Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:15 PM ET, May 21, 2013

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised  —  Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation.  —  “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation …
RELATED:
Jack Shafer:
What was James Rosen thinking?  —  Just open your Twitter feed and listen to the Washington press corps howl about the Obama administration's latest intrusion into their business.  —  From the mainstream we hear the grousing of Washington Post National Political Editor Steven Ginsberg …
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
My one talk with Marissa Mayer  —  It was 2003.  Google had just bought Blogger.  On the acquisition, they said they wouldn't do anything to tilt the table in favor of Blogger.  There was concern in the wider blogging community that Google might use its power in search to give people …
RELATED:
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
But Wait.  Didn't Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?  —  When Yahoo announced its headline-grabbing acquisition, it boasted that the deal gave it access to an “unduplicated” audience of users and that its target was a “popular personal publishing” platform.
Discussion: New York Times and Wonkblog
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
How Many Users Does Tumblr Really Have?
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Sorry, Media, America Couldn't Care Less About The Government Taking AP's Phone Records  —  Here's a healthy reminder that the issues that outrage and fascinate members of the media are often quite different than the ones that media consumers (a.k.a., normal people) care about.
RELATED:
New York Times:
Stop the Leaks  —  WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure that the Justice Department obtained the telephone records of Associated Press journalists, The A.P. and other news organizations have sharply criticized the action as investigative overreaching and unwarranted interference with the ability …
Discussion: emptywheel
John Koblin / Deadspin:
Sources: ESPN Laying Off Hundreds [UPDATE]  —  ESPN is laying off a portion of its staff today, a network spokesman confirms to us.  How many?  ESPN won't say.  A tipster told us earlier today that it would be more than 400 staffers.  A source at ESPN said that number is a little high, but it appears to be in the hundreds.
Discussion: @espnbook and @espnbook
Wall Street Journal:
Liberty Global Puts Chellomedia on Block  —  John Malone's international cable business, Liberty Global Inc., has put its Chellomedia television-channel business up for sale, in a move that could lead to a deal valued at between $800 million and $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Broadband TV News and C21Media
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Jann Wenner's Kid Is the New Head of RollingStone.com  —  Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner has a knack for picking talent.  So we're sure his online staff will give a hearty welcome to their new boss: Jann Wenner's fresh-out-of-college kid.  —  Gus Wenner, 22, is an amazing media success story.
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
OKC's TV news excels in another disaster  —  Life-saving information before the tornado, essential reporting afterward  —  In Oklahoma, particularly in the springtime, dangerous weather is a part of life.  And so are the local TV news stations in my home state.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Tuesday Q&A: CEO Baba Shetty talks Newsweek's relaunch, user-first design, magazineness, and the business model  —  A brand guru.  That's what they called Baba Shetty when he was hired away from advertising agency Hill Holliday by The Daily Beast to be the new CEO of The Newsweek Daily Beast Company.
David Carr / New York Times:
Telecom's Big Players Hold Back the Future  —  If you were going to look for ground zero in the fight against a rapidly consolidating telecom and cable industry, you might end up on the fifth floor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.  —  Susan Crawford, a professor at the school …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 12:15 PM ET, May 21, 2013.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Bloomberg:
Ergen Said to Bid $2 Billion for LightSquared Radio Frequencies
Discussion: CNET, The Verge and Engadget
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Newspaper Companies Invest Another $9M In Local Deal Startup Wanderful Media
Discussion: Street Fight
Maria Danilova / Associated Press:
Ukrainian Media Protest Over Beaten Journalists Olha Snitsarchuk, Vladislav Sodel
Craig Kanalley / Medium:
‘Breaking Tweets:’ How A Blog From A Chicago Apartment Gained A Global Following
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Why Google Will Crush Nielsen
Lauren Rabaino / 10,000 Words:
Voice Of San Diego Switches To WordPress — And Adds A Bunch Of Other Cool Features
Discussion: mediabistro.com
 Earlier Picks: 
New York Times:
Apple's Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
The Planet Ivy mantra: 'Don't publish anything boring'
Deirdre Dlugoleski / Columbia Journalism Review:
‘We are all journalists now’  —  140 Journos and Turkey's “counter-media” movement
Discussion: The Newspaper Guild
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC told to improve online local news