Hulu Leads the Pack in Online Premium Video Programming VARIETY

Yahoo Launches its ‘Livestand’ Internet Magazine Stand LATIMES

An iPhone App That ‘Walks Users Through Confession’ LATIMES

Huffington Post Landed 28 Million Unique Visitors in January TECHCRUNCH

57% of Blog Posts in Early February Featured News, Commentary on Events in Egypt PEW

Poll of Ipad Users Reveals That 86% Would Watch Ads for Free Content AD AGE

White House to Reveal Plan to Boost Broadband Coverage Across U.S. WALL STREET JOURNAL

Fox Seeking Re-Transmission Fees From Affiliates VARIETY

How the U.S. State Department is Using an Arabic Twitter Feed to Communicate With the Arab World WASHINGTON POST

A New Book Reviews the Role of the Press in the Financial Crisis – “Bad News: How America’s Business Press Missed the Story of the Century” HUFFINGTON POST

Tim Rutten’s Op-Ed on What the Aol-Huffington Merger May Hold for Journalism WASHINGTON POST

CBS’ Leslie Moonves Restructures CBS News LATIMES

Wired Magazine’s Review of Ham Radio’s Everlasting Life – Even in a World With Twitter WIRED

Numbers Unclear in Reports on Arianna Huffington’s Deal With AOL YAHOO

White House to Propose New Digital Copyright Laws CNET

Super Bowl Nets 111 Million Viewers in US YAHOO, NIELSENWIRE

AOL Pledges to Hire as Many as 500 Journalists in 2011 CJR

Huffington, AOL Plan to Support Free News Access WALL STREET JOURNAL

FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, Plans to Improve Internet Connectivity in Rural Areas LATIMES

Guardian Reporter Denied Re-Entry to Russia CNN

Government funding for public broadcasting has recently become a subject of great debate across the country.

Below are a few stories that discuss the issue:

Once Again Funding for Public Broadcasting Becomes Part of a Budget Battle VARIETY

The San Francisco Chronicle Talks to Ken Burns About the Importance of Public Broadcasting SF CHRONICLE

House Republicans Plan to Cut Aid to Public Broadcasting, Arts and Humanities Agencies HUFFINGTON POST, LATIMES

In response, public radio and television stations, national organizations, producers, viewers and listeners have collaborated to launch 170millionamericans.org. The site’s purpose – to bring attention to the large percentage of Americans that use and depend on public media every day. One of the main statements on the site clearly reflects why funding for public broadcasting should remain a priority – more than half of all Americans use public media each month.

Support for government funding for institutions like NPR and PBS will determine the future of the American media landscape. Please take a moment to visit the site and see how you can support the effort to show Congress what public media means to so many Americans.

170millionamericans.org

AOL Will Acquire Huffington Post WASHINGTON POST

AP Board Approves News Licensing Group BUSINESSWEEK

Measuring the New Divide Between Print and Digital Magazines NYTIMES

A Review of the Importance of Government Funding for Public Media by Laura R. Walker and Jaclyn Sallee, in Today’s Washington Post WASHINGTON POST

The Daily is Launched, Featuring Splashy Graphics and Video HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, NYTIMES

Quarterly Income Down for the New York Times NYTIMES

Sports-Streaming Sites ‘Seized’ by U.S. Authorities HUFFINGTON POST

NPR’s On the Media Discusses Potential Pros and Cons of the Federal Trade Commission’s Ideas on Government Subsidies for Journalism NPR

Defining ‘Earth Journalism’ CJR

New Services Help Egyptians Connect During Crisis NYTIMES

‘The Daily’ Launches Today NYTIMES

Amazon Prepares Web Movie Service to Compete With Netflix LATIMES

What Lies in Store for NBC News Following the Comcast-NBC Merger? VARIETY

Comcast and Time-Warner Strike Content Deal LATIMES

Hungary’s Government Prepared to Change Controversial Media Law if Required by EU BBC

A Number of Sites, Apps, Re-packaging News and Other Web Content NYTIMES

Worldwide Mobile Data Tripled in 2010 LATIMES