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Tom Huang / Poynter:
Coverage of Japanese citizens' ‘stoic’ response to tragedy both accurate, stereotypical — A master narrative has developed around the media's coverage of Japan's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, leading us to believe that there are cultural roots in the Japanese citizens' stoic response …
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Future of Journalism

The More Bill Keller Says, the Worse He Gets — Bill Keller, the editor of America's greatest newspaper, continues to systematically dismantle his professional reputation by writing an unnecessary, vainglorious, and ill-advised column in the New York Times Magazine, in which he demonstrates …
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Runnin' Scared
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Secrecy in Shreds — Last year, Gabriel Schoenfeld, a veteran of the conservative magazine Commentary, published a book that explained how The New York Times could be prosecuted under the Espionage Act. The book said a lot of other things too, but you'll understand why that particular proposition stuck in my mind.
Martin Belam / currybetdotnet:
News innovation isn't just about writing code, it is about how we use that code to tell stories — This blog post is my contribution to the third Carnival of Journalism — Nick Petrie on the Wannabe Hacks blog recently asked why news organisations were only getting to grips with the concept of online community now in 2011.

Icahn, Dish Submit Bids for Blockbuster — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and satellite-television provider Dish Network Corp. have each submitted bids for Blockbuster Inc. ahead of a bankruptcy court auction next week, said people familiar with the matter.
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GigaOM, Electronista and Voices on All Things Digital
The Huffington Post:
Page Six Lands New Editor — For the first time since longtime editor Richard Johnson left the column, Page Six is getting a male face. — The New York Post's gossip column will welcome Ian Mohr as its deputy editor. — Former Page Six Deputy Editor Paula Froelich tweeted the news Friday morning …
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FishbowlNY
Alfred Hermida / Reportr.net:
Studies find journalists use Twitter for broadcast — The final research paper at the ISOJ focused on how newsrooms were using Twitter. — Dale Blasingame from Texas State University, San Marcos, looked at how Twitter was changing TV news. — He started by saying that a web first approach …

Why should writers work for no pay? — Contributors to the Huffington Post have begun to chafe at the no-pay policy. They could take a lesson from stand-up comedians who faced a similar insult in the 1970s. — Arianna Huffington, president and editor in chief of Huffington Post Media Group.

Q&A: MLB.com Boss Bob Bowman on Android Owners, Facebook Video and Apple's Subscription Rules — It's odd to talk about baseball when part of the country is still getting fresh snow. But yesterday was indeed opening day, which makes it a good time to check in with Bob Bowman …
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9 to 5 Mac

Exclusive: Rebecca Black Fighting Ark Music Factory Over ‘Friday’ — The singer alleges that Ark promised her control of the master recordings — It didn't take long for everyone involved in the Rebecca Black story to start squabbling. Black - whose song “Friday” hit Number 38 …
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TMZ.com and MTV Buzzworthy Blog

“Trimming the Times”: The Atlantic Wire's new feature wants you to make the most of your 20 clicks — Add another entry into the growing group of New York Times meter-beating strategies: The Atlantic Wire is now providing a daily summary of the best content in the paper.
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The Atlantic Wire and CJR
Owen Thomas / The Wire:
My Plan To Build The Next Great Media Brand — As many of you know, today I leave my post as executive editor of VentureBeat for a new opportunity. I've joined the Daily Dot, a media startup, as its founding editor. — What's that, you ask? The Daily Dot is a bold experiment …