Morning Reading List, 01.29.08

Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS Most of you did plan on watching the SOTU last night. REVOLVING DOOR A release announced, "Joe Peyronnin has joined Gibraltar Associates as Senior Advisor for Global Communications and New Media. Based in New York City, Mr. Peyronnin brings over 35 years of broadcast news experience to Gibraltar, including as head of news for Telemundo/NBC and Fox News, and as the number two executive at CBS News from 1989 to 1995. He is also the former Washington bureau chief for CBS News and an award winning news producer. Most recently he has worked as a full time corporate advisor to VFinity, creators of innovative digital content management software." Jossip reports, "Reuters media reporter Robert MacMillan is leaving the wire service for what we're assuming is a bigger payday at Rupert Murdochâ€™s Wall Street Journal." John Fialka is joining the E&E staff on Feb. 6. "He will be leading development of -- and then managing -- our planned climate publication. John is a superior reporter who has led the Wall Street Journal's environmental coverage for many years." CQ announced that Jon Weinstein "has been promoted to senior marketing manager. In this new role, Jon will oversee the circulation marketing team" A release announced, "A Stanford graduate student has been chosen as the 2008 Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Intern. Jennifer Martinez is working toward a master's degree in communication, specializing in journalism, after earning a bachelor's degree with honors in international relations at Stanford in 2007. She will work in the London bureau of the Wall Street Journal this summer." Top of post NEWSPAPERS The AP reports, "U.S. newspapers' online audiences grew about 6 percent last year, an industry group reported Thursday, a rare bit of good news for an industry struggling to adapt as readers and advertising dollars continue to migrate online." The WSJ may get a sports section?!? "Is journalist burnout on the rise?" Bloomberg reports, "Harbinger Capital Partners plans to nominate directors for New York Times Co. and Media General Inc., both family-controlled newspaper companies. Harbinger will try to place four directors on the board of New York Times and three on Media General's, according to statements and regulatory filings yesterday." The Press Gazette reports, "Metro International has announced 27 redundancies at its free newspapers in the US. It has been reported that Metro was planning to put the titles up for sales. But Metro announced today it was embarking on a restructuring plan to move the titles into profit -- in agreement with joint venture partner The New York Times Company." Top of post TV The New York Post reports, "The $27 billion leveraged buyout of radio giant Clear Channel Communications appears to be on solid footing despite scores of jittery investors who feared the deal could fall apart." The AP reports, "Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable operator, said Friday it is pulling the plug on AZN Television, its Asian American channel." TVNewser reports, "All three cable networks are taking the announcement of Sen. Edward Kennedy's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama." How packed was the rally? Metroblogging DC tell us just how big. The Washington Post reports, "More than 4,000 of the office building's incandescent light bulbs were changed to fluorescent. Three large water tanks were installed in an underground parking garage to collect rainwater to irrigate a one-acre patch of lawn. Workers held contests to see who could save the most energy by turning off computers and lights. Those efforts were part of a year-long initiative at Discovery Communications' headquarters in downtown Silver Spring to save energy, and reduce water usage and pollution. Last month, the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council recognized Discovery's efforts by certifying its 540,000-square-foot building as "platinum," the highest designation under the council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program." The Tampa Tribune reports, "If you've been watching Fox News Channel's election coverage of the primary season, you have seen the beginning of a new era in televised live shots. The live streaming image of chief political correspondent Carl Cameron as he cruises along the nation's highways in a colorful Ford Expedition may look a little primitive, but it is revolutionary. 'This is going to change the way breaking news is covered in the future,' says Brian Wilson, Fox's Washington bureau chief. After tinkering with various new technologies and video equipment, he says the network has converted a couple of sport utility vehicles into roaming live news centers." National Journal reports, "Psst! 'They just spin you up on this and you happily go along,' fumed Bill Clinton as he glared at CNN reporter Jessica Yellin. She had asked him to respond to Barack Obama and former South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian, who likened the former president to the late bare-knuckle GOP operative Lee Atwater and charged that his wife's campaign was engaging in 'the politics of deception.' Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaigner-in-chief accused Yellin and other reporters of stoking the controversy. 'This is what you live for,' Clinton huffed. Not always. Back in 1994, Yellin worked for Bill Clinton in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs." Top of post ONLINE MEDIA "Chris Cillizza will be a co-moderator for MySpace, MTV and the Associated Press' 'Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue' with Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee and other presidential frontrunners that will be presented on-air, online, and on mobile phones, Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 6:00 pm ET." Check out Tammy Haddad's video with Hayden Panettiere on Newsweek.com Instapundit points to "an unfortunate turn of phrase at Time Magazine" Bloomberg reports, "Peter Thiel, the first outside investor in closely held Facebook Inc., said Sarbanes-Oxley rules make it difficult for technology companies in the U.S. to go public." Check out The Baltimore Sun's new military blog. The Local Onliner reports, "Former AOL President and MTV founder Bob Pittman has lately focused on investments as head of the Pilot Group (he is a pilot). In an interview with broadband consultant Will Richmond's VideoNuze on the eve of the NATPE show in Las Vegas, Pittman says he is bullish on small market TV stations -- and their online prospects." Check out the Facebook Group, "Make Top Reporters Stop Ignoring the Top Issue" The AP reports, "Nigel Eccles, a news junkie and former online betting site employee, wanted to try pursuing both interests at once. Thus was born Hubdub -- a new Web site Eccles and three colleagues in Edinburgh, Scotland, assembled -- where customers will bet for fun, not money, on the outcomes of real news stories." News and Tech.com reports, "The 13th annual Digital Awards, to be handed out later this month at the Newspaper Association of America's Marketing Conference, reflects the breadth and depth of video now available on newspaper Web sites." On Media reports, "Media, tech and Internet companies, and the Wall Street analysts who cover them, are looking beyond the current tumult to the rest of this year and into 2009. Unfortunately, many don't like what they see." Dow Jones reports, "Gannett Co. (GCI) acquired Banquet, which operates an action sports Web site and advertisement network. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed." The Independent reports, "What has been the greatest shock so far in the American election? Barack Obama's meteoric Iowan rise? Hillary Clinton's tearful comeback in New Hampshire? John McCain's resurrection in South Carolina? No. The biggest surprise thus far has been the relative insignificance of the internet in determining the outcome of the election." A release announced, "For its first recent foray into longer-format video, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. has won a 2007 Aegis Award for 'Who Cares? Kiplinger's No-Nonsense Look at Long-Term Care.' The 22-minute educational video offers an informative, consumer-friendly review of long-term careâ€”explaining what it is, what it costs, and how to pay for it." A release announced, "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced the launch of its blog, ChamberPost. The Chamber's blog provides a real time public platform for issues of importance to the business community." Reuters reports, "Google-DoubleClick deal likely to win EU go-ahead" Top of post MAGAZINES PR Week reports, "A new survey suggests that trust in business is higher than trust in government in the US and other countries. The results of the ninth annual Edelman Trust Barometer show that the trust gap was greatest in the US, where 58% of respondents said they trust business to do the right thing versus 39% for government." Fortune's David Kirkpatrick reports, "European companies like Germany's Burda are driving toward a software-powered future of blended professional and amateur content." The New York Times reports, "Evan G. Galbraith Jr., a former ambassador to France and a Republican contender for governor of New York in 1994, died Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 79. The cause was cancer, said his wife, the former Marie Rockwell. For 15 years before accepting the ambassadorship in 1981, Mr. Galbraith, who was also an international banker, had been chairman of National Review" Top of post RADIO Top of post WEST WING REPORTAGE Top of post JOBS Business Financial Publishing is looking for an Advertising Copywriter. Washington Examiner is looking for freelance Real Estate Reporters. Top of post Hat Tips: DCRTV, TVNewser, IWantMedia, Romenesko, MediaBistro, JournalismJobs, JournalismNext

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