Mediagazer: 'How did L.A. Times get a grant when I can't?' (Alan D. Mutter/Reflections of a Newsosaur)

Homicide Watch Venture Struggles to Survive — Journalism has a shortage of many things: capital, advertisers and, in some instances, readers. But certainly its most precious commodity is innovation. — Again and again, the business struggles to get out of the rut that put it on a road to ruin in the first place.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Newspaper restructuring — think steel, cars and airlines — If there is a poster child for the “digital first” newspaper movement, it is probably Journal Register Co., which manages a chain of dailies and weeklies in the eastern U.S. John Paton took the helm as CEO after it emerged from bankruptcy in 2009 …

Discussion: The Buttry Diary, Strange Attractor and Nieman Journalism Lab

Martin Langeveld / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Journal Register's bankruptcy is strategic, all right — but for whom? — Yesterday's news that Journal Register Company was filing another Chapter 11 bankruptcy could signal the end of any options for Digital First, or any other industry player, to engage in what Ken Doctor described here as a “roll-up” or consolidation strategy.

Discussion: Guardian and CJR

Jim Romenesko: Ex-Journal Register staffer: Chapter 11/sale news isn't a surprise

David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:

NY Times' Jim Roberts: ‘The Pace Of Change Gets Faster And Faster’ — What's the most dramatic change you've seen in your 25 years at the Times? — I definitely think the transition to digital — it's enormous, it's ongoing. Change is hard. Dealing with disruptive technologies left …

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

My Turn in Between the Readers and the Writers — WHEN Andrew Rosenthal, the editorial page editor, phoned to congratulate me on my appointment as public editor, he closed the call with a quip: “I look forward to you trashing me.” — And there, in brief, is the paradox, and one of the challenges, of this role.

Discussion: The Public Editor's Journal and Pressing Issues

Bill Grueskin / Nieman Journalism Lab:

News orgs want journalists who are great at a few things, rather than good at many — Editor's Note: It's the start of the school year, which means students are returning to journalism programs around the country. As the media industry continues to evolve, how well is new talent being trained …

Charlie Warzel / Adweek:

Flipboard Looks to Elevate Tablet Ads — After crossing the 20 million user threshold last week, On Friday, the social magazine Flipboard is looking to capture the imagination of brands by elevating tablet advertising. To that end, Flipboard has unveiled a new digital magazine-like ad treatment for Levi's …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Inside Flipboard and Business Insider

Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

'How did L.A. Times get a grant when I can't?' — Second of two parts. This first part is here. — For 24 years, hundreds of Los Angeles high school journalists have learned about reporting, writing and life itself by volunteering at L.A. Youth, a free newspaper read by an estimated 350,000 teens a year.

Discussion: Reflections of a Newsosaur

Lauren Rabaino / 10,000 Words:

Chicago Tribune News Apps Team Launches ‘Crime in Chicago’ Data Project — It's responsive, it's overflowing with data and it's beautiful. The most recent project from The Chicago Tribune news apps team, Crime in Chicago, is a glowing example of the power of data in telling stories …

Discussion: AppNewser and Chicago Tribune

Business Week:

Meet Apple's Favorite Blogger — On a cold day in February, John Gruber traveled from his home in Philadelphia to New York City for a meeting. At a posh hotel near Central Park, the 39-year-old tech blogger was greeted by Phil Schiller, Apple's (AAPL) senior vice president for worldwide marketing.

Discussion: Fortune, Bloomberg, Betabeat, The Loop and Talking Biz News

T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Pro-Syrian government hackers send fake news through Al Jazeera's SMS service — Combatants on both sides of Syria's domestic conflict have resorted to cyberwarfare to reach their goals, and a new hack has targeted Al Jazeera's SMS news service, giving subscribers fake breaking news updates via text message.

Discussion: The Hacker News [ THN ] and CNET

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Yes, Spotify Is Headed to the Web. No, Spotify Isn't Cutting Its Prices. — Waiting to use Spotify on the Web? Hang on a few weeks. — Waiting to pay $8 a month for Spotify's premium service? Don't hold your breath. — Yes, as TechCrunch reported yesterday, the streaming music company …

Discussion: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, paidContent, Business Insider, Side-Line, digitaltrends.com, CNET, Gizmodo, The Verge and Fortune