Mediagazer: Why is John Walcott leaving D.C. bureau chief job for biz-info company? (Linda Austin/BusinessJournalism …)

Isabel Macdonald / The Nation:

Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite — Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. — In Lou Dobbs's heyday at CNN, when he commanded more than 800,000 viewers and a reported $6 million a year for “his fearless reporting and commentary,” …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Gawker, Tuned In, TVNewser, Show Tracker, Mediaite, The Wire, Romenesko, Politics Daily, The Wrap, Guardian, Indecision Forever, Yahoo! News and NPR Topics

Wall Street Journal:

News Outlets Circle Tablet — Several major news organizations are lining up behind a new tablet device from Samsung Electronics Co. built on Google Inc. software, in order to broaden mobile readership beyond owners of Apple Inc. popular iPad. — New York Times Co. and News Corp.'s Wall Street Journal …

Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Most Recent Home Page Posts …, more at Techmeme »

Elizabeth Spiers / Forbes:

A Force Of Nature — Forbes Magazine dated October 25, 2010 — Arianna Huffington has created a media upstart valued at $100 million. What's it really worth? — It's a balmy night in September, and the second floor of the Upper East Side town house of former Viacom ( VIA - news …

Discussion: Gawker and The Wall Blog

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Megan McCarthy: “The Cyborg of News, the Borg Queen of the Blogosphere” — In a profile of Mediagazer editor Megan McCarthy just out in the American Journalism Review, VentureBeat executive edtor and former boss Owen Thomas calls her “the cyborborg of news, the borg queen of the blogosphere.”

Choire / The Awl:

LA Times Declares War on “Rumors Spread by Bloggers with Axes to Grind” — The LA Times send out a newsletter today recruiting advertisers to the newsletter of The Envelope, which is (or at least should be!) the intentionally gossipy, rumor-filled awards-show blogging fiesta at their paper.

Discussion: LA Observed

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Columbus Dispatch Signs On To News Corp. Digital Plans; UK Pubs Balking — A few more details are seeping out about News Corp.'s Project Alesia initiative to create new digital products for its own outlets and for other publishers. The Columbus Dispatch (circ: about 170,000) …

Discussion: Mobile Media, NAA Community and Editors Weblog

Discussion: Poynter Online

Edward Helmore / Guardian:

Tina's Brown's Daily Beast bids for Newsweek - and a showdown with the Huffington Post — British publisher plans to strengthen her web magazine - and challenge rival Arianna Huffington - by a merger with the ailing weekly — Tina Brown, one of New York's best-established British media figures …

Discussion: mediabistro.com, WWD Media Headlines, MediaPost, The Wire, FishbowlNY and New York Magazine

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:

Marimow out as Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor — Bill Marimow will remain at the paper, according to the Inquirer's Twitter feed. Romenesko tipsters and others are reporting that deputy managing editor/operations Stan Wischnowski is interim executive editor. Nov. 8, 2006: Marimow named Inquirer editor.

Discussion: Media Decoder and The Wire

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Newsonomics of sports avidity — [Each week, our friend Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of the news business for the Lab.] — When The Sporting News began publishing, the telephone was barely 10 years old.

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Naked Brett Favre Won't Make Money for Nick Denton — Gawker Media's Deadspin sports site says it will publish nude photos of Brett Favre today, along with some voicemails it says the quarterback left for a woman who is not his wife. — Which means that corner of Deadspin is going to be very, very popular today.

Discussion: The Wire, Salon, Deadspin and Runnin' Scared

Holland Cotter / New York Times:

Art and News, Intersecting in the Digital Age — After steady assault from Twitter, Facebook and Blogger Nation, we have come to this: “The Last Newspaper.” Or so the title of the New Museum's big fall show seems to tell us. In reality the situation isn't quite that dire.

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Esquire for the iPad: Not Just Another Magazine Under Glass — “Hello, I am Javier Bardem. Welcome to Esquire magazine.” — So opens the October edition of Esquire for the iPad, the first issue the Hearst-owned title has created for the device. The walking and talking video …

Discussion: MediaMemo and New York Observer

Linda Austin / BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center …:

Why is John Walcott leaving D.C. bureau chief job for biz-info company? — John Walcott. Image courtesy of McClatchy Newspapers. — John Walcott, who has led some of the most skeptical investigative reporting in Washington on first the Iraq War and more recently the financial crisis …

Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:

WEFHamburg: Danish newspaper showcases the iPad app built on a shoestring budget — “Think of a number, quarter it, and you're still not there.” — This was Annemarie Kirk's answer when asked what her budget was for developing Danish newspaper Berlingske's first iPad app to be launched later this month …

Ira Teinowitz / The Wrap:

Rupert Murdoch: Simultaneous Theater-VOD Release ‘a Big Mistake’ — Rupert Murdoch believes it would be “a big mistake” for studios to offer HD versions of their films on TV at the same time those films are in theaters. — “It's going to tighten up, but I don't think you are going to see …

Douglas Quenqua / ClickZ:

Razorfish Acts Like Music Label in Deal With Solo Artist — It was bound to happen sooner or later. With the music industry becoming more and more digitized and record labels reluctant to sign artists who aren't already a proven commodity on YouTube, it was only a matter …

Discussion: New York Post and Crave, more at Techmeme »

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Google News Testing Twitter Integration With “Friends” — Google is testing a new feature that lets you connect your Twitter account to Google News. Some people are seeing a “Friends” box on the right hand side of Google News inviting them to do this. — The friends box asks you to enter your Twitter username and click “Save.”

Discussion: GigaOM, TechCrunch, Search Engine Watch, Lost Remote and ReadWriteWeb

Jennifer Whitehead / AdAge:

France Halts Plans to Ban Remaining Ads on Public TV — In Struggling Economy, State Broadcaster's Revenue Needs Trump President Sarkozy's Political Priorities — LONDON (AdAge.com) — The French government has halted a move by President Nicolas Sarkozy to ban all advertising …

Ryan Tate / Gawker:

Steve Jobs' Dark Arts: Four Stories Apple Is Suspected of Manipulating — For a man who assiduously avoids the news media, Steve Jobs is incredibly skilled at exploiting his leverage with the press. So skilled, it's alleged, he turned a top newspaper into a key tool of Apple's public relations.

Discussion: VentureBeat, MediaPost and Guardian

Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

CNN's research says 27% of us share 87% of news links — CNN has been researching how news articles are shared through social media, identifying different motivations for sharing and the increased benefit for advertisers who feature on recommended news pages.

Discussion: Media News, the Econsultancy blog, Virtual Economics, Journalism.co.uk, CNN International, Shaping the Future … and C21Media, more at Techmeme »