Mediagazer: My team, my publisher: The new world of competition between leagues and media in sports (Justin Ellis/Nieman Journalism Lab)

David Folkenflik / NPR:

Great Long-Form Journalism, Just Clicks Away … In the age of hundreds of cable channels, millions of 140-character bulletins and an untold number of cat videos, a fear has been growing among journalists and readers that long-form storytelling may be getting lost.

Michael Holden / Reuters:

British university attacks BBC over covert North Korea trip — (Reuters) - A leading British university criticized the BBC on Sunday for arranging an academic trip to North Korea to make an undercover documentary, saying it had put students who were unaware of the plans in danger.

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, Gawker, BBC and The Independent

David Carr / New York Times:

More Cracks in Television's Business Model — For the longest time in the media business, the concept of the bundle has been foundational. Ads go with editorial content in print, commercials go with programming on television and the channels you desire are paired with ones you did not in your cable package.

Discussion: @cdixon

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Jeff Zucker at CNN Hires Michael Bass, a Deputy From His NBC Past — Jeff Zucker, who left Katie Couric's syndicated talk show, “Katie,” at the end of last year to take over CNN Worldwide, is bringing in one of the show's top producers to join him. — Michael Bass, a longtime deputy …

Discussion: Deadline.com

Nieman Journalism Lab:

The end of big (media): When news orgs move from brands to platforms for talent — Editor's note: On April 23, Nicco Mele's new book The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath will be released. — Nicco — a lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, a political and digital strategist …

Discussion: The Corsair, @steverubel, @dabeard, @jayrosen_nyu, paidContent, @cyberjournalist and Kirk LaPointe's …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

My team, my publisher: The new world of competition between leagues and media in sports — The Internet has made for an explosion in choices for sports fans. Online distribution has turned over the keys of publishing to everyone, and increasingly that means entities like the NFL, the NBA …

Bill Mickey / Folio:

Thin Reads Launches to Track E-Book Singles Market — Database contains information on more than 700 titles going back to 2010. — A new web-based e-book singles aggregator launched this week. Called Thin Reads and started by Howard Polskin, who left his executive vice president post …

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

David Corn and Mother Jones find themselves with another audio scoop — David Corn says one good scoop may have led to another. And might even lead to still others, too. — The Mother Jones magazine reporter and MSNBC pundit was busy Wednesday handling the fallout from, and some fawning over …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, www.wnyc.org, The Huffington Post, AlterNet.org, Guardian and Digital Spy

David Bauder / Associated Press:

National Geographic Channel Gets A Reboot — NEW YORK (AP) — David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa's knee.

Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts

Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

How Blirt blends community and publishing — Student created website allows users to publish and curate their own online magazine — Copyright: By Keith Williamson on Flickr. Some rights reserved. — Blirt, a new magazine website created by a computer science student to practice programming …

Boston Herald:

Taylors reportedly considering bid for Boston Globe — By: — Members of the Taylor family, longtime owners of the Boston Globe who sold the paper to the New York Times Co. in 1993 for $1.1 billion, are considering a bid to buy back the paper, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal