Mediagazer: I'm Leaving TechCrunch. Here's Why. (Paul Carr/TechCrunch)

11:50 PM ET, September 16, 2011

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Paul Carr / TechCrunch:

I'm Leaving TechCrunch. Here's Why. — So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark —that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. - Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Erick Schonfeld / @erickschonfeld:

I accept your resignation @paulcarr. Nice timing to post that while I am on a plane. You are a misinformed coward.

Discussion: @paulcarr and @paulcarr, more at Techmeme »

David Leigh / Guardian:

Met seek court order to reveal Guardian's phone-hacking sources — Unprecedented move sees Scotland Yard use the Official Secrets Act to demand the paper hands over information — The Metropolitan police are seeking a court order under the Official Secrets Act to make Guardian reporters disclose …

Discussion: Deadline.com, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Mediactive, CJR, Adweek, Gawker, @louisemensch and Jon Slattery

Jon Friedman / MarketWatch:

NYT's Jill Abramson is flunking Twitter — Commentary: The new editor is sly, confident and self-effacing — NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of the New York Times, has a confession to make. Apparently, she is flunking Twitter 101.

Discussion: Poynter and Future of Journalism

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: The 'Times" new editor spends an evening among the oxpeckers

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

@ pcAds: Hearst Wants Tablet Magazines To Adopt Movie, TV Pricing — New device opportunities should allow Hearst to drive its digital revenue model away from advertising reliance, and toward 50/50 equivalence with readers' payments, the publisher's president, David Carey, told the paidContent Advertising conference.

Discussion: Folio, eMedia Vitals, newsplexer, mocoNews and paidContent:UK

Peter Burrows / Business Week:

Can AOL and Yahoo Come Back to Life? — When Web companies stumble, as Yahoo and AOL have, they almost never recover — Shortly after the news broke that Yahoo! had ousted Chief Executive Carol Bartz on Sept. 6, Tim Armstrong's phone began ringing. According to people with knowledge …

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

New York Times: iPhone announcement in weeks. Yes, we have more. — We passed up the New York Times iPhone story earlier because it didn't really contain any new product information. We've been hearing early October for awhile now in terms of when the iPhone gets released.

Craig Silverman / CJR:

Eight Simple Rules for Doing Accurate Journalism — Some new, some old, some wonderfully clichéd — It's a cliché to say clichés exist for a reason. As journalists, we're supposed to avoid them like the, um, plague. But it's useful to have a catchy phrase …

Andy Fixmer / Business Week:

New TV Season, and Fewer Viewers — Pay-TV subscriber losses, and younger viewers watching online, spell trouble — As a college student, Jordan Geddis took cable TV for granted. MTV, Comedy Central, and ESPN were just part of the dorm tab at Syracuse University.

Discussion: Company Town

MediaShift Idea Lab:

With Music Mine, PRX Aims to Reshape Public Media on the iPad — Public Radio Exchange just announced the launch of KCRW Music Mine, an iPad app that gives you a unique, exciting way to discover new music. — Music Mine is the product of a close partnership between PRX and KCRW …

Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:

Hulu sale at risk even as new bids are due — (Reuters) - The auction of online video site Hulu has been slowed by recent developments which could derail it completely, according to sources familiar with the process. — Among the issues are conflicts over complicated digital rights …

D.M. Levine / Adweek:

Vice Talks Porn But Delivers News at Upfront Also announces new HBO series to premiere next fall By D.M. Levine — “We're about to do the weirdest upfront ever,” Vice magazine CEO and co-founder Shane Smith told a loud audience of hundreds the hip and would-be hip last night …

Discussion: rbr.com, TVNewser and VICE

New York Post:

A pink slip for Condé's longtime Brides editor — Conde Nast CEO Charles Townsend and President Bob Sauerberg called a rare joint meeting yesterday morning of editors, publishers and other top executives. Usually the only time they gather under one roof is for the Christmas party.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and WWD

Duff Wilson / New York Times:

Journalists Protest Withdrawal of a U.S. Doctor Database — Three journalism organizations on Thursday protested a decision by the Obama administration to remove a database of physician discipline and malpractice actions from the Web. — The National Practitioner Data Bank, created in 1986 …

Discussion: IRE and ZDNet