Mediagazer: Are Front-Page Editorials on the Rise? (David Haglund/Slate)

10:15 AM ET, November 10, 2011

Top News:

Joe Flint / LA Times:

James Murdoch says no evidence of 9/11 phone hacking — News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch told Parliament that he was unaware that any victims of the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks in the United States had their voice mail accounts hacked by operatives for its now-closed British tabloid News of the World.

Discussion: Media Decoder, Press Gazette and paidContent

Sky News:

James Murdoch: I Wasn't Shown Key Email — James Murdoch has accused former News International staff of misleading MPs as he insisted he was not warned in 2008 about the extent of phone hacking at the News Of The World.

Discussion: Reuters, Guardian, New York Times and Globe and Mail

The Telegraph:

Tom Watson reveals new phone hacking evidence — James Murdoch, chairman of News International, denies any knowledge of the ‘For Neville’ email, despite Tom Watson's suggestion there is clear evidence he did. — Tom Watson read out a conversation he had with Neville Thurlbeck …

Discussion: Telegraph

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

James Murdoch refuses to rule out closing the Sun — Appearing before MPs today, the News International chairman did not rule out closing the publisher's flagship tabloid if allegations of phone hacking at the title are proven — James Murdoch's comment follows the arrest of a senior reporter at the Sun …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Guardian, Journalism.co.uk, Press Gazette and The Independent

The Independent:

Met offers NOTW journalist a lifeline: turn supergrass against paper and you'll go free — The former chief reporter of the News of the World has been approached by Scotland Yard to give potentially vital evidence in the phone hacking scandal against his former employer.

BBC: Police have 300 million News International emails

Natalie Clarkson / Wannabe Hacks:

Student reporters vs. Local newspapers — As part of my degree, my class is expected to work as if we're part of a real life newsteam. Each week two people are given roles as online editors, the rest of the class work as reporters for the week, finding stories and writing them up …

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Piers Morgan to Leave Talent Show — Piers Morgan, the host of a prime time interview show on CNN and a judge on a prime time talent show on NBC, said Wednesday night that he was quitting the latter of the two. — “I am going to focus on what will be a huge year at CNN,” Mr. Morgan said on his interview show, “Piers Morgan Tonight.”

Discussion: TVWeek.com, Broadcasting & Cable and TVNewser

Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:

An FBI director with a grudge — J. Edgar Hoover had it in for Jack Nelson from the moment the L.A. Times journalist arrived in Washington. The longtime FBI director was convinced that Nelson planned to write that he was homosexual. — J. Edgar Hoover, right, led the FBI for nearly 48 years, outlasting seven presidents.

David Haglund / Slate:

Are Front-Page Editorials on the Rise? — Today, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Penn., published a front-page editorial arguing that, on account of the sexual abuse scandal that has recently come to light, Penn State president Graham Spanier must “step aside.”

John Koblin / WWD:

The Three Musketeers of Condé Nast Ride Again — Graydon, Anna and David have their other projects, of course. Graydon Carter, editor in chief of Vanity Fair, has two restaurants, an illustrated children's book and movie producer credits. Anna Wintour, Vogue editor in chief since 1988 …

Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:

Sources Say EMI Sale Will Split Company in Two — EMI, the storied music company that is home to the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Coldplay, is nearing a sale that would split the company in half. — After a four-month auction, Citigroup, which took control of EMI in February …

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

GateHouse Media CEO: ‘We need to become more than a newspaper company’ — GateHouse Media CEO Mike Reed unveiled Project Apple in September — an initiative that seeks “a turnaround just as impressive as Apple's.” (The newspaper chain recently reported a $5 million net loss for the third quarter.)

Discussion: Gannett Blog

Al Tompkins / Poynter:

How Seattle journalist got school censorship scoop — Seattle area public schools will allow free speech and free press thanks to an alert journalist who spotted a hidden pending policy change. — This is a story about the value of good old-fashioned beat reporting that included pawing through boring-looking documents.

Discussion: KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound … and kuow.washington.edu

Emily Brill / CJR:

The Blessings of Networks — Emily Bell takes on Dean Starkman's “news gurus” argument — Dean Starkman's long read on ‘the news gurus’ in the Columbia Journalism Review starts out with the story of the remarkable Ida Tarbell, a template for the modern investigative reporter, whose work in 1904 took on Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

Discussion: GigaOM and Emily Bell