Mediagazer: Poynter faculty respond to questions about Romenesko's practices, resignation (Kelly McBride/Poynter)

5:15 AM ET, November 12, 2011

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Kelly McBride / Poynter:

Poynter faculty respond to questions about Romenesko's practices, resignation — Given that Poynter is a school, with a faculty, it's probably no surprise to anyone that we don't agree on the severity of Jim Romenesko's attribution transgressions. And nobody's telling us to keep quiet either.

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Erika Fry / CJR:

The Romenesko Saga — Some questions for Poynter about recent changes on its fabled site — Yesterday, Poynter's Julie Moos published a controversial post on the journalism institute's Romenesko+ blog, which she credited to my “sharp eye.” — Her post, which addressed “incomplete attribution” …

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Erik Wemple:
Jim Romenesko and the case of the missing quote marks

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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Dozens of Jobs Cut at CNN; New York, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Miami, LA Staffers Pink-Slipped — Breaking: Layoff notices are being handed out across CNN/U.S. today. Photographers, editors and other staffers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Miami are being let go.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Google Music's New Service Set to Launch, Without All the Music — Google, which tried to launch a music service earlier this year but couldn't get all of the big music labels on board, is ready to try it again. But it still doesn't have all of the big music labels on board.

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Wall Street Journal:
Citi to Sell EMI Units for $4.1 Billion

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Michael Winter / USA Today:

Utah mayor unmasked as fictitious ‘good news’ reporter — A Utah mayor has been outed for using a pseudonym to write news articles about the city he governs, saying he wanted to highlight “good news” after cutbacks in coverage of local government, according to reports from the Beehive State.

Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, Erik Wemple, Associated Press, Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News and Poynter

Guardian:

News of the World lawyer Tom Crone expected to face censure — Parliamentary committee likely to characterise James Murdoch as ill-informed rather than mendacious — The parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World is expected to heavily criticise Tom Crone …

Discussion: The Wrap, Company Town, Deadline.com, The Huffington Post, Media & Entertainment and Prof Chris Daly's Blog

Dylan Stableford / The Cutline:

Why did Reuters wait to publish story of Sarkozy telling Obama that Netanyahu is ‘a liar’? — French President Nicholas Sarkozy told Barack Obama at the G20 summit in Cannes last week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a “liar” who is difficult to deal with.

Jason Boog / GalleyCat:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Restructure — GalleyCat has obtained a memo from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Linda K. Zecher about a major restructuring at the conglomerate publisher. — Below, you can read the memo. Among the many revelations: the publisher will merge its Education Group …

Emily Witt / The New York Observer:

Occupy HarperCollins Seeking Support from HarperCollins Authors — A tipster has forwarded us an e-mail that HarperCollins's union, Local 2110 of the UAW, has been sending to writers who have published books with the company, asking the writers to sign an open letter of support.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:

Monster blogger turns monster product guy: Marshall Kirkpatrick stepping back from ReadWriteWeb — Marshall Kirkpatrick, a formidable voice and fascinating mind in the tech blogosphere, is turning his attention from writing about startups to running his own.

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Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb:

Storify Makes Its Move: A Social Web News Site Starring You — Storify, our beloved storytelling tool for the social Web, has just launched a redesign of its homepage that features top stories, topics and users. It also displays a banner across the top, filled with clickable links to the people of Storify …

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Texas newspaper begins printing Twitter, Facebook contacts with each story — The Monitor of McAllen, Texas, is turning reporters loose to act like real people on social networks, relaxing traditional concerns about objectivity and formality. — The paper, with a daily circulation …

Discussion: ZDNet and Future of Journalism