Mediagazer: Penguin wades into self-publishing (Jennifer Saba/MediaFile)

10:15 AM ET, November 16, 2011

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry: NUJ, Guardian editor, core participants' lawyer - live — Live coverage as Michelle Stanistreet, Alan Rusbridger and David Sherborne give evidence to the phone-hacking inquiry — 11.59am: The inquiry will also hear from Tom Rowland, a Daily Telegraph property journalist.

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Neville Thurlbeck / Press Gazette:

Neville Thurlbeck tells the inside story of hacking scandal: ‘I am either a fool or an innocent man...You decide’ — In an exclusive first-person piece for Press Gazette, former News of the World reporter Neville Thurlbeck is bidding to clear his name in the court of public opinion - and among his peers.

Discussion: Guy Fawkes' blog and Tom Watson MP

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

NUJ warns Leveson about ‘culture of fear’ — NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet today told Lord Leveson that there was a “genuine climate of fear” among journalists about giving evidence to his inquiry into press standards. — The union last week sent out an appeal to members asking …

Carlos Miller / Pixiq:

Number Of Journalists Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Raid Rises To Ten — As the number of activists arrested during the NYPD's raid on Occupy Wall Street Tuesday morning continues to rise, so do the number of journalists arrested while documenting the eviction.

Discussion: DNAinfo.com, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, Media Decoder, Media Decoder, Poynter and Time, more at Techmeme »

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Society of Professional Journalists Denounces Occupy Wall Street Arrests

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Jared Malsin / New York Times:
Video: Reporter for The Local Is Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Clearing

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Natasha Lennard / Salon:
Why I quit the mainstream media

Discussion: Washington Post, Poynter, Future of Journalism, Big Journalism and Media Research Center

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Penguin Adds Self-Publishing To Writing Community Site Book Country — Aspiring writers come to Book Country, Penguin Group USA's online genre fiction community, to post and workshop their romance, science fiction/fantasy, thriller and mystery manuscripts in progress.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Jennifer Saba / MediaFile:

Penguin wades into self-publishing — Penguin Group launched a set of tools for writers who want to self-publish their books in print and digital form, making it the first of the six largest publishing houses in the United States to roll out such an offering.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Time Inc. Magazines Make It to the Kindle Fire, After All — It took some haggling, but Time Inc. is going to get its magazines on Amazon's new tablet, alongside titles from many other big publishers. — Time Warner's publishing unit told its employees this afternoon that five magazines …

Discussion: ZDNet, The Official Netflix Blog, Home Media Magazine, Electronista, MacRumors, Forbes, VentureBeat and mediabistro.com

Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Village Voice Claims It Owns ‘Best Of NYC’ Phrase, Sues Rival — The Village Voice made its name as a counter culture icon. Today, though, it pulled a decidedly establishment maneuver by filing a lawsuit against a magazine rival for using the phrase “Best of NYC” without its permission.

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch — Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video company has now added film studio Miramax to its list of content partners …

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Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Amazon Settles With Discovery Over E-Reader Patent — Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) made sure Discovery won't ruin its hopes for the best Christmas ever by settling a lawsuit that accused the Kindle and Kindle 2 of infringing security and copy protection technology. — On Monday in Delaware federal court …

Cotton Delo / AdAge:

Gawker's Nick Denton Hints at Product to Rid Sites of Boring Commenters — Blog Network Chief Wants to Attract Smart People Wary of Entering Fray — Gawker Media chief Nick Denton talked about the image problem that arises from having a conspicuous cohort of fanatical but ill-informed commenters …

Discussion: Poynter

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

Sony Considers Internet Rival to Cable TV — Sony Corp. is considering launching an Internet-based alternative to cable-TV service, people familiar with the situation said, posing the latest threat to the cable and satellite operators that dominate pay TV. — The Japanese electronics …

Discussion: CNET News, Electronista, Gizmodo and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Keach Hagey / The Politico:

The Daily Caller's growing pains — The vision for the Daily Caller was simple: It would be a kind of conservative version of the Huffington Post, doing real reporting but reflecting the quirky irreverence and political leanings of its founder, Tucker Carlson, a household name since his days as a CNN host.

Andy Baio / Wired.com:

Think You Can Hide, Anonymous Blogger? Two Words: Google Analytics — Last month, an anonymous blogger popped up on WordPress and Twitter, aiming a giant flamethrower at Mac-friendly writers like John Gruber, Marco Arment and MG Siegler. As he unleashed wave after wave of spittle-flecked rage at …

Discussion: Boing Boing

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The New York Times runs a cross-platform interactive ad campaign in HTML5 — Today, for the first time, The New York Times is featuring a single HTML5 interactive ad campaign across its digital platforms. Coca-Cola is running the ads — an extension of its Arctic Home campaign and its long use …

Discussion: Poynter, mnilive.com and WWD