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News Corp Shakeup Could See James Murdoch and Rebekah Wade Promoted (Guardian)
News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch is planning to relinquish substantial powers to son James and for him to take a major role in the US, leaving Sun editor Rebekah Wade to assume greater control of the media group's UK operation.
Copyright Holders Challenge Sites That Excerpt (NYT)
Generally, excerpting content online have been considered legal, and for years it has been welcomed by major media companies, which were happy to receive pass-along traffic. But some media executives are concerned that the popular curators of the Web are taking large pieces of the original work.
American Reporter Detained in Iran (TVNewser)
A former Miss North Dakota, who's been working in Iran as a freelance reporter, is being detained in undisclosed location there. 31-year-old Roxana Saberi has reported for NPR, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and Fox News Channel, among others as the Tehran bureau chief for Feature Story News.
Tough Times Force ASNE to Cancel Convention (Reuters)
The American Society of Newspaper Editors has canceled its annual convention "because of the challenging times we face," said a memo. "It became increasingly clear in recent weeks that our attendance would be low because editors need to be in their own newsrooms during this difficult time."
Hachette Restructures Women's Magazines (WSJ)
Over the past decade, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. has closed magazine titles, cut staff, and developed a mounting sense that its French parent has little regard for the U.S. unit's management or its brands. This week, the New York publisher will reorganize its women's magazines.
New York Times Launching Local Citizen Journalism Sites (E&P)
The New York Times is joining the growing world of local "citizen journalism" with two Web sites launching today. "The Local" will appear on the Times' Web site with pages dedicated to three communities in New Jersey and two Brooklyn neighborhoods.
David Foster Wallace's Unfinished Career (New Yorker)
The sadness over novelist David Foster Wallace's death last September was also connected to a feeling that, for all his outpouring of words, he died with his work incomplete. Wallace, at least, never felt that he had hit his target. His goal had been to show readers how to live a fulfilled, meaningful life.
Broadcasting Pioneer Paul Harvey Dies at 90 (AP)
Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona. He was 90. He worked at ABC Radio Networks for more than 50 years.
Covering Obama, Pushy Jake Tapper Presses His Points (WaPo)
Jake Tapper's brashness has catapulted the 39-year-old ABC correspondent to the coveted White House beat, the biggest stage yet for a man who bounced around politics, public relations, and the Web before setting his sights on television.
Ad/Edit Wall Shaky in LHJ March Edition? (Mediaweek)
Some editors wonder if Ladies' Home Journal was engaging in pay-for-play for its March issue featuring Ellen DeGeneres. DeGeneres appears on the cover and in a two-page Cover Girl ad immediately following. The advertiser then shows up again in the inside story on DeGeneres.
Under Weight of Its Mistakes, Newspaper Industry Staggers (WaPo)
Howard Kurtz: Why a once-profitable industry suddenly seems as outmoded as America's automakers is a tale that involves arrogance, mistakes, eroding trust and the rise of a digital world in which newspapers feel compelled to give away their content.
8020 Lands Investors, Plans to Relaunch JPG (Folio:)
Investors have acquired the assets of 8020 Media, which was shuttered earlier this year. The buyers -- Millennium Ventures and Adorama Camera -- expect to relaunch 8020's flagship, JPG, a bimonthly photography magazine comprised of user-submitted content, in April.
Nurture Journalistic Values Beyond Newsrooms (AdAge)
Simon Dumenco: What if, instead of spending money on "retraining" journalists to function in the 21st century, we focused on creating systems and programs and media enterprises that helped quasi-journalists not only monetize their content-making, but also do something more solidly journalistic?
Washington Post Corrects a Goof on Doonesbury (NYT)
After fishbowlDC pointed out that the Washington Post had run the comic series Doonesbury out of order in the paper -- avoiding a strip that included a jab at the Post -- executive editor Marcus Brauchli corrected the order.
Revolving Door Newsletter: Rocky Mountain News Folds (mediabistro.com)
The Rocky Mountain News is no more: The paper published its final issue Friday. It had been for sale since December, but no buyers emerged. (There was one, but after learning it would cost $100 million to keep the paper afloat, the unnamed company -- wisely -- backed off.)
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