Mediagazer: The Saturday interview: Wendi Murdoch (Guardian)

8:05 AM ET, November 14, 2011

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Leveson inquiry coverage on Twitter — @JoshHalliday: Leveson Inquiry has seen documentary evidence of a Mirror reporter's name in Mulcaire's notebook, Jay QC says

James Robinson / @jamesro47:

Jay: Inquiry seen ‘documentary evidence’ in Mulcaire notes on Jude Law ‘relating to the Mirror’. V significant #leveson

Discussion: @jamesro47

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Chelsea Clinton to Report for NBC — NBC is to announce on Monday morning that it has hired Chelsea Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. — The appointment is immediate. Ms. Clinton will show up at the news division offices oon Monday morning, said Steve Capus …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Inside Cable News

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Introducing Poynter's MediaWire — As you may have noticed, our main media news blog has a new name today. The MediaWire blog, formerly Romenesko, has the same purpose as before: to highlight the most interesting journalism issues of the day. To alert us to news we've missed, send tips and suggestions here.

Discussion: Staff Writer and @charlesapple

Tom Watson MP:

Society of Editors Conference 2011 #soe11 — I am very sorry that I will not be able to attend the conference today. — Roy Greenslade has just revealed that six months ago, members of the DCMS Select Committee were the targets of covert surveillance by private investigators and journalists working for News International.

Ellen Elaborates / News Hounds:

UK's Guardian: News Corp. Spied On Parliamentary Committee Investigating It — Yesterday, The Guardian's Roy Greenslade visited Media Matters Radio and dropped a bit of a bombshell: That even after News Corporation's News of the World was under investigation for phone hacking …

Adrian Croft / Reuters:

James Murdoch “kept in dark” on hacking: report — (Reuters) - News Corp's James Murdoch was “kept in the dark” about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World by his subordinates who tried to manage the problem, the newspaper's former chief reporter said on Monday.

Guardian: The Saturday interview: Wendi Murdoch

Stephen Wright / Daily Mail:
Hacking police find ‘bombshell’ emails: Now detectives may want to question James Murdoch

Discussion: Future of Journalism, @afneil and @martin_hickman

Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
Sky News Deletes Tweet Of James Murdoch Arrest

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, @skymarkwhite, @fieldproducer, @skymarkwhite, @skynewsbiz, @skynewspr, @paidcontent, @fleetstreetfox, @antderosa and @tcarmody

David Carr / New York Times:

The Media Equation: Paton Prepares His Newspapers for a World Without Print — Last week, John Paton met with executives of the MediaNews Group, the second-largest newspaper chain by circulation in the country, home to papers like The Denver Post, The Detroit News, The Salt Lake Tribune …

Discussion: Big News Network.com and Future of Journalism

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Newsweek, Mired in Red Ink, Cancels Longtime Political Series — It has been one of Newsweek's signature ventures and a staple of American political journalism since 1984. — Every presidential election season, the magazine detached a small group of reporters from their daily jobs for a year …

Discussion: Crikey

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Twitter, the conversation-enabler? Actually, most news orgs use the service as a glorified RSS feed — As much as we tout Twitter for its conversational abilities — for its revolutionary capacity to create discursive, rather than simply distributive, relationships with news consumers …

Discussion: Poynter, Future of Journalism and Journalism.org

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

Kindle Fire, First Reviews: Hot Gadget Or Just Another Lukewarm Tablet? — A new day, and a new device to challenge Apple's iPad in the market for tablets. — At $199, the Kindle Fire, which starts shipping this week to those who ordered early, might attract a huge volume of buyers simply because it has lowered the cost barrier.

Discussion: Forbes, Engadget and msnbc.com, more at Techmeme »

Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:

Morning TV's Tabloid Turn — As CBS goes serious for sunrise, stars at rival networks grumble about the fluffy fare. — For three frustrating DECADES, CBS has been the biggest loser in the morning. Now, rather than trying to beat Today and Good Morning America at their own game, the network wants to change the rules.