Mediagazer: Can't We All Just Subscribe? Why ‘Paywalls’ Won't Get Us Anywhere (Karen Fratti/10,000 Words)

1:30 PM ET, March 14, 2013

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects — You would think that Chris Wetherell, an early creator of Google Reader (and part of the team that eventually made it happen) would be feeling sorry for himself — after all Google had decided to euthanize a product he …

Discussion: Building Feedly, Marco.org, Marketing Land, Forbes, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Motherboard, ZDNet, BBC and Softpedia News

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Google Reader Still Drives Far More Traffic Than Google+ — The beloved but doomed Google Reader is still a healthy source of traffic. Google+, on the other hand... According to data from the BuzzFeed network, a set of tracked partner sites that collectively have over 300 million users …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, ZDNet and Mashable!

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Google Reader, please don't go — I need you to do my job — When I learned Wednesday night that Google Reader is shutting down, I literally broke into a sweat. Like many journalists, I've come to rely on the 242 RSS subscriptions I manage through Google Reader.

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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Google To Close Google Reader On July 1

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Chris Hayes to Take Over 8 P.M. Slot on MSNBC — Chris Hayes will take over the 8 p.m. time slot on MSNBC in the next month, the channel is expected to announce on Thursday morning, the day after the current host of that hour, Ed Schultz, said he was moving from the weekdays to the weekends.

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Biden's office forces reporter to delete photos, apologizes — A staffer for Vice President Joe Biden demanded that a reporter delete photos he'd taken at an event in Rockville, Md., Tuesday. The vice president's office later apologized to University of Maryland J-school Dean Lucy Dalglish …

Discussion: CNS Maryland, Politico, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and @jayrosen_nyu

Press Gazette:

Cameron urges Parliament to back Royal Charter: 'There is no point producing a system the press won't take part in' — David Cameron said that press owners would have refused to sign up to the system of press regulation backed by statute called for by Labour and the Lib Dems.

Discussion: Jon Slattery and Guardian

Andrew Woodcock / Press Association:
Leveson press reform proposal discussions break down

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

CBS Brings Ad-Sponsored Streaming TV To iPhone And iPad; Social Integration, Android & Windows 8 Support Still To Come — CBS is today introducing a new iOS application for iPad and iPhone, which brings its television programming to mobile devices, offering full episodes for streaming a week after they originally air.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Sources: Olbermann's inability to get a job cited in Current TV settlement — Keith Olbermann has settled his $50 million lawsuit with Current TV, bringing an end to the almost year-long legal dispute over the outspoken host's dismissal from the liberal news network.

Rory Carroll / Guardian:
Keith Olbermann settles lawsuit with Al Gore's Current TV for $50m

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David Corn / Mother Jones:

Meet Scott Prouty, the 47 Percent Video Source — For months, he and I shared a big secret and repeatedly discussed whether he should go public or stay hidden. — “Scott Prouty.” — The fellow on the other end of the phone call pronounced his name with hesitation.

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Redbox Instant ready to open its doors to the public — Redbox Instant by Verizon may be ready to launch its public beta test as early as Thursday, GigaOM has learned from an industry insider. The joint-venture between Verizon and Redbox launched its private beta test in December …

Discussion: Motley Fool

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Spinoff of Time Inc. Rattles Employees — It was an elite reception at a glittery Manhattan setting: prominent media figures like Gayle King and Lesley Stahl gathered on the 10th floor of the Time Warner Center on Monday night to toast Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook executive who recently released a book about her life.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Jake Tapper: ‘Independence Is Essential’ For New CNN Show — NEW YORK — As white smoke signaled the selection of a new pope Wednesday, Jake Tapper's executive producer informed him they'd have to blow up the day's show to focus on the big news from the Vatican. — Well, not an actual show.

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Paul Salopek's slow-journalism walk around the world earns nonprofit status from the IRS — You may remember Paul Salopek from our story about him in December. Paul, a two-time Pulitzer winner and a longtime foreign correspondent, was here last year as a visiting Nieman Fellow …

Discussion: dmlp.org

Tim Carmody / The Verge:

Inside the New York Times' web redesign — A guided hands-on with the NYT's first design overhaul since 2006, set to go live this fall — On Tuesday, The New York Times announced a complete overhaul of its web presence on all platforms, going live on desktops and tablets this fall.

Discussion: Martin Belam and New York Magazine