Morning Reading List, 10.05.07

Good morning Washington. We can't say we are shocked by the results of yesterday's poll. You would rather fight like Mike Tyson than talk like him. An ABC release announced, "In the largest expansion of ABC News' foreign bureaus in two decades, ABC News' President David Westin announced the deployment of seven reporters to posts around the globe. ABC's reporters will be based in New Delhi, India; Mumbai; India, Seoul, South Korea; Jakarta, Indonesia; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Dubai, UAE; and Nairobi, Kenya." "Cartoonists enjoy evening in the sun" ABC also announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research for Sunday September 30, ABC News 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' beat CBS' 'Face the Nation' among both Total Viewers and among Adults 25-54. 'This Week' posted the most growth of the Sunday discussion programs compared to last year, in double-digits, among both Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. 'This Week' is also the only Sunday discussion program up year-to-date (5%) among Total Viewers." Also, for the week of September 24, 2007, "ABC News' 'Nightline' continued its growth trend in Total Viewers. 'Nightline' grew for the second straight week in a row reaching its best Total Viewer number since May." Today's edition of National Journal On Air will feature Senator Edward Kennedy in the weekly newsmaker interview with host Linda Douglass. "Douglass will ask Senator Kennedy about the battle over children's health insurance, the Democrats' efforts to change course in Iraq, and the political landscape in 2008." The show airs on Friday at 1pm on XM channel 130. It will also be streaming live and available to the public on http://nationaljournal.com/onair/ Telemundo announed in a released that along with mun2, the preeminent voice for Latino youth, launched "'Vota Por Tu Futuro' -- 'Vote 4 UR Future,' the networks' national non-partisan Hispanic voter registration campaign." Slate's Ron Rosenbaum writes, "Don't get me wrong, I love magazines. I've written for a wide range of them, from Punk to The New Yorker. They areâ€”or wereâ€”a great American phenomenon. But magazines, many of them anyway, are now slowly killing themselves, killing their credibility, by turning into fawning fools for access." "'E&P' Goes Audio! Listen to Exclusive Discussion About Troubling Drop in Newspaper Ad Revenue Now" Politico's Mike Allen will soon go on a diet: "Playbook is coming to you live from the Radisson in Manchester, N.H. Yesterday's Rudy road trip included the Chocolate Moose, three diners (yum.) and a town hall." The Federal Citizen Information Center of GSA's Office of Citizen Services is launching our new blog, Govgab. The purpose of the blog "is to highlight government services and information that many people may not know about and show them how to use it in their everyday lives. We have five bloggers and one will post each day of the week." In a release yesterday, MySpace announced an agreement with PayPal "enabling non-profits and political candidates to virally fundraise throughout the site's civic and political hub, the Impact channel (http://impact.myspace.com). This marks the official launch of the Impact Channel which will feature new tools including a volunteer search and match tool 'Volunteer Space,' a daily issue-based poll, and a voter registration tool." Journal-isms reports, "CBS-TV and ABC-TV defended their networks' pieces on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amid criticism that '60 Minutes' and 'Nightline' had offered up uncritical 'puff pieces' as they interviewed Thomas in connection with his new memoir, 'My Grandfather's Son'" And, "Justice Holds News Media in Contempt" Joseph Turow is the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, writes, "Google's decision to spend $3.1 billion to buy little-known DoubleClick will affect the future of American media and the way advertisers tell stories about you and me. Eventually, if Google has its way, what we see on the Web, hear on the radio or read in print will largely be based on decisions Google computers make about how different we are and why." Bloomberg reports, "Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, would see 'minimal' impact if it spun off its television business from the newspaper operations, according to a report from bond-research firm Gimme Credit LLC." Do you know who the second longest-serving senator from New Mexico is? Test your knowledge with this week's CQ Political Trivia. Freakonomics reports, "In my opinion, Craigslist is one of the most revolutionary elements of the Internet revolution: simple, scalable, useful, powerful, and therefore omnipresent. So I am very happy to announce that Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, the company's founder and CEO, respectively, have agreed to answer your questions about Craigslist. As always, leave your questions in the comments section below, and we will post their answers within a week or so. Although many questions are welcomed, time and space may not allow for all of them to be answered." Sydney Morning Herald reports, "Rupert Murdoch is set to face a challenge to his family's control of News Corp at its annual shareholder meeting this month, after one of the world's most powerful shareholder advisers recommended fund managers back a move to change the company's share structure." BtoB reports, "Senior executives, including C-level officers at large and midsize companies, have a voracious appetite for quality business information, according to a survey released Tuesday by Ipsos Media." TV Week reports, "In a world of turbocharged media options, word of mouth remains the most trusted form of advertising around the world. In a semi-annual survey, the Nielsen Co. found that consumers trust other consumers more than they trust messages from paid media advertising." Susan D. Whiting is the executive vice president of the Nielsen Company and chairman of Nielsen Media Research writes, "Conventional wisdom these days has it that television is dying. Like most conventional wisdom, it's dead wrong." Bloomberg reports, "Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., said the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking more details on the broadcaster's proposed acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc." Folio Magazine reports, "CMP has launched a new Web site that it touts as, 'investigating the future of the Internet.' Internet Evolution leverages four Web 2.0 content sources: bloggers; broadband video documentaries and interviews, investigative reporters from CMP writers and user-generated content." Jobs Reuters is looking for a Freelance Junior Producer and Journalism Interns for Summer 2008. PBS Newshour is looking for an Online NewsHour Associate Editor/News. AUVSI is looking for a Magazine Associate Editor. Hat Tips: DCRTV, TVNewser, IWantMedia, Romenesko, MediaBistro, JournalismJobs, JournalismNext

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