Mediagazer: Robert Blau, Steven Hahn join Pulitzer Prize board (Julie Moos/Poynter)

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

The Shady Marketing Scheme That's Buying Off Your Favorite Bloggers — One basic characteristic of journalism is this: its content is not bought and paid for and directed by an advertiser. It might be vapid. It might be poorly written. It might be damn near worthless. But it's not an advertisement.

Discussion: Forbes and Poynter

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

CBS Launches “60 Minutes” Chrome Web App, Features Interview With Steve Jobs Biographer — In what I think is an interesting experiment, CBS this morning debuted a “60 Minutes” application that you can find in and launch from the Chrome Web Store (which just got a major facelift).

Discussion: mediabistro.com and Softpedia News

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
How Apple won the ebook pricing war by strong-arming Amazon

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Ben Camm-Jones / Macworld UK:
Delete Steve Jobs iBook and download new version, customers told

Discussion: The Next Web, App Advice, TeleRead and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Judge OKs $32 million settlement for Tribune employees — Romenesko+ Misc. — A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of the $32 million settlement — announced in August — for former Los Angeles Times auto writer Dan Neil and Tribune employees. The final hearing is set for January 30.

Discussion: LA Observed

Dylan Byers / Adweek:

Jared Kushner, Dan Abrams in Talks Sources say partnership has been discussed By Dylan Byers — Dan Abrams, the founder of Mediaite and the Abrams Media Network, and Jared Kushner, the owner of the New York Observer, have been in talks that have included the discussion of a partnership between Mediaite …

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

CBS Sued for Airing Unlicensed Photos of John Edwards' Mistress — CBS has been sued by a celebrity photographer who claims the network's The Insider and The Early Show featured without license his images of Reille Hunter, the mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards, and her child.

Discussion: TVNewser and TVWeek.com

The Independent:

Exclusive: Met finds secret phone at centre of NI hacking — Device nicknamed ‘The Hub’ hidden in offices of ‘News of the World’ — Specialist detectives from the Metropolitan Police have discovered the existence of a secret mobile phone within News International's east London headquarters …

Discussion: Press Gazette, New York Magazine, Editors Weblog, The First Post, Poynter, BBC and Guardian

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Mark Hosenball / Reuters: Murdoch lawyer accused BBC of phone hacking vendetta

Luke Harding / Guardian:

Saddam Hussein ordered execution of journalist Farzad Bazoft, records reveal — Former Iraqi leader argued against clemency and grumbled over length of time it would take to have Bazoft hanged — Saddam Hussein personally ordered the execution of the Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft …

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Robert Blau, Steven Hahn join Pulitzer Prize board — The 20-member Pulitzer Prize board has two new members: Bloomberg News Managing Editor Robert Blau and University of Pennsylvania historian Steven Hahn. Blau has served twice as a juror and shared in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects …

Discussion: Columbia University …

William Neuman / New York Times:

Daniel B. Burke Dies at 82; Helped Engineer Capital Cities-ABC Deal — Daniel B. Burke, who helped engineer the acquisition of the American Broadcasting Company by Capital Cities, one of the boldest corporate takeovers of the 1980s, and went on to become chief executive of the merged company …

Discussion: Deadline.com

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

WSJ, NYT Wikileaks Knockoffs Stuck in Neutral — “Harder than it looks, isn't it, Mr. Keller?” Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife — The news that Wikileaks is suspending operations for lack of funds ought to represent a big opportunity for The new York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Discussion: Poynter

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Watchdogs take aim at MSNBC, Buchanan — Both Media Matters for America and Color of Change are petitioning MSNBC this week to either fire or sanction former GOP presidential candidate and MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan for what the two organizations characterize as the use of his platform to espouse bigotry and white supremacy.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, JAMES EDWARDS, Mediaite, Gawker and Media Matters for America

Electronista:

Condé Nast digital subs soar 268% after iPad gets Newsstand — Conde Nast credits iOS 5 to surge in reading — Condé Nast suggested on Tuesday that tablet magazines might have turned a corner with the launch of iOS 5. Since the iPad received access to Newsstand …

Discussion: TechCrunch, SocialTimes.com, Between the Lines Blog, VentureBeat, FishbowlNY and Pocket-lint, more at Techmeme »

Jon Bershad / Mediaite:

Hilarious Video Shows How The NY Times, Fox News, And The Huffington Post Write Their OWS Headlines — Guys, incredible news! Somehow, someone snuck cameras into the headquarters of a bunch of major American news outlets to see how they're biases inform their reporting on the Occupy protests!

Discussion: Poynter

Robert Feder / Time Out Chicago:

Gloom and doom: Clear Channel's dark future begins today — When the largest radio company in America assembles its major market general managers in Chicago today, it won't be to tell them what a swell job they're doing. — Instead, if knowledgeable industry reports are correct …

Discussion: smays.com

Cindy Adams / New York Post:

Amanpour back to CNN? — “This Week” anchor Christiane Amanpour isn't getting along with the bosses at ABC News, and has reached out to the honchos at CNN to return to the network where she started her career. Sources tell us award-winning Amanpour has been “miserable” …

Discussion: Chickaboomer, Inside Cable News and TVWeek.com

Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:

Don Imus cancels Bill O'Reilly's Fox Business appearance over ‘Today’ show plug snub — Bill O'Reilly was supposed to be a guest on Don Imus' radio show—simulcast weekdays on the Fox Business channel—on Tuesday morning to plug “Killing Lincoln,” O'Reilly's new book about the 16th president's assassination.

Discussion: Inside Cable News

Lara O'Reilly / Marketing Week:

i newspaper has reason to celebrate on its first anniversary — As the i newspaper slices into its first birthday cake today, its doubters may well be eating humble pie as they look back on its overwhelmingly successful year in one of the toughest ever periods for print media.

Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:

Chicago Tribune plans books section, at an extra charge — (Crain's) — Chicago Tribune is planning to launch a weekly literary review section in January, hoping to charge up to $2 for the add-on product, according to sources familiar with the project. — In addition to book reviews …

Barton Eckert / Washington Business Journal:

Gannett board elects new director — Washington Business Journal by Barton Eckert — Inc. announced that Susan Ness, a former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and the head of Susan Ness Strategies, has been elected to the board of directors, effective immediately.

Karlee Weinmann / Business Insider:

Barnes & Noble's Latest Strategy To Compete With Amazon: Selling Rugs — If you need a new rug or night-vision goggles, there's a surprising new place to find it online. — Last week, Barnes & Noble took a step toward Amazon when it began selling an array of non-book products, including these, on its website, reports TIME.

more at Techmeme »

Josh Halliday / paidContent:

Former MySpace CEO: News Corp's Marketing Miscues Killed The Social Network — The former chief executive of MySpace has spoken for the first time about the demise of the once-dominant social network, admitting that News Corporation should have relaunched the site as “an entirely new brand”.

Discussion: Guardian, GigaOM and New Media Age, more at Techmeme »

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

BBC Trust launches impartiality review of Arab spring coverage — Broadcaster's fourth impartiality review will examine coverage of events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen since December 2010 — BBC correspondent John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, Libya in March this year

Discussion: Guardian and Editors Weblog

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times and Gawker