Mediagazer: Can The Guardian Become a Big U.S. Force? (Josh Sternberg/Digiday)

2:55 PM ET, February 15, 2013

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John M. Broder / New York Times:

That Tesla Data: What It Says and What It Doesn't — The Model S at the Tesla Supercharger in the Interstate 95 service plaza in Milford, Conn. — Elon Musk , the chief executive of Tesla Motors, has now responded in detail to the account of my test drive of his Model S electric car …

David Edwards / The Raw Story:

CNN shoots down ‘New York Times’ by taking Tesla road trip: 'It wasn't that hard' — CNN took on The New York Times' scathing review of Tesla's Model S by driving the same route with no problems and determining that the trip “wasn't that hard.” — Electric car manufacturer Tesla …

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, NPR, VentureBeat, Forbes, @elonmusk, Examiner, @barterpaul, @hunterwalk, @hblodget, @toddbarnard, Guardian, @bobbyllew, @elonmusk and @katiefehren

Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Conflicting Assertions Over an Electric Car Test Drive

Discussion: Erik Wemple, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, The Daily Beast, Joho the Blog, Media News, AdAge, Engadget, Linkedin, SlashGear and The Verge

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

Valentine's Day Bloodbath: WaPo Lays Off Workers in Hush-Hush Manner — On Thursday, Valentine's Day, WaPo officially discussed the circumstances surrounding the layoffs of employees, FishbowlDC sources have learned. Internal sources appropriately place the number at 54, though a publicist hasn't confirmed the exact number.

Discussion: Politico, Capital New York, mediabistro.com, The Huffington Post, City Desk, Poynter and @escarry

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Judge allows case over HuffPo ownership to go forward, adds fraud claim — In a major development in the bitter court fight over the founding of the Huffington Post, a New York judge has for the second time refused the request of media moguls Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer to dismiss the case.

Discussion: The Wrap, FishbowlNY and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Did Time Warner Really Try to Buy China's Help Fighting Piracy With Free Movies? — Rampant copyright piracy in Asia, especially in China, is a massive and intractable problem for the software, entertainment and luxury industries. Western countries simply don't have enough leverage to compel …

Discussion: Businessweek

Marina Hyde / Guardian:

Reeva Steenkamp's corpse was in the morgue, her body was on the Sun's front page — The Oscar Pistorius case has been called a tragedy for South Africa, for sport, for disability rights ... but what about the victim and her family? To parts of the media, she is just hot

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Guardian:

London police commander arrested in Operation Elveden — Chief superintendent Andy Rowell held over allegations he passed information to a News International journalist — One of the most senior police officers to be targeted by Operation Elveden has been arrested over allegations …

Discussion: Sky News, EalingToday, standard.co.uk and BBC

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

You Are Watching More Web Video Ads Than Ever — The fate of the TV ad may or may not be in jeopardy. But in Web videoland, ads are thriving: Distributors keep adding more of them, and they are bumping up their length, too. And the people who watch Web videos seem ok with that.

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Can The Guardian Become a Big U.S. Force? — The Guardian waited 190 years before taking its left-leaning brand of journalism to the U.S. And it decided to make its splash in a very modern way: through an online-only operation. — The Guardian is presenting its premium content in a crowded marketplace.

Andrew Pugh / PressGazette:

Trinity's ‘Newsroom 3.0’ plan rolls out nationwide — Journalists working across all Trinity Mirror's regional papers are bracing themselves for the introduction of a new working model called “Newsroom 3.0”. — The new model was originally trialled in the publisher's North Wales newsroom …

Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:

More Cash for Covers — Deal Gives Universal Music a Cut From Ads Alongside Videos — Those cover videos on YouTube could start generating some more revenue for the music industry. — VivendiSA's Universal Music Publishing Group has struck deals with Maker Studios Inc. and Fullscreen Inc. …

Discussion: Music Week, New Media Blog, Tubefilter, Billboard and Fortune

Jim Romenesko:

[UPDATED] Jayson Blair got $3,000 to speak at an ethics forum in 2009 — In the fall of 2009, Edward Wasserman invited disgraced journalist Jayson Blair to speak at Washington and Lee University's Journalism Ethics Institute. The title of his talk was “Lessons Learned.” — Did people protest it?

Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts