Morning Reading List 04.15.09

Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 86 covering the Obama administration and week 11 for us. Also Tax Day. What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | MAGAZINES | NEWS NOTES | JOBS | REVOLVING DOOR NEWSPAPERS FishbowlNY: You may have noticed New York Times editor Andy Rosenthal is in the 'Talk to the Times' hot seat this week. Romenesko picked up this little gem of a question: "I find it a bit peculiar that the two women columnists, Maureen Dowd and Gail Collins, are satirical and humorous. I adore their writing, and generally think they are spot on, but it is almost like you cannot get a "serious" woman columnist. Do you agree?" Says Rosenthal: "O.K., so I admit. I'm answering this because it's a slow, hanging ball... I would be the last person alive to suggest that Maureen Dowd and Gail Collins are not serious columnists. They are indeed, very serious." The Chicago Tribune plans to cut another 20 percent from its newsroom staff in an effort to save money. NYT: Newspaper publishers will start to report first-quarter results this week, but people who follow the industry and have had a glimpse of the 2009 numbers say it is clear that once again, even the most pessimistic predictions were not dark enough. TV TVNewser reported first yesterday that John Moody, the executive VP of news editorial for Fox News Channel, is leaving the network for a position with FNC parent company News Corp. Senior VP of news Michael Clemente will now oversee daily editorial duties. The Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik thinks NBC's David Gregory needs to liven up Meet the Press and pronto... "As one of the first critics to say David Gregory looked like he was going to be okay as the successor to Tim Russert, I have to acknowledge being disappointed in what I saw Sunday from the new host. Simply put, there was little energy and virtually no passion. And that is the opposite of what made Russert so compelling to watch." WaPo's Lisa de Moraes: When pirates kidnapped the news cycle and held it hostage for nearly a week, Viacom was not discouraged by the fact that none of its TV networks had a real news operation. Its Spike TV network announced it had ordered up a reality series pilot in which the U.S. Navy hunts down pirates. Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has made a deal to star in NBC's upcoming summer reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, the network confirms. "Rod Blagojevich will be a participant on the show pending the court's approval," said NBC in a statement. ONLINE Three longtime media executives, including CourtTV founder Steve Brill, are building an automated system to allow newspapers and magazines to charge for online access, including an "all you can read" subscription called Journalism Online that would allow access to multiple publications. MAGAZINES FishbowlLA: Michael Speier, Executive Editor of Variety, has been laid off. More cuts are expected to come at Variety throughout. The parent company of the publication, Reed Business Information, is laying off 7% of their staff. Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore said yesterday that the company's dramatic restructuring last fall -- during which roughly 600 staffers at the mega-publisher were laid off -- has proven to be an unmitigated success. NEWS NOTES Spotted at Monday's season opener at Nationals Stadium by Reliable Source: George Will, Al Hunt, Luke Russert and James Carville. "It's different... A little sad," Carville commented on missing his friend Tim Russert at the games. HAT TIPS: Mediabistro, Romenesko JOBS and REVOLVING DOOR after the jump... JOBS Bloomberg is looking for a health-care reporter. The Urban Institute is looking for a web specialist. Also be sure to check out MediaJobsDaily. REVOLVING DOOR Politico reports: Linda Douglass will be announced soon as the Director of Communications for Health Reform with offices at the White House and the Health and Human Services Department, according to a source. The former ABC News reporter, who covered health care on the Hill and traveled with the Obama campaign as a senior adviser, was originally slated to work under Obama's first HHS nominee Tom Daschle as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. Douglass's new post will focus entirely on the health care overhaul, showing "we are ramping up our media campaign as we move toward the president's goal of enacting health reform this year," the source said.

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Morning Reading List 04.15.09

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