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8:00 PM ET, November 29, 2010

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Reading ‘The Daily’  —  The most interesting thing about Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper is what won't be in its opinion section.  —  Newspapers are the business Rupert Murdoch loves most—and now he's betting their future on an app.  Early next year, he will launch The Daily, the first newspaper produced exclusively for the iPad.
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Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
The Daily Kill Dossier: A Hit List of News Corp's Freshest Poaches  —  ​As it's been noted, News Corp's daily newspaper built just for the iPad — The Daily — is on the way.  It is Rupert Murdoch's newest child, the Draco Malfoy to his Voldemort.  As such, they're hiring or trying …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and New York Magazine
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch's iPad experiment is unlikely to succeed |  Emily Bell  —  The News Corp boss will probably lose the $30m he's rumoured to be investing in a post-print collaboration with Apple  —  In an age of throwing spaghetti at the wall to determine the ‘what sticks’ of publishing success …
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Key Success Factors for a tablet-only “paper”
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets  —  In a rare interview, Assange tells Forbes that the release of Pentagon and State Department documents are just the beginning.  His next target: big business.  —  Early next year, Julian Assange says, a major American bank will suddenly find itself turned inside out.
Discussion: CJR, New York Times and New York Observer, Thanks:taylorbuley
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
The Guardian gave State Dept. cables to the NY Times
Simon Jenkins / Guardian:
US embassy cables: The job of the media is not to protect …
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Microsoft eyes leap back into TV: sources  —  (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is about to jump back into the TV game.  Only this time, it may aim at cable, satellite and phone companies.  —  The software powerhouse has held talks with TV networks to create a new subscription-based TV service …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Netflix Partner Says Comcast ‘Toll’ Threatens Online Video Delivery  —  Level 3 Communications, an Internet networking company that recently signed a deal to deliver movies to Netflix customers, said Monday that Comcast has effectively set up a tollbooth around its broadband Internet network.
David Carr / New York Times:
A Media False Alarm Over the T.S.A.  —  If a squadron of mad scientists surrounded by supercomputers gathered in a laboratory to try to conjure a single news topic that would blow up large, they could not touch the T.S.A. pat-down story.  —  It began with a Drudge Report link to a video …
Tim Hirsch / BBC:
Rio favela tweets create overnight celebrity  —  A 17-year-old Twitter user gave Brazilians a rare insider's view of events in his favela  —  For the past few days, Brazilians watched transfixed as scenes more reminiscent of Iraq or Afghanistan than of their own “marvellous city”, Rio de Janeiro, unfolded live on TV screens.
Discussion: GigaOM
The Bygone Bureau:
Best New Blogs of 2010  —  This year's contributors  —  Robin Sloan  —  Mediagazer doesn't have the look of a classic blog; it's laid out like an aggregator, and at first glance, it looks pretty mechanical.  Sure enough, there are feed-reading machines behind the scenes —  some of the same guts that make TechMeme go.
Discussion: Argo, the Blog and Snarkmarket
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
A Modest Proposal for the Future of Online Magazines  —  For well over a decade, Salon.com has tried to solve the puzzle of how to put out a daily online-only magazine featuring quality writing and journalism without losing money.  They've failed.  We have just one decent idea for their survival.
Discussion: New York Observer
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Sam Thielman / Variety:
Networks grapple with Hulu ad sales  —  Aud measurement also a question for online viewing  —  Hulu is facing competition from the likes of Google TV and a new streaming-only subscription service from Netflix, but one of its bigger challenges may be growing pains felt within its group of owners.
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Newsonomics of eight-percent reach  —  [Each week, our friend Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of the news business for the Lab.]  —  We'll all familiar with the chaos of the moment.
Dorian Benkoil / Poynter Online:
Geo-Location Services Provide New Opportunities for News  —  Knowing where someone is as they consume media can be a powerful tool in the hands of a journalist, publisher or advertiser.  —  And as use of GPS-equipped mobile devices has grown, so has interest in and competition …
Discussion: GigaOMtech and VIRALBLOG.COM
John Koblin / WWD:
Memo Pad: Needleman's Newbie  —  NEEDLEMAN'S NEWBIE: Beginning this Saturday, the New York media world will finally begin to size up a new magazine war in town: Deborah Needleman's WSJ.  Magazine vs. Sally Singer's T: The New York Times Style Magazine.  Both editors worked at Condé Nast.
Discussion: New York Observer
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
Breaking: The New York Observer Hires Kat Stoeffel, a Lady!  A Media Reporter Lady!  —  ​The brass at the New York Observer have recently been accused of having a too All White All Male All Straight staff.  Good to know, they have hired their first new lady reporter in a while!  Memo below:
Discussion: WebNewser and FishbowlNY
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
More Than Just Google TV At Stake For Sony  —  Whether the steep discounts of Sony (NYSE: SNE) Internet TV over the weekend was a savvy ploy or a sign of weakness is subject to interpretation.  But here's what isn't: Sony Corp. CEO/chairman/president Howard Stringer could really use a home run right about now.
Discussion: Reuters
 
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Sue Zeidler / Reuters:
Disney TV chief says talking with Google
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Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:
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Dominic Ponsford / Editor's Blog:
Pimp My Blog (part 2): Ten fantastic free tools to bring your …
James Robinson / Guardian:
Has BBC World Service become a sacrificial victim?
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
In Online TV Re-Streaming, UK's TVCatchup Dealt A Legal Blow
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
BP to Commission Film About Oil Spill
Discussion: DailyFinance
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
Ben Silverman Refocused With Electus
Discussion: MediaPost
Steve Fishman / New York Magazine:
101 Minutes With Larry King
Discussion: TVNewser
Rupal Parekh / AdAge:
Why Google Seems to Favor Small Shops
Discussion: AdPulp
Ann Blair / Boston Globe:
Information overload, the early years
Discussion: Boing Boing
Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
Meet the Un-Mogul Reinventing TV
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Magazine World, a New Crop of Chiefs
Discussion: The Fix and Canadian Magazines
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Magazines Take a Shot at the Net
 

 
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Dan Primack / Axios:
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