MONDAY MORNING MEDIA MEMO April 7, 2008
Today, YouTube.com launched Living Legends, a new monthly program that invites luminaries from around the world to communicate directly with the YouTube community by answering your questions and becoming a genuine participant on the site. We plan on bringing you an exciting roster of leaders in film, sports, politics, and a whole lot more. But, first, they decided begin with a little rock 'n' roll where you have the opportunity to ask the Rolling Stones band members questions. | By Anne Davies, Sidney Morning Herald At the time of his death the civil rights activist was working on a much grander protest. |
 | By Jemima Kiss, Guardian A New York Times correspondent and a second man, reportedly a British journalist, arrested in Harare have today been charged with breaching the country's tough media laws by reporting without accreditation. |
 | By Jon Friedman, MarketWatch Most of the media, turned off by his shrill libertarian leanings, missed the real news value of Paul's story -- namely, the Texas congressman's ability to connect intensely with voters. |
 | By Huffington Post Air America host Randi Rhodes called both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton "whores" in a recent appearance |
 | By The Daily Texan UT study measures complexity of global warming knowledge. |
 | By Eric Boehlert Even now, as news outlets scramble to revive their Baghdad bureaus in the wake of disturbing new violence, it's important to understand that despite the spin, American news consumers have not walked away from Iraq. The press has. |
 | By Associated Press Stories about wounded Iraq veterans, reported by war-wounded TV journalists, won Peabody Awards on Wednesday. |
 | By The Media Beat Let's be thankful, shall we, for the media? Even for media wars. They're better, for sure, than real-bullets wars. Compare, for instance, two disputed African elections, Kenya and Zimbabwe... |
 | By Megan Garber, Columbia Journalism Review Since it was the news of the day yesterday, you've probably heard by now about Hillary Clinton's comparison of herself to... Rocky Balboa. |
 | By Judith Burns, Wall Street Journal News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that acquiring Long Island's Newsday newspaper would benefit his New York Post, but acknowledged that U.S. antitrust officials might seek to block the acquisition. |
 | By Kate Connolly, Guardian The editorial team of a Berlin newspaper is to be investigated by historians after two of its senior journalists were identified as former Stasi informants. |
 | By Doug Mellgren, AP Tibetan exile radio station claims China is stepping up jamming of news broadcasts. |
 | By Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor The official news agency provides all coverage for print and TV, while censors closely monitor the Web. |
 | By Melissa Powell, Hattiesburg American The Newseum is a testimony to First Amendment rights and the history of the press. |
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