Mediagazer: Journalists Held Back Candid Comments of Obama and Sarkozy (New York Times)

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

News of the World paid me to follow 90 people, claims private detective — Former policeman says he surveilled figures including Prince William and the parents of Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe — A private detective has claimed the News of the World paid him to target more than 90 people …

Discussion: Business Insider and The Lede

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: The Buttry Diary, Future of Journalism, Nieman Journalism Lab, That's the Press, Baby, Poynter and The Awl

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 …

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk: Phone hacking: Tom Crone admits ‘incorrect’ evidence

Stephen Hull / The Huffington Post - UK:
Phone Hacking: Top 10 Must Read Stories Ahead Of James Murdoch's Committee Meeting

Discussion: CJR and Guardian

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

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: Future of Journalism and Poynter

Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:

NY Daily News Layoffs Massacre Continues: Two More Shown The Door, Bringing Total Count to 16 — The bad news keeps coming at the New York Daily News. Another two staffers have been let go, and the rumor is that there are more to come. We've received word that Michael Bowers …

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

Discussion: Future Journalism Project

Julie Moos / Poynter:

The Daily names original Herman Cain accuser, other news orgs follow — Journalists protected the identities of two women who accused Herman Cain of sexual misconduct, until Tuesday when iPad publication The Daily identified one of them as Karen Kraushaar. After The Daily published Kraushaar's name …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Post, The Daily, NPR, The Daily Caller and Business Insider

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: Mediaite and Inside TV

Discussion: TVNewser and mediabistro.com

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, Business Insider and Journalism.co.uk

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

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

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: Poynter, FishbowlNY and Business Insider

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

New York Times:

Journalists Held Back Candid Comments of Obama and Sarkozy — Our friends at the Lede blog are reporting on a “hot mic” incident between President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and President Obama in Cannes, France, during the Group of 20 economic summit meeting last week.

Discussion: The Lede