Mediagazer: Politico Planning Big Slate of Web Video Shows (Andy Plesser/Beet.TV)

Rush Limbaugh Scandal Proves Contagious for Talk-Radio Advertisers — Ninety-eight major advertisers—including Ford and Geico—will no longer air spots on Premiere Networks' ‘offensive’ programs. Insiders say the loss will rock right-wing talk radio. — Rush Limbaugh made the right …

Discussion: Mediaite, Radio-Info.com, New York Magazine, The Raw Story, Deadline.com, Boing Boing, The Huffington Post and Saint Petersblog

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

New York Times CEO Robinson's Exit Compensation Package Tops $23 Million — Janet Robinson, the New York Times Co. chief executive officer who was pushed out in December, received an exit package, including stock options and retirement benefits, of more than $23 million.

Discussion: Reuters, Deadline.com and Media Decoder

Daniel Denvir / The Atlantic Cities:

The Case for Saving the Metro Editorial Board — Until fairly recently, local editorial pages held something close to a monopoly on publicly stated opinion in metropolitan areas. — “There weren't a lot of other places where people were saying this is a good candidate, this is a bad candidate …

Pulse:

Pulse Goes Local: Discover What's Happening Around You — Today we're launching Local, a brand new category providing a simple and effective way to discover what's happening around you. With everything from breaking news, sports, food and deals, Pulse Local will always keep you in the know …

Discussion: App Advice, TUAW, VentureBeat, WebProNews and Fortune

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

‘Kony 2012’: Two sides to being a digital media sensation — ‘Kony 2012’ is a YouTube success, but Invisible Children finds that digital media attention can be a double-edged sword as its detractors rise. — Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, during a meeting with a delegation …

Discussion: Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Forbes

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Politico Planning Big Slate of Web Video Shows — WASHINGTON — Seeing an emerging playing field where Internet delivered video news will eventually be on par with cable, Politico will broadly expand its video programming this year, says Jim VandeHei, Executive Editor, in this interview with Beet.TV

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Thanks:@beet_tv

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Obama did in fact enjoy a ‘media honeymoon’ with New York Times, says study — Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter used content analysis, “a technique that allows researchers to classify statements objectively and systematically according to explicit rules and clear criteria,” …

The Huffington Post:

Louis C.K. Drops Out Of Congressional Correspondents Dinner After Fox News Host Complains — Louis C.K. has dropped out of hosting the Radio & Television Congressional Correspondents dinner after Fox News host Greta Van Susteren threatened to not attend. — C.K.'s take-no-prisoners brand …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Gawker, Show Tracker and The Caucus

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Vevo redesigns to become MTV for the online generation — Over the past two years, Vevo has become the default place to watch music online. But, like many other streaming video providers, it had a problem: For users, the act of watching videos tends to be a very disjointed process.

Discussion: VEVO and MediaFile

Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

Billboard Publisher, Editor Out, Other Top Staffers Follow — Billboard Magazine is bleeding top talent, with publisher Lisa Ryan Howard and editor-in-chief Danyel Smith handing in their walking papers, TheWrap has learned. — In addition, deputy editor Lou Hau and other high-level staffers …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Everything that converges must be workshopped: New York media flees town for SXSW conference — Sultan Al Qassemi, the Dubai-based Arab affairs commentator who was one of a handful of online personas to make a name for themselves last year via their 140-character coverage of the uprisings in the Middle East …

Ryan Tate / Gawker:

Twitter's Secret History As the World's Worst Tech or Media Business — Twitter Inc.'s been spinning quite a turnaround story in the press lately. The microblogging service “has finally turned a corner,” declares the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek. “It's a juggernaut,” a company executive tells the magazine.

Discussion: CNET, Business Insider, @benpopper, The Next Web and @pkafka

Discussion: Business Insider

Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:

For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs — COLUMBIA, Mo. — Roger Fidler, in jeans and a black turtleneck, is watching Steve Jobs, in jeans and a black turtleneck, introduce the iPad. Fidler is sitting in his stark white office — the late Apple co-founder adored white's simplicity …