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Murdoch, a Folk Hero in Silicon (NYT)
David Carr: In the United States, Rupert Murdoch's appeal is thought to work in the heartland, where Fox News takes aim. But on the left coast, he is truly among friends. The attendees at the Web 2.0 conference know him as the ultimate market timer, the guy who swooped in out of nowhere and bought MySpace for $580 million before its audience doubled and before social networks became the platform of the future.

Fox Bars Candidates From Using Its Images (NYT/The Caucus)
The Fox News Channel sent notices to the campaigns of the leading Republican presidential candidates ordering them to stop using images from their Fox appearances in their campaign ads. The notices were sent out after the network was criticized for singling out only Senator John McCain's campaign in barring use of the images.

Fox Business's Happy Hour May Be a Breakout Hit (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: The closest thing I've seen to it on TV, in terms of combining a fast pace with conversations and information, has been ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and Cold Pizza as well as Fox's own The Best Damn Sports Show Period. These shows all have the same kind of freewheeling, informative style.

Keeping Investigative Journalism Alive (Miami Herald)
Edward Wasserman: Let's welcome Pro Publica, and acknowledge the role that philanthropy can play in funding the indispensable coverage that market incentives cannot alone guarantee. But let's also hope this is the first step, not the last.

Are Barry Diller and John Malone Headed for a Split? (WSJ)
Barry Diller and John Malone, one of the media industry's premier power couples, are having some relationship issues. Over the course of a dozen years , with backing from Mr. Malone's Liberty Media Corp., Mr. Diller built an $18 billion empire that includes the HSN home-shopping network, Ticketmaster, Expedia and Ask.com. But lately, the businesses Mr. Diller runs haven't been looking good.

In Canada, a New Newspaper Faces Off Against a Well-Established Family (NYT)
William Kenneth Langdon, a newspaper publisher, has now found that the Irvings family's dominance in its native Canadian province, New Brunswick, is not easily broken. When he begins publishing The Carleton Free Press on Tuesday to compete against an Irving-owned, twice-weekly publication, Mr. Langdon will be unusually constrained.

Will Newspapers Survive? (Boston Globe)
Jeff Jacoby: Today's legions of press critics say nothing that hasn't been said before — including by members of the press. Newspapers have always drawn fire, often deservedly. But they have also always drawn readers. Now, increasingly, they don't. The disappearance of
traditional newspapers is increasingly regarded as inevitable.

Mom Sues Music Company Over Baby Video Removal (Slashdot)
A Pennsylvania mom is fighting back, suing Universal Music Publishing Group for having a home movie taken down off of YouTube. The movie, featuring her 18-month old bouncing to Prince's song, 'Let's Go Crazy,' was cited for removal by the Group for copyright infringement.

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