Morning Reading List 05.13.09

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. It is day 114 covering the Obama administration and week 15 for us. Happy birthday to Jeff Dufour! What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO | ONLINE | MAGAZINES | NEWS NOTES | JOBS NEWSPAPERS A member of NYT Co. Board says they haven't been in discussions with Google. TV Can Ed Schultz improve MSNBC's 6pm ratings? Politico takes a look here. What tvnewser donned a skull cummerbund at this weekend's WHCD? FishbowlLA has the answer here. RADIO IndieWire reports that as Kirby Dick's new documentary, Outrage, opened, NPR trimmed its review of the film, cutting mentions of the American political figures depicted in the movie. Critic Nathan Lee subsequently removed his byline from the article in protest and lodged a comment on the NPR site. ONLINE Mediaweek: Fox News' online ascent continues, as the network's formerly lightly-trafficked Web site FoxNews.com has significantly improved its numbers for several key engagement scores over the past year as its audience has steadily climbed, according to newly-released data. TheStimulist.com, a news site created by MSNBC anchor and Air America radio host Carlos Watson for "the change generation" went live yesterday. WebNewser caught up with him here. paidContent reveals Twitter.com had more unique visitors last month than WSJ.com and NYTimes.com. Why? Two words: Ashton and Oprah. MAGAZINES NYO profiles Jon Meacham- "Jon Meacham, with his recessive posture, his slow gait, his bone-dry jokes, may not strike you immediately as the man who can make your magazine look good. But he has become the embodiment of Sunday-schooled fogeyish integrity in a journalism industry looking for heroes." NEWS NOTES Sarah Palin has landed a book deal- a memoir with HarperCollins to come out spring 2010, the year she's up for re-election. In an AP piece, she says, "This will be a wonderful, refreshing chance for me to get to tell my story... unfiltered." Also Marketwatch's Jon Friedman on why Sarah Palin still befuddles the media here. HAT TIPS: Mediabistro JOBS after the jump... a2a_linkname="FishbowlDC: Morning Reading List 05-12-09";a2a_linkurl="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/on/morning_reading_list_051209_116280.asp";a2a_show_title=1; JOBS Today's Morning Media Menu was joined by MediaJobsDaily.com editor Rachel Kaufman and "Ask the HR Expert" contributor Sharon Jautz. Listen in here for how to navigate this changing job market. Check out MediaJobsDaily.

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Morning Reading List 05.13.09

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