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   Jon Friedman, MoDo, Glass Houses

   May 27, 2009 09:14 AM

   MarketWatch media critic Jon Friedman weighs in on last week's Maureen Dowd controversy by skating around the most relevant issues (like, Why doesn't Dowd just show/tell us exactly how this transpired? What's with the Times's Josh-Marshall-doesn't-mind-so-why-should-we-and-why-do-you response?... Continue reading

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   Froomkin’s “From Scratch” Online Newspaper

   May 26, 2009 04:33 PM

   For the Nieman Journalism Lab, Dan Froomkin imagines what a "from scratch" online newspaper started "today" might look like. It would not, Froomkin writes, be made up of "toneless, small-bore news stories." One possibility, Froomkin continues might be to... Continue reading

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   Sotomayor Has Been “Blessed”* In Many Ways…

   May 26, 2009 03:21 PM

   .... but "blessed" with children is not, as far as we know, one of them. Until this morning. When Politico's Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin apparently described Sotomayor in an article as a "Latina single mother," according to Media... Continue reading

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   NYT Introduces (Explains) New “Social Media Editor”

   May 26, 2009 12:34 PM

   From the internal New York Times memo introducing Jennifer Preston, the paper's "Social Media Editor" (h/t, NiemanLab): Jennifer will work closely with editors, reporters, bloggers and others to use social tools to find sources, track trends, and break... Continue reading

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   Matthews Sees “A Campaign”

   May 26, 2009 11:34 AM

   On MSNBC Chris Matthews has been excitedly characterizing this morning's official Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination announcement as the start of "a campaign" (whee! roll out all the old Election 2008 logos and promos and Hardball guests and... ratings?), trying... Continue reading

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   MSNBC Quotes “Unnamed Former Clarence Thomas Clerk…”

   May 26, 2009 10:45 AM

   ...and so it begins, writes HuffPo's Jason Linkins in "How the Media Will Smear Sotomayor." Continue reading

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   An Actual WSJ Article

   May 26, 2009 10:03 AM

   As a co-worker said just now: you gotta hand it to The Wall Street Journal for their dogged pursuit of new angles on the "Oh God! No Money!" story (don't forget last week's): "Culture of Bling Clangs To... Continue reading

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   Hoyt: On Rules and Internet Rough-Ups

   May 26, 2009 08:17 AM

   In Sunday's New York Times, public editor Clark Hoyt touched on some recent situations involving some of the paper's big names-- including last week's Maureen Dowd Borrowed Josh Marshall's Word Situation (or, in Hoyt's words, that time when... Continue reading

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   Cheney: NYT “Damn Sure Didn’t Serve…Safety Of Our People”

   May 21, 2009 11:31 AM

   Just now from former VP Cheney's speech (think this will make it into any of the post-speech coverage/chatter?): Our government prevented attacks and saved lives through the Terrorist Surveillance Program, which let us intercept calls and track contacts between al-Qaeda... Continue reading

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    Tapper Tweets Objections to Obama Speech

    May 21, 2009 11:11 AM

    ABC News's Jake Tapper Twitters his objections to President Obama's "media" mentions* in his speech: second time POTUS bashes media in this speech...does he not read his clips? it's like Tom Hanks complaining abuot not enuff oscars ... Continue reading

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    “Massive Foreign Press Presence…”

    May 21, 2009 10:13 AM

    ... awaiting former Vice President Cheney's speech at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., according to Ana Marie Cox, via Twitter. Which suggests, Cox tweets, "that Europe loves to hate." Also, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank is there.... Continue reading

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    Professor: “Journalists Deserve Low Pay”

    May 21, 2009 09:44 AM

    Journalists should not be paid well, argues Robert G. Picard, a professor of media economics at Sweden's Jonkoping University, for the csmonitor.com, because journalism has "no intrinsic value" and its "instrumental value" has been eroded. Journalists have been "de-skilled."... Continue reading

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    Be Big in Somalia

    May 21, 2009 09:25 AM

    Out-of-work cartoonists: want to draw for and about Somalia, being "humorous where possible" about such things as "persistent insecurity, natural disasters and widespread poverty?" The UN wants you (h/t, Rob Tornoe). Continue reading

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    There’s An App For…What?

    May 20, 2009 12:25 PM

    Folio reports on iPhone applications developed thus far by magazines (often "monetized" by ads or corporate sponsorships). "In February, Lucky launched mobile application 'Lucky at Your Service' which acts as a concierge service for its shoe-buying readers..." Variety's... Continue reading

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    Your Local TV News (Soon With More Snuggie Ads)

    May 20, 2009 11:46 AM

    The Philadelphia Inquirer's TV critic, Jonathan Storm on how "local TV broadcasters, both in Philadelphia and across the country, [are] reeling and, in some cases, fighting for survival," including by finding "non-traditional advertisers" (think Snuggie, "hanging tomato plants, and... Continue reading

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    “Is Anyone Okay?” Tweeting the Quake

    May 20, 2009 11:33 AM

    Two accounts of how the Orange County Register newsroom used Twitter (handle: OCReggie) during the May 17th earthquake in Southern California (h/t, NiemanLab). Continue reading

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    “Controversy” and Candor On Cable

    May 20, 2009 10:24 AM

    Heard earlier this morning on MSNBC, accompanying the headline: "TEEN BIRTH 'SHOCKER,' YouTube pulled graphic viral ad, but it is now back on site:" MONICA NOVOTNY: (After showing said YouTube video): [It] looks like one of those viral videos we've... Continue reading

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    From WaPo to HuffPo

    May 20, 2009 09:36 AM

    "Will P.R. pros take the baton of investigative journalism?" wonders Tim Cavanaugh at Reason, arguing that such a baton-pass wouldn't be as bad as, to some ears, it sounds. Well, there'll be an actual journalist ... Continue reading

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    Today on the Frugality Beat

    May 19, 2009 03:43 PM

    Last month, the New York Times told us about people who don't really have to penny-pinch but choose to spend less in this economy because it makes them feel good --"the gleefully frugal." Like the San Franciscan who canceled... Continue reading

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    Do You Work For A “Magazine?” (How To Tell)

    May 19, 2009 02:34 PM

    Folio's Tony Silber lists the following "six key properties for what a magazine is," quoting Bob Sacks, a "publishing consultant" at the Independent Magazine Advisory Group’s annual meeting (h/t, Nieman Lab): 1. It’s metered. It’s paginated. It has... Continue reading

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