Mediagazer: Hacking: James Murdoch Replies To Parliament; Yes, No, Maybe (Staci D. Kramer/paidContent)

12:25 PM ET, August 16, 2011

Top News:

Nick Davies / Guardian:

NoW reporter's letter reveals cover-up — Disgraced royal correspondent Clive Goodman's letter says phone hacking was ‘widely discussed’ at NoW meetings — • Read Clive Goodman's letter to News International — Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and their former editor Andy Coulson …

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Hacking: James Murdoch Replies To Parliament; Yes, No, Maybe — It looks increasingly likely that James Murdoch will make a return trip to Westminster to testify before the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport. The News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) deputy COO hoped to avoid …

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Hacking: Committee Releases Potentially Devastating NoTW Correspondence — The House of Commons Select Committee investigating widespread hacking at News of the World and a host of potential ripple effects, including a possible coverup by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), did one heck of a data dump today.

Discussion: Guardian, mediabistro.com, Press Gazette and The First Post

Press Gazette:
MPs ‘likely’ to recall James Murdoch

Discussion: Guardian and Press Gazette

Jillian Rayfield / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
News Corp: Phone Hacking Scandal Might Be Bad For Our Rep

Discussion: Press Gazette, Mixed Media and On Media's Blog

DigiDave:

How Journalists See Each Other — Just having a little fun with the image below. How various types of journalists see themselves and others. — And don't forget, if you are in the Bay Area you can eat at Credo Restaurant all week and a portion of the revenue will go to Spot.Us.

Linda Austin / BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center …:

U.S. business journalists' median salary is $56,220, Reynolds Center survey finds — Median salaries for U.S. business journalists varied by place of employment from $50,100 for print to $78,438 for wire services in 2010-11. Photo by Flickr user Roger H. Goun.

Discussion: Poynter and SAI

The New York Observer:

The Free Agent List: 2011′s 50 Media Power Bachelorettes — A COMMON REACTION upon learning some made The Observer's 2011 Media Bachelorettes list? See here. — But there's no need to be embarrassed. After all, as it's been said, girls run the world.

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Why the Observer Is Going All In (the Pink) on Power Lists

Discussion: Runnin' Scared and The New York Observer

Roger Simon / The Politico:

Ron Paul remains media poison — I admit I do not fully understand Ron Paul and his beliefs. But I do understand when a guy gets shafted, and Ron Paul just got shafted. — On Saturday, the Ames Straw Poll was conducted in Iowa amid huge media interest and scrutiny.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, AmSpecBlog, Mediaite, Associated Press, On Media's Blog, Mother Jones and Washington Examiner

Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Michele Bachmann's bodyguards developing reputation for bullying reporters

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Wall Street Journal:

American Media No Longer for Sale — The publisher of the National Enquirer is no longer up for sale, after the media company's owners balked at an offer from Apollo Global Management, said people familiar with the matter. — American Media Inc., which publishes the Enquirer, Men's Fitness …

Discussion: Folio

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

Time Warner Cable Sees Its Balance Shifting to Web — Time Warner Cable Inc. Chief Executive Glenn Britt said broadband Internet rather than television is becoming the cable operator's “anchor service,” after sealing a $3 billion deal to expand his company's footprint in the Midwest.

Discussion: Free Press and GigaOM

Foreign Policy:

Epiphanies from Bob Woodward — A decade and five books later, the world's most famous investigative journalist has told us more about what happened behind closed doors in Washington's global war on terror than anyone. So how does he think it will be remembered? — Ten years since 9/11.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

MediaNews Group Adds Paywalls To 23 More Newspapers — Readers of MediaNews Group's small- and medium-sized newspapers in California, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Massachusetts and Vermont will pay for online content under a metered model starting today, even if they are print subscribers.

Discussion: Poynter, Crikey, BusinessJournalism.org …, Future of Journalism, MediaPost and Free Press

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Google Can't Say Hello to Hulu Now. (Can It?) — Way down on the list of ripple effects from the Google-Motorola deal: The notion that Google could buy Hulu gets even harder to take seriously. — Prior to today, I kept hearing chatter, none of it stronger than word-of-mouth gossip …

Discussion: Search Engine Land, Future of Journalism, Digits, The Atlantic Online, NetNewsCheck Latest, mediabistro.com and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Newspapers need a jolt of Silicon Valley DNA — I started my career as a newspaperman, became a Silicon Valley CEO and work today as a consultant helping media companies understand technology and helping technology companies understand the media. Here's what I have learned:

Dan Reimold / PBS:

Twitter Interview Requests: #Innovative or #Epicfail? — Over the past year, I have noticed an emerging student press trend sweeping the Twitterverse: the tweet greet. — An increasing number of student journalists appear to be using Twitter as the prime spot to seek sources for their story …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals