The Herald Sun scoop — with the help of the The Sunday Age. Revhead rioters are big news in Melbourne today, as the major outlets fight to find the vandals who smashed up a Bob Jane T-Marts in Oakleigh on Friday night. In a scoop for The Sunday Age, police shouldn’t have to look too much further than the work of Fairfax snapper Wayne Hawkins, who was on the spot with his camera as the looting took place. According to theage.com.au, Hawkins “braved a violent mob” to get the exclusive shots, which were made available in the paper and on their website yesterday . The Sunday Age also reported that Hawkins copped a whack in the head during the riot.

However, in an effort not to lose the exclusive, the Herald Sun have subsequently splashed Hawkins’ work on their front page this morning with no attribution given under any of the shots. — Tom Cowie

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Home delivered news: the risks of chasing social media

“Their long-term future as purveyors of serious news may still be debated but, as sources of celebrity and political gossip, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are nothing to LOL about for story-hungry reporters.” — The Australian

SBS: too small to matter, too important to kill

“Later this year, SBS will celebrate its 30th anniversary as full time TV service. Unless something changes, I doubt it will be around to celebrate a 40th. Depending how you look at it, SBS either needs to get a lot bigger, or a lot smaller.” — Mumbrella

Has the ‘fat lady’ sung on the ABC’s live theatre?

“Last week ABC2 Live Presents broadcast an ambitious live performance of Opera Australia’s Bliss from the Sydney Opera House. Just 6,000 viewers nationally watched the event.” — TV Tonight

Managing the changing face of daily newspapers

“From a pure editorial perspective, the ‘magazinification’ of dailies makes more sense than ever. Breaking news and even developing stories have been captured by the web and by the mobile internet. In itself, this shift would justify a massive resource reallocation in favour of digital medias.” — Monday Note

Health care reform needs media reform

“American broadcasters, magazines, newspapers and other publishers take in more than four billion dollars a year in drug advertising. The drug money is a rare bright spot in an otherwise dismal downward revenue spiral for media of all types.” — Huffington Post

New v old media: an e-model for journalism in Seattle

“In the year since the Post-Intelligencer printed its last edition and laid off all but 20 of 160 employees, a 146-year-old newspaper has been reborn as an Internet-only news site that invites material from almost all comers.” — Los Angeles Times

Why the photo still does it best:

“Today, everyone with a mobile is a photographer/videographer and streaming video has become a national obsession. But has the proliferation of images devalued photojournalism and dulled its influence?” — New York Times

FT.com brings down an even thicker wall

“Now the Financial Times is getting really bullish about its web access model. In another tweak, it’s now ensuring that no free articles are on offer to non-registered users.” — paidContent:UK

Is Sarah Palin close to a TV deal?

“According to insiders, a decision could be made in the next day or two. What’s fueling the interest? Even though the show promises to be completely devoid of politics, Palin has a loyal following — and even folks who detest her politics may be curious enough to tune in and see what she’s up to.” — Variety