Mediagazer: Sarah Palin goes ‘lamestream’ (Kenneth P. Vogel/The Politico)

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

The Huffington Post hires NYT's Sunday Business editor — The Huffington Post, which recently hired New York Times economic correspondent Peter Goodman, has returned to the Gray Lady to poach another veteran journalist: Sunday Business editor Timothy L. O'Brien.

Discussion: New York Observer, Gawker, On Media's Blog, Talking Biz News and Poynter

Peter Applebome / New York Times:

Walk In, Grab a Muffin and Watch a Newspaper Reinvent Itself — At the new offices of The Register Citizen in this faded old mill town, there's a sign out front welcoming residents to come in for coffee and muffins at the Newsroom Café — sort of Starbucks meets “Lou Grant.”

Discussion: New York Observer, Center for Sustainable … and Editors Weblog

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

NY Times Editor: WikiLeaks Is ‘Not My Kind of News Organization’ — Bill Keller. Image via Wikipedia — Is WikiLeaks a media organization, or is it something else? It's a question with important implications, given the special protections afforded the press, but it's …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab

Our Leaky World — WikiLeaks is only the beginning. — We've read so much in the last few weeks about Julian Assange, it's easy to forget the WikiLeaks story isn't ultimately about Julian Assange. It isn't even really about WikiLeaks, any more than Watergate was a story about a hotel.

Discussion: Hit & Run, Politics Daily and Hillicon Valley

Barton Gellman / Time:
Julian Assange — On Dec. 9, 2006, an unsolicited e-mail arrived …

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, Joel On The Road, Computerworld, The Wrap, Urlesque and L.A. Times Tech Blog, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Facebook to Big Media: We Like You. We Really, Really Like You. — Facebook has more than 550 million users, but right now the company has its eyes on a very particular set of friends: Big media companies. — Mark Zuckerberg's company is working hard to win over heavyweight content distributors …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM and New York Observer

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

For NPR stations, a sigh of relief — A funny thing happened to NPR stations after the worst publicity fiasco in NPR's history: almost nothing at all. — Public radio outlets across the country braced for the worst from their listeners after NPR fired commentator Juan Williams for remarks …

Discussion: Free Press and On Media's Blog

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Bloomberg Voice: Opinions, Yes, But Only Factual Ones — Mike Bloomberg. You could disagree with him, but then you'd be wrong. Image via Wikipedia — Ever since its founding almost 30 years ago, Bloomberg LP has proceeded under the notion that there's a right way and a wrong way of doing …

Discussion: New York Times, Yahoo! News, American Journalism Review, Editors Weblog, New York Magazine, Gothamist, Talking Biz News and Media Decoder

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

Time editor defends Zuckerberg choice over Assange — Time managing editor Richard Stengel believes that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg—who was named “Person of the Year” on Wednesday—is not only the best choice best choice for 2010, but for years to come.

Discussion: Publishing Executive News, The New Yorker Blog, Guardian, Lawfare, The Not-So Private Parts, Geekosystem, ReadWriteWeb, msnbc.com and Time

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Groupon, iPad and Twitter: 2 much 2 hope 4? — With iPad apps, Groupon-like buying programs and Twitter campaigns topping the to-do lists at most newspapers, it's time to place these putative publishing panaceas in proper perspective. — Recent research into consumer acceptance …

Matt Kinsman / Folio:

Forbes Teams With MediaVest, comScore to Track Ad Effectiveness — Study will track how print ads drive traffic online. — Forbes announced the launch of a new research project that will measure print advertising effectiveness, using digital tracking methodology.

Discussion: Publishing Executive News, btobonline.com and MarketingVOX

Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Sarah Palin goes ‘lamestream’ — After making attacks on what she memorably labeled “the lamestream media” one of her signature issues, Sarah Palin has started to experiment with a new strategy toward the press — engaging it. — The former Alaska governor has started cautiously cooperating …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, On Media's Blog, Mediaite, The Wire, The Huffington Post and The Plum Line

Quentin Hardy / At Your Servers:

Flipboard's CEO on the New Version — The new version of Flipboard, Apple's official iPad “App of the Year,” came out about 90 minutes ago. Not long before that, I had a talk with Flipboard CEO Mike McCue about what's new, why they've made the choices they have, and where they are going.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Scobleizer, NetworkEffect and Computerworld, more at Techmeme »

Meg / meish dot org:

Initial reflections on Newsfoo — On arrival at Newsfoo a couple of weeks ago in Phoenix, Arizona, each participant was given a notebook. The notebook may have just been a rather fine example of conference schwag, but looking back at it after the weekend, I realise that mine speaks volumes …

Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:

Appinions turns comments into content — A new platform from Appinions offers the potential for publishers to aggregate and monetize conversations about a specific topic around the Web or on their own sites. — Publishers can use the applications to drive engagement and therefore revenue …

Damon Kiesow / Poynter:

CNN.com GM explains new iPad strategy, why ‘the money will come’ & what's next for mobile — CNN's new iPad app, which launched on Tuesday, looks nothing like the network's website, and that is by design, according to Kenneth “KC” Estenson. — Estenson, the company's senior vice president …

Paige Wiser / Chicago Sun Times:

King's reign on CNN ends tonight — Larry King's era ended long before his show has. He's emblematic of a time when men were men, women were to be married, and celebrities were to be respected. — It worked for him. King got the big names because they knew he wouldn't ambush …

Discussion: Deadline.com, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, St. Petersburg Times and Poynter

Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Gawker copycats, luxurious print, more robots, and a new blogging golden age: Predictions for 2011 — Editor's Note: We're wrapping up 2010 by asking some of the smartest people in journalism what the new year will bring. — Below are predictions from Susan Orlean, Joe Grimm, Matt Haughey …

James Poniewozik / Tuned In:

Vapornews: The Huge-Then-Disappearing Stories of 2010 — Remember when the Park51 Islamic center, or “Ground Zero mosque,” was the absolutely most urgent political-religious-cultural issue facing the United States? When there were protests and fury and old 9/11 wounds reopened …

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

CBS News Bests ABC and Fox in Latest comScore Online Traffic Numbers — CBS News, long a major presence on television, has had a modest online presence, widely trailing industry online news giants MSNBC.com and CNN.com - as well the websites of ABC News, Fox News and the BBC.

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Controversial Times sports editor bumped upstairs — Tweet — New York Times Sports Editor Tom Jolly will see his controversial eight-year reign come to an end next month when he moves upstairs to a new job. — His tenure was marked by the Times' widely criticized coverage …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

Le Monde Ousts Top Manager — PARIS — Only weeks after a group of French businessmen completed their takeover of Le Monde, the newspaper on Wednesday replaced its top manager, who had complained of “moral harassment” by the new owners. — Le Monde said the official, Eric Fottorino …

Discussion: Shaping the Future …

Mark Pasetsky / The Huffington Post:

Three Ways the iPad Will Revolutize Celebrity Magazine Covers — The cover of a celebrity magazine is crucial when it comes to sales. It will play an even larger roll on the IPad starting in 2011. Here's how: — Publishers will Develop Multiple Covers for the IPad