Mediagazer: The Old Grey Lady: The Times Needs to Get Over ‘Snow Fall’ (Karen Fratti/10,000 Words)

8:35 PM ET, May 23, 2013

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Obama: Leak Investigations Could ‘Chill Investigative Journalism’ — President Obama said Thursday that he is “troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable.” — In a major speech on national security …

Discussion: Politico, Fox News, Mediaite, @ryanlizza, @howardkurtz, Washington Times, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, @ggreenwald, @lheron, @natives, @mirandacgreen, @intelligencer, @digiphile and The New Yorker Blog

Leonard Downie Jr / Washington Post:

Leonard Downie: Obama's war on leaks undermines investigative journalism — Leonard Downie Jr. is a vice president at large of The Washington Post, where he served as executive editor from 1991 to 2008. He is the Weil family professor of journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism …

Keach Hagey / Digits:

Twitter Cozies Up to Television With New Ad Products — Twitter rolled out two advertising products on Thursday aimed at showing it wants to be television's friend, not foe. — The social networking site, powered by its recent acquisition of social media data company Bluefin Labs …

Discussion: AllThingsD, Bloomberg and Poynter

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream — Twitter today made the latest push in its bid to cozy up to Madison Avenue and the world of big-budget advertising, by tapping more into the kind of mainstream mediums where advertisers like to spend their money.

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Hearst Taps Demand Media's Bradford and Yucaipa's Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle — Media giant Hearst has hired two senior execs — Demand Media's Joanne Bradford and former Los Angeles Times CEO Jeffrey Johnson — in a significant move to digitally turbocharge and jumpstart …

Discussion: @rajunarisetti and FishbowlLA

Leon Lazaroff / TheStreet.com:

Bloomberg's ‘Spygate’ Marks Murdoch's Latest Salvo — NEW YORK (TheStreet) - It's been 13 days since The New York Post's Mark DeCambre broke the news that Bloomberg reporters allegedly used proprietary information from the company's terminals to write about investment bankers, including those at Goldman Sachs (GS).

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Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:

The Old Grey Lady: The Times Needs to Get Over ‘Snow Fall’ — Like most people, I have a fear of getting really old. You know how sometimes you see an old, grey lady in the supermarket grumbling about the price of milk and scowling at the clerk who tries to help her? I don't want to be her one day.

Discussion: Capital New York, New York Magazine and FishbowlNY

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Top Politico Reporter Joins The New York Times — Politico's Jonathan Martin, who has been with the publication since its earliest days, is leaving for the New York Times, according to a memo obtained by The Huffington Post. — Martin will become the paper's new national political correspondent …

Discussion: Capital New York, FishbowlDC and JIMROMENESKO.COM

John McCain / Los Angeles Times:

Cable TV, the right way — My legislation would ensure that consumers could buy only those channels they want to watch. — According to the Federal Communications Commission, the price for basic cable has grown by an average of 6.1% a year over the last 16 years ¿ three times …

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Nick Robinson / BBC:

One phrase and why I'm sorry I quoted it — It was a barbaric attack carried out in broad daylight on the streets of London. A man hacked to death. The attackers had been shot by the police. An extraordinary and horrific story but not one, you might think, for the Political Editor of the BBC.

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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:

The Al Jazeera Revolution … Shawn Baldwin/Corbis — Al Jazeera English reportedly reaches 260 million households in more than 130 countries. … Neil Emmerson/Corbis — Doha is the Emerald City: glistening towers, sprawling shopping malls, and luxury hotels.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Ronald Grover / Reuters:

Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders: sources — (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Verge

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Daily Mail publisher's print revenues slide — DMGT hit by fall in print ad income and circulation, but digital surge is led by 61% year-on-year revenue rise at Mail Online — Revenues at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday declined 6% to £287m in the six months to the end of March …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, pressgazette.co.uk, Media Week and The Drum