Mediagazer: The Jekyll and Hyde problem: What are journalists, and their institutions, for? (C.W. Anderson/Nieman Journalism Lab)

11:30 PM ET, November 10, 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: St. Petersburg Times, @carr2n, @kevinpurdy, @jayrosen_nyu and @jeffjarvis

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

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Journalism Ethics Taken Too Seriously? Romenesko Scolded on His Own Blog — 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 …

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 and Boing Boing

@romenesko: NYT reports accurately that I asked a 2nd time to be released from contract 7 wks early. I feel it's time to go. http://t.co/QcFInXit

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

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: rbr.com and Multichannel

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, Mediaite, Business Insider and TVNewser

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: Press Gazette, Telegraph, Sky News and Company Town

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

Eduardo J. Morales / Abandoned Couches: The secretive culture at Penn State is nothing new

Nando Di Fino / Mediaite:

The Young Turks With Cenk Uygur To Debut On Current TV Dec. 5 — Current TV announced on Thursday that The Young Turks With Cenk Uygur, their new show starring former MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur, now has an official start date: Dec. 5. The show, according to a release from Current …

Discussion: TVNewser

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Exclusive: NYT expands tech blog — The New York Times is expanding its technology blog Bits to include more reporting and analysis about the enterprise portion of the tech sector. The expanded coverage will encompass a broader range of subjects like “big data,” “cloud computing” and security issues.

Discussion: Betabeat, Bits and MediaPost

Vishesh Kumar / Fortune:

What Hollywood found in India — The country's IT industry boomed by providing left-brained services like coding and call support. Now, it's getting ready to cash in on the creative needs of the world's entertainment industries. — By Vishesh Kumar, contributor

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

Robert Beckhusen / Danger Room:

Mexican Man Decapitated in Cartel Warning to Social Media — Warning: Graphic image below. — A Mexican man has been decapitated, in an apparent warning to social media users to stop tipping off the authorities about the local drug cartel. — The man appears to have been handcuffed …

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, Gawker, Mashable!, Free Press, Boing Boing and msnbc.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: Editors Weblog, CJR, Reinventing the Newsroom and MediaShift

Tim Carmody / Epicenter:

Yap Isn't Much Like Siri. So Why Does Amazon Want It? — CLT Blog's Justin Ruckman decoded SEC filings to turn up an intriguing recent Amazon acquisition: Yap, a Charlotte-based speech-recognition startup best known for its recently shuttered voicemail transcription app and backend services …

Discussion: Forbes, Consumer Reports News, Pocket-lint and AllThingsD

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