Mediagazer: Newsosaur: The Inside Scoop On Hiring Outsiders (Alan D. Mutter/Editor & Publisher)

12:00 AM ET, October 7, 2012

Top News:

Dick Costolo of Twitter, an Improv Master Writing Its Script — WELCOME to the Dick Costolo Show. — The audience, le beau monde of cinema, has gathered at the Debussy Theater on this unseasonably cool May morning on the French Riviera. The event, officially the opening of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival …

Discussion: TechCrunch, @owenthomas, @pkafka, GigaOM and SiliconBeat

Beth Hawkins / Minn Post:

Reporter who wrote about life as undocumented immigrant arrested in Minnesota — New York Times reporter Jose Vargas was arrested Friday morning by Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Police and charged with driving without a valid driver's license, a misdemeanor.

Discussion: Poynter, Big News Network.com and The Raw Story

Katie Glueck / Politico:

ICE decides not to detain Jose Antonio Vargas — Jose Antonio Vargas, the writer and activist who went public last year with his status as an undocumented immigrant, was arrested for a driving infraction in Minnesota on Friday, but federal immigration authorities elected not to detain …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

How to Build “Entertainment Tonight” for YouTube: Young Hollywood Learns on the Job — Just about a year ago, YouTube launched its “channels” plan, where it handed out millions to dozens of video creators in the hopes of making the site more TV-like. — The project is very much an experiment …

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

French Music Startup Deezer Gets $130M Fourth Round, Led By Warner Music Group's Owner Access Industries — In France, it is the biggest startup funding round ever. Warner Music Group's owner Access Industries and previous investor Idinvest are investing €100 million ($130 Million) into music streaming startup Deezer.

Discussion: The Next Web and AllThingsD

Alan D. Mutter / Editor & Publisher:

Newsosaur: The Inside Scoop On Hiring Outsiders — When former BBC boss Mark Thompson starts work as chief executive of The New York Times Co., he will become the highest-profile example yet of an emerging trend among publishers to hire leaders from outside the newspaper business.

Isabel Kershner / New York Times:

Political and Market Forces Hobble Israel's Pack of Ink-Stained Watchdogs — JERUSALEM — The mainstream newspaper Maariv is on the verge of closing, apparently having lost a fierce 64-year contest against the populist Hebrew tabloid Yediot Aharonot. On Thursday, Haaretz …

Discussion: Guardian

Josh Stearns / MediaShift:

The Case for Unity Among Non-Profit, Community, and Public Media — The radically shifting landscape of media and technology has sparked a renaissance in non-profit and public media in the United States. As a perfect storm of economic and technological changes shakes the foundation of commercial media …

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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:

Blockbuster Hits Rewind on Plan to Return as Netflix Killer — Billionaire Charlie Ergen is giving up on his plan to turn the once-mighty Blockbuster LLC video- store chain into a Netflix (NFLX) Inc. competitor and gadget retailer. — When Ergen's Dish Network Corp. (DISH) …

Discussion: CNET, PC Magazine, Radio & Television …, fierceonlinevideo.com, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, Engadget and AdAge

Addy Dugdale / Fast Company:

EMI And ReDigi Duke It Out In Court Over The Resale of MP3s — A New York judge will today hear the opening arguments in the lawsuit between EMI and ReDigi. The music giant is suing the upstart startup, which makes its money flogging people's unwanted MP3s to loving homes, for copyright infringement.

Discussion: BBC

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Beacon to explore ‘combining talents and resources’ — St. Louis Public Radio and nonprofit news site the St. Louis Beacon signed a letter of intent to explore “options for strengthening regional news reporting by using their individual assets in combination,” the organizations say in a press release.

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

How Will Reuters and Fortune Handle Jack Welch's Conspiracy Tweeting? — Former GE CEO Jack Welch gets paid for his opinions by a couple of news organizations. But none of those opinions has ever caused quite such a stir as the one he issued on Twitter Friday morning, accusing the Labor Department of falsifying unemployment numbers.