Mediagazer: Profits aren't the only consideration for newspapers (Dan Mitchell/Fortune)

12:35 PM ET, June 10, 2012

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Michaelle Bond / American Journalism Review:

For Newspapers, a Less than Daily Future — Experts see the reduced publishing schedule for Newhouse papers in New Orleans and Alabama as a precursor of things to come. Thurs., June 7, 2012. — Michaelle Bond (mbond@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant.

Discussion: TheLensNola.org and Save the News

Dan Mitchell / Fortune:

Profits aren't the only consideration for newspapers — It might make sense for some newspapers in some cities to quickly switch to digital. It doesn't make sense in New Orleans. — FORTUNE — One of the challenges of discussing the besieged newspaper business is that it's not like just any business, or it shouldn't be.

Discussion: Capital New York

Michaelle Bond / American Journalism Review:

Newhouse: Staying the Course in New Orleans — Despite the public outcry against its plan to reduce publication of the Times-Picayune to three days a week, the company is not backing down. Fri., June 8, 2012. — Michaelle Bond (mbond@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant.

Discussion: Poynter

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab: The newsonomics of Larry Kramer's USA Today

Rishad Tobaccowala / Lean Back 2.0:

Why the tablet worsens the magazine industry's headache — Many on this blog have proclaimed the tablet to be the publishing industry's savior; however, I'm skeptical as I have watched my own and others' usage of content on the tablet. We now hear of Conde Nast slowing down on iPad development and …

Economist:

The threat of the internet has forced magazines to get smarter — “PRINT is dead” was a common refrain a couple of years ago. The costly print advertisements that kept magazines and newspapers alive were migrating to the web, where they earned only pennies on the dollar.

Richard Ting / The Atlantic Online:

Why Mobile Will Dominate the Future of Media and Advertising — We're about to enter a world where there are more tablets and smart phones than PCs. If you're in the mobile advertising business, your rocket ship takes off in five, four, three ... This is the dawn of the smartphone age.

Discussion: Noted

Antonio Jimenez / Nieman Journalism Lab:

In the Netherlands, a Patch-like hyperlocal network is making money and nearing profit — In the United States, there are any number of individual hyperlocal sites that are proving sustainable — Berkeleyside, West Seattle Blog, and the like. What's proved more elusive …

Discussion: Sarah Hartley and Street Fight

Nitya Rajan / Beet.TV:

WSJ Social Media Editor: Structured Use Of Twitter Puts Him One Step Ahead — Using Twitter in a structured way, puts him one step ahead of the game says The Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) new Social Media Editor Neal Mann, in this video interview with Beet.TV

Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

Comcast Is Said to Be Mulling Bid for BSkyB — Updated Comcast is exploring whether the British Sky Broadcasting Group, Britain's largest satellite broadcaster and a lucrative pay TV asset 39 percent owned by News Corporation, could become available for purchase, according to several people briefed on the company's strategic thinking.

Discussion: @jcstearns, @ckrewson, Variety, New York Magazine, @yinkawrites and @felixsalmon

Deadline Hollywood: Comcast CFO: Report That Comcast Pondering BSkyB Buy Is “Rubbish”

Associated Press:

Attorney General Holder appoints 2 US attorneys to lead leak probes — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday appointed two U.S. attorneys to lead a pair of criminal investigations into possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information.

Discussion: New York Times, The Huffington Post and The Hill

Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
President Obama: ‘Offensive’ To Suggest Administration Purposefully Leaked Intelligence Info

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Reuters, Washington Wire, Bloomberg and Business Insider

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The ‘leak’ wars — President Barack Obama's administration …

Discussion: Gawker and Business Insider

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Murdoch's Australian news chief rejects beefed up regulation — A debate in Australia about the appropriate powers for a press regulator may be a pointer to News International's views on the outcome of the Leveson inquiry. — Campbell Reid, the editorial director of Rupert Murdoch's Australian outfit …

Steve Outing:

It's not a ‘paywall’ when it's ‘freemium’ — The word “paywall” as applied to news websites sucks. It's a negative word. If a consumer hears that a favorite news site is putting up a “paywall,” the response is highly likely to be: avoid! — Some news-site user monetization systems truly are “paywalls.”

Discussion: Techdirt and @yurivictor

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

Mashable Execs Are Preparing For A Sale To CNN, Auditing Financials And Discussing Integration — Over the past few days, Mashable executives have been busily preparing for an acquisition by CNN, two sources say. — One source tells us that Mashable has audited its finances and sent them to Turner.

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, @awallenstein, msnbc.com, VentureBeat, @felixsalmon, The Huffington Post, WebProNews and New York Post

Julie Moos / Poynter:

NPR's ‘Car Talk’ to end original run this fall — The popular NPR show will stop producing original episodes this fall. “Click and Clack” brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, 74 and 62 years old, have hosted “Car Talk” for 25 years, but say they will now “stop and smell the cappuccino.”