Mediagazer: Social Media Gives Wall Street Protests a Global Reach (Jennifer Preston/Media Decoder)

Laura Locke / CNET News:

Flipboard editorial chief on how magazines are flipping out (Q&A) — Flipboard's editorial director, Josh Quittner — Veteran Time Inc. journalist Josh Quittner completed his defection from print media by joining Silicon Valley startup Flipboard—the popular social-magazine app for the iPad—this past July.

Discussion: TeleRead and PC Magazine

Jennifer Preston / Media Decoder:

Social Media Gives Wall Street Protests a Global Reach — With cell phones and social media tools, protesters provided live updates, photos and videos from the dozens of demonstrations held around the world on Saturday as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily, Speakeasy, Bloomberg, Forbes, The New York Observer and Future of Journalism

Jack Shafer:

How to think about plagiarism — An editor must have a heart like leather. Not freshly tanned leather—all supple and yielding like a baby's bum—but like an abandoned baseball glove that's been roasting in the Sonoran Desert for five or six years. Only those who are hard of heart …

Discussion: Poynter, The Millions, Erik Wemple, Kirk LaPointe's …, FishbowlNY and The Politico

Politico scandal: Kendra Marr and the go-go journalism culture — Just last week, Politico Pro editor Tim Grieve sent one of those rah-rah e-mails to his staff. Here's what it said, in part: … Or second, in the case of some recent work by Politico Pro's Kendra Marr …

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Gawker, Regret the Error, Media Decoder, Mediaite and Washington Post

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

NYT.com: ‘incredibly surprising’ growth in unique users — Assistant managing editor Jim Roberts reveals 2.3% year-on-year increase in unique users despite introduction of digital subscriptions earlier this year — The New York Times, where a ‘leaky paywall’ allows a certain number …

Discussion: blogs.journalism.co.uk

Glyn Moody / Techdirt:

Does Amazon Want to Monopolize The Entire Publishing Chain? — The launch of Amazon's Kindle Fire at a price well below expectations has naturally focused people's attention on the e-book side of Amazon's operations, and the likely effect of the extended Kindle family on other publishers trying to go digital.

Discussion: TheMediaBriefing and VideoNuze

Jon Vidar / MediaShift Idea Lab:

How Tiziano Project Beat CNN and NPR in the New Journalism Paradigm — “The next category is Community Collaboration,” says the emcee as we slowly sink down in our seats at the Online Journalism Awards. We're resigned to defeat against our formidable competition, which includes both CNN …

Emily Bell / CJR:

Rupert Murdoch's “Arse” — An ex-tabloid editor tells Parliament who kissed what — Ever since the News of The World phone-hacking scandal gathered pace in July this year, members of the UK press have been attempting in vain to capture the thoughts of one of Rupert Murdoch's …

Discussion: Company Town, Future of Journalism, On Media's Blog and Reuters

Jill Treanor / Guardian:
News Corp faces revolt by quarter of shareholders

Discussion: Guardian, Media & Entertainment and New York Times

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

University Presses Get Into E-Singles, Starting With Princeton Shorts — Princeton University Press appears to be the first university press to join the e-singles game. On November 9, the press will launch Princeton Shorts, a series of nonfiction e-singles consisting of selections from previously published books.

John Cook / Gawker:

How the Bush Administration Got Reporters to Stop Writing So Many ‘Bodybag’ Stories From Iraq — Public relations is about “relationships.” Flacks develop “relationships” with reporters by calling them and yelling at them until the reporters start to realize, before they write something, that an unpleasant conversation might ensue.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Tom Grubisich / Street Fight:

In Jefferson's Hometown, a Hyperlocal Focuses on Digital Democracy — Brian Wheeler is executive director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, a thriving nonprofit hyperlocal in Virginia that focuses on land use and other civic issues that are key to protecting the character of the community that was the home of Thomas Jefferson.

Discussion: Poynter

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Yahoo Hires Heidrick & Struggles for CEO Search — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has hired Heidrick & Struggles for its CEO search. — It will be a dicey job, since the effort is on a separate track than the Silicon Valley Internet giant's wide-ranging strategic review …

Discussion: VentureBeat and Business Insider