Mediagazer: Cablevision-Viacom battle echoes Malone-Redstone fight (Joe Flint/Los Angeles Times)

9:15 AM ET, February 28, 2013

Top News:

Exclusive: The Woodward, Sperling emails revealed — POLITICO's “Behind the Curtain” column last night quoted Bob Woodward as saying that a senior White House official has told him in an email he would “regret” questioning White House statements on the origins of sequestration.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, mediabistro.com, Gawker, Right Turn, @johnavlon, @carr2n and Pressing Issues

The Week:

Bob Woodward's ridiculous war with the White House — Bob Woodward, the veteran reporter for The Washington Post, has suggested that the White House threatened him over a recent story in which he accused President Obama of “moving the goal posts” by demanding a balanced package of tax revenues …

Discussion: Guardian

CNN:

Bob Woodward says he was threatened by White House — (CNN) - Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Wednesday he was threatened by a senior Obama administration official following his reporting on the White House's handling of the forced federal spending cuts set to take effect on Friday.

Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS, Daily Mail, @dylanbyers, The Huffington Post, Chickaboomer, Business Insider, @pourmecoffee, @gregmitch, @buzzfeedben, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, @carr2n, @stevekrak and Reuters

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

What the Atlantic learned from Scientology: native advertising is harder for news brands — You have to feel for the Atlantic. One poor decision has made it a case study in how not to embrace a popular advertising trend — even though many other publications could have gotten away with the same ad.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and @psigrist

BBC:

Neil McIntosh appointed Managing Editor, BBC Online and Red Button — The BBC today announced that Neil McIntosh has been appointed as the Managing Editor for BBC Online and Red Button. — As Managing Editor, McIntosh will provide strategic and operational leadership for BBC Online …

Discussion: @fieldproducer, @benjrooney and @nmcintosh

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

AOL Confirms Susan Lyne As CEO Of Brand Group, Artie Minson Out As COO Role Restructured (Memo) — AOL today confirmed a couple of big changes at the top of the company, as first reported yesterday by Bloomberg and AllThingsD. Susan Lyne, the exec who had previously been at Gilt Groupe …

Discussion: Bloomberg, NetNewsCheck Latest, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Corporate Intelligence, AllThingsD, @rafat, @ryanlawler, mUmBRELLA, Deadline.com and Business Insider

Ana Marie Cox / Guardian:

Jackass journalism and the Breitbart bratpack — A year's passed since Andrew Breitbart died, but his combative conservativism lives on with the minions of his ‘media of mean’ … So says Michael Goldfarb, founder of the Washington Free Beacon, basking in the predictable reaction to an article …

Discussion: RedState, @mattseaton, @michellemalkin, Politico and @antderosa

Steve Carney / Los Angeles Times:

Radio guru turns podcast curator — With Podcast.One, Norman Pattiz aims to package talk shows to gain listener and advertiser interest. — Norm Pattiz, the founder of radio syndicator Westwood One, is launching PodcastOne. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / February 28, 2013)

Discussion: Examiner, Launchpad Digital Media and Radio Ink Magazine

Jennifer Van Grove / CNET:

Yelp: We compete with print — not Google or Facebook — The business reviews site thinks that Internet businesses may pose a threat to its local advertising business — in 10 years. — Google, who? Facebook, huh? Yea, that's right. The Internet behemoths don't pose any threat …

Discussion: @ryanj899, @samgustin, Marketing Pilgrim, Street Fight and Business Insider

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Pandora Resurrects Its 40-Hour (Monthly) Limit On Free Music, But This Time It's Capping Mobile Usage — As it struggles to deal with rising royalty costs, streaming radio service Pandora is bringing back an old idea by capping free mobile usage at 40 hours per month.

Discussion: Pandora, NetNewsCheck Latest, Music Ally, Pocket-lint, Forbes and Engadget

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

Cablevision-Viacom battle echoes Malone-Redstone fight — John Malone, left, and Sumner Redstone (Associated Press (Malone) and Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times (Redstone)) — The more things change, the more they stay the same. — On Tuesday, Viacom, parent of MTV …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Stephen Lepitak / The Drum:

ITV sees 1% increase in broadcasting and online revenues while ITV studio grows revenue by £100m in 2012 — ITV has announced a one per cent increase in its broadcast and online revenue to £1,834 million for 2012 as ITV Studios grew its revenue by £100 million.

Discussion: Guardian and Media Week