Mediagazer: At the Logan Symposium at Berkeley, investigative reporting showed plenty of signs of life. (Ken Doctor/Nieman Journalism Lab)

7:35 PM ET, April 22, 2012

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The Post fails a young blogger — The Post just had a rough few days. It was shut out of the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes, which were announced Monday. On the same day, journalists here had to accept or reject The Post's fifth buyout offer in nine years. The union representing newsroom workers …

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David Weigel / Slate:
How “Breaking News” Broke the News

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Tabby Kinder / Journalism.co.uk:

Reporting the Anders Behring Breivik trial — A comprehensive round-up of the ethical issues journalists are having to consider in the reporting of the Anders Behring Breivik trial — Sky News journalist Trygve Sorvaag, live-tweeting the trial of Anders Behring Breivik …

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

At the Logan Symposium at Berkeley, investigative reporting showed plenty of signs of life. — Alfredo Corchado was used to getting mortal threats. — He received three in Mexico, but now he was in a Laredo bar, north of the border. — You better stop what you're doing …

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Stefanie Botelho / Folio:

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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Leveson becomes Murdoch family affair — Barclay and Lebedev scions to join News Corp father and son in giving evidence to the media ethics inquiry next week — Rupert Murdoch may not be on trial next Wednesday, but the six hours of testimony he will give under oath is the closest …

David Goetzl / MediaPost:

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Jamie Keene / The Verge:
Tablets the second most popular way to watch TV, says Viacom study

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Wall Street Journal:

CW Network's Rush to Web Rankles Some TV Stations — When the TV show “The Vampire Diaries” made its debut on the youth-oriented CW network nearly three years ago, Brie Bagwell watched it regularly on her TV. This year, she still watches—but has dropped her pricey cable subscription and checks the show out free online.

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Showing Polar Ice Melting, TV Program Is Silent on Why — “Frozen Planet,” the seven-hour series that has attracted millions of viewers to the Discovery Channel in recent weeks, shows Earth in extremis. On this planet, the poles are violently cold, yet are also atypically vulnerable …

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

The NYT Goes Backward on Digital Ads — The New York Times Company's first quarter earnings, reported yesterday, left a lot to be desired. — About.com, the company's web-only content farm, continues to crater, weighing down the newspapers. It lost nearly a a quarter of its revenue …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Boston Globe raises prices on 7-day delivery, but protects Sunday circulation

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

NY tabloid's new South Asian section shows ‘local’ is cultural not geographic — What do local New Yorkers really want to read about? Well, cricket and Bollywood, of course. — One of New York's longtime tabloids The Daily News has added a news section to its website called Desi that targets the city's large South Asian community.