Mediagazer: Winners of Livingston Awards announced (Jim Romenesko)

12:40 PM ET, June 7, 2012

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Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Analysis: In scare for newspapers, digital ad growth stalls — (Reuters) - As more newspapers cut back on print to reduce costs and focus on their websites, a troubling trend has emerged: online advertising sales are stalling. — In the first quarter, digital advertising revenue …

Discussion: Guardian, Gannett Blog and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

New York Times Leak Controversy Escalates — Members of Congress continued to condemn recent national security leaks to the media on Wednesday. Sen. John McCain set off a frenzy on Tuesday when he accused the White House of selectively leaking high-level, classified information …

Michael Massing / CJR:
When watchdog meets lapdog

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times responds to John Kerry

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Dylan Byers / Politico: Kerry questions NYT decision to run stories

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Scoops Spur Calls For Investigation, White House Responds

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Harry Shearer / CJR:

The Sometimes Picayune — Want to damage New Orleans (again)? Decimate its newspaper — Here, for your reading pleasure, are two familiar cliches: 1. New Orleans is a unique city. 2. The newspaper business is changing. Several days ago, when it was announced that The Times-Picayune …

Discussion: GigaOM

Jim Romenesko:

Winners of Livingston Awards announced — The Livingston Awards go to journalists under the age of 35. The prize is $10,000. This year's winners: * Local reporting. Andrew McLemore, 25, of The Williamson County (Texas) Sun for “Until Proven Innocent.” * National reporting.

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Scarborough rips Times for biased coverage — Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough went off on the New York Times today for a front-page article in its Home section featuring neighbors' complaints about Mitt Romney's $12 million house in La Jolla, San Deigo.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Gawker and New York Times

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Oliver North uses Maureen Dowd plagiarism defense — Fox News Insider took down Oliver North's Memorial Day column last month after NYU journalism professor Michael Norman complained that it contained a passage lifted verbatim from his memoir. — Some classic Fox editorial moves followed, Paul Farhi reports:

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Salon's CEO Switch Is Also A Strategic Pivot — Nine months ago, Salon.com's founder, David Talbot, took up the mantle of CEO, bearing with him a plan: By appealing to readers for financial support in the manner of NPR and PBS while keeping its content free to read, Salon could could diversify …

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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY: Salon Names Cindy Jeffers CEO, CTO

Michael Oneal / Chicago Tribune:

Tribune, creditors to present plan to leave bankruptcy — It took 3 1/2 years and more than $400 million in fees to lawyers and other professionals, but it appears that Tribune Co. may finally be on the verge of winning approval for a plan to emerge from bankruptcy court.

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Jim Romenesko:

Berkeley panel recommends new j-school dean — The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism committee that's been interviewing dean candidates has recommended someone to university officials, according to the memo below. I've asked Carolyn Capps when we can expect an announcement.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

B&N: DOJ e-book suit endangers consumers, bookstores and copyrighted expression — In a complaint sent to the Department of Justice this morning, Barnes & Noble says that the DOJ's proposed settlement with HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster for allegedly colluding to fix e-book prices …

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David Meyer / GigaOM:

E-book upstart Txtr signs majors for U.S. push — When you think of e-readers, you probably picture the hardware first: the Kindle, Nook, iPad or maybe even a Kobo. But not all digital reading takes place on one of these devices — and to try and capitalize on that, upstart txtr …

Associated Press:

‘El Huffington Post’ makes its debut in Spain — MADRID — The Huffington Post on Wednesday announced the launch of its newest version, a Spanish language site called “El Huffington Post” produced in Madrid at the headquarters of Spain's leading newspaper.

Discussion: paidContent and The Huffington Post