Mediagazer: WaPo consolidates politics coverage, names Steven Ginsberg senior editor (Dylan Byers/Politico)

10:05 AM ET, June 3, 2013

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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:

A Personal Note On Nikki Finke From Mike Fleming — Earlier today, I got an urgent e-mail blast from The Wrap about Michael Douglas contracting throat cancer from cunnilingus. It was presented with the same traffic-pandering, classless urgency as similar blasts I've gotten from the same publication …

Discussion: The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Speakeasy, FishbowlNY, LA Observed, @bensheffner, Business Insider and @ckrewson

Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:

What Nikki Finke Has Done — Is this the beginning of the end of Hollywood's most-feared blogger's control of her own Deadline site? Or the actual end? — Nikki Finke — who may or may not have been fired from her own site, Deadline, by its owner, Jay Penske — has changed entertainment journalism.

Discussion: Capital New York, The Huffington Post and @peterlauria3

Dylan Byers / Politico:

POLITICO hires FP's Susan Glasser to head new long-form journalism, opinion divisions — Some truly game-changing news on the Washington media scene tonight: POLITICO has hired Susan Glasser, the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, to serve as editor of new long-form journalism and opinion divisions …

Discussion: New York Times, The Huffington Post and New York Magazine

NY Daily News:

Cryin' Wolf at CNN! Sources say viewers will see less of veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and more of younger, hunkier newsmen — Studly Chris Cuomo and handsome Jake Tapper will likely get more airtime. New boss Jeff Zucker has already fired James Carville, Mary Matalin and Roland Martin

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Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
CNN Denies Rumors About Wolf Blitzer Shakeup

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial: what are the key issues at stake? — The US soldier charged with ‘aiding the enemy’ is expected to be on trial for three months, starting today — After 1,100 days in military captivity, Bradley Manning finally goes to trial on Monday, for leaking a trove of state secrets to WikiLeaks.

Discussion: The Nation

Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Bradley Manning Court-Martial Starts Today

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Frank Bruni / New York Times:

Who Needs Reporters? — FOR her big announcement last week, Michele Bachmann neither convened a news conference nor waited for some other moment when she was in public, reporters and television cameras nearby. She didn't even pick a favorably inclined journalist for the kind of one-on-one interview …

Discussion: JackLail.com, @digiphile and @mathewi

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Devoted to Politics, MSNBC Slips on Breaking News — At MSNBC they view it as rooting against death and destruction: the last thing the channel wants is more months like the last two, filled with terror bombings, tornadoes and plant accidents. — It's not all altruism.

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Apple Is Said Be Pressing for Internet Radio Deals — After months of stalled negotiations over its planned Internet radio service, Apple is pushing to complete licensing deals with music companies so it can reveal the service as early as next week, according to people briefed on the talks.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

WaPo consolidates politics coverage, names Steven Ginsberg senior editor — The Washington Post has named Steven Ginsberg as senior politics editor, overseeing “all politics coverage, regardless of section or platform,” according to a memo from executive editor Marty Baron and his colleagues.

LSE Media Policy Project:

Nesta Research: Public Interest High, Advertiser Interest Low for Hyperlocal Media — The future of local media in the UK has been in the limelight recently with the granting of local TV licenses, the House of Lords inquiry into media pluralism and the Newspaper Society supporting PresBoF's …

Discussion: Street Fight

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

AOL's Orphaned Music Sites Find a Home at Townsquare Media — In April, AOL laid off most of the people who worked for its music sites. Now it has let go of the sites, too: Radio chain Townsquare Media Group has picked up three of the portal's music properties, along with one aimed at comic fanboys.

Discussion: Billboard, AllAccess.com, TechCrunch and VatorNews

Katy Bachman / Adweek:

Study: Cross-Ownership of Media Doesn't Impact Minorities — One of the biggest arguments against liberalizing the cross-ownership of media properties in a local market—that it would limit minority and female ownership—was shot down in a study conducted as part of the Federal Communications …

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Too Little for So Many, Even in The Times — ART auctions or soup kitchens? The cost of a luxury loft in SoHo or the number of children in homeless shelters? — Newspaper people make decisions about what to cover and what to emphasize every day. They have finite resources …

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