Mediagazer: TechCrunch CEO Reported Out After Clashing with HuffPost-ers (Jeff Bercovici/Mixed Media)

4:20 PM ET, November 18, 2011

Top News:

Robert Mackey / The Lede:

Drone Journalism Arrives — Now that cellphone cameras have turned every protester with a Twitter account or a YouTube channel into a potential multimedia journalist, police officers in several American cities appear to be having trouble distinguishing between activists and reporters.

Discussion: The Takeaway, Future of Journalism, Boing Boing, City Room, eMedia Vitals, New York Times, The Week, Reporters Committee News and Gawker

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What happens when journalism is everywhere? — When the Arab Spring demonstrations were under way in Egypt's Tahrir Square and reports were streaming out through Twitter and Facebook and text messages and cellphone videos, it was easy to feel superior to the Egyptian government.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Journalism.co.uk and Erik Wemple, Thanks:mathewi

Elizabeth Spiers / The New York Observer:

Notes on the NYPD Press Credentialing Process, from the (Ineligible) Editor-in-Chief of the New York Observer — In a note responding to an earlier post from TheAwl detailing the various media organization associations of 26 reporters arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests …

Discussion: Boing Boing, Mediaite, Mediaite, The Awl, Poynter, City Room, Forbes, @jcstearns, ANIMAL, Gawker and Capital New York

Choire Sicha / The Awl:
26 Arrested Reporters and What They Do — Put together …

Megan McCarthy / The New York Observer:
Bloomberg Spokesperson Admits Arresting Credentialed Reporters, Reading The Awl

Discussion: Mediaite, Threat Level, Pixiq and Forbes

John Koblin / WWD:

Tough Times at Newsweek — Photo By Jonathon Ziegler/Patrickmcmullan.Com … On Nov. 7, a memo was handed out to Newsweek reporters and editors. The note detailed a new process in how to pitch stories. — “Stories are generated in a variety of ways, from chance conversations with Tina or other senior editors...” the memo began.

Discussion: Poynter, The Awl, Future of Journalism, FishbowlNY, New York Magazine and Boing Boing

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

11% Of Magazine Exposures Are Digital-Only, Survey Shows — Eleven percent of U.S. adults' exposures to magazines are exclusively via digital platforms, new data from GfK MRI says. But with newsstands available on more devices, that number should increase.

Discussion: Folio and The FJP

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Iger Says No Hurry to Replace Regis Philbin — Now that Regis Philbin has completed his long run on his ABC morning show, attention will naturally focus on who might replace him alongside Kelly Ripa. But Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC …

Discussion: TVNewser and TVWeek.com

NY Daily News:
Regis Philbin says goodbye to ‘Live!’ in front of star-studded audience after 28 years on morning show

Discussion: ArtsBeat, The Huffington Post, Media Decoder, MediaPost, Mediaite, Hollywood Reporter, EW.com, @jimmykimmel, Speakeasy and @brianstelter

Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:

The Rumors Are True. I Am Leaving TechCrunch. — This won't come as a surprise to a lot of people, but I am leaving TechCrunch. — My departure is something people have speculated about since Michael Arrington's ouster two months ago, but it wasn't an easy decision for me.

more at Techmeme »

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
TechCrunch CEO Reported Out After Clashing with HuffPost-ers

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Forbes, Gawker, Digits, WebProNews, VentureBeat and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Jon Stewart: Media can't pick a GOP frontrunner — On Thursday night's show, Jon Stewart relived the coverage cycle of the GOP presidential race, pointing out that Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Herman Cain received the same surge-slump story treatment that Newt Gingrich — now surging again — received.

Discussion: The Politico, Christian Science Monitor and unionleader.com

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Newsstand's Few Early Adopters Have Stolen A March On Laggards — Magazine and news publishers who have not yet joined iOS Newsstand have lost out to the system's early adopters, according to research data. … Company founder Rebecca McPheters explained to paidContent:

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Folio and Poynter

Dan Hirschhorn / AdAge:

Fox News Eyes Bigger Ad Haul in This Election Season — Sprawling GOP Primary, Better Ratings and Super PACs — Rick Perry's $1 million buy on Fox News may have just been the beginning. — Political ad buyers have often viewed Fox News as the best place on cable to reach Republican primary voters …

Discussion: Erik Wemple, Inside Cable News, Pew Research Center, Mediaite and TVNewser

Meg James / Company Town:

CBS' Moonves: Political rancor boosts broadcast TV business — CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, a seasoned media politician, has long insisted that the broadcast TV business was far from dead. When others — including Wall Street and some rivals — were ready to stick a fork in it …

Discussion: TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable and Media Decoder

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Jobs at risk as Guardian News & Media reviews printing costs — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer says review of printing operations is likely to lead to jobs cuts — Guardian Media Group chief executive Andrew Miller told staff today that the company needed to ‘become more efficient and make savings wherever we can’

Discussion: Guardian and TBIJ

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

Dennis' The Week Launches iPad App, New Web Site — Dennis has relaunched the website for its weekly printed news digest The Week after buying The First Post website to power its rolling daily news ambitions. But, for its new iPad app, The Week is preferring weekly content.

Discussion: FishbowlNY