Mediagazer: How The Media Made The Priorities USA Attack Ad Matter (Aviva Shen/ThinkProgress)

2:49 AM ET, August 10, 2012

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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:

Lolo Jones Article Is Too Harsh — Readers have weighed in to complain about The New York Times's Aug. 5 piece on U.S. Olympics hurdler Lolo Jones. Below is the response I have sent to those who emailed me about this:

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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:

How The Media Made The Priorities USA Attack Ad Matter — Cable news is giving a controversial new ad attacking Romney an unintentional bump in visibility. Priorities USA, the super PAC supporting Barack Obama, released “Understands” on Tuesday in just five battleground states: Florida, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio.

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Caity Weaver / Gawker:

Beloved Children's Troubadour Raffi Is Losing It At Journalists on Twitter — Everyone's childhood is currently going up in flames, as Raffi, the iconic Canadian ancestor of the modern-day Wiggle, is sort of losing it on Twitter. — A couple days ago, the Vancouver Aquarium reported that Kavna …

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Los Angeles Times:

Marc Duvoisin named L.A. Times managing editor — A message to the newsroom from Editor Davan Maharaj: — I'm pleased to announce that Marc Duvoisin is the new managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. — As you know, this announcement is a long time coming.

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Journalism.org:

For Communication Grads, a Modest Job Recovery — For the second year in a row, the employment situation for recent journalism and mass communication graduates has improved, according to a new survey from the University of Georgia. But placed in the context of a “terrible” job market in recent years …

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Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

How to Make a Dead Cat Bounce on Twitter — I've been told that in the olden days, reporters would write articles on these things called “typewriters.” And get this: These machines weren't even connected to the Internet! — The tools have since changed. We have blogs, smartphones, digital cameras and Wi-Fi.

Howard Finberg / Poynter:

Knight report on training shows journalists want technology, multimedia, data skills — A new study by the Knight Foundation released today summarizes the state of journalism training. Some findings from “Digital Training Comes of Age”: … The report was authored by Eric Newton …

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Lymari Morales / Gallup:

Americans, Viewers Want Top Olympics Events Televised Live — More educated, higher-income Americans watching the most, want more live coverage — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans who say they are watching the Olympics “a lot” are most likely to want the most popular events televised …

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Startup Togather thinks crowdsourcing is key to profitable author book tours — It has never been clear whether author book tours are a worthwhile investment. Fewer publishers are shelling out to send their authors across the country these days — what's the point if you're going to sit …

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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

Deadline And Hollywood Life Owner Arrested And Accused Of Breaking Into Nantucket Home — Jay Penske, owner of Deadline Hollywood, HollywoodLife.com, and the Dragon Racing IndyCar team, and his brother Mark were arrested around 2 a.m. ET this morning after reportedly trying to break into a Nantucket Yacht Club house.

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Emma Hall / AdAge:

U.K. Viewers Flock to BBC's Ad-Free Airing of Olympics — Almost Half the Population Watched Opening Ceremony, and Up to Two-Thirds of Audience Share Is Going to Games — The BBC's live, multi-layered Olympic coverage is dominating viewing figures in the U.K., with audience share up to 64.5% …

Vulture:

Aaron Sorkin Doesn't Think We Can Handle The Truth About The Newsroom ‘Firings’ — If we've learned anything from The Newsroom, it's that hindsight is 20/20. (And that the Japanese words for four and seven totally sound the same!) So, if we had it to do over again, we would have asked Aaron Sorkin …