Morning Reading List, 03.26.08

Good morning Washington. It's Nancy Pelosi's birthday! Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS This election cycle has changed how you view Bill Clinton -- in a bad way. REVOLVING DOOR Crain's Chicago Business reports, "Tribune Co. named Chandler Bigelow as chief financial officer, effectively immediately, to succeed Don Grenesko, who retired Monday." Top of post NEWSPAPERS "Barack Obama's 37-minute March 18 address on race relations was the major event in a week in which he easily dominated the battle for media exposure, according to a Project for Excellence in Journalism study of campaign coverage from March 17-23." "Just How Did John McCain Obtain What He Has in the Bank with the Press?" And "The Maverick and the Media" Modern Art Notes reports, "Washington Post, Pollack revisit an old stereotype" Top of post TV "Behind in the Ratings, CBS News Hopes for Help From a Debate" ABC announced, "ABC News' Jeremy Hubbard has been named co-anchor of ABC News' early morning news programs 'World News Now' and 'America This Morning,' News President David Westin announced today. In addition to this role, Mr. Hubbard will contribute reports to all other ABC News' broadcasts and platforms." An ABC release announced, "ABC's 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the number one evening newscast among Adults 25-54 for the week of March 17-21. The ABC News broadcast averaged a 2.2/9 and 2.65 million among Adults 25-54, outperforming NBCâ€™s â€œNightly News" by 80,000. Week-to-week, 'World News'' advantage over NBC increased 33% in the key demo. Additionally, this marks the thirteenth time this season the ABC broadcast has finished first among Adults 25-54." A NBC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' was the most-watched network evening newscast, winning the week of March 17, 2008. The Williams-led newscast averaged 8.920 million total viewers, +456,000 more than ABC 'World News'' 8.464 million, and +2.302 million more than CBS 'Evening News'' 6.618 million. Season-to-date 'Nightly' leads ABC by +227K viewers. CBS 'Evening News' numbers are based on a three-day average for the week due to the NCAA tournament." WWD.com reports, "As shareholders prepare to gather for Time Warner Inc.'s annual meeting on May 16, 12 stockholding organizations have a proposal up for a vote that the post of chairman and chief executive officer be split. The proposal states that it is often in shareholders' best interests to separate the positions, as conflicts of interest arise when one person holds both posts." The Hollywood Reporter reports, "Economic slowdown hits Hollywood" Top of post ONLINE MEDIA Rob Goodspeed asks, "Is PostPoints Worth It?" and discovered, "A quick look at the rewards dampened my enthusiasm. A $10 CVS gift card looked like a useful prize. However, at 3,385 points it would take me 677 days of Express reading or almost one year of reading both a print publication and the website to earn enough points to earn it." Reuters reports, "Virtual beer and vampires may no longer be enough to keep members of social networks like Facebook and News Corp's MySpace riveted to their computers. Instead, the key to the future of these Web sites may lie in more practical functions, such as making plans, booking tickets or checking stock quotes." Dallas Business Journal reports, "American Airlines Inc. is hoping to win customers by becoming the first major airline to launch an application for users of the social networking Web site Facebook. American, owned by Fort Worth-based AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), said its application, called Travel Bag, lets Facebook users share travel experiences with friends, offer and read reviews on restaurants and shops, and create countdowns for upcoming events or trips." FastCompany.com reports, "On the verge of a revival last year, AOL suddenly imploded. The inside story of a journey to nowhere." The Independent reports, "Apax has cooled its interest in the Â£1.25bn auction for Reed Business Information (RBI), the publisher. Rivals United Business Media and Informa have already indicated that they are not interested in the auction." Jupiter Research reports, "Big Trend for 2008 Online Media: Re-Inventing the Network" Top of post MAGAZINES Tonight, join Reason for a happy hour at The Fab Lounge (1805 Connecticut Ave., NW 2nd floor), at 6.30PM. Reason's Radley Balko, Nick Gillespie, Dan Hayes, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Michael C. Moynihan, Jesse Walker, David Weigel and Matt Welch will all be there to celebrate the publication of the magazine's April issue, as well as the "advent of spring, with its attendant flowers and sunshiney days." Top of post RADIO "DCRTV hears that recently-yanked MSNBC show host Tucker Carlson will be filling-in for David Burd on 3WT from 5:30 AM to 8 AM on Wednesday. He'll be joining Jessica Doyle and Victoria Jones." Top of post JOBS National Geographic Society is looking for a Producer, Web Franchise Programming. Center For Independent Media is looking for a Deputy National Editorial Director. Al Jazeera is looking for an Output Producer and a Planning Editor. Top of post Hat Tips: DCRTV, TVNewser, IWantMedia, Romenesko, MediaBistro, JournalismJobs, JournalismNext

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