Mediagazer: Expanding Into New Territories — In defining business strategies … (Frédéric Filloux/Monday Note)

1:05 AM ET, October 25, 2010

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Against Odds, Web Site Finds Niche — Something odd showed up last week in the mailbox of Choire Sicha, a veteran blogger who lost his job and started a Web site with a few pals two years ago: a paycheck. — In September 2008, Mr. Sicha, Alex Balk and David Cho all found themselves laid off from Radar …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Candidates Running Against, and With, Cable News — When Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of the News Corporation, donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association this summer, he may have given an even bigger gift to its opponents. — The Democratic Governors Association …

Discussion: jdp feed, Chickaboomer and Inside Cable News

New York Post:

Staff at ABC News' DC bureau is icy to ‘cold’ Christiane Amanpour — Tweet — The knives are out for Christiane Amanpour at ABC News' DC bureau. Since the ex-CNN war correspondent began anchoring “This Week” in August, she's upset some co-workers by being a “distant outsider,” sources said.

Discussion: Gawker, TVNewser and Chickaboomer

Farai Chideya / The Huffington Post:

What Everyone Is Missing About NPR's WilliamsGate — “juan, gettin ugly. wonder if it will result in him severing ties, or mutual” — That was my note at the top of an email I sent back in September of 2007 to a colleague at NPR. In full disclosure, I am a former employee of NPR …

Discussion: Pressthink, Media Decoder and The Maynard Institute

Markcuban / blog maverick:

How Google TV Could Hand Netflix the entire streaming universe — I personally can't think of anything stupider for the big broadcast networks to do than give their shows to Google for free. Why ? Because they are finally getting BILLIONS of dollars in retransmission fees from their distributors.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Lost Remote, Engadget, The Next Web and The Digital Home, more at Techmeme »

John Cook / TechFlash:

KING TV, The Seattle Times start local online ad network for blogs — Two of the largest media companies in the Pacific Northwest are joining forces to create a new online advertising network focused on community news sites and hyperlocal blogs. The Seattle Times and KING-TV tomorrow …

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Expanding Into New Territories — In defining business strategies for modern medias such as online newspapers, the most difficult part is finding the right combination of revenue streams. Advertising, pay-per-view, flat fee... All are part of the new spectrum media companies now have to deal with.

Reuters:

Tribune to detail bankruptcy plan, but fights loom — Newspaper publisher Tribune Co. is expected to unveil a plan on Friday to settle billions of dollars in debts and end its two-year bankruptcy, but it still faces some potentially nasty legal fights. — The owner of the Los Angeles Times …

Tom Foremski / IMHO Blog| ZDNet:

Tynt: A business built around online copy and paste — Who would think that there is a business in providing an online copy and paste service? Tynt believes that there is a very large opportunity even though it hasn't yet figured out how best to monetize it.

Dwight Garner / New York Times:

Paris Review Editor Frees Menagerie of Wordsmiths — The first issue of The Paris Review under its new editor, Lorin Stein, hit newsstands recently, and it's a thing of sober beauty. The issue doesn't contain many surprises — there's fiction from Sam Lipsyte, poetry from Frederick Seidel …

Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:

Hollywood's little secret: movie purgatory — Sometimes, studios change their minds about releasing a movie, even if it has already been completed. Films with big stars such as Matt Damon, John Cusack, Eddie Murphy and Mel Gibson have all been there. — ‘CASE 39’: Even though RenEe Zellweger starred …

Andrew Alexander / Washington Post:

Post's Amazon links in stories raise ethical questions — When you're reading a Post review online, click on a highlighted book title and you'll likely be directed to Amazon.com, where you can purchase it instantly. It's convenient for readers. But is it costly to credibility?

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

Media Moves: Doree Shafrir to Rolling Stone — Doree Shafrir — who was responsible for, among other things, being one-half of the author of the blog-to-book phenomenon that was Postcards from Yo Momma and being responsible for the “Hipster Grifter” story during her tenure …