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Philadelphia Daily News to become ‘loud, irreverent, fun tabloid’
Julie Moos | Jul. 11, 2011
Two weeks from today, the Philadelphia Daily News will become a tabloid in approach, not just in page size, the company announced Monday in conjunction with several other initiatives. Philadelphia Media Network President and CEO Gregory Osberg said the paper… Read more
‘Autodebunker’ alerts people retweeting erroneous news stories
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
Online Journalism Blog
Paul Bradshaw noticed that commenters quickly debunked a Reuters post last week speculating that News of the World’s closure could enable the company to destroy imporant records, but that didn’t stop about 4,000 people from retweeting the link.… Read moreSawyer adds 10,000 Twitter followers for Jaycee Dugard interview
Julie Moos | Jul. 11, 2011
Diane Sawyer added nearly 10,000 Twitter followers since launching her account Friday. The “ABC World News” anchor used Twitter Sunday evening to live tweet throughout the airing of her exclusive interview with Jaycee Dugard, which attracted nearly… Read more
Guardian: Other Murdoch publications may have hacked voicemail, bank records of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
The Guardian
The Guardian reports that the illegal and unethical practices at News of the World may have also been used at other Murdoch-owned News International papers. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s voice mails and bank records were targeted, the… Read moreAP drops freelance photographer who Photoshopped his shadow out of image
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
Associated Press
The AP has pulled a freelance photographer’s image from its wires because he copied one part of the photo to another in order to cover up his shadow. In a memo sent Monday morning to AP staff around the… Read moreHuffington Post suspends writer, apologizes for over-aggregated post
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
Romenesko Memos
The Huffington Post has suspended Amy Lee, who wrote a summary of an Ad Age post that Simon Dumenco complained was unethical and brought just 57 page views to AdAge.com, and apologized for the ”Your criticism… Read moreTina Brown’s Newsweek covers have featured women 6 of 14 weeks
Julie Moos | Jul. 11, 2011
Of the 14 issues of Newsweek she’s edited since taking over the magazine, Tina Brown has featured women as solo cover images in nearly half of them (see cover images below). In the 14 issues prior to Brown’s… Read more
Dumenco: Huffington Post’s summary of popular Ad Age story drove just 57 page views
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
Ad Age
Simon Dumenco says he has a case study to back up his criticism of The Huffington Post’s “unethical” aggregation practices. In June, Dumenco compared the conversation on social media regarding two different events that occurred the same… Read moreReview: Juan Williams book ‘self-interested preaching to the choir’ about NPR departure
Julie Moos | Jul. 11, 2011
Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Reviews of Juan Williams’ book about his departure from NPR have been mixed, so far. “Muzzled” is scheduled for release July 26, but plenty of people have been given an advanced read on… Read moreNBC News joins editorial, sales partnership for African-American news sites
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
The New York Times
NBC News and Interactive One plan to announce Monday an editorial and sales partnership for their news sites aimed at African-Americans: NBC’s TheGrio.com and Interactive One’s NewsOne. ”The looming election season of 2012 and the… Read morePhiladelphia Inquirer, Daily News to sell discounted Android tablets pre-loaded with newspapers’ apps
Steve Myers | Jul. 11, 2011
Adweek
In August, Philadelphia Media Network will start selling Android tablets pre-loaded with apps for the two newspapers, according to Adweek’s Lucia Moses. The tablets will have replica apps, which mimic the newspaper and require a subscription, as well as another… Read moreMurdoch ‘will not cave’ as pressure increases over scandal
Julie Moos | Jul. 11, 2011
Sky News | Newsweek | New York Times
The British Culture Secretary handling Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of satellite broadcasting company BSkyB has asked the country’s regulatory group whether it is reconsidering its support for the deal, given… Read morePoynter bloggers fill in while Romenesko takes a short break
Jim Romenesko | Jul. 11, 2011
I’ll be traveling this week, so Poynter colleagues Steve Myers, Jeff Sonderman and Julie Moos will be helping me out. They’ll be posting here along with me, while I’ll still be tweeting to @romenesko and… Read more
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