Mediagazer: Google Partners With Pandora, AdWeek, NYDN On New Paywall ‘Substitute’ (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

8:50 PM ET, March 29, 2012

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Mike Shields / Adweek:

Google Unveils New Revenue Option for Web Publishers — Google has long been accused of being a content stealer, and/or a value-destroyer in certain publishing circles. Mark Cuban, the outspoken head of HD Network and the Dallas Mavericks, has referred to Google derisively as a “vampire” …

Discussion: Poynter and paidContent

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Google Partners With Pandora, AdWeek, NYDN On New Paywall ‘Substitute’ — Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is rolling out a new product, “Google Consumer Surveys,” that lets publishers monetize content through “microsurveys” created by companies that want to carry out inexpensive market research.

Discussion: Google Small Business, Canadian Magazines, Adweek, ZDNet and mediabistro.com

DigiDave:

The Future of Paywalls, Memberships and Advertising - Writing on the Wall is Starting to Appear — This came across my social media feed this morning: “Google Unveils New Revenue Option for Web Publishers.” — In short: It's a simple technology where readers who come across a paywall …

Cahal Milmo / The Independent:

Murdoch company in pay-TV piracy scandal ‘paid Surrey Police’ — The News Corp subsidiary at the heart of claims it used computer hackers to crack rivals' technology made a £2,000 payment to a British police force for “assistance given to us in our work”, The Independent can reveal.

Discussion: Telegraph

Australian Finance Review:
Federal police join News probe

Discussion: Digital Spy, @rupertmurdoch, afr.com and @davidfolkenflik

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian: BBC accused of ‘manipulating’ emails in pay TV hacking row

Sandra Laville / Guardian:
Dick Fedorcio resigns after Met opens disciplinary action

Discussion: @dvnjr and @dvnjr

Ben Dowell / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch blasts ‘lies and libels’

Discussion: BBC, Guardian and Guardian

Dina Rickman / Huffington Post UK: Leveson Inquiry: Kit Malthouse Reveals £40m Cost Of Phone Hacking Probe

Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:

Col Allan's Special Friendship With Anna Gristina and Why the Daily News Dropped the Scoop — FRIENDS FOREVER: New York Daily News editor Colin Myler, and his former boss, New York Post editor Col Allan. — There's one intriguing one scoop in the ongoing saga of the Soccer Mom Madam …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Gawker, New York Magazine, @megan and @weareyourfek

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

For a Week, Couric Will Co-Host ‘Good Morning America’ — Katie Couric, during an earlier appearance on “Good Morning America,” which she will co-host next week. — Next week, Katie Couric will co-host the news on ABC's “Good Morning America.” — It's a one-week role for the former co-host of …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, @learmonth, Forbes and TVNewser

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Couric on ‘Good Morning America’ Could End No. 1 Streak at ‘Today’ — With the news that Katie Couric will be co-hosting “Good Morning America” on ABC next week, the prospect that the “Today” show could finally lose a week has suddenly become more real than at any time in the last seven years.

Discussion: Gawker and WebProNews

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Magazines' Digital Circulation More Than Doubles — But Remains Small — Fast-Growing Digital Still Just 1% of Publishers' Total — Magazines more than doubled their paid digital circulation in the most recent reporting period, but print remains the overwhelming majority of their business …

Discussion: TechCrunch, FishbowlNY, MediaPost, The Verge, Media Buyer Planner, Canadian Magazines, eMedia Vitals and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer — View Photo Gallery — Rush Limbaugh is no stranger to controversial statements: A month after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut,” the heat on him is fading.

Discussion: Deadline.com, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Mediaite, The Week, Associated Press, Daily Dot and Chickaboomer

Jim Romenesko:

Philly newspapers deal to be announced tomorrow? — There are newsroom reports in Philadelphia that a deal for the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com will be announced on Friday. — These reports circulate just as Philly.com posts a story about an insurance payback deal …

Discussion: Philly.com and Media Decoder

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

Washington Post, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed ensnared by April Fools' hoax linked to Kanye West — A fake website claiming to be linked to Kanye West's new company DONDA went up this week and managed to fool The Washington Post, Ars Technica, and BuzzFeed. — The hoax website is called Whodat.biz …

Discussion: Gizmodo, BuzzFeed, Ars Technica and Betabeat

Peter Millership / Reuters:

Iran suspends accreditation for Reuters in Tehran — (Reuters) - The Iranian government has suspended the press accreditation for Reuters staff in Tehran after the publication of a video story on women's martial arts training which contained an error. — Reuters, the news arm of Thomson Reuters …

Discussion: presstv.ir, New York Magazine, Erik Wemple, The Atlantic Online and Big News Network.com

Dylan Byers / Politico:

WaPo names John Temple managing editor — The Washington Post has named John Temple, former editor and publisher of Rocky Mountain News, as managing editor, confirming Keach Hagey's report here yesterday. — From the Post's press release:

Discussion: Poynter, @johntemplecb and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Steve Myers / Poynter:

‘This American Life’ pulls too-good-to-be-true Stephen Glass stories (again) — In the wake of its retraction of Mike Daisey's exposé on Apple, “This American Life” has pulled three Stephen Glass stories done in the late 1990s. In a Friday blog post, the show says that staff recently learned …

Discussion: Boston Globe, New York Magazine and Media Nation

The Daily Texan:

Apology from The Daily Texan Editorial Board — Update: The cartoon was taken down from The Daily Texan website. On Tuesday, a cartoon ran on the Opinion page of The Daily Texan that offended many readers, and we sincerely apologize for our decision to run it.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, JIMROMENESKO.COM and Gawker