Mediagazer: The Newspaper That Almost Seized the Future (Michael Shapiro/CJR)

12:30 AM ET, November 13, 2011

Top News:

Sky News Deletes Tweet Of James Murdoch Arrest — UPDATE: The tweet that reported that James Murdoch has been arrested has now been deleted. — According to Sky News' Neal Mann, it's most likely the account was hacked. — Sky News reporter Mark White tweets

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, @skymarkwhite, Daily Mail, @fleetstreetfox, @paidcontent, @tcarmody, @skynewspr and @skymarkwhite

Neal Mann / @fieldproducer:

Sky News has no information to suggest that James Murdoch has been arrested and believe the @SkyNewsBiz account has been hacked.

Sky / @skynewsbiz:

BREAKING: James Murdoch arrested over phone-hacking claims. Questioned at Paddington Green police station at 10pm.

Discussion: @antderosa

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: Jack Shafer, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, @dangillmor, Poynter, http://www.Stinkyjournalism …, paidContent, Erik Wemple, Kirk LaPointe's …, Online Journalism Review, Journalism.co.uk, O'Reilly Radar and Adweek

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: B2B Memes, MediaShift, CJR and Media Decoder

New York Times:

CNN Sets Off a Debate on Race and Technology — For nearly two weeks, a debate ignited by a CNN documentary has raged on the Internet about the obstacles to success in Silicon Valley and whether the technology industry is as meritocratic and as color-blind as it aspires to be.

Discussion: Chickaboomer

Eric Jackson / Tech and China:

The Business World Needs Fewer Journalists and More Opinions and Investigative Reporting — The other day in a post about Yahoo! (YHOO) I unloaded on some of the reporting that has gone on at large publications on the Yahoo “deal.” — I have to get a few other thoughts off my chest.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Kindle Fire: ‘Also, Barnes & Noble, We Will Have A Newsstand’ — Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) have sent out so many press releases about their respective upcoming tablets this week that I have begun to imagine both devices snapping back and forth at each other like squabbling children.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Future of Journalism, Between the Lines Blog, GeekWire and Business Wire, more at Techmeme »

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Kindle Fire Will Have Hulu Plus App, Too

Discussion: mediabistro.com, ZDNet, Bits, Forbes, Fast Company, AllThingsD and TechCrunch

Michael Shapiro / CJR:

The Newspaper That Almost Seized the Future — The San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's own daily, was poised to ride the digital whirlwind. What happened? — 1. ‘It Was Written’ — Randall Keith and I are talking about the past when his boss, Dave Butler, slides open a glass door …

Discussion: Common Sense Journalism, Future Journalism Project and Poynter

Laurie Winer / Los Angeles Review of Books:

Zell to L.A. Times: Drop Dead — Since it seemed it couldn't get much worse, Los Angeles Times editor-in-chief James O'Shea decided to look on the bright side. It was 2007, and the newspaper had a new owner. He was Sam Zell, an iconoclast, as they call rich older men who ride motorcycles …

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: Future of Journalism, The Wrap, Mediaite, paidContent, Inside Cable News, mediabistro.com and Gawker

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.