Morning Reading List, 09.27.07

Good morning Washington. Vitamin Water wins out over Gatorade. We looked into this, "missing? washington post's technorati supplied 'who's blogging'" and discovered the Washington Post did not get rid of the feature. It just wasn't ready for the new home page launch. The paper tells us the "what blogs are saying" feature will be back in a few weeks. Fox News announced, "FOX News Channel's Greta Van Susteren will conduct an interview Thursday with former President Bill Clinton. The interview will air on FOX News Channel's On the Record with Greta Van Susteren from 10-11PM/ET." Glynnis MacNicol and Rachel Sklar live blog the Dem debate (and "Dems debate Tim Russert's giant noggin.") "During a panel discussion at the 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C., former White House Press Secretaries Ron Nessen, Larry Speakes and Mike McCurry will join Dr. Martha Joynt Kumar, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Towson University, to discuss what their jobs were like and whether they would be harder in today's climate. Mara Liasson, national political correspondent for NPR, will moderate the discussion. The event will take place at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 5 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW in the Columbia B room." For more info, click here. New York Post reports that the witness list for today's Senate hearing on Google's proposed $3.1 billion purchase of ad firm DoubleClick "is more notable for who is not testifying than for who is. The five witnesses slated to appear before the panel, including company officials, analysts and consumer privacy experts, are divided between those for and against the deal. Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, will appear before the panel, along with his counterpart at rival Microsoft, General Counsel Brad Smith." Rumormonger reports, "There's not much surprise left, given the drumbeat of rumors that AOL would be pursuing mass layoffs later this year. But we now hear that layoffs have started at the Internet giant, even earlier than expected, with a number of middle managers getting the chop Tuesday afternoon." Reuters reports, "The Justice Department is moving 'as quickly as possible' in its antitrust review of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Inc, a senior department official said on Tuesday." B&C reports, "In a major reorganization that affects all of its top executives, ABC News president David Westin Tuesday appointed a single executive to oversee all programs. Dave Davis, formerly general manager of WABC in New York, was named executive vice president responsible for ABC News programs including Good Morning America, World News, 20/20, Primetime, Nightline, This Week with George Stephanopoulos and the overnight broadcasts. Davis will report to Westin." USA Today reports, "Arianna Huffington's business plan: start an online news site, fueled by blog reports from her celebrity and influential friends. And have them all work for free, in exchange for using her bully pulpit. Nearly 2 1/2 years and $10 million later, the experiment has nearly paid off. The Huffington Post is the fifth-most-linked-to blog on the Internet, according to measurement firm Technorati." Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "Consumers are in control, and advertisers should get used to it. That was a common theme as marketing industry leaders gathered in Manhattan on Monday to ponder how the Internet has turned their world upside down." Julie Mason, Houston Chronicle's White House Correspondent, has been added to the regular rotation for Hardball. B&C reports, "The Justice Department agreed to seek Supreme Court review of the Second Circuit court's smackdown of the Federal Communications Commission's crackdown on fleeting profanities." Poynter Online reports, "Poynter's ongoing Eyetrack research project has taught us some important basics, such as: Online audiences focus heavily on headlines, and in some cases almost ignore pictures. But other research tools make me want to challenge -- or at least supplement -- this finding." A release announced, "National Journal Group, Washington's leading publisher of political and policy news and analysis, today announced the lineup for the inaugural edition of National Journal On Air, its new weekly show on XM Satellite Radio's P.O.T.U.S.'08 channel. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will headline National Journal's first show in the featured newsmaker interview with host Linda Douglass. Also scheduled to appear on the show are National Journal political writer Jim Barnes, National Journal White House correspondent Carl Cannon, and Senior Editor of The Hotline, John Mercurio." The Hill reports, "It's always preferable to conduct interviews face to face, but hey, if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) wants to visit via satellite from a barn in New York, who was Fox News to complain? That's 'Fox News Sunday' host Chris Wallace's take on Clinton's appearance last weekend on his show." We have to ask, in light of the Washington Times hiring two new hires on the copy desk, does that mean the paper's hiring freeze is off? A reader tells us, "You should know that there is an error in the Michel du Cille internal memo from the Washington Post. Contrary to their statement, there is no 'University of Indiana'. Rather, the appropriate institution to which they refer is 'Indiana University'... a very important difference." Featured on Kudlow & Company, Brent Bozell revealed the results of the Business & Media Institute's yearlong study analyzing how businessmen and women were characterized by ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News' evening newscasts. The results reveal how network news portrays our nation's corporate leaders -- as criminals, crooks, villains and filthy rich big-wigs. The full 18-page study -- with audio and video -- is available at www.businessandmedia.org. Ad Week's Mike Shields writes, "Political candidates from both parties are demonstrating a stubborn devotion to traditional media, along with a cautious streak that is holding them back from embracing the Web as an outlet for political ad dollars, according to a group of panelists speaking during a Mixx Conference session" held Tuesday. B to B reports, "DoubleClick announced the launch of DoubleClick Mobile, a new service for mobile advertising. DoubleClick Mobile integrates operational processes for scheduling, targeting, selecting and delivering ads on mobile Web pages with publishersâ€™ existing digital channels." Multichannel reports, "TV Guide Broadband, the digital video entertainment programming service launched one year ago by TV Guide Network, has signed a new distribution deal with Comcastâ€™s portal site, officials said Tuesday." Reuters reports, "Steve Case, the founder of the AOL Internet service, is backing a new online payment company that promises to let users transfer funds for free and offer a credit card with sharply lower fees for merchants." Ad Week reports, "WPP Group joined in a $12 million round of funding for blog and social network tracking service Visible Technologies." New York Observer reports, "It's still nearly two months until News Corp. officially closes on Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal's parent. But there's growing evidence that at The Journal, the Rupert Murdoch era has already begun. On September 17, the paper announced that it would launch Pursuits, a glossy magazine supplement covering the exploits of the superrich. The press release sent out by The Journal quoted publisher Gordon Crovitz and managing editor Marcus Brauchli -- but according to one staffer, the prototype for the new venture had already passed through the hands of Mr. Murdoch, who gave it the green light." Bloomberg reports, "Time Warner Inc.'s Fortune and Money business magazines plan to contribute several hours of video news to the company's CNN Money Web site each day to lure users and advertisers." Jobs E&E Publishing/E&ETV is looking for a Video Producer. Media General is looking for a Senior Multimedia Reporter. The Center for Democracy & Technology is seeking Dynamic Communications Director. The Society For Neuroscience is looking for a Staff Writer/Editor (Print). Voice of America is looking for a News Division/writer. Hat Tips: DCRTV, TVNewser, IWantMedia, Romenesko, MediaBistro, JournalismJobs, JournalismNext

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