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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Encyclopedias are like journalism: It's better when they are open — Anyone who grew up with the Encyclopedia Britannica could be forgiven for getting a little misty-eyed about the legendary publication doing away with its printed version after more than two centuries, even if the move seems unsurprising (and more than a little late).
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Digital Spy, CNN, Guardian, Culture, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog and Jacket Copy
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Britannica Blog:
Change: It's Okay. Really. — That big print set will pass into history, but the future it gives way to will be bright. — For 244 years, the thick volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica have stood on the shelves of homes, libraries, and businesses everywhere, a source of enlightenment …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Neville Thurlbeck, former News of the World chief reporter, arrested — Operation Weeting officers re-arrest former NoW chief reporter, this time on suspicion of intimidation of a witness — Neville Thurlbeck, the former chief reporter of the News of the World, has been arrested on suspicion of intimidation of a witness.
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Neville Thurlbeck, @fleetstreetfox and Journalism.co.uk
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
James Murdoch writes to MPs expressing regret over phone hacking
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Financial Times, Guardian, @hughes_mark, @skymartinbrunt, @edmundlee, @lisaocarroll, The Huffington Post, Media Decoder, Erik Wemple, Capital New York and Poynter
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Charlie Rose and the Truth About Unpaid Media Interns — A lawsuit filed today against PBS host Charlie Rose and his production company hinges on a few simple questions: Are college-age interns in publishing and broadcasting unpaid employees or students? Are they rendering valuable services …
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Steven Greenhouse / Media Decoder:
Former Intern at ‘Charlie Rose’ Sues, Alleging Wage Law Violations
Discussion:
Deadline.com and The Huffington Post
Jim Hopkins / Gannett Blog:
Memo: Gannett establishing national news desk — USA Today Executive Editor Susan Weiss forwarded the following memo to staff yesterday. It came a day before many U.S. journalists were to participate in a Web conference on the future of wire news. My question: Does this spell the beginning …
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@romenesko and @mattderienzo
Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Web TV service Aereo lives—no injunctions in sight — The streaming service that delivers over-the-air TV broadcasts went live today, though ABC, CBS, NBC, and other networks sued to try to stop the launch. — One of Aereo's tiny antennas. — New Yorkers can watch live broadcast TV via the Web, starting today.
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Media Money …, Wired and Shelly Palmer Digital Living
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Ben Popper / VentureBeat:
As legal battle with TV networks escalates, Aereo launches in New York. …
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paidContent, SlashGear, Multichannel and Broadcasting & Cable
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC pulls Ron Paul's last embed — A couple weeks back I noted that Ron Paul, the lonely delegate hunter, had only one full-time, embedded reporter on his trail: Anthony Terrell of NBC News. Other reporters have provided some coverage of the candidate, but for the last few weeks Terrell was the only proverbial boy on the bus.
Discussion:
Hit & Run, Runnin' Scared and Mediaite
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Magazines' Newsstand Slide Smaller in Canada — But That May Be Good News for U.S. Publishers — Magazines have long blamed their continuing newsstand declines on everything from gas prices to store layouts — everything but demand for magazines themselves.
Jeffrey Goldfarb / Reuters:
New York Times pay structure isn't fit to print — The New York Times Co's pay structure isn't fit to print. The venerable U.S. newspaper group revealed a bonus structure that rewards bosses with 175 percent of their target payouts for achieving a mere 2.5 percent return on invested capital.
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BBC:
Cyber-attack on BBC leads to suspicion of Iran's involvement — The BBC is not providing detail of the timing or nature of the cyber-attack — A “sophisticated cyber-attack” on the BBC has been linked to Iran's efforts to disrupt the BBC Persian Service.
Discussion:
CNET, ReadWriteWeb, WebProNews, The FJP, BBC College of Journalism Blog, Reuters and Media News
John Cook / GeekWire:
Anatomy of a news story: How Bing and Google performed when Steve Jobs resigned — A new study out today from Seattle-based Optify attempts to get behind the scenes on how Bing and Google operate when big news breaks. Obviously, that's an interesting topic for news hounds like us.
Steve Smith / minonline.com:
Will The New iPad Display Put Digital Mags On A Crash Diet? — For magazine publishers the next-gen iPad's “Retina Display” raises an interesting math problem. The doubling of resolution and pixel density opens up worlds of opportunity for crafting even more luscious visual experiences.
Discussion:
The Verge, MinOnline, Nxtblog, newsplexer and magCulture.com/blog
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Assad Emails Reveal ABC News Correspondence, CNN Deception — In an impressive scoop, The Guardian has acquired a cache of emails from embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. While many emails shed a light on Assad's personal life or the crackdown of his people, they also shine a light on his dealings with Western media outlets.
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable, Guardian, Guardian and Guardian
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC boss confirms TV download pay service — Mark Thompson says Project Barcelona will allow viewers to purchase programmes permanently just after they are broadcast — BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed plans for an iTunes-style download service that will allow viewers …
Discussion:
BBC, The Next Web, The Wall Blog and Engadget
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Sports Illustrated App Hits iPhone, Celebrates With Augmented Reality Magazine Cover — I'm no athlete, but I've found that a passing knowledge of sports comes in handy when conversations take a turn for the awkward. The question then is where do sports fans (and wannabes like me) go to get the skinny?
Discussion:
mediabistro.com
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Daily Has an Angry Birds App — And the Start of a Custom Publishing Business — Hey! You like Angry Birds, right? Of course you do. So you'll enjoy reading about Angry Birds, via a new, free iOS app about the newest iteration of the game, produced by The Daily. (An Android version is in the works.)
Discussion:
ZDNet
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Walmart's Disc-to-Digital Hard Sell Will Be a Hard Sell — Earlier today, I described Walmart's new “disc to digital” program as DOA. Maybe I was too harsh. — Let's assume that some of you are interested in taking your old DVDs to Walmart, and paying up to $5 a disc so you can access …
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Techland, Online Video News and TechCrunch
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