In today’s Media Briefs: SMH sports go Japanese … NewsBeast retracts false quote … Wilkie and Xenophon tackle Nine on pokie remarks and more …
Washington Post
Media briefs: Jones v Media Watch … emails deleted in NotW scandal …
Who watches Media Watch? More Sydney viewers than listen to Alan Jones. Plus, the front page of the day and other media news.
Vale to the dean of the Washington press corps
A Pulitzer prize winning political columnist for the Washington Post died yesterday. David Broder was one of the most respected US political journalists in the US, winning his Pulitzer for his reporting on Nixon’s Watergate scandal.
Grammar nazis, get reading and clicking at WashPo
As of next week, every time a reader spots a factual error, typo or grammar mistake on a WashingtonPost article, they can immediately click on a feedback form to fill out and report it straight back to the paper. One way of dealing with dropping sub-editors numbers?
Hurtz hurts the future of old media
Washington Post stalwart Howard Kurtz is going digital: he’s ditched WaPo to work for the Daily Beast website. Need more proof that newspapers are dying?
Media briefs: Oz TV makers sue Apple … if the Courier readers were PM
The Courier Mail roll out their new election campaign gimmick. Also, Sky’s cameraman is either a Julia Gillard supporter or drunk, and are young journos burning out?
Vale Old Media
The Washington Post has recently acquired online information business iCurrent. Is it time to say goodbye to old media? In a word: yes, writes Jarvis Coffin.
Who can save Newsweek?
Newsweek is for sale. And it doesn’t matter that its an internationally renowned publication, the fact that it is a weekly loss-making publication means it’s worth basically nothing. NY Times assesses the possible buyers.
The price of paywalls: blocking out the bloggers
The most popular outlets for bloggers to link to are traditional news sites like NY Times and the BBC. So how will the proposed NY Times paywall affect its blogger audience?
For Sale: Newsweek
Newsweek magazine is on the market. Sure, it’s had “losses in the tens of millions for the last two years”, but 1.5 million subscribers should count for something. Any bidders?
Media briefs: The Post confuses X and O … Bec backs away from No Idea
Did The Washington Post confuse Barack Obama with Malcolm X because they’re both black? Plus: Rupert Murdoch fixing the British election and Google’s reign continues in today’s media briefs.
Pulitzer Prize winners announced
The winners of journalism’s most coveted gongs have been announced: The Washington Post won the most awards, while investigative outfit ProPublica clocked up one for online journalism with a nod for its excellent expose on New Orleans hospitals post-Katrina.
The front cover photo that infuriated Washington Post readers
Which controversial photo on the front cover of the Washington Post would anger readers and cause 27 cancelled subscriptions? Apparently two men kissing was enough to freak out the US capital.
Washington Post-ing a profit thanks to cost cutting
Who says newspapers are dying? Washington Post’s profits have quadrupled in the last quarter. Except, profits are due to cutting costs and staff, rather than an increase in newspaper sales.
The death of the Washington Post
The once great Washington Post is crumbling: plagued by ethics scandals, dwindling finances and lacking any strong identity, the paper is scrambling for a way forward. The New Republic chronicles its demise.
Washington Post: Why we’re making more typos
Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander explains why the paper’s grammar and syntax has been getting a little sloppy of late: fewer staff and the “real-time news” demands of the internet.
The Washington Post‘s Next Great Pundit
The Washington Post has announced the winner of its reality-TV-style Next Great Pundit competition, and — surprise! — it’s a liberal, white, male, middle-aged, well-educated lawyer.
Newsroom fist fight at the Washington Post
Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post editor Henry Allen recently punched out one of the paper’s feature writers after he was presented with “the second worst story I have seen in Style in 43 years.”
leaked Politico and Wash Post to engage in DC territorial pissing
Online political news site Politico is going to launch a local Washington DC edition of the site, headed up by the former editor of WashingtonPost.com. It’s a pretty direct attack on The Washington Post’s DC supremacy, and HuffPo has its hands on an internal memo that outlines the plans.
Great moments in journalism: America’s Next Top Pundit
The Washington Post is running a contest to find “America’s Next Great Pundit”. Contestants will face-off in a series of challenges, judged by Post staff, and readers will vote on who wins a coveted byline with the paper. No matter who wins, journalism is the loser.
Can Twitter actually help journalism?
The Washington Post’s new guidelines for staff use of Twitter try to keep the paper’s voice objective and fact-based. But what if new media were actually the path to greater objectivity? wonders Margaret Simons.
The White House springs a leak
The Washington Post recently got its hands on a leaked report from the US commander in Afghanistan to President Obama. So who let it slip? And why?
Family feud: why the Post may outlive the Times
Both of America’s premier mastheads, the New York Times and Washington Post are suffering in the media downturn. But the Post has one advantage that may see it weather the storm better, says Michael Wolff: likeable owners.
Washington Post / Thursday, 8 April 2010
The Washington Post has a new blog all about the “conservative movement” and Republican Party, promising to explain what the right is “doing, thinking, and planning”. Could be fascinating reading for political junkies of all persuasions.