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• Reporter Turned White House Spokesman Enjoys the Hot Seat

  Jennifer Steinhauer @ New York Times - Media Decoder blog - 22 minutes ago

  A number of controversies have put Jay Carney, a former reporter turned White House press secretary, under a white-hot spotlight, but he says he likes it.

• NPR alters Gillibrand profile after outcry, though no explanation posted

  André Natta @ Poynter - TV / Radio - 27 minutes ago

  Rachel Larris of Name It Change It posted a story about changes made to a profile of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that originally aired on May 16 during NPR’s Morning Edition. The original story, among other things, referred to the New ….

• How to get more older women on TV | Anna Ford

  Anna Ford @ MediaGuardian - Television - 7 hours, 57 minutes ago

  This week's finding that just 18% of presenters are women over 50 doesn't surprise me – but it does make me angry.

• The new Cadbury Crispello advert

  Andrew Falkous @ MediaGuardian - Television - 10 hours, 19 minutes ago

  'Accompanied by a band of grinning wood-sprites, she begins to sing a dubious number about the apparent insatiable desire that teenage girls have for paunchy middle-aged men'.

• ABM Annual Conference Greatest Hits

  Publishing Executive - Business Management - 10 hours, 19 minutes ago

  By Andy Kowl Much has been written about ABM merging under the umbrella of SIIA. But much more was going on during the annual meeting of the 100+-year-old Association of Business Information & Media Companies a fortnight ago in Florida. There were many. . .

• Ken Venturi, Golf Champion and Broadcaster, Dies at 82

  Richard Goldstein @ New York Times - Media & Advertising - 12 hours, 2 minutes ago

  Mr. Venturi won the 1964 United States Open, nearly collapsing from heat exhaustion. He later became a chief golf analyst for CBS Sports, where he worked for 35 years.

• Kennett Love, Times Correspondent in 1950s, Dies at 88

  Daniel E. Slotnik @ New York Times - Media Decoder blog - 12 hours, 25 minutes ago

  Mr. Love was in Iran in 1953 when the C. I. A. plotted against the government, and he also reported on the Suez Canal crisis of 1956.

• Former I.B.M. Chief, Palmisano, to Lead Bloomberg Privacy Review

  Amy Chozick @ New York Times - Media Decoder blog - 14 hours, 27 minutes ago

  The company named Samuel J. Palmisano, former I. B. M. chief, to review its practices after complaints that Bloomberg reporters were snooping in data terminals.

• Times Site Is Attacked by Hackers

  Christine Haughney @ New York Times - Media Decoder blog - 15 hours, 34 minutes ago

  The New York Times Company was a victim of online attacks earlier this week that slowed down The New York Times Web site and limited access to content.

• A sneak peek at YouTube’s future as it rolls out new channel design for everyone

  Janko Roettgers @ Gigaom.com - NewTeeVee - 17 hours, 40 minutes ago

  YouTube announced this week that it is going to roll out its new channel design to all of its publishers at the beginning of June. All channels that still use the previous design will automatically be converted on June 5 — but the new channels are just the first step towards a bigger goal of unifying YouTube’s design across all platforms.