Mediatwits #72 Sad State of the News Media; Reuters' Social Editor Indicted

Published: March 22, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

This week's Mediatwits podcast takes a walk on the dark side. We have our usual roundtable with Mark Glaser moderating, along with Guardian's Ana Marie Cox, Seattle Times' Monica Guzman, USC's Andrew Lih and Reuters' Felix Salmon. Plus, special guest Amy Mitchell from Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism will break down the massive State of the News Media report that was released last Monday. It's full of bad news for legacy media, but does offer some glimmers of hope for digital media, with the rise of native ads, mobile ads, video ads and targeted ads. Is the glass half full or empty? Plus, we'll discuss the strange case of Matthew Keys, indicted for allegedly providing passwords for Tribune Company servers for the Anonymous hackers who defaced the L.A. Times' site. Meanwhile, print pubs continue to struggle with the Boston Phoenix shutting down, and Washington Examiner and Daily Variety going weekly.