Mediagazer: For Apple TV, subscription video service still missing (Greg Sandoval/CNET)

12:50 AM ET, March 8, 2012

Top News:

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

HBO Deals Keep Fox, Universal Out of New iCloud Movie Service — As widely predicted, Apple has updated its Apple TV accessory. This isn't an overhaul, but an update: The new box offers better resolution, and software upgrades. — The new device will support video in 1080p …

Discussion: Apple, Speakeasy, MacRumors, Forbes, Home Media Magazine, Online Video News, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Multichannel, ZDNet, CNET, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, Folio and New York Post

Greg Sandoval / CNET: For Apple TV, subscription video service still missing

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Here's What a Netflix-Cable Deal Could Look Like: The One That Netflix Just Announced With Apple

Discussion: /Film and MacRumors

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Fact-Checking Rush Limbaugh: The Real Impact of the Boycott — You're never going to believe this, but according to Rush Limbaugh, the claims that a boycott is hurting his show by depriving it of sponsorship are part of — wait for it — a liberal conspiracy. Shocking, right?

Discussion: Boing Boing, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, Forbes and Company Town

Michael Hinkelman / Philly.com:

Strange bedfellows: Maher jumps to defense of Limbaugh — Liberal political talk show host Bill Maher has jumped to the defense of conservative radio jock Rush Limbaugh. Maher, a comedian and host of HBO's “Real Time With Bill Maher,” defended Limbaugh through Twitter.

Discussion: The Daily Beast

Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:
46 Advertisers Have Quit Limbaugh's Show

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple, Daily Kos and The Atlantic Wire

Jean Kaplansky / Digital Book World:

The Shiny New iPad: What it Means for Publishers — Apple's announcement of the new iPad received a lot of attention today, but what does it mean for your business? — Advancements — Changes to the new iPad are primarily hardware-based. The new key features are a quad-core A5X processor …

Doree Shafrir / BuzzFeed:
Why I Probably Still Won't Get An iPad

Discussion: New York Times

Bloomberg:
Apple Unveils New IPad to Widen Tablet Lead

Discussion: New York Times, App Advice, PC Magazine, Fast Company, Apple, The Atlantic Wire, TechCrunch, Digital Book World, @carr2n, Bloomberg Tech Blog, The Verge, The Verge and MacRumors

Cindy Adams / New York Post:

Channel 4 booting anchorwoman Sue Simmons after 32 years — After more than three decades, WNBC/Channel 4 is tossing anchorwoman Sue Simmons overboard. Last week, the station gave her the bad news that her contract would not be renewed — and come June, she's history.

Discussion: The Awl, New York Times, Capital New York, B&C, The New York Observer, TVSpy, PopWatch, Gawker, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, City Room, Gothamist, City Room, The Huffington Post, Broadcasting & Cable, mediabistro.com, Colorlines and New York Magazine

Richard Huff / NY Daily News: New York TV news mainstay Sue Simmons to say farewell to WNBC audiences in June

The Onion:

This Article Generating Thousands Of Dollars In Ad Revenue Simply By Mentioning New iPad — SAN FRANCISCO—According to industry sources, this news article is generating a veritable bonanza of highly lucrative advertising revenue by mere virtue of the fact that it mentions Apple's new iPad.

Discussion: TechCrunch and TechCrunch

@alexismadrigal: It's funny that people think iPad stories generate ad revenue for media companies. That's not how it works.

Natalie Peck / Hacking inquiry:

Ex-senior Met Police officer accuses newspaper group of skewing investigation into MP — A former senior police officer has accused a newspaper group of trying to skew an investigation into a Conservative minister at the Leveson Inquiry today. — Bob Quick, former assistant commissioner at the Met …

Sandra Laville / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: concern over police evidence

Discussion: Financial Times, Press Gazette, Deadline.com, Bloomberg, The Independent and Neville Thurlbeck

Vikram Dodd / Guardian: Yates ‘resisted handing over phone records’

Emma Carmichael / Gawker:

Columbia J-School Grad Submits Most Passive-Aggressively Vicious Alumni Update Ever — A friend and graduate of Columbia's journalism school noticed this incredible update in his monthly alumni update email blast today, and thought to pass it along, because oh my god, it is fantastic.

JP Mangalindan / Fortune:

Is Amazon getting into original TV? — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are pouring resources into original content. Now, Amazon may be, too. — FORTUNE — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are all betting big on original content. Now, Amazon may be doing the very same.

Discussion: PC Magazine, VentureBeat, @tcarmody, Gizmodo, Company Town, Online Video News, WebProNews, Deadline.com and GeekWire

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

What's Next For Google Play? Audiobooks And Magazines — Yesterday, Google announced the launch of Google Play, a rebranded Android Market which consolidates all of Google's media offerings, including apps, music, movies and e-books, into one portal. But it appears that Google's ambitions …

Discussion: Home Media Magazine, NetNewsCheck Latest, The Week, Google Operating System, eBookNewser, The Official Google Blog, PC Magazine, Pocket-lint and MarketingVox News & Trends

Felix Salmon / Wired:

iTunes Pricing as a Model for Journalism — Stephen Morse doesn't Matter. In fact, he calls the journalism startup — whose Kickstarter campaign broke past the $100,000 level in just nine days — “Snake Oil Salesmen 2.0″ and “a scam. ” And after getting a smart explanation of exactly …

Discussion: Mother Jones and @mattyglesias

Rupal Parekh / AdAge:

Cosmopolitan Says It Has 100,000 Paid Digital Subscriptions — Achievement Is Encouraging for Brand and Magazines in General — Cosmopolitan magazine has reached what appears to be a milestone: 100,000 paid digital subscriptions. — The Hearst Magazines title seems to have beaten …

Discussion: Folio, MinOnline, FishbowlNY, TechCrunch, 10,000 Words, Media Buyer Planner, Noted and eMedia Vitals

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

“Practice, pray, and have redundancies”: On the imperfect science of liveblogging — When, a few months from now, someone asks the question — Where were you when the iPad HD was announced? — how many of us would answer: “Staring at my computer, manically switching between tabs, hitting refresh”?

Discussion: The Wrap, Gawker, kottke.org, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and 10,000 Words

Jim Romenesko:

Why Tony Auth is leaving the Philadelphia Inquirer — He adds: “I'm looking forward to the future” as digital artist in residence at NewsWorks. (About that job title: “I made that up.") “I have nothing but affection for the Inquirer and everybody there. ... People who aren't in newspapers would say, ‘Oh you can work at home!’

Discussion: Washington Post

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Fox News Draws the Most ‘Super Tuesday’ Viewers — Fox News Channel easily out-rated its cable news rivals on Tuesday, the Super Tuesday night of primaries and caucuses in 10 states. The channel even topped the only broadcast network, NBC, that produced a prime-time special about the primaries.

Discussion: MediaPost, Multichannel and Mediaite

Erik Wemple:

Breitbart.com hates getting scooped — Hey, journalism, didn't you get the memo from Breitbart.com? They're the ones doing the vetting of President Obama now. That's because the rest of the media dropped the ball on this civic imperative four years ago. Breitbart.com even has a title for its vetting series: The Vetting.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Mediaite and BREITBART.COM

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

AOL Patch Sales People Are Getting Fired — AOL's local news network of blogs, Patch, is letting go sales people this week. — It's hard to tell how many, only that many people are being let go due to “underperformance.” — Last week, a Patch employee said it would be 200.

Jim Romenesko: Patch to start combining sites?