Mediagazer: Introducing Poynter's MediaWire (Julie Moos/Poynter)

2:50 AM ET, November 14, 2011

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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

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 …

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

Shoshana Walter / New York Times:

Occupy Oakland and News Media Coexist Uneasily — Immediately after a man was shot to death Thursday afternoon near the Occupy Oakland encampment, Randy Davis, a cameraman for KGO-TV, turned his lens on a group of protesters helping the victim. Then part of the crowd turned on him.

Discussion: NBC Bay Area and The Nation

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: Inside Cable News

Stephen Wright / Daily Mail:

Hacking police find ‘bombshell’ emails: Now detectives may want to question James Murdoch — Police investigating phone-hacking at the News of the World have recovered a series of ‘bombshell’ emails which they believe takes the inquiry to ‘a new level’. — The emails were among tens …

Discussion: @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

Kevin Sexton / The Verge:

Kobo Touch with Offers costs $99.99, adds ads — The Kobo Touch e-reader will soon be available for $40 less thanks to a new version with Offers. Just like on Amazon's Kindle, ads will populate the lock screen and a sliver at the bottom of the homescreen.

Discussion: The eBook Reader Blog, Gizmodo, The Digital Reader, TeleRead, CNET News, Liliputing and Engadget

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Bachmann Camp Accuses CBS News Of Media Bias After Accidentally Receiving Private E-Mail — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is crying foul after CBS' foreign policy debate yesterday, accusing the network of media bias because of an e-mail that indicated she would not be getting …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Hillicon Valley, CNN and TVNewser

Peter Preston / Guardian:

Sunday paper sales boom seems to be over — Rivals' circulation gains after News of the World's closure are dropping back — There are three points of interest in October's ABC circulation returns. First, the flexibility of the Sunday redtop market without the dead leader.

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: Future of Journalism and Chickaboomer

Geoffrey Taylor / Guardian:

Richard Scott obituary — As a family member of the Scott Trust he prevented the merger of the Guardian with the Times in the 1960s — Richard Scott, who has died aged 97, held a series of senior editorial posts on the Guardian and was pivotal to its survival through its worst crisis.

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

‘Now With Alex Wagner’ Debuts Monday on MSNBC — “Now with Alex Wagner,” the newest addition to the MSNBC daytime lineup, will debut on Monday, the network announced today. — Wagner's show will replace the 12pmET hour of “MSNBC Live” that has rotated fill-in anchors since Contessa Brewer's departure in August.

Guardian:

The Saturday interview: Wendi Murdoch — In her first interview since saving her husband from a foam pie, Wendi Murdoch talks about raising Rupert's children, phone-hacking and that impressive right hook — Wendi Deng Murdoch cuts a dainty figure. Four months after she made headlines around …