twice a week’ — Police tell Leveson inquiry that Brooks was asked if she wanted to take further action, also saying that the NoW was ‘obstructive’ — Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, had her phone hacked by News of the World twice …

Discussion: Press Gazette, @megan, The Independent and Guardian

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Executives Weighed Spinoff of Newspaper Publishing, Carey Says

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Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Leveson Inquiry: phone hacking police identified 418 potential victims in 2006

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Josh Stearns / Save the News:

Public Television: We're #1! — For the ninth year in a row, public television has ranked as the most trusted institution in America, trumping all other forms of media, the courts and the federal government. — This news comes after a bruising year for public media.

Greg Sandoval / CNET:

Spotify: Staggering music releases (like movies) won't work — Hollywood studios made billions by strictly controlling distribution. Some music acts think it may be profitable to restrict access in a similar way. — Spotify CEO Daniel Ek during one of the company's press events last fall.

Discussion: TeleRead and Betabeat

Steve Myers / Poynter:

IRS delays make it hard for nonprofit news sites to build their businesses — Anyone with a cursory knowledge of the nonprofit news field knows the big players: VoiceofSanDiego.org, Texas Tribune, MinnPost, ProPublica, et. al. — You probably haven't heard of the Arlington Mercury or the San Diego Newsroom.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The Newspaper Guild