Morning Reading List, 08.29.07

Good morning Washington. If Imus returns, you are not interested. An NBC release announced, "MSNBC's ratings growth continued this summer, as the network delivered the strongest growth of any cable news net in August in total day (M-Sun), weekday primetime (8-11 pm) and in sales primetime (M-Sun 7pm-2am) in both total viewers and the Adult 25-54 demographic, compared to August 06." "MSNBC, HLN Up Double Digits" An ABC release announced, "ABC's 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54 for the seventeenth time in eighteen weeks. Averaging 8.08 million Total Viewers and a 2.1/9 among Adults 25-54, 'World News' outperformed NBC's 'Nightly News' by 150,000 Total Viewers and 140,000 key demo viewers." Lance Armstrong to Chris Matthews: "Thanks for finally letting me ask a question. At least I had cancer." Check out Paul Farhi's online chat yesterday (he discusses the death of Washington Post Radio). Congrats to Patrick O'Connor , who was named by the Politico as Employee of the Month. A GWU release announced, "Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, will join veteran journalist and scholar Marvin Kalb to discuss democracy and the press in the first installment of the 2007-2008 Kalb Report series, produced by The George Washington University, Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center, and the National Press Club and underwritten by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation." I Want Media features an interview with Mark Deuze, the author of the new book "Media Work." Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici writes, "The Nation's Eric Alterman isn't stupid, but apparently he doesn't mind playing stupid when he has a point to make." Slate's Jack Shafer writes, "Of all the disruptions caused by the Web, the chance that an old New York Times story featuring incomplete or outdated bad news about you might nix your chance of getting a job must rank near the bottom. Yet that's what Clark Hoyt, the newspaper's public editor, spends his Sunday, Aug. 26, column on." San Francisco's Jon Carroll writes, "A while back I expressed some doubt about whether Mother Jones could be an effective magazine with two editors. ...Anyway, that was all theory. Now we have had a look at the practice, and oh boy, was I wrong. Mother Jones right now is as good as I've ever seen it. I'm not sure what they're doing right, but they should keep at it." CNSNews.com reports, "A Catholic group is criticizing at least two dozen newspapers, including The Washington Post, for refusing to run a cartoon last Sunday that may offend Muslims." From Politico's Ben Smith: "Wikiscanner: The DLC edits itself" From Ad Age.com: "In an Effort to Better Connect With America's Youth, Media Guy Enterprises Is Rebranding Itself as a Musical" Media Daily News reports, "Nielsen Finds Drop In TV Usage Is Real, Not Methodological, Impact Greatest Among Heavy Viewers" Media Space Solutions has a three-part plan for the top 10 newspaper websites. B&C reports, "Marvin Kitman, former Newsday TV critic, has officially joined the online community as the TV critic for The Huffington Post." Min Online reports, "Many consumer sites took a dive in June as Webiziens embarked on their traditional flight away from their LCDs and keyboards." CNN's Media Biz reports, "While the Dow has fallen 4 percent since mid-July, shares of my parent company Time Warner (TWX) are down 8 percent. And shares of CBS (CBS), Viacom (VIAB) and News Corp. (NWS) are off 9 percent. Disney (DIS) has been the best media stock performer, falling only 2 percent." Times Online reports, "After a troubled start, the US version of OK! is flying high. In a crowded, celebrity-obsessed magazine market OK! has grown 54.3% in the past year, according to the Media Industry News-letter (Min), and is selling more than 850,000 copies a week." The new Digg homepage went live on Monday. Bloomberg reports, "Sony Corp.'s 'Superbad' pushed Hollywood's U.S. summer box-office sales to a record $4 billion this past weekend, surpassing the industry's previous high established in 2004." Media Week reports, "Fox Television Stations Monday got into the game to dominate high school sports coverage with the launch of Foxhilites.com in the 23 cities where it owns and operates a TV station." Jobs Northwestern University is looking for a faculty member for Public Affairs Journalism. From Ed2010: An unpaid fall editorial intern position is available at national, monthly, entertainment print magazine for African-American women. Send resumes and cover letters to Sabrina Parker, sabrinas2s@aol.com by August 31. PBS Interactive is looking for a Director of Content Management, an Associate Director, PBS Interactive Elections Initiatives, an Associate Director, Content & Video, a Project Coordinator, The Ready To Learn initiative and an Assistant Director, PBS Parents & Teachers Interactive. PBS is also looking for a Senior Producer for television. SNL Financial is looking for a Project Manager. The Advisory Board Company is looking for a Research Associate. The Daily Press is looking for a Page Designer/Copy Editor and a Shipyard Reporter. The Magazine Group is looking for a Managing Editor. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. is looking for a Transportation Reporter and an Energy Policy Reporter. Hat Tips: DCRTV, TVNewser, IWantMedia, Romenesko, MediaBistro, JournalismJobs, JournalismNext

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