Morning Reading List 06.03.09

Good morning FishbowlDC! Happy Birthday to Mix 107.3's Tommy McFly! Another Happy Birthday goes to Elizabeth Thorp, celebrating this weekend. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO | ONLINE | MAGAZINES | NEWS NOTES | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS NEWSPAPERS Graydon Carter in Vanity Fair on newspapers, "The Paper Chase": My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences. TV The first NBC special "Inside the Obama White House" aired last night. As the president and Brian Williams were driving to get burgers, Williams asked President Obama whether when he's watching cable TV and lands on a news channel and sees a debate underway about him, does he stop and watch? An interesting answer from the President-- "I generally don't. Mainly because I don't find most of the cable chatter very persuasive. I've used this analogy before, it feels like WWF wrestling. Everybody's got their role to play. I know a lot of these guys. And if Pat Buchanan is having a conversation with Chris Matthews or talking to Keith Olbermann, everybody's got their set pieces and, so, I don't feel as if I'm learning anything from the debate." CNN's Campbell Brown returned from maternity leave Monday to her regular 8 p.m. EST timeslot. The show had a new name, a new look, a new EP, and, perhaps most notably, a new opening: The show has dropped "No Bias, No Bull" from the title. More at TVNewser. RADIO NPR's Diane Rehm will receive the AAUW/NASPA Women of Distinction Award at the University of Maryland on Thursday at the 2009 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. Other honorees listed here. ONLINE Politico's Mike Allen is switching to Saudi time with the President. His widely read Playbook was out at about 5:30am today. MAGAZINES Stephen Colbert to guest edit Newsweek? True. NYO: Since Newsweek's redesign, the magazine's editors have sent out a statement that they intend to sever any and all connection to the turgid, dusty newsweekly of yore. And for the next issue that hits newsstands on June 8, Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert will be Newsweek's guest editor. From Playbook today: The American Society of Magazine Editors "Best Cover Contest" for 2009 includes among its 10 categories: "Best Obama Cover (featuring President Barack Obama)." NEWS NOTES Forbes asks can Knight Foundation head Alberto Ibarguen save the news business? "Ibarguen is directing a multi-year plan to spend $100 million on 130 projects dedicated to new media and the future of news. They range from projects on community-financed reporting and media "test kitchens" at universities to a new journalism institute in India." HAT TIPS: Mediabistro REVOLVING DOOR and JOBS after the jump... REVOLVING DOOR From E&P: Daniel Hertzberg, The Wall Street Journal's deputy managing editor with oversight of the paper's overseas editions and foreign bureaus is leaving the paper. "I have been lucky enough to participate in the growth of one of the world's finest journalistic institutions," Hertzberg said in an email. JOBS The National Academies is looking for a web publisher. Check out MediaJobsDaily.

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Morning Reading List 06.03.09

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