Mediagazer: Authors of stories promoting water district can't be found (Sam Allen/Los Angeles Times)

Dean Starkman / CJR:

Confidence Game — “The question that mass amateurization poses to traditional media is ‘What happens when the costs of reproduction and distribution go away? What happens when there is nothing unique about publishing anymore because users can do it for themselves?’

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter and The Awl

Ben Dowell / Guardian:

Jeremy Hunt tried to delay broadcast of Panorama's Fifa exposé — Culture secretary understood to have called BBC director general about timing of broadcast ahead of 2018 World Cup vote — Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt personally intervened in a failed attempt to delay …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Michael Oneal / Chicago Tribune:

New twist in Tribune Co. bankruptcy case could benefit billionaire Sam Zell — Judge's finding for holders of certain notes could support recovery claims of company chairman — A bankrupcty court judge's ruling could mean that Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell, who engineered a leveraged buyout …

Discussion: LA Observed, rbr.com and Poynter

Evan Hansen / Wired.com:

Wired.com Goes Creative Commons: 50 Great Images That Are Now Yours — From NIN Dazzles With Lasers, LEDs and Stealth Screens — Wired.com photographers have the enviable job of shooting the coolest stuff and most intriguing people in the technology world. Now we're giving away many of those photos to you, the public, for free.

Discussion: The New York Observer, Future of Journalism and Media Decoder

Discussion: Future Journalism Project

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Hotel owner considers buying San Diego Union-Tribune — Politically active San Diego developer Doug Manchester says “there's lots of people interested in that asset” — the paper owns 13 acres of prime real estate — and that “we're looking at it.” (Platinum Equity, the paper's owner since 2009 …

Discussion: Voice of San Diego

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Phone hacking: Tom Crone admits ‘incorrect’ evidence — In response to a letter from the committee Crone insists the evidence he gave in September ‘was at the time my best recollection of the relevant events’ but that some details were incorrect — Crone (right) has told the committee …

Discussion: CJR and Guardian

David Carr / New York Times:

Jackson Doctor Trial Fails to Ignite Audience Interest — In a bit of anticlimax, Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty late in the day on Monday of involuntary manslaughter two-and-a-half years after the death of Michael Jackson. Networks broke in for live coverage, cable networks hit …

Discussion: Inside TV

Discussion: TVNewser and mediabistro.com

Steve Myers / Poynter:

SC newspaper reporter proposes in column — “I'd like to tell you about someone very close to my heart,” writes reporter Nick McCormac at the beginning of a column published Tuesday. “I promise you, it's worth your time to read through to the end.” After describing how he and his girlfriend met …

Discussion: Item

Kim Willsher / Guardian:

Max Mosley wins French privacy action against News of the World — NoW publisher to pay £32,000 after being found guilty of violating former F1 boss's privacy — The publisher of the News of the World has been ordered by a French court to pay £32,000 in costs and damages …

Discussion: Press Gazette, Journalism.co.uk and Business Insider

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Leveson rejects bid for police review of inquiry evidence — Lord Leveson has largely rejected a submission by the CPS and Met police calling for the police to make decisions about witnesses and evidence in his public inquiry — Lord Leveson, who is due to begin hearing evidence next week …

John Koblin / WWD:

The New Yorker Names Creative Director — ALWAYS A FIRST: Condé Nast's digital magazine design director Wyatt Mitchell has been tapped to become The New Yorker's first-ever creative director. Mitchell, who has been the number two to Condé Nast's design guru Scott Dadich …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Dylan Byers / Adweek:

Josh Tyrangiel Means Business — Josh Tyrangiel has a preposterous mission: to convince readers that a weekly business magazine left for dead two years ago is now a must-read. — That would be challenging enough in a good market. But in 2011, with print advertising still in crisis …

Discussion: FishbowlNY and Business Insider

Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg:

Slim's Move Into Online Video Draws Protests of Piracy From TV Competitors — Carlos Slim, the billionaire banned from providing television service in his native Mexico, is offering shows for free on the Web, drawing protests from rivals wary of his influence in the market.

Discussion: Deadline.com

Sam Allen / Los Angeles Times:

Authors of stories promoting water district can't be found — Biographical information can't be confirmed about journalists with the website News Hawks Review, whose stories promoted the Central Basin Municipal Water District. — There seemed to be no doubt that Mike Adams was a productive journalist …

Discussion: Poynter

Jonathan Pearlman / Telegraph:

Papua New Guinea reporter undergoes circumcision to get the scoop — A Papua New Guinea reporter who agreed to be circumcised with bamboo sticks to secure an interview with a group of jungle rebels has won a journalism award for “best scoop”. — The journalist, Simon Eroro …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Gawker

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Kelly Cobiella and Bazi Kanani Join ABC News — ABC News is on a talent hiring spree. In addition to two local news anchors from Chicago set to join the network. ABC News president Ben Sherwood has announced he is beefing up his international reporting staff with the hires of Kelly Cobiella …

Discussion: TVSpy

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Pat Buchanan's MIA From MSNBC While Promoting Controversial Book — NEW YORK — Pat Buchanan, the longtime conservative pundit, has been making the TV rounds in recent weeks promoting his latest book, “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?”

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Twitter and journalism: It shouldn't be that complicated — The Associated Press caused a minor furor recently when the news-wire service updated its social-media policy and forbade its writers from expressing any opinions on Twitter, including implied opinions caused by retweeting others.

Discussion: Poynter