Mediagazer: Gateways in the Chinese wall (Steve Yelvington/yelvington.com)

10:15 AM ET, November 6, 2011

Top News:

Andy Rooney dead at 92 — Andy Rooney, the “60 Minutes” commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays - a unique genre he is credited with inventing - died Friday night in a hospital in New York City of complications following minor surgery.

Julie Moos / Poynter:

‘60 Minutes’ mainstay Andy Rooney dies at 92, a month after retirement — Andrew Aitken Rooney started working at CBS in 1949 as a writer. He left the network briefly in the early 1970s but returned in '73. He first appeared on “60 Minutes” in 1977 and became a regular in 1978 …

Discussion: Mixed Media, The Wrap, rbr.com, mnilive.com, TVNewser, Speakeasy, Forbes, Mediaite, Kempton, Multichannel, Broadcasting & Cable, FishbowlNY, Gawker, TVSpy, TVNewser and Mediaite

Steve Yelvington / yelvington.com:

Gateways in the Chinese wall — In business, a Chinese wall is an information barrier that separates one part of the company from another. In newspapers, there's a Chinese wall between the journalism part (the newsroom) and the business part (advertising), and usually also the opinion part (the editorial page).

Discussion: Future of Journalism and 10,000 Words

Tom Fiedler / CommonWealth Magazine:

What happens when a community loses its newspaper? — In Holyoke, residents still mourn the loss of the T-T nearly 20 years later — Holyoke City Hall, looking up Dwight Street — FOR DAYS, HUNDREDS of callers speaking in the hushed tones more commonly reserved for funeral parlors …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Arthur Sulzberger / Charlie Beckett:

The continuing digital transformation of the New York Times — The chairman of the New York Times Arthur Sulzberger gave a talk at Polis LSE on the continuing digital transformation of the New York Times on November 1st. — Here is the text. — New York Times' interactivity — Good afternoon everyone.

Discussion: Talking Biz News, The Evolving Newsroom and Future of Journalism

Daniel Boffey / Guardian:

Murdoch gave loyal lieutenant Rebekah Brooks £1.7m pay-off, car and office — News International chairman may face questions in Commons over generous severance deal despite phone-hacking scandal — Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World editor who resigned as chief executive …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

If YouTube Is Doing $1.6 Billion a Year, Why Does It Need Hollywood? — Google refuses to hand out any details about YouTube's financial performance, but Wall Street keeps on guesstimating. Here's a new one: The world's biggest video site will generate $1.6 billion in revenue this year, says Barclays Capital Anthony DiClemente.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Wales: ‘Journalists all use Wikipedia’ — During a visit to Qatar for an education summit, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales told Foreign Policy that he considers the collaborative encyclopedia to be social media, but not a social network. With millions of people relying on Wikipedia …

Discussion: Foreign Policy

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Elisabeth of the Murdochs — With her husband and privy counselor, Matthew Freud, the Murdochs' prodigal daughter is trying to finally get her due. — Elisabeth Murdoch has always had to fight for her father's attention, never easy in a family that was focused on the sons.

Discussion: Vanity Fair and Guardian

The Huffington Post:

Matthew VanDyke, American Journalist Who Joined Libyan Rebels Returning To US — LINTHICUM, Md. — An American writer is returning home Saturday after spending more than five months in solitary confinement in Libyan prisons, then joining the rebel forces who opposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Kindle lending: Book publishers still not getting it — The big six book publishers are already behind the eight ball when it comes to the digital disruption of their business: Amazon, for example, is not only helping writers distribute their books without needing a publisher at all …

Discussion: O'Reilly Radar, paidContent, Jacket Copy and Fortune

David Kaplan / paidContent:

@ pcE11: CBS' Lanzone: If You Want Our Content, You'll Have To Pay—A Lot — CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos of its programming and library. In a conversation with our Staci D. Kramer …