11 February 2012, 2:00 am
Philadelphia InquirerBlatstein: I'll start my own paperPhiladelphia Daily NewsDeveloper Bart Blatstein said Friday that his investor group will consider creating its own newspaper and website if it's not allowed to join the bidding for Philadelphia Media Network, parent company of the Daily ... Read More »
10 February 2012, 7:40 pm
Newspaper's citizen-investor walks a fine linePress Herald"They should hire good editors and then get out of the way," said Kelly McBride, a senior faculty member who teaches media ethics at The Poynter Institute, the nonprofit journalism center in St. Petersburg, Fla. McBride's comments fol... Read More »
10 February 2012, 12:16 pm
Occupy Wall Street: RIPHuffington Post (blog)OWS is a satire created by a Canadian media property that exploited blogs, social media and mainstream news media to generate momentum. The movement may never die. RIP refers to the mainstream attention that the media and politicians gave to this ...and m... Read More »
10 February 2012, 9:29 am
MAGIC Delivers a Multi-Platform Digital Experience Through Mobile App, On-Site ...MarketWatch (press release)These include seminars on today's social media landscape, multiple blogger lounges and the "Buzz Boutique." These interactive experiences will offer attendees insight regarding key tools ... Read More »
10 February 2012, 9:12 am
Telegraph.co.ukCrisis in Syria Looks Very Different on Satellite Channels Owned by Russia and ...New York Times (blog)A pundit featured in the report suggested that the activists were engaged in a media campaign to tarnish the government of President Bashar al-Assad in order to justify armed interve... Read More »
10 February 2012, 8:20 am
The CPAC Party Report: ThursdaySlate Magazine (blog)and a letter announcing a new coalition of bloggers, Akbar's attempt to turn BlogCon into merely a party for a permanent organization. I overheard the last batch of awards being handed out. O'Keefe won the journalism one after all. "Fuck th... Read More »
10 February 2012, 2:12 am
BT Blog Army launches new community networkSydney Morning Herald"Bloggers may not have our resources, but the best of them provide insight, wit and a unique style that often flourishes outside the constrictions of mainstream media," he said. Environment journalist and blogger Graham Readfearn said t... Read More »
9 February 2012, 3:47 pm
CBS Pulls Attkisson From CPAC Award EventMedia Matters for America (blog)CBS Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson did not appear at the Conservative Political Action Conference today to receive her journalism award from fringe group Accuracy In Media (AIM), despite previous reports that she would speak at... Read More »
9 February 2012, 12:31 pm
PerezHilton.comKudos to BBC News for thinking about how Twitter fits into breaking news coveragePoynter.org9, 2012 4:19 pm Every so often a major news outlet like the AP or BBC News issues new guidelines about whether to break news on Twitter, and media blogs erupt with a simultaneous “Of course y... Read More »
6 February 2012, 2:47 am
The Guardian10 questions for Daily Mail boss Paul DacreNew Statesman (blog)As The Media Blog pointed out last week, you have to ask whether this recipe for success is really something to shout about. Maybe it is. Maybe Paul Dacre is delighted to have the Mail brand associated with softcore masturbat... Read More »
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