Mediagazer: The third draft of history: Retro Report looks back at media-hyped stories of the recent past (Caroline O'Donovan/Nieman Journalism Lab)

8:40 PM ET, May 5, 2014

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

CBS News Mum on Logan's Status At ‘60 Minutes’ Following Report — CBS News declined to comment on the status of its well-known “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan following the publication of an article in New York magazine that suggested the journalist's return to the program after making …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Media Matters David Brock Urges CBS News To Re-Open ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Investigation

Discussion: @rosiegray

Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Can ‘60 Minutes’ Afford to Take Lara Logan Back?

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan's Future At CBS Uncertain Since Discredited Benghazi Report

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Gawker and @mlcalderone

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

LA Times to relaunch site on Tuesday, with mobile readership in mind — How the L.A. Times is redesigning for the mobile Web — Newspapers lag far behind in the share of time spent on mobile devices. That's a reality the Los Angeles Times is hoping to counter when it relaunches …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Politico, AdAge, @jbenton, @digiday and @palewire

Alissa Walker / Gizmodo:

The Reinvented Los Angeles Times Focuses In On L.A.'s 300 Neighborhoods — Los Angeles is a big place—400 square miles, 88 separate cities—and it's rare that what constitutes news in one corner even applies to another. For the first time in its history, the Los Angeles Times is recognizing …

Discussion: @troyericg, @kleinmatic and @tylermachado

Raju Narisetti / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Can the Pulitzer Prizes do more for journalism? — The 98th-annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced a few weeks ago by Columbia University. — In his 1904 will, Joseph Pulitzer …

Discussion: Libraries, @dangillmor, @lheron and @niemanlab

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

Time public editor Margaret Sullivan says journalists need to be like sharks … New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan says journalists today are like sharks. “If you're not moving forward, it's over.” — Sullivan gave a keynote address at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia …

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …, @mlcalderone, @jayrosen_nyu, @dabeard, @poynter, International Journalism … and The Buttry Diary

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Movie-Ad Companies NCM, Screenvision To Merge In Bid To Steal Ad Dollars From TV — The two companies that have made ads on the movie screen as much a part of the process as buying popcorn and watching sneak previews have decided to merge. — National CineMedia said it would pay shareholders …

Discussion: AdAge, Deadline.com, The Wrap and Wall Street Journal

John Koblin / New York Times:

How little-known luxury and fashion magazine DuJour landed an interview with Donald Sterling — For Luxury Magazine, an Unusual Exclusive — In the week and a half since TMZ published the now-infamous audio recording of Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, @mlcalderone, @peterlattman and Talking Points Memo

David Carr / New York Times:
A Key Player in a Scandal, V. Stiviano Feeds the Media's Appetite

Discussion: @frankbruni, @jonathanmahler, @jswatz, @carr2n and @michaelroston

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

No Regrets for the Founder of Tumblr After Yahoo Sale — When Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion a year ago, it sent a ripple of excitement — and anxiety — through the tech industry. Would Yahoo and its recently arrived chief executive, Marissa Mayer, breathe new life into Tumblr?

Discussion: Forbes, @jennydeluxe, @eric_andersen, @sfiegerman, Gigaom, Business Insider, @digiphile, @nytimesbits, ZDNet and The Next Web

Alexander Howard / Tow Center for Digital Journalism:

Interview with Tasneem Raja, interactive editor at Mother Jones, on data journalism — Tasneem Raja urges newsrooms to adopt pair programming for better data journalism — New, digitally native media enterprises like Five Thirty Eight have gotten a lot of attention — and some grief — as they've gone online this year.

Discussion: @digiphile, @jeremybowers, @tasneemraja, @jsb and @macloo

Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Slate doubling down on podcasts, launching two in the next week — Slate Raising Its Investment in Podcasts — The digital magazine Slate will start two new podcasts on Monday: The Gist, with the former NPR reporter Mike Pesca, its first daily podcast intended to deliver news and opinion …

Discussion: @jaredbkeller, @kgeee, @davidplotz, @pescami, @fmanjoo and @slategist

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Bloomberg hires big-name reporters for 2016 political coverage, but success isn't certain — Can Bloomberg buy 2016? — Bloomberg Media has never had a claim on politics. But what Bloomberg wants, it buys — and Bloomberg wants in on 2016. — On Sunday, the company announced that it had hired …

Discussion: USA Today, @mattapuzzo, @stefanjbecket, @dylanbyers, @jackshafer and @kevinroose

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The third draft of history: Retro Report looks back at media-hyped stories of the recent past — When trying to get people excited about his video news nonprofit, Chris Buck relies on one question to get the conversation started. — Do power lines cause cancer?

Discussion: The Awl and New York Times