Posts under ‘News Business’

Mercury News: Judges take a few swipes at Apple’s arguments. A state appeals court in San Jose on Thursday appeared openly hostile to Apple Computer’s attempts to pry information from bloggers that would reveal who may have leaked confidential information on a new company product. In a lively two-hour session, a panel of 6th District […]

Alan Mutter: Leveling the Pulitzer playing field. In an age of increasingly asymmetrical journalism, it’s time to create a two-tier system for awarding Pulitzer Prizes. The system is clearly stacked in favor of the bi-coastal Big Newspaper crowd, but so what? They’re doing the best journalism. Create new awards. Don’t create Pulitzer Lite.

Reuters: Newspapers buying into blog service. A syndication service that delivers commentary from 600 bloggers for use by newspaper publishers is set to launch tomorrow, further blurring the lines that divide blogs and mainstream media.

Reuters: Disney to make TV shows available free on Web. Walt Disney Co.’s ABC Television will offer some of its most popular shows, such as “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost,” for free on the Internet in a two-month trial, the company said on Monday. Advertising revenue will support the trial run on ABC.com, with advertisers AT&T […]

Washington Post: NBC newsmagazine paid pedophile watchdog group to run sting. The NBC newsmagazine “Dateline” agreed to pay a civilian watchdog group more than $100,000 to create a pedophile sting operation that the network plans to feature in a series of programs next month, network representatives and the organization’s founder said. People at NBC and […]

Center for Media and Democracy: Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed. Over a ten-month period, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) documented television newsrooms’ use of 36 video news releases (VNRs)—a small sample of the thousands produced each year. CMD identified 77 television stations, from those in the largest to the smallest markets, that […]

I realize it’s only about money. The $15-million-per-year Katie Couric will anchor CBS News’ evening headlines program, and CBS figures her presence will pay for itself and more. She’s a talented journalist, to be sure. But her hiring is so, well, 20th Century. CBS is competing for something that is disappearing. I’d have put the […]

Washington Post: For Future Readers, Papers Should Look Online. The newspaper industry may be afflicted with declining circulation, falling stock prices and for-sale signs, but two reports issued yesterday suggest newspapers can find new hope in their Web sites.

Mercury News: Bidding begins in McClatchy sale of 12 KR newspapers. Los Angeles investment firm Yucaipa Cos. and a group of Philadelphia investors made offers Tuesday for all or some of the 12 Knight Ridder newspapers McClatchy is selling. A spokesman for Yucaipa, which is allied with the Newspaper Guild, confirmed it had made a […]

Editor & Publisher: Vermont Paper Wants to Cancel AP In Protest Of Bureau Chief Firing. At least one Vermont newspaper wants to cancel its Associated Press membership in protest of the news organization’s recent firing of longtime Vermont statehouse bureau chief Christopher Graff. Someone — either Graff or his former bosses — needs to start […]