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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.

Discussion: O'Reilly Radar, Future of Journalism and CJR

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” …

Discussion: paidContent, Kirk LaPointe's …, Poynter, FishbowlNY, Gawker and EdCone.com

Erik Wemple:

Jim Romenesko and the case of the missing quote marks — Jim Romenesko will never be anything other than a hero of Web journalism to me. For what seems like the entire history of the form, Romenesko has been culling the work of media reporters and posting them to the Poynter.org site, complete with often-insightful summations.

Discussion: MediaShift, http://www.Stinkyjournalism …, Media Decoder, Speakeasy, B2B Memes, Online Journalism Review, Journalism.co.uk, CJR, Adweek, Media News, Reflections of a Newsosaur, You Don't Say, The Atlantic Wire, Media Nation and Poynter

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.

Discussion: The Wrap, paidContent, Mediaite, Inside Cable News, Gawker and mediabistro.com

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.

Discussion: PC Magazine, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, Electronista and Softpedia News, more at Techmeme »

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

Discussion: Associated Press, Guardian, paidContent and DealBook, more at Techmeme »

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

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

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Logitech CEO: Google TV ‘cost us dearly,’ no Revue replacement coming — Yesterday, Logitech hosted an Analyst and Investor Day and during his remarks, CEO Guerrino De Luca pulled absolutely no punches in describing the “mistakes” the company made with its Logitech Revue Google TV set top box.

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

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

Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Can A Twitter Account Be A Company Trade Secret? — There has been an ongoing tug-of-war between journalists and publishers over who gets to keep digital possessions after a break-up. The debate took a new twist this week after a court issued a ruling in the case of a tech reporter who walked …

Discussion: Techdirt, Marketing Pilgrim, VentureBeat, Lost Remote, Betabeat, The Wall Blog, NetNewsCheck Latest, Technology & … and Noah Brier dot Com

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 …