Morning Reading List, 03.27.08

Good morning Washington. Dana Bash and John King will get married on Cape Cod over Memorial Day weekend. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS You would rather hang out with Barack Obama over Michelle. REVOLVING DOOR "Atlantic Names New Publisher Jay Lauf" "More Changes to ABC News Executive Ranks" Andrea Jones is leaving her position as Executive Director of ABC News and Emily Lenzner is taking her place. "Linda Greenhouse Returning To Yale Law School in 2009 as Journalist-in-Residence" A release announced, "Michael Flagg, a veteran business reporter and editor at the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and the Washington Post, has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Manning Selvage & Lee (MS&L) as senior vice president. His appointment is effective immediately." Top of post NEWSPAPERS The Washington Times won seven awards in the 2007 Virginia Press Association's annual competition for writing, photography, artwork and news design. A reader asks, "Why was McCain off limits with the media? Is it because of his advanced years or because he's a war hero or both? everything was coming up roses for McCain with the Media. Guess that was good for him, since his senior moments crop up every once in awhile." "Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass It On" Huffington Post's Thomas Edsall presents, "Interview With Walter Pincus On The State Of The Press" Romenesko has "Tribune innovation chief Lee Abrams' e-mail to staff" AJR asks, "Why is the media consensus so often wrong about political campaigns? And isn't there a better way to cover elections?" The AP reports, "New York Times Co. President and Chief Executive Janet Robinson received total compensation valued at $2.1 million in 2007 but got no stock options, reducing her pay 38 percent from a year ago, according to calculations by The Associated Press." AJR reports, "Why news organizations have to act much more boldly if they are to survive" Check out Green Room Girl's latest pictures featuring Howard Wolfson and David Brooks. "Nielsen Online Names Top 30 News Sites" Portfolio's Mixed Media reports, "The New York Times has been around for 156 years. For all that time, it has trusted its readers, more or less, to find what they're looking for. Not anymore. Today saw the introduction of 'Inside the Times,' a new multi-page index of that day's highlights, in print and online, which runs on pages 2, 3 and 4 of section A. The purpose is 'to help readers navigate and mine the paper and its Web site,' according to an editor's note." Politico, Viacom, Paramount Vantage are teaming up to present a private screening of the new Rolling Stones, Scorsese Shine a Light film on the eve of the White House Correspondent's dinner, April 25th at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Kelly Flynn writes, "No news is bad news for Kearsley journalism students" Top of post TV Mark your calendars! On April 2, nine women will speak at the "Women on the World" at the Chamber of Commerce, including Daryn Kagan, Jenna Bush, Andrea Koppel, Kelly O'Donnell and Donna Brazile. For more on what Kagan has been up to, click here. A CNN release announced, "Following a campaign coverage strategy of creating mini-bureaus in key political battleground states, CNN has parked the CNN Election Express in Philadelphia this week to create a full-time reporting presence for the April 22 Pennsylvania primary." TVNewser reports, "This morning marked new NBC/MSNBC analyst Harold Ford, Jr.'s first appearance on Morning Joe. Co-anchor Joe Scarborough brought up his time in congress with Ford, and how the pair 'transcended politics,' as they sat on opposite sides of the aisle." Bloomberg reports, "U.S. advertising spending was little changed in the fourth quarter as a weakening economy prompted marketers to cut newspaper and radio ads, according to TNS Media Intelligence." USA Today reports, "Advertisers and marketers, struggling to keep up with changing consumer habits, are about to make massive investments in new digital and out-of-home media platforms, according to a forecast out today from research firm PQ Media." A release announced, "FOX 5 finishes the March 2008 news race as the #1 choice for late news in key adult demographics, announced Duffy Dyer, the station's Vice President and General Manager. 'FOX 5 News Edge at 11' and 'FOX 5 News at 10' rank #1 in their respective time periods." JackMeyers.com reports, "Assuming this week's release of fourth quarter GDP data confirms an official recessionary economy, marketers, media companies, economists and unofficial economic pundits will weigh in with appropriately reactionary forecasts of ad industry doom and gloom." The Wall Street Journal reports, "Over the past two years, Lynda Clarizio has helped build Advertising.com, AOL's ad network, into one of the hottest properties in online advertising. Her reward: She gets to try to clean up one of the Internet company's messiest divisions." The Wall Street Journal reports, "The two biggest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for a new wireless company that would be operated by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., people familiar with the talks say." The New York Observer reports, "On the morning of Friday, March 21, Chris Wallace woke up at his home in Washington, D.C., grabbed some fruit and yogurt, and turned on the Fox News early show, Fox & Friends. Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade were talking about Barack Obama's recent characterization of his grandmother on a Philadelphia radio show: She was a 'typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, there's a reaction that's been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes comes out in the wrong way.' 'Can you say 'typical white person' if you're white?' asked Mr. Doocy. Of course not, noted Ms. Carlson. There's no way that Senator Hillary Clinton could use the phrase 'typical black person,' they noted. 'So there is a certain double standard in society,' said Ms. Carlson. And also: 'I sort of take offense at that line: 'typical white.'' Mr. Wallace was getting a little bit annoyed. 'I didnâ€™t think it was fair. I didnâ€™t think it allowed Obama to make his point,' Mr. Wallace later told The Observer in a telephone interview." Top of post ONLINE MEDIA 24/7 Wall St. presents, "The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs" Media Matters' Eric Boehlert writes, "How dreadful was the news coverage last week surrounding the official release of Hillary Clinton's public White House schedule from her eight years as first lady? So bad that I found myself in rare (unprecedented?) agreement with at least two prominent conservative bloggers who noticed the same thing I did: The Beltway press corps is, at times, a national embarrassment." Huffington Post's Rachel Sklar reports, "Hillary Clinton's Bosnia Story A Hit On YouTube!" Gangrey.com presents the winner of the 2008 Goat Awards. Media Week reports, "Time Inc., which has been hit by sweeping layoffs in recent years, has continued to pare its head count in its quest for cost-savings, albeit in smaller ways. This Old House shed four people in the past few weeks in communications, production and TV production, while at Sports Illustrated, a handful of people were laid off from the title's Picture Collection archive. (Some of the SI staffers were to be assigned to other positions in the company, a Time Inc. spokesperson said.)" Mesh Media Strategies reports, "I was privileged to join a group of bloggers, along with TV news executives and personnel from the Washington DC area, Monday night for a reception and private tour of the soon-to-open Newseum in the nationâ€™s capital. In a word, it is spectacular." The Annenberg School for Communication at USC Online Journalism Review reports, "J-schools need to encourage and develop, not inhibit, students' passion -- not only for the favorite topics, but for the craft of journalism itself." MinOnline reports, "Tribune Media Services (TMS), the content syndication and licensing division of Chicago-based Tribune Company, will launch a new weekly political commentary magazine called Opinionated: Voices and Viewpoints on America and the World." The San Jose Business Journal reports, "Yahoo Inc.'s HotJobs feature on Tuesday launched a search ranking algorithm called REAL -- Relevance, Engagement, Availability and Location. Sunnyvale-based Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) said the system is part of an overall strategic initiative designed to 'make the recruiting process more efficient using Yahoo technology and to provide recruiters with unique insights into job seeker behavior.'" Top of post MAGAZINES Reader's Digest's Carl Cannon was interviewed on C-SPAN by Bob Schieffer this past weekend. Check out the interview here. What you missed last night: Atlantic Media's Journalism on Tap, a panel discussion on the upcoming election. WWD.com reports, "Financial market turbulence, housing bubble bursts, Bear Stearns collapses -- no wonder advertising isn't looking rosy (or that most publishers don't want to go on the record and talk about it). As the end of the first half draws near for magazines, business looks soft. Through April, the latest Media Industry Newsletter numbers show ad pages declined for most fashion titles and the unpredictable economy makes it impossible to predict how things will end up by June, much less the entire year." Top of post RADIO A release announced, "Beginning Wednesday, April 2, at 9 p.m., the National Symphony Orchestra will return to the airwaves of Classical WETA 90.9 FM. Performances are being drawn from NSO archives, and most broadcast programs will feature repertoire from multiple NSO concerts. These two-hour broadcasts will take place on the first Wednesday of each month for the next year. WETA's John Chester will host. The series is made possible by WETA's Friends of Classical Music, including Patricia Sagon." The Wall Street Journal writes, "The Justice Department's approval this week of the XM-Sirius satellite radio merger was a long time coming -- maybe too long given that the deal was announced more than a year ago. Still, credit Antitrust Division chief Thomas Barnett for making the right call in the end." The Wall Street Journal reports, "One of the marquee deals of the now-faded corporate buyout boom was close to collapse Tuesday night, a victim of the credit-market turmoil that began last summer. The planned $19 billion privatization of the nation's largest radio broadcaster, Clear Channel Communications Inc., looked increasingly likely to fall through as the private-equity firms and banks backing the transaction failed to resolve their differences over final financing terms, people familiar with the matter said. It would be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts yet to implode as the upheaval in global credit markets has made it nearly impossible for banks that financed such deals to spread their risk by packaging their loans for sale to other investors. That's left many banks exposed to massive losses they have been trying to avoid." Top of post BOOKS GalleyCat answers the question, "How's Book Publishing Handling the Election?" Top of post JOBS Politico is looking for a Weekend Editor. Human Events is hiring a Manager Editor. Top of post Hat Tips: DCRTV, TVNewser, IWantMedia, Romenesko, MediaBistro, JournalismJobs, JournalismNext

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