| Insider vs. Outsider: Reviewing 'LAT' and 'NYT' Academy Awards Coverage (Editor and Publisher) Editor and Publisher - EVANSTON, Ill. Unlike Eddie Murphy and Alan Arkin, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times did not go quite head to head during the Oscar season, but the two newspapers did compete on the Web with revamped sites and chatty bloggers. The home team had a built-in advantage over the national champ. Still, the results overall provide insight into how top papers can best cover drawn-out cultural events over time -- and in nearly real time. Computer Virus Hits Worcester 'Telegram & Gazette' (Editor and Publisher) Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK A computer virus that apparently caused problems for several companies on the East Coast disabled some e-mail, Internet and other computer operations for several hours Thursday at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass., according to Publisher Bruce Gaultney. He said the virus, which may be the work of a disgruntled hacker, kept the paper from posting stories for several hours, shutdown e-mail use for numerous employees, and required some layout to be done on newsroom systems. Blair's gesture politics (AFP)
 AFP - A photograph of Tony Blair as a long-haired, boater-wearing student was reproduced in a number of British newspapers and online Saturday, with focus on his less than prime ministerial hand gesture.
Mancini to boost eBay's innovation (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - EBay has big plans to provide more programming tools like new SDKs and APIs to its community of about 45,000 third-party developers. "Idol" contestant in sex scandal makes the cut (Reuters)
 Reuters - "American Idol" fans have sent Antonella Barba to the next round of the talent contest, despite a thumbs-down from judges and Internet photos putting her at the center of the latest sex scandal to hit U.S. TV's most popular show.
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