Mediagazer: Bauer Cuts Rate Base on In Touch and Life & Style (Tj Raphael/Folio)

11:40 PM ET, November 28, 2011

Top News:

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

New Editors Named at Gawker and Deadspin — Gawker Media on Monday named new editors for two of its most prominent sites, the flagship Gawker and the sports and men's lifestyle site Deadspin. — Remy Stern, the editor of Gawker for nearly two years, will be replaced by A. J. Daulerio …

Discussion: The Wrap, mediabistro.com, JIMROMENESKO.COM, New York Magazine, Deadspin and FishbowlNY

Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:
A.J. Daulerio Was Eyeing Opportunities Outside of Gawker Before Editor Offer

Discussion: The Wrap and Gawker

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

WikiLeaks delays launch of new online system — WikiLeaks has delayed the release of a new online system to allow whistleblowers to pass secrets to its website, in another blow to Julian Assange's campaign for radical transparency amid a barrage of legal, financial and technical challenges.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Huffington Post, Naked Security, Gawker, Softpedia News, Future of Journalism, New York Magazine, The Independent and TwitLonger

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Assange accuses editors of being ‘corrupted’ by power

Discussion: Poynter, Agence France Presse, Future of Journalism, Journalism.co.uk and The New York Observer

Jonathan Cooper / Journal Register Company:

New Haven Register Newsroom Reorganization Focuses on In-Depth, Investigative and Digital — Engagement Team Named to Lead Audience-Focused Initiatives — NEW HAVEN, CT - Journal Register Company, a leading local news and information company managed by Digital First Media …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jim Brady / Digital Man:

Investing in Investigative — For some time now, there's been buzz that going “digital first” and producing quality journalism were mutually exclusive goals. I assume part of that is because companies that have gone “digital first” — and few have done it as all-out as the Journal Register Company …

Discussion: Poynter and Connecticut Newsroom

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Cain tells CNN about alleged affair as his lawyer tells TV station he's not talking — Atlanta businesswoman Ginger White says she had a 13-year-long affair with GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain, whose standing in the polls dropped after news broke of sexual harassment settlements …

Discussion: Mediaite, CNN, MyFox Atlanta, The Huffington Post, B&C and Gawker

The Independent:

Anne Diamond tells Leveson Inquiry of ‘vendetta’ — PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES — Broadcaster Anne Diamond suggested today that Rupert Murdoch's editors waged a vendetta against her after she asked the media mogul how he slept at night knowing his newspapers ruined people's lives.

Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters

The Independent: Charlotte Church waived fee for ‘good press’

The Independent:
Ex-intelligence man Ian Hurst's email hacked

Discussion: Guardian

Georgina Prodhan / Reuters:

Financial Times sees content beating print ads — (Reuters) - The Financial Times expects its print advertising revenues to be overtaken by subscription and cover price sales for the first time this year, marking a milestone on its road to escape its dependency on volatile advertising markets.

Discussion: News on News

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Andrew Rashbass: 'The biggest reason we're successful is that we are lucky' — Economist's chief executive explains how a mistake transformed his website and why he is relaxed about losing print sales — Andrew Rashbass, the chief executive of the Economist group, starts by putting it down to good fortune.

Discussion: Editors Weblog, Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter, Strange Attractor, Media Decoder, Talking Biz News and paidContent:UK

Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Economist Claims Over A Million Monthly Tablet Readers

Discussion: eMedia Vitals, Journalism.co.uk, Guardian and Guardian

Steve Myers / Poynter:

ESPN, Syracuse newspaper held off publishing Bernie Fine sexual abuse allegations — Bobby Davis, one of the men who has accused former Syracuse University assistant men's basketball coach Bernie Fine of molestation, brought his allegations to the Syracuse newspaper in September 2002.

Discussion: Deadspin, Forbes and ESPN

Jim Romenesko: Reaction to Patriot-News editorial ‘amazingly passionate’

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Hachette, Bloomberg Businessweek Partner On Steve Jobs E-Single — Big-six publisher Hachette Book Group is partnering with Bloomberg Businessweek on e-singles that will “illuminate key moments in the world of business,” drawing on content from the magazine. First up is Steve Jobs: 1955-2011.

Discussion: Publishing Executive News, Publishers Weekly, FishbowlNY and News on News

Chicago Tribune:

Tribune Co. bankruptcy case haunting former shareholders — Creditors poised to go after even the smallest investors to claw back billions — On Nov. 8, a two-page letter appeared on Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy court docket, wedged between the usual stream of motions and lawyer fee applications.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

FT journalists to hold strike ballot — NUJ chapel at paper rejects management's 2% pay offer amid claims of fund to reward selected staff — Journalists at the Financial Times are to ballot for industrial action after rejecting an annual pay offer of 2%.

Discussion: Jon Slattery, Journalism.co.uk and Press Gazette

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Hulu reportedly working on expansion to Germany — Updated. Hulu is looking to launch in Germany, according to a report by German media news site Horizont.net. Hulu's SVP Johannes Larcher and consultant Olaf Kroll are currently talking to German TV networks to strike content deals …

Discussion: VentureBeat

Bruce Siceloff / Raleigh News & Observer:

After losing court battle, RDU introduces newspaper racks — Travelers can now buy USA Today, The New York Times and The News & Observer from racks in RDU. — newspaper racks | vendors — After losing a six-year First Amendment fight and paying more than $900,000 in legal bills …

Discussion: Poynter and The News About The News

Tj Raphael / Folio:

Bauer Cuts Rate Base on In Touch and Life & Style — In Touch will be cut by 150,000, with Life & Style losing 50,000. — Citing “newsstand and marketplace conditions,” the Bauer Media Group announced last week that the company will cut the rate bases of two celebrity women's weeklies …

Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

New Shareholder Vote for James Murdoch — Last month, James Murdoch survived a contentious News Corporation shareholder vote to remain on the company's board. On Tuesday, Mr. Murdoch could face another room full of heated investors. — Shareholders in Britain's BSkyB satellite broadcaster …

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

NY Times & LA Times Both Come Out Against SOPA & PIPA — We've written a few times about how columnists at various mainstream press outlets have been speaking out against SOPA and PIPA, showing that the story is catching on in the mainstream media. However, some of our critics have complained …

Discussion: Hillicon Valley and Gatekeeper

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Alina Falcon To Lead Telemundo's News Division — Former Univision News president Alina Falcon (pictured right) will be taking over as the chief news executive at NBCUniversal's Spanish-language network Telemundo, TVNewser has learned. Falcon will become senior executive VP of news …

Discussion: MediaPost and Broadcasting & Cable

Guido Fawkes / Guy Fawkes' blog:

Exclusive: Alastair Campbell Evidence to Leveson Speculates Morgan's Mirror Hacked Cherie Blair's Voicemail — UPDATE: Bad Al still complaining about headlines. Once a spin doctor... @campbellclaret — Alastair Campbell — Genuinely shocked someone has seen fit to leak my statement to Leveson.

Discussion: Guardian, Press Association and FleetStreetBlues