Mediagazer: Tom Wicker, Times Journalist, Dies at 85 (Robert D. McFadden/New York Times)

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

Tom Wicker, Times Journalist, Dies at 85 — Tom Wicker, one of postwar America's most distinguished journalists, who wrote 20 books, covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy for The New York Times and became the paper's Washington bureau chief and an iconoclastic political columnist …

Discussion: The Rural Blog, Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media, Guardian, USA Today, Big News Network.com, The Wrap and New York Times

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Associated seeks to overturn anonymity ruling — Associated Newspapers argues decision to allow anonymous witnesses ‘contravenes the principles of natural justice’ — Associated Newspapers is seeking a judicial review of Lord Justice Leveson's decision to allow witnesses including journalists …

Discussion: Guy Fawkes' blog, Jon Slattery, Future of Journalism, paidContent and Guardian

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Evans: police and parliament too slow to act on hacking — Former Sunday Times editor says the truth should have been dragged ‘screaming into the open’ when first case was reported — Former Sunday Times editor Sir Harold Evans has criticised the UK's parliament and police for not doing more to investigate the phone-hacking scandal.

Discussion: Guardian

BBC:
JK Rowling tells Leveson inquiry of press intrusion

Discussion: Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Future of Journalism and msnbc.com

Om Malik / GigaOM:

My 10 years of blogging: Reflections, Lessons & Some Stats Too — Ten years is a long time. Sometimes it is so long that one forgets a lot more than one remembers — like the fact that it I have been blogging for a decade. I would have totally forgotten about the amount of time that has passed …

Reuters:

As pressure builds on media, sports shine on — (Reuters) - Amid a global economic environment plagued by debt, joblessness and recession fears, an unlikely haven has emerged for investors in the form of media companies that own sports rights. — It's been a long time since media companies …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

How a small Kentucky newspaper ended up running a Huffington Post story — The Huffington Post is, in the minds of some journalists, the web's bad guy, a nemesis that subverts the norms of legacy media, soaking up other people's work in the pursuit of money and the all-powerful pageview.

Discussion: Common Sense Journalism

Caitlin Johnston / American Journalism Review:

Will Dailies Stay Daily? — Caitlin Johnston (cljohnst@gmail.com) is a graduate student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. — Mark Medici, then-vice president of audience for the Dallas Morning News, triggered a brief media frenzy in October …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

A Columnist Recants, but the WSJ Edit Page Won't Hear it — The paper runs a flawed column and declines to publish the retraction — A year and a half ago, George Mason University economics professor Daniel B. Klein wrote a column about his finding that liberals scored much worse on a test …

Rachel Streitfeld / CNN:

N.H. Union Leader backs Gingrich — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - New Hampshire's largest newspaper has endorsed Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. — The New Hampshire Union Leader's Sunday editorial says the former House speaker “is by no means the perfect candidate” …

Discussion: unionleader.com, Gawker, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, ShortFormBlog, Business Insider and Poynter

Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:

Chicago Tribune doubling, tripling subscription rates — (Crain's) — Chicago Tribune is doubling and tripling weekday delivery rates for some readers when their subscriptions come up for renewal. — The newspaper, a unit of Chicago-based Tribune Co., has sent some subscribers letters notifying …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:

Egypt protests: plea to keep women reporters out of Cairo withdrawn — Reporters Sans Frontieres had called on media not to send female journalists to cover crisis following two sexual assaults — An organisation campaigning for press freedom and the safety of journalists has been forced …

Discussion: technosociology, Gothamist, Future of Journalism and Media Decoder

David French / Reuters:

Al Jazeera eyeing 2012 IPO: Bourse exec — (Reuters) - Al Jazeera, the high-profile Middle Eastern broadcaster, could launch an initial public offering as early as next year as the Qatar government looks to offload stakes in state-owned entities, a senior executive at the country's bourse said.