Mediagazer: Is Forbes the model for a digital-first media entity? (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM)

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Obama Video on Fox News Criticized as Attack Ad — The “Fox and Friends” video. — The Fox News Channel came under withering criticism on Wednesday for a four-minute video, broadcast on its morning show “Fox & Friends” that portrayed President Obama's tenure as a series of failed promises.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, TVNewser, Hot Air, Baltimore Sun, The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple, The Daily Beast, ABCNEWS and Guardian

Associated Press:

Former NY Daily News editor Michael O'Neill, who led newspaper in the late 1970s, dead at 89 — NEW YORK — A former New York Daily News editor-in-chief who oversaw coverage of the city's financial crisis in the 1970s has died. Michael O'Neill was 89. — Daughter Kathryn O'Neill …

Discussion: Charles Apple

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Will other Advance newspapers face cuts like Times-Picayune, Alabama papers? — Advance Publications' decision to cut staff and reduce printing to three days a week at its papers in New Orleans and Alabama has worried journalists at its other newspapers. Cleveland Scene's Kyle Swenson reported …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and New York Post

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Spotify vs. the Pirates (Video) — Spotify has a lot of buzz and a bunch of users, but it's not a mainstream service by any means. So think of today's D10 interview with CEO Daniel Ek and investor/adviser Sean Parker as a Spotify primer: Walt Mossberg got the two men to explain exactly …

Discussion: TechCrunch and The Next Web

Jen Doll / The Atlantic Wire:

Do Female Journalists Have a Confidence Problem? — Every couple of weeks another report comes out with a new statistic that demonstrates what we should all know by now: women writers are not being published as often as men. Except, of course, in certain areas of journalism, the “pink” ones, like service and food and style.

Discussion: Poynter

Tom Bill / Reuters:

Al Jazeera eyes new London home in Shard skyscraper — (Reuters) - Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera is in advanced talks to move into London's Shard skyscraper, the tallest tower in western Europe, a source close to the deal told Reuters. The 95-storey Renzo Piano-designed glass tower …

Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:

Israeli journalist to be tried over leaks that revealed illegal military killings — Haaretz's Uri Blau faces espionage charges after being passed thousands of secret documents by jailed ex-soldier Anat Kam — An Israeli journalist is to stand trial for possession of secret military documents leaked …

Discussion: Associated Press, IMEMC and Jerusalem Post

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Is Forbes the model for a digital-first media entity? — By now, we have some pretty good examples of what a digital-native media entity looks like: it looks a lot like The Huffington Post or BuzzFeed or Vox, with a relentless focus on the dynamics of the real-time web and the way that content lives online …

Discussion: Poynter, eMedia Vitals and Talking Biz News, Thanks:@mathewi

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Penguin, Macmillan respond to DOJ in e-book price fixing suit — Penguin and Macmillan, the two publishers fighting the Department of Justice's e-book price fixing lawsuit in court, have both filed responses to the DOJ suit. — Both publishers flatly deny that they engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy with other publishers.

Keegan Hamilton / Seattle Weekly:

Journalist Mark Rahner Files Lawsuit Against Seattle Times Alleging Disability Discrimination — Ex-Seattle Times reporter/current comic book writer Mark Rahner, last seen crawling out of a coffin made of bacon to promote Crypticon, is suing his former employer, claiming he was unfairly fired after he refused to work a night shift.

Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:

Digital Notes: Judge Presses U.S. in Megaupload Case — When the police in New Zealand raided the headquarters of the file-sharing site Megaupload in January on behalf of the United States authorities, the case, at first, seemed strong. — In what was described as one of the largest …

Discussion: Plagiarism Today, CNET and BBC

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Judge allows live-tweeting, live-blogging during Jerry Sandusky trial — Reporters will be allowed to live-tweet and live-blog during the jury selection and trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on sexual abuse charges, according to a court order issued Wednesday.

Discussion: PennLive.com and @niemanlab

Micah L. Sifry / techPresident:

As WikiLeaks Struggles, Copycats Die But Online Whistle-Blowing Thrives — It's been months since WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website, has posted anything other than appeals for support for its embattled founder Julian Assange. Weakened by internal dissension with Assange's imperious management …

New York Times:
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Another Bid to Halt Extradition to Sweden

Discussion: Washington Post, The Atlantic Wire, Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, ZDNet, Forbes, Boing Boing, Guardian, The New Yorker Blog and Media Decoder