Mediagazer: Pulitzer's Magazine? Our founder reflects on CJR's roots (James Boylan/CJR)

3:00 AM ET, November 10, 2011

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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, Emily Bell and The Buttry Diary

James Boylan / CJR:

Pulitzer's Magazine? Our founder reflects on CJR's roots — Here is the best and here is the worst story of the day. . . . Here is the wrong of the day; here is the injustice that needs to be righted; here is the best editorial; here is a brilliant paragraph …

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Columbia's School of Journalism Selects Hearst Professional-in-Residence

Discussion: Columbia University … and 10,000 Words

Jim Galloway / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

NBC's David Gregory apologizes for saying ‘no grand wizard’ in GOP — On NBC's “Today” this morning, David Gregory - the host of “Meet the Press” — was addressing the lack of Republican infrastructure that might encourage a beleaguered Herman Cain to leave the GOP presidential contest.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and RealClearPolitics Video Log

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.”

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

Reuters:

James Murdoch's make or break day in parliament — (Reuters) - James Murdoch is about to face his day of reckoning. — The News Corp deputy chief operating officer will appear before a special committee of Britain's parliament on Thursday for a second round of questioning about a phone-hacking scandal …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Regis May Be Going, but We'll Have Kelly for a While — Regis Philbin is leaving the daytime talk show “Live! with Regis and Kelly” later this month but his co-host, Kelly Ripa, is staying a while. — Disney-ABC Domestic Television confirmed on Wednesday that Ms. Ripa …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Deadline.com and Inside TV

John Koblin / WWD:

The Three Musketeers of Condé Nast Ride Again

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

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Josh Kraushaar: ‘Profoundly irresponsible’ for Cain campaign to say he's related to sexual harassment accuser — Tuesday afternoon, as reporters started to spread the name of one of Herman Cain's accusers, they kept asking Josh Kraushaar, executive editor of National Journal Hotline, if he is related to Karen Kraushaar.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, MarketShare, Kirk LaPointe's …, Forbes, The Huffington Post and Big Journalism

Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Cain aide wrongly insists they've ‘confirmed’ accuser's son works for POLITICO

Discussion: Real Clear Politics, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Guardian, Hot Air, National Review, Business Insider, The Daily Dish, CNN, Mediaite, The New York Observer, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Media Decoder, Gawker, The Daily and New York Times

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 …

Om Malik / GigaOM:

For Amazon & Kindle, brick & mortar stores key to success — When it comes to tablets, it has so far been a one-tablet show. Apple's iPad has been and continues to be the dominant player. Amazon's Kindle Fire is being considered a legitimate contender and if Amazon's spin is to be believed …

Discussion: TechCrunch, PC Magazine, Epicenter, Forbes, TeleRead, ReadWriteWeb, Amazon.com and GeekWire, more at Techmeme »

Emily Witt / The New York Observer:

Anthony Bourdain Cooks the Books: He's Starting an Imprint, in Short Order — A former student of Gordon Lish trades chef's tongs, picks up editor's pencil — Anthony Bourdain knows how he can come off. The chef-turned-TV personality has written that it would be “entirely fair and appropriate” …

Kimberly Potts / The Wrap:

Warren Littlefield: There'll Never Be Another Must-See TV Night of Programming — Warren Littlefield was NBC's entertainment chief during the network's long run as the home of Must See TV comedy on Thursday nights. — But he doesn't think there will ever be another Must See TV night …

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Google May Penalize Ad Heavy Pages — Ever encountered an ad-heavy page, where you struggle to find the actual content on that page? Google's looking at penalizing those in its search results. — The head of Google's web spam team, Matt Cutts, shared the news when speaking at the Pubcon conference today.

Discussion: SEO Book.com and WebProNews

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Journalists are the 99 percent too, says new Tumblr — A St. Petersburg Times reporter has riffed on the “We are the 99 Percent” Tumblr and created a Tumblr where journalists can tell their stories. “We are journalists. We are proud of what we do,” writes Emily Nipps.

Discussion: The New York Observer

Dylan Byers / The Politico:

Globe reporters put down a marker on Romney — If a candidate's hometown paper has one obligation, it's owning the coverage of their candidate. Four years ago, the Boston Globe owned Mitt Romney—most memorably with a seven-part series called “The Making of Mitt Romney.”

Discussion: GalleyCat

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Discovery Executive to Leave — After two years as the chief operating officer of Discovery Communications, Peter Liguori will leave at the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. — His departure had been rumored for weeks. Discover said It does not plan to name a replacement.

Discussion: The Wrap, Adweek, Company Town, AdAge, Multichannel and Broadcasting & Cable

Andrew Crook / Crikey:

Farewell Big Harto: News Ltd CEO John Hartigan resigns — Rupert Murdoch has delivered a savage verdict on the health of his Australian operation, with veteran News Ltd CEO John Hartigan stepping aside and Rupert taking the company's chairmanship for himself.

Discussion: TheAustralian, Sydney Morning Herald, mUmBRELLA, Adweek and Guardian

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Who's behind Newark Politico? ‘A group of Newark professionals,’ as yet unidentified, gets a ‘cease-and-desist’ from Politico — The vestigial website Newark Politico will be a news- and commentary-based venture with content produced by full-time journalists as well as contributions …

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