Mediagazer: Kidnapped Mexican Reporter Found Dead (International Press Institute)

2:30 PM ET, May 22, 2012

Top News:

Ailes Regrets ‘Scum’ Attack on NYT — Fox News chairman backs off harsh language in a college speech — Roger Ailes, who loves to bash the liberal media, used some extraordinarily harsh language the other day—and now realizes it. — In a speech Monday night at Ohio University …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, FishbowlNY, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Chickaboomer, Inside Cable News and The Daily Beast

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Roger Ailes Talks Negotiations With ‘Non-Neutral’ AP, His ‘Fluke’ Career

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Saul Daniels / Northridge-Chatsworth Patch:

Tribune Restructures to Spin Off the Los Angeles Times — Tribune Co., the corporate parent of the Los Angeles Times, is streamlining its corporate structure for the possible sale of newspaper and broadcast units, according to ChicagoBusiness.com. For years the company operated …

Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:

Tribune prepares to spin off business units — Tribune Co. is streamlining its corporate structure for the possible sale of publishing and broadcast units after its exit from bankruptcy. The Chicago-based company recently filed a document with the Delaware court handling the bankruptcy …

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

AOL'S Patch to Trim Staff — AOL's Patch.com, the online local-news network whose high costs have made it a lightning rod for criticism of AOL's strategy, is laying off about 20 people as part of a broader restructuring. — Patch will consolidate its four geographic zones into three …

Discussion: Poynter

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Patch Cuts 20 Managers, Restructures — AOL's Patch is cutting 20 managers as it folds its South “zone” into its East zone. The Wall Street Journal reports that the restructuring will allow the hyperlocal news network to dump those staffers, yet keep every one of its 850-plus sites up and running.

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

New Twist in Lawsuit Over Huffington Post's Origins; ‘Cover-Up’ Alleged — Two Democratic consultants who claim they supplied Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer with the idea for the Huffington Post have filed an amended version of their lawsuit, saying emails and other documents …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Huffington Post live video strategy takes shape with new hires, a new name

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Craig Silverman / Poynter:

5 qualifications The New York Times should require of its next public editor — The New York Times is in the market for a new public editor. — Erik Wemple broke the news yesterday that current public editor Arthur Brisbane will end his term this fall after two years.

Erik Wemple:
New York Times public editor to leave in September

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Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

OMG! BuzzFeed to Open D.C. Bureau — The buzz around BuzzFeed opening a Washington bureau is true. Political Editor Ben Smith confirms to FishbowlDC that the LOL-laden site is shooting to bring on new blood by summer to get the cat pic operation up and running.

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Daniel Frankel / paidContent:

Netflix promotes two key content VPs — With TV repeats and original series emerging as important drivers of Netflix's content mix, the company has made two key executive moves intended to bolster those areas. — Netflix announced Tuesday that Cindy Holland will step into the newly created role of VP of original content.

Discussion: The Daily Beast

Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:

Broadcasters sue over political ad rule — The National Association of Broadcasters sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday to block the commission's order requiring TV stations to put political advertising data online. — In their filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals …

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Arnaud de Borchgrave takes leave from Washington Times — The Washington Times has broken its silence on the case of Arnaud de Borchgrave, the columnist whom this blog last week cited for some dicey literary borrowing. In a story that hit the Washington Times Web site late last night …

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

NPR snags Brian Boyer to launch a news apps team (and they're hiring) — NPR has hired Brian Boyer, head of the Chicago Tribune's news apps team, to lead a new, similar team of data grinders and designers focused full-time on interactive storytelling. That makes NPR the latest major outlet …

Discussion: CJR

Steve Myers / Poynter:
NPR creates news applications team as part of strategy for ‘multimedia audio’

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple, eMedia Vitals and NetNewsCheck Latest

International Press Institute:

Kidnapped Mexican Reporter Found Dead — VIENNA, May 21, 2012 - The International Press Institute (IPI) today vigorously condemned the murder of kidnapped Mexican journalist Marco Antonio Ávila García, whose tortured body was found on the side of a highway in the northern state of Sonora on Friday afternoon.

Discussion: Guardian and Press Gazette

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Why the Waterstones/Amazon deal could hurt Waterstones — UK bookstore chain Waterstones announced today that it's partnering with Amazon to sell the Kindle in its 294 stores starting this fall. — The deal is bad news for Barnes & Noble, which was rumored to be working with Waterstones on a deal of its own.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Shatzkin Files and Melville House Books