Mediagazer: The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter's “Romenesko+” (Choire Sicha/The Awl)

6:30 AM ET, November 11, 2011

Top News:

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Romenesko resigns after 12 years at Poynter — After twelve years of blogging at Poynter, Jim Romenesko has submitted his resignation and I have accepted it. Jim has decided he's ready for a fresh start now — seven weeks before he was scheduled to become a part-time employee and start his own blog.

Discussion: CJR, @carr2n, @jeffjarvis, @kevinpurdy, @jayrosen_nyu and St. Petersburg Times

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Questions over Romenesko's attributions spur changes in writing, editing — Poynter.org works hard to meet the highest standards of journalism excellence, and I learned late Wednesday that we have not consistently met those standards. — A centerpiece of our editorial work has been the Romenesko blog …

Discussion: @cjr, American Journalism Review, @geneweingarten, Felix, paidContent, @jackshafer, 10,000 Words, @ckrewson, Melville House Books, @huffpostmedia, CJR, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Adweek, LA Observed and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Romenesko Leaves Poynter After Conflict Over Quotes — Sometimes you can follow rules right out the window. — That is the situation the Poynter Institute — an organization that teaches journalistic ethics and practices — finds itself in after scolding its most famous writer, Jim Romenesko …

Discussion: @romenesko

Choire Sicha / The Awl:

The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter's “Romenesko+” — The “Romenesko” blog (launched in 1999!) was a one-man shop, under the corporate parentage of the Poynter Institute, until fairly recently. It was quite successfully run by its founder, Jim Romenesko, though you could tell every once …

Discussion: Recovering Journalist, Snarkmarket, College Media Matters and Boing Boing

Erik Wemple:

Jim Romenesko's resignation, and a scooped reporter — Good on Erika Fry. — An assistant editor at Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Fry had kept an eye on journalism-industry aggregation site Poynter.org. She noticed some untoward things. And being an assistant editor at CJR, Fry set out to produce a story on the matter.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Media blogger Jim Romenesko resigns from Poynter — A blogger who pioneered the practice of collecting news about journalism and the media industry resigned from his job Thursday after his editor publicly questioned his own journalism standards — in particular, whether he was giving proper attribution …

@romenesko:

Poynter has accepted my resignation. Thanks to all for the incredible support today. http://t.co/rUevIN7S

Felix Salmon:
Holding aggregators to journalistic standards

Discussion: The Buttry Diary

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Charlie Rose and Gayle King to Join ‘Early Show’ on CBS — Coming soon to CBS: Charlie Rose, Gayle King and a complete makeover of “The Early Show,” the network's low-rated morning television show. — The network is putting the finishing touches on a two-hour news show …

Discussion: Mixed Media, Washington Post, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Chickaboomer, Business Insider and TVNewser

Kevin Poulsen / Threat Level:

Judge Rules Feds Can Have WikiLeaks Associates' Twitter Data — Jacob Appelbaum speaks on behalf of WikiLeaks at The Next Hope conference in New York City in July 2010. (Courtesy Cosmiclint/Flickr) — The Justice Department is entitled to records of the Twitter accounts used by three current …

Discussion: Future of Journalism, The Firewall, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »

Julia Boorstin / Media Money with Julia Boorstin:

Disney's Bob Iger Talks Earnings, Growth, Digital Deals — Just moments after Disney reported better-than expected results I sat down with CEO Bob Iger to hear his outlook. — Strength at ESPN and stronger advertising sent the Media Networks revenue higher than expected …

Discussion: paidContent and Company Town

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

The Big Lie of the Crisis, Called Out By the Press — The false “banks didn't do it” meme takes hold on the right, as Romney showed last night — At CNBC's GOP debate last night, Mitt Romney showed that he, like Michael Bloomberg, buys into the Big Lie of the financial crisis …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times and CNN

Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:

NBC Sports Taps Ross Greenburg to Produce Docs — Former HBO Sports president's first project to debut Jan. 2 — Former HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg has been hired by NBC Sports Group to produce sports documentaries for the new NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus), Golf Channel and NBC.

Discussion: Multichannel and rbr.com

C.W. Anderson / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Jekyll and Hyde problem: What are journalists, and their institutions, for? — Jay Rosen, in his 1999 book What Are Journalists For?, shares a story which I think is of vital importance for those trying to understand the debate about “news gurus” kicked off this week by Dean Starkman in the Columbia Journalism Review.

Discussion: CJR, Editors Weblog, Reinventing the Newsroom and MediaShift

Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

Viacom Reports 33 Percent Gain in Profit — A robust television advertising market, climbing cable fees and box office sales from “Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon” helped bolster Viacom's profit 33 percent in the quarter that ended in September. — The company, which owns MTV Networks …

Discussion: Media & Entertainment, rbr.com, Guardian, Home Media Magazine, MediaFile and Multichannel

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom, Nielsen Investigating ‘Inexplicable’ Nickelodeon Ratings Drop

Discussion: Company Town

James Robinson / Guardian:

James Murdoch claims truth about phone-hacking was hidden from him — War of words erupts as two ex-News of the World executives, Colin Myler and Tom Crone, refuse to take the blame — James Murdoch was embroiled in a rancorous war of words with two of his former senior News of the World executives …

Discussion: Media Matters for America and The New York Observer

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Can you really believe James Murdoch's hacking story?

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald, Press Gazette, Telegraph and Sky News

ESPN Poynter Review Project:

ESPN stumbles with Penn State coverage — ESPN was slow this week to grasp the full implications of the recent criminal indictments at Penn State University. — On Saturday, news broke that a grand jury had charged former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky with 40 criminal counts …

Discussion: MediaPost, The News About The News, Poynter, Bleacher Report, Charles Apple and Mediaite