Mediagazer: How The Times undermined its own good work on Leveson Inquiry (Ian Burrell/The Independent)

7:25 AM ET, July 9, 2012

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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:

We're getting wildly differing assessments — The announcement of the Supreme Court's decision largely upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Thursday, June 28 precipitated a genuine media drama. Millions tuned in to get the result in real time, and were rewarded …

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David Carr / New York Times:

Newspaper Industry Is Running Out of Time to Adapt to Digital Future — While the rest of us were burning hot dogs on the grill last week, the newspaper industry seemed to be lighting itself on fire. — There have been cracks in publishing operations that are both hilarious and terrifying.

Jim Romenesko:

Times-Picayune reporter: I can't keep my mouth shut and pretend everything is okay — “Sometimes I just want to scream about what is happening around me” at the newspaper, she writes. — “Those of us laid off still have jobs to do until the 30th of Sept, but it's going from bad to worse,” she tells Romenesko readers.

Tracie Powell / Poynter: How the digital divide developed in New Orleans & what that means for the future of news there

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Phone hacking: prosecutor will decide on charges within weeks — Ex-News of the World journalists will soon know whether they are to face trial, as Keir Starmer says CPS will finish considering 13 case files by the end of July — Prosecutors aim to decide by the end of this month whether …

Ian Burrell / The Independent:

How The Times undermined its own good work on Leveson Inquiry — Back in 2008, shortly after becoming editor of The Times, James Harding redesigned the paper. Most notably he changed page two to become a prominent noticeboard for the values and beliefs of the publication.

Fabrizio Bensch / Photographers Blog:

Robo-cams go for Olympic gold — Is it possible to get 11 photographers into a box and put them in a position where you could never place a photographer? Normally, it would be absolutely impossible. But nothing is impossible when it comes to the Olympic games.

Joel Schectman / The CIO Report:
NBC, Google, Stage ‘War Games’ To Prepare for Olympic Disruptions

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Walter Shapiro / CJR:

Why is ‘issue coverage’ so boring—and often wrong? — Slavish fidelity to campaign position papers and official statements short-changes voters — As we sipped red wine in Washington last week, Republican pollster David Winston suddenly asked me, “Why doesn't the media write more about issues …

Natan Edelsburg / Lost Remote:

Exclusive: NBC News launches ‘Dateline Chatline’ to make broadcast more social — When Dateline first launched on NBC News back in 1992, it was unclear whether this TV news magazine would fail after so many other NBC attempts had tanked. Now in it's 20th season, the network is launching …

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Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:

Let's explode the myth that data journalism is ‘resource intensive’ — Is data journalism ‘time consuming’ or ‘resource intensive’? The excuse - and I think it is an excuse - seems to come up at an increasing number of events whenever data journalism is discussed.

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

What's Wrong With CNN? (And What's Right) — You know the knocks on CNN: Its ratings are down. Its reputation for breaking news took a hit last week with an embarrassing mistake about the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling. Its nonpartisan approach to news denies it the built-in liberal audience …

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Cyndi Stivers / CJR:

The sixth W — Who, what, when, where, why—and women. A bow to those who helped close the media gender gap, and a cheer for leaders of the future — Forty years ago in July, Ms. debuted as a stand-alone magazine. Thanks to the efforts of Gloria Steinem, Suzanne Levine …

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

The new role of today's front page as a third draft of history — I usually make an effort to read the newspaper's top headline by glancing at a corner box that I drive past on my way to work each morning as an intern at Poynter's Tampa Bay Times. I'm rarely able to satisfy my curiosity until …

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