Mediagazer: The New Al Jazeera: More ESPN, Less CNN (BusinessWeek)

3:23 AM ET, September 30, 2012

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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:

Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Changed The Times, Dies at 86 — Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who guided The New York Times and its parent company through a long, sometimes turbulent period of expansion and change on a scale not seen since the newspaper's founding in 1851, died on Saturday at his home in Southampton, N.Y. He was 86.

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Julie Moos / Poynter:

Former New York Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger dies Saturday — In a note to all New York Times company employees, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., announced the death of his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, at 86. In 1963, Sulzberger became publisher of the paper, family owned since 1896.

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BusinessWeek:

The New Al Jazeera: More ESPN, Less CNN — Remember Al Jazeera, the network that was supposed to be an Arab CNN, offering a counterweight to Western cable news? That plan appears to have been scaled back as the Qatari government-controlled network makes deep cuts in its English-language …

Al Tompkins / Poynter:

Will TV's long love affair with car chases come to a screeching halt as Fox broadcasts suicide live? — After Fox inadvertently aired live video of a man in Phoenix shooting himself Friday following a car chase, Executive Vice President for News Michael Clemente tried to explain how it happened.

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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Fox News carries live video of man shooting himself after car chase

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Car Chases, Live TV, and Ethics

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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

The business media needs to improve its Twitter use — The business media use Twitter as a promotional tool and are not building an online community, according to research presented Friday by two Virginia Commonwealth University professors. — Vivian Medina-Messner and Marcus Messner found …

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Per Nyberg / CNN:

Danish magazine denies publishing fresh images of Catherine — London (CNN) — A gossip magazine in Denmark on Saturday dismissed reports it had published new, even more revealing images of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, as entirely false. — The publication of topless photographs of Catherine …

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Media Matters for America:

STUDY: TV News Covered Paul Ryan's Workout 3x More Than Record Arctic Sea Ice Loss — Arctic sea ice is declining much faster than scientists expected, which has important implications for the rate and impacts of climate change. But the major TV news outlets have largely ignored …

Economist:

Have I got news for you — “THE most humble day of my life,” is how Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation, described his experience being excoriated by British parliamentarians in July 2011. Accusations of phone hacking, police bribery and negligence involving Mr Murdoch's News of the World …

Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

Pottstown Mercury's wanted-poster-style Pinboard is resulting in arrests — We all want our journalism to have impact. Well, here's impact for you: the Wanted by Police Pinboard launched by the Pottstown Mercury's Brandie Kessler is resulting in arrests. — In a recent Mercury story …

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Time Inc.'s Lang Announces Shakeup — Time Inc.'s Laura Lang today bumped up Paul Caine to the role of group president, signaling an emphasis on global growth at a company facing a tough business climate. — Caine, who has quickly established himself as CEO Lang's right-hand man …

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Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Digital science mag Guru receives mobile app funding — Guru Magazine, which launched early last year, is hoping the funding will help it reach a larger audience and launch a mobile app by the end of the year — Guru Magazine, a digital-only science publication which launched around 18 months ago …

Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:

What does an even more digital BBC mean for the commercial media sector? — In the lead-up to our half-day Market Briefing seminar on Video Monetisation tools on 18 October, we'll be writing a series of analysis posts on the current and future state of video and broadcast media in a digital age.