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Mobile Media reading for Thurs., March 11
> Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support (Apple Insider) > Behind The Scenes Of Apple's iPad Launch (Forbes.com) > NYT Co. CEO: Too early to predict what ad experience will be like on Kindle, iPad (Poynter Online Romenesko) >more
Barnes and Noble to launch iPad app
Engadget Barnes & Noble announced today that they plan to release a version of their B&N e-reader app for the iPad "around the time" of the tablet's launch next month. Barnes & Noble is the maker of the dedicated Nook e-reader, and does already providemore
Media Talk podcast: The Murdochs in Abu Dhabi and BBC digital radio roulette
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BBC criticised for scant coverage of Winter Paralympics
TV coverage restricted to single highlights show, with possible extras on red button, due to 'budget restrictions and time zone' The BBC has been criticised for scheduling just one hour of TV highlights of the Vancouver Winter Paralympics , despitemore
Figuring Out Where Journalists Go When They Transition to New Jobs
Joe Grimm, visiting journalist at the Michigan State University School of Journalism, tackles the toughest career questions. TO GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED on this page, send it to Joe. Please include your full name in your message. If you prefer thatmore
Cities, Venues and Dates of Conan O'Brien's Comedy Tour
O'Brien has sent this Tweet about his tour:Hey Internet: I'm headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. Go to http://TeamCoco.com for tix. I repeat: It's half-assed.Second dates have already been added in Chicaco and New York, according tomore
Pepper joins cast of Coen Bro's 'Grit'
Pepper joins cast of Coen Bro's 'True Grit' Barry Pepper won't even have to use a fictional surname as he joins the cast of the Coen brothers' 'True Grit.'Thesp has inked a deal with Paramount to play the role of 'Lucky' Ned Pepper, the notorious outlawmore
Ethicist: Why didn't reporters tell us about Ashburn's sexual orientation?
Bakersfield Express Christopher Meyer says he was "flabbergasted" to learn that Sen. Roy Ashburn is gay. "Shouldn't we, Ashburn's constituents, have learned all this long ago?" asks Meyer, director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at California Statemore
Audit Notes: Investigative Budgets, Cable BS, The Audit Outsourced
Amount the Lehman Brothers court examiner spent to investigate that single company: $38 million. Amount Congress has budgeted for the Angelides Commission to investigate the entire crisis: $8 million. ? Let?s outsource this item?s media criticismmore
To Take on Botox, Rival Tries Rebate
Allergan and Medicis Pharmaceutical are the Coke and Pepsi of vanity medicine. Medicis Pharmaceuticals is turning aggressive in its marketing, offering $75 off treatments with the wrinkle drug Dysport. Allergan makes Botox Cosmetic, the well-knownmore
February video game sales drop 15 percent
SEATTLE -- U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system. Americans spent $1.26 billion on video game systems, software and accessoriesmore
Msnbc.com Uses Slide Show for In-Depth Narrative Story
Like most investigative reporters, the culmination of Bill Dedman 's reporting is generally an article or a package of articles. As he worked on his latest project, he collected images and documents that helped tell the story of a wealthy, elderlymore
No Sale: NYT Co. Won't be Sold or Split, Says Sulzberger
NEW YORK The New York Times Co. isnt for sale, Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said Thursday. Speaking at the Bloomberg BusinessWeek Media Summit in New York, Sulzberger said The New York Times parent is delighted to have Mexican billionaire Carlos Slimmore
Chat Replay: 50 Things Great Bosses Know about Leadership & Management
What's the best way to celebrate hitting the milestone of 50 "Great Bosses" columns? Champagne? Chocolate? Or perhaps my friend and editor Julie Moos's suggestion: More columns! Since she's a great boss, and I love helping managers, we'll start on themore
The Really Real S&P 500
I wrote a post called ?The Real Dow? a couple of months ago about how the press almost always fails to put stock-returns in real-dollars context?something that fools people into thinking stocks are better investments than they really are. Imore
We check phones while eating, driving, and, ah, resting
CareerBuilder A new survey shows that 62 percent of workers with smart phones check them during a meal, and over half admit to checking while driving. Those surveyed are checking with the office, not necessarily checking Web sites, but 20 percent admitmore
FTC may block or modify AdMob sale to Google
Bloomberg The Federal Trade Commission has asked Google's competitors to provide "sworn declarations" regarding the search company's proposed purchase of mobile ad company AdMob . The $750 million purchase, announced in November 2009, was seen as anmore
Nick Enters 'Victorious' Into Upfront
Nick's new Victorious stars Zoey 101 vet Victoria Justice (pictured) Nickelodeon is strutting into the upfront with a song in its heart and a spring in its step, expanding its commitment to live-action musical programming with the new series Victorious.more
UM Sets Pace to Helm International Accounts
Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has hired George Pace as the head of international clients, a newly created position, the agency has confirmed. Pace, who reports to UM global CEO Matt Seiler, will manage multi-regional clients not based in the U.S.,more
Study: The average half-hour LA TV newscast devotes 22 seconds to local government
w study by the Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School found that Los Angeles TV news teasers took up four times the 29 seconds devoted to business and economic news. It also found that 3:36 of each half hour were devoted to sports and weather, whilemore
WP now praised for running same-sex kiss photo
WashingtonPost.com Andrew Alexander says his blog post detailing reader complaints about a photo of two men kissing has prompted a backlash. Phone calls, e-mails and online comments are now running more than 10-to-1 in support of the decision tomore
Reynolds, Bateman do 'Change-Up'
Reynolds, Bateman to star in 'Change-Up' Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman have signed on to star in Universal's body-switching comedy 'The Change-Up.'Story centers on a responsible family man (Bateman) who switches bodies with his best friend, a lazymore
Reviving Science Coverage in the Carolinas
Weekly newspaper section, community-journalism project deliver fresh content Digg Facebook Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious At a time when weekly newspaper science sections are as rare a single top quark, two North Carolina newspapers recently teamed up tomore
Zonied Out
In 2006, Adam Klawonn cashed out his newspaper job vacation pay to reinvent himself as a digital journalist. He bought a laptop and a camcorder, and trained himself how to create a blog, edit HTML code, shoot video and edit it in Final Cut Pro, editmore
No Sale: New York Times Co. Wont be Sold or Split, Sulzberger Says
imes Co. isn't for sale, Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said Thursday. Speaking at the Bloomberg BusinessWeek Media Summit in New York, Sulzberger said The New York Times parent is 'delighted' to have Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu as a 'qualitymore
Selling Your Gold Jewelry Probably Won't Make You Rich
The Boston Globe wanted to know how much those people who advertise "cash for gold" really pay for stuff that people want to sell. The Globe bought some earrings that an appraiser said contained about $14.65 in gold. But when the newspaper tried tomore
Conan O?Brien Plans 30-City Tour After Exit From NBC (Update1)
(Updates with closing stock price.) March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Conan OBrien, ousted as host of The Tonight Show by NBC, plans a 30-city comedy and music show beginning next month. The tour, titled Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television, willmore
Valencia Festival of Media Names Award Nominees
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The has announced the shortlist of nominees for its second annual awards show to take place on April 20 in Valencia, Spain. The awards show, of which Advertising Age is a sponsor, is part of the three-day festival that kicks offmore
Merlin Olsen, 69, Football Great, Actor, TV Sports Commentator, Dies From Cancer
Football great Merlin Olsen, who starred as the title character in the TV series "Father Murphy," has succumbed to cancer at age 69, USA Today reports.Olsen had been diagnosed with mesothelioma. In January he filed a lawsuit against NBC Studios, NBCmore