Mediagazer: Is it marketing or is it journalism? The case of Tumblr's ‘Storyboard’ (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

7:25 AM ET, December 12, 2012

Top News:

Tribune Said to Seek Bankers for Newspaper Sale — Tribune Co., the bankrupt owner of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and six other daily newspapers, is interviewing bankers about selling its papers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Atlantic Wire, Chicago Sun Times, bizjournals, Poynter, Deadline.com, The Huffington Post, @jcstearns and @thematthewkeys, Thanks:@jaredbkeller

Reuters:

Owners of Southern California dailies eye Tribune papers-sources — NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES Dec 11 (Reuters) - San Diego Union-Tribune owner Doug Manchester and Orange County Register owner Aaron Kushner are interested in acquiring Tribune's stable of newspapers, according to people familiar with the situation.

Felix Salmon:

Why we won't have tablet-native journalism — Last week, when the Daily died, I declared that the reason, in part, was that tablet-native journalism was impossible. And I got a lot of rather vehement pushback, including some smart commentary from John Gruber, taking the other side of the argument.

Discussion: PandoDaily

Sara Morrison / CJR:

The limits of Internet research — “Rule number one of the Web: You don't mess with The Oatmeal” — Internet research helped Buzzfeed contributor Jack Stuef unmask @ComfortablySmug, the Twitter account that earned ire for posting false information during Hurricane Sandy. Stuef was praised for his work then.

Discussion: Poynter, PandoDaily, GigaOM, HyperVocal, @jayrosen_nyu and The Oatmeal

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Is it marketing or is it journalism? The case of Tumblr's ‘Storyboard’ — At a panel discussion in San Francisco this past September—"Is Tumblr the new Time Inc.?" was the typically provocative title—Jessica Bennett and Allie Townsend, editors at Tumblr and Facebook, respectively …

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Vox Media says the Verge is “very profitable” after one year — In late 2011, The Verge arrived on the media scene with grand plans to redefine tech news. Parent company Vox Media made an expensive bet on brand-name writers and bespoke publishing tools. — In the month of October …

Discussion: VentureBeat

Wall Street Journal:

Apple Tests Designs for TV — TAIPEI—Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test several TV-set designs, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the U.S. company is moving closer to expanding its offerings for the living room.

Discussion: Pocket-lint, 24/7 Wall St., App Advice, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge and Mashable!

Erik Wemple:

NBC News on George Zimmerman: A big mistake or intentional thrashing? — George Zimmerman last week filed a defamation suit against NBC News/NBC Universal for portraying him as a committed racial profiler in news stories on the Trayvon Martin case. In a post on the matter …

Discussion: Yahoo! News

Associated Press:

Committee To Protect Journalists: A Record 232 Reporters Jailed Worldwide — NEW YORK (AP) — The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report Tuesday that a record-number 232 journalists are imprisoned worldwide and that Turkey has the highest number with 49 journalists behind bars.

Discussion: Guardian, Committee to Protect … and CNN

Ed Sherman / The Sherman Report:

Sporting News prints final magazine after 126 years; web site still continues — It was inevitable. — After the 126 years, The Sporting News is printing its last magazine. One of the great traditions in sports is yet another casualty of the modern news era. — The Sporting News, though, isn't going away.

Discussion: AdAge, Sporting News Feed RSS, Poynter, Adweek, LA Observed, FishbowlNY and The Wrap

Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

Against ‘Objective’ Algorithms: The Case of Google News — Whole new categories of weird noise are being introduced into the news world as a result of Google's algorithm, whatever its virtues. — If something comes out of a computer on the basis of statistics, it must be objective, right?

Discussion: Google News Blog, @alexismadrigal and The Next Web

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

For employees of Bloomberg LP, a megabonus deferred — The thousands of employees of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's eponymous media and finance company will have to wait longer than they thought for the megabonuses dangled in front of them two years ago, Capital has learned.

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Leveson report: editors seeking legal advice on third-party complaints — Alan Rusbridger says five clauses of report will only be accepted by counterparts subject to ‘being scrutinised by lawyers’ — Alan Rusbridger spoke of widespread opposition to how third-party complaints should be handled

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