Mediagazer: Punch! Magazine Scraps Editorial Content...For Now (The New York Observer)

4:45 AM ET, September 5, 2012

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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:

Facts, Truth ... and May the Best Man Win — In “Gore Vidal's The Best Man,” now in an enjoyable and timely revival on Broadway (extended but scheduled to end this week), the lead character - a candidate for president in 1960 - poses a rhetorical question: — “Since when has the truth been a deterrent at this convention?”

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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Tuesday Q&A: Bill Marimow on his new old job, and the future of the Philadelphia Inquirer — Here's an understatement: It's been a wild ride at Philadelphia's daily newspapers. In April, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News were sold, after ratcheting concern over the political influence of the buyers.

Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:

For conventions, TV viewing down, social media up — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When it comes to following political conventions, Twitter may soon trump television. TV viewership for last week's Republican National Convention dropped sharply from 2008, suggesting interest in this presidential race falls short of some past contests.

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John Aloysius Farrell / National Journal:
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Carl Marcucci / Radio & Television Business Report:

Clear Channel launches ClearVision for airports, against CNN — Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a division of Clear Channel Outdoor, announced the launch of a new in-airport TV network called ClearVision. It features entertainment, news, music, and sports programming.

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

YouTube movie rentals are coming to connected TVs — YouTube is going to launch VOD-style movie rentals on TVs and connected devices later this year. The Google-owned video service will add a premium component to its TV application on various Smart TV platforms, according to an announcement by YouTube hardware partner TPVision.

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch compensated $30 million, a 10% cut — News Corp. directors bestowed CEO Rupert Murdoch with a $30-million compensation package in the company's 2012 fiscal year, a nearly 10% decline — or $3 million cut — over Murdoch's fiscal 2011 compensation of $33.3 million, according to regulatory filings.

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Cord Jefferson / Gawker:

Harvard Crimson Editors Have Bigger Balls Than Your Media Boss — The privileged young people of Harvard College are not often recognized for their integrity and backbone. They made a whole movie about how Zuckerberg stole Facebook from the terrible Winklevoss twins, for instance.

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Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Can Apple, Amazon and Google's new mini-tablets revive the news industry? — Any news executives confident that the answer to falling print sales is more people using tablet computers should be delighted by the next six weeks or so. On Thursday, Amazon's Jeff Bezos is expected to unwrap …

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The New York Observer:

Punch! Magazine Scraps Editorial Content...For Now — Punch!, a Spy Magazine-inspired iPad “appazine” that paired long-form journalism with short comedy segments and interactive games, has scrapped its editorial content to focus entirely on an authoring tool for apps.

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

BBC allows mobile iPlayer downloads — Development means viewers will be able to watch on-demand programmes on iPads and iPhones while abroad — Viewers will now be able to watch the latest series of Doctor Who and other BBC favourites while travelling and on holiday abroad …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Warner Bros. Takes Another Crack at Flixster — And UltraViolet — Making movies is hard. Making movie-recommendation services is a lot easier. — But Warner Bros. is trying to do both. And the newest version of Flixster, the recommendation service it bought last year, is pretty interesting.

Discussion: The Wrap and TechCrunch

Jason Deans / Guardian:

Phone hacking investigations and prosecutions ‘could take three years’ — Senior Scotland Yard officer Stephen Kavanagh is to take over Sue Akers's role overseeing the investigations into phone hacking and other alleged illegal activities by journalists, with the police budgeting for the process …

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