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Blog Post Archive
New deal gives HuffPost Live a cable TV presence
The New York Times | Ad Age The cable channel AXS TV will run HuffPost Live content six hours per day, Brian Stelter reports. The entities “will try to replicate some of the interactivity of the Internet channel by … Read more
White House Correspondents’ Dinner: 7 bullet points, 1 GIF
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was Saturday. Politico’s Mike Allen calls it an “amazing event” attendees were “blessed” to experience. Here is some other coverage: The Washington Post’s live-blog of the event is an easier read than its social-media … Read more
Prank call sends police to Wolf Blitzer’s house
The Washington Post | The New York Times Montgomery County, Md., police arrived at CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer’s house Saturday evening after receiving a message claiming there had been a shooting there, Michael Laris reports. After calling CNN, police learned … Read more
Mary Thom, a feminist editor and writer, dies at 68
The Women’s Media Center | The New York Times | CNN | Ms. Women’s Media Center Editor-in-Chief Mary Thom died in a motorcycle accident Friday. She was 68. Thom was the former executive editor of Ms. magazine, which she joined … Read more
Why The Huffington Post ran graphic photos from a gun murder
Bert Heyman wanted the photos of his son Chris Heyman’s 2004 gun death to have an impact on the national debate over gun laws. “He wants every part of his son’s case to matter,” Huffington Post reporter Jason Cherkis told … Read mor...
Online communities can be ‘especially good’ at helping law enforcement solve crimes
Mother Jones | Poynter Aside from Reddit users’ attempts to help solve the Boston bombings case, online communities have had some success in cracking cases, Tim Murphy writes. Redditors have helped with some previous investigations, Murphy writes, and “the … Read more
Pearlstein: Tribune journalists should ‘lob a stink bomb’ into potential Koch bid
The Washington Post | LA Observed | NPR Tribune Co. employees bruised by years of callous ownership have a “golden opportunity to turn the tables on their tormenters and exact some revenge,” Steve Pearlstein writes. At its heart, … Read more
Publications can no longer send photographers to Beyoncé shows
Fstoppers | Music Photographers Beyoncé won’t allow publications to send their own photographers to concerts on her Mrs. Carter tour. Publications wishing to illustrate coverage of the tour will have to download photos from an approved site, Noam Galai reports.… Read more
Sunil Tripathi, missing man falsely ID’d as Boston bombing suspect, found dead
Providence Journal | The Boston Globe Sunil Tripathi’s body has been found, the Providence Journal reports. The Brown University student, who had been missing since March, was falsely identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings last … Read more
McClatchy reports 22,000 digital-only subscribers
The McClatchy Company Circulation revenues rose 1.6 percent at McClatchy’s properties in the first quarter of 2013. Advertising revenue was down 6 percent. Overall, revenues were down 4 percent over the first quarter of 2012. The company’s digital subscription program … Read more
New York Times Co. announces ‘New Strategy for Growth’
The New York Times Co. | The New York Times Co. | The New York Times The New York Times Co. unveiled “a series of strategic initiatives” Thursday morning concurrent with its first-quarter earnings report. Among the planned initiatives are … Read more
More reactions to Politico’s ‘Turbulence at The Times’ story
Politico’s Dylan Byers wrote a story that posits New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson is “already on the verge of losing the support of the newsroom.” I didn’t like it. Here are some other reactions: • … Read more
Portland Press Herald owner says former CEO misused $500K
Portland Press Herald An insurance company paid MaineToday Media most of the money it says former CEO Richard Connor used to “pay for personal expenses, including credit card bills, a new SUV and vacation home rentals,” Tux Turkel reports. MaineToday … Read more
AP executive editor: ‘Our goal is to not make any mistakes’
WNYC Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll talked with WNYC host Brian Lehrer about the news cooperative’s reporting following the Boston Marathon bombings. Why, Lehrer, asked, did he end up reporting news from the AP that turned out to … Read more
Advance’s Express-Times will print in Staten Island
The Express-Times | The Morning Call The Advance-owned (Easton, Pa.) Express-Times will print to Staten Island beginning in June, the paper reported Wednesday — “a move that will result in 12 full-time and 26 part-time job losses.” President and … Read more
N.C. college boots radio show after it criticizes state representative
NC Policy Watch | The Rant A North Carolina radio show pulled off the air by its community college sponsors after a complaint by a state representative earlier this month plans to return as a podcast, Sarah Ovaska reports. Central … Read more
Meyerson: Many L.A. Times writers would leave if Koch brothers took over
If Koch brothers purchased Tribune, what would it mean for current Los Angeles Times staffers? In their very-brief no-comment on the sale rumors, the Kochs took care to note, “We respect the independence of the journalist institutions” owned by Tribune, … Read more
BuzzFeed on responding to interview requests: ‘We can’t reveal ALL of our secrets’
New York Post New York Post reporter Lois Weiss’ story about BuzzFeed’s purported hunt for more office space contains a bombshell: BuzzFeed, led by former Huffington Post founders Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti along with John Johnson and former Politico … Read more
Politico’s ‘turbulence’ story about New York Times’ Jill Abramson: All wind
Dylan Byers’ big “Turbulence at The Times” story, about the news organization under Executive Editor Jill Abramson’s leadership, has the look and feel of world-beating Politico scoop. It mixes anonymously voiced insider accounts with a few protesting on-the-record sources … Read more
NYT changes style slightly on ‘illegal immigrant’
The New York Times has “come up with more detailed and nuanced stylebook guidelines” on the use of the term “illegal immigrant,” Associate Managing Editor for Standards Philip Corbett tells Poynter in an emailed statement. Some people, the guidelines read, … Read more