Mediagazer: The Nature of (Pre)News and Event Detection (Holden/Recorded Future Blog)

9:40 AM ET, July 23, 2011

Top News:

Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

Exclusive: News Corp executive suspected of “orchestrating” leak — (Reuters) - A leading private investigations firm said it had strong reason to suspect that Will Lewis, a senior executive of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, was involved in “orchestrating” a leak of material …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Times Names David Leonhardt Washington Bureau Chief — The New York Times has named David Leonhardt, this year's Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary and the paper's Economic Scene columnist, as its next Washington bureau chief. — His appointment is the first major staffing decision …

Discussion: Poynter, On Media's Blog, Adweek, ThinkProgress, The Business Insider, Media Research Center, Gawker, FishbowlNY and On Media's Blog

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Hacker group claims WikiLeaks-style collab with media outlets on News of the World emails

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Seattle Times

Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:

A Lucky Magazine Alliance With Fashion Bloggers — Lucky, the shopping magazine published by Condé Nast, has introduced a collaborative venture with 50 bloggers who write about fashion and beauty subjects. — The venture is a network of blogs that Lucky is calling the Lucky Style Collective …

Julie Moos / Poynter:

As ‘Daily Show’ turns 15 years old, Jon Stewart's best media criticism moments — The longest-running show on Comedy Central debuted July 21, 1996 — 15 years ago this week. Jon Stewart became host of “The Daily Show” in 1999, and has been commenting on the media ever since.

Discussion: AOL TV

BBC:

FBI to contact Jude Law over phone hack claims — A lawsuit filed by Jude Law alleges his mobile phone was hacked while he was in New York — The FBI plans to contact the actor Jude Law following claims that his mobile phone was hacked during a visit to the US, officials have told the BBC.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Guardian, Deadline.com, Top Digital Journal News and The Huffington Post

Telegraph:
Phone Hacking: emails next scandal, says Tom Watson

Discussion: BBC and Guardian

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Ars Technica tries a new way to monetize a much-anticipated article with a Kindle ebook for Mac fans — It by now nearly qualifies as an ancient ritual in the tech world: Apple releases a new version of Mac OS X, and Ars Technica's John Siracusa delivers a comprehensive, almost scriptural, review of it.

Discussion: GigaOM, MacStories, Future of Journalism, Fortune and TUAW

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

WSJ's Robert Thomson On Ethics: The Memo — Robert Thomson, the top journalist at Dow Jones and flagship Wall Street Journal, just sent this memo about ethics to the News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). unit. Given the last three weeks in the Murdoch empire, with scandal unfolding about unethical …

Cindy Adams / New York Post:

Can't top this — The genius who dreamed up the iconic New York Post headline “Headless Body in Topless Bar,” Vincent A. Musetto, was given an affectionate send-off by his colleagues last night after 40 years at the paper. Retiring film critic Musetto, who once ran the newsroom …

Discussion: Poynter, The New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Holden / Recorded Future Blog:

The Nature of (Pre)News and Event Detection — Being able to detect events early, or even before they occur, can carry substantial value, some times in the form of significant financial gain, other times in the ability to save lives, or even in providing the opportunity to change the nature of what is to happen.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, The Wire and Future of Journalism

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Don't Hold Your Breath on That Apple Hulu Deal — If you stop by a Subaru dealer and end up kicking the tires on a new Outback, are you in early talks to consider a bid on a new Outback? — Well, sure. But if you drive off the lot in your old Civic and never come back, no one's going to be shocked.

Discussion: I, Cringely, MediaPost, GigaOM, Fortune, TechFlash, The Business Insider, MediaPost, Electronista, Daring Fireball, Forbes, CNET News, AppleInsider and Wall Street Journal

The Atlantic Online:

How to Be a Right-Leaning Journalist — A libertarian guide for young reporters tells us how media, ideological or otherwise, should work in the digital age — With the rise of ideological journalism over the past decade, a period when opinionated bloggers, Web journalists …

Matt Kinsman / Folio:

Forbes Media Makes Minority Investment in Startup of Ex-Fortune Editor — Deal includes strategic partnership, sponsorship of Techonomy 2011 conference. — Forbes Media has struck a strategic partnership with Techonomy Media, a new media business founded last year by former Fortune editor and columnist David Kirkpatrick.