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12:05 PM ET, November 30, 2011

Top News:

Buffett to buy The World-Herald — See what people are saying on Twitter about Buffett planning to buy The World-Herald. — The Berkshire Hathaway company has agreed to purchase The Omaha World-Herald Co. from its employee shareholders and the Peter Kiewit Foundation.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, Media Decoder and CNBC

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Warren Buffett buys his hometown paper, the Omaha World-Herald — Billionaire Warren Buffett warned investors two years ago that newspapers faced “the possibility of nearly unending losses” and not to buy them. Today, his company has purchased his hometown paper, the Omaha World-Herald.

Guardian:

Woman arrested in hacking investigation — Operation Weeting detectives have arrested a 31-year-old woman in connection with phone hacking at News International — Detectives investigating phone hacking at News International have arrested a 31-year-old woman.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Press Gazette and @skymartinbrunt

Martinbrunt / @skymartinbrunt: Bethany Usher, 31, now lectures in journalism at Teeside University. Worked at News of the World 2006 to 2007 in Manchester

Matt Rosoff / MattyDread:

On slideshows... I'm flattered MG Siegler would take the time to single out one of my slideshows for SAI as being interesting enough to read, but annoying when formatted as a slide show. — So. A few ideas to think about. — Bad slideshows are horrible, agreed.

Discussion: @erickschonfeld and parislemon

MG Siegler / parislemon:
ANNOYING: The Article As A Slideshow

Discussion: Business Insider and @mattrosoff

Sarah Marshall / journalism.co.uk:

Guardian's Facebook app delivering 1m extra hits a day — The Guardian's Facebook app is generating almost a million extra page impressions per day, according to figures released by the news outlet and by Facebook. — Two months on from its launch at Facebook's f8 conference in London …

Discussion: Poynter, Media Week, The Next Web, currybetdotnet, Journalism.co.uk and Facebook Developer Blog

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Parenting Fills Facebook's Most Shared Articles of 2011 List

Discussion: Editors Weblog, Future of Journalism, Yahoo! News, Gawker and Lost Remote

Simone Wilson / LA Weekly:

Occupy L.A. Eviction: Is LAPD Restricting Coverage With Last-Minute ‘Pool Media’? — Creating limited media pools at high-profile, heavily policed events isn't an uncommon practice at the Los Angeles Police Department. — “When we don't have resources to accomodate every single outlet …

Discussion: L.A. NOW, Runnin' Scared, BAGnewsNotes, LAist, The Informer and The Huffington Post

Ruth Fowler / Huffington Post UK: LAPD Made Sure The Whole World Ain't Watching

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Magazines Pull Back on Tablet Bells and Whistles — When the iPad launched, magazines rushed to shovel expensive rich-media features into their tablet editions. But now that they have to create editions for the new Kindle Fire and Nook Color and their ilk, some are downplaying the need for often-expensive enhancements.

Discussion: Editors Weblog, Garcia Media, Macworld, NetNewsCheck Latest, eMedia Vitals, FishbowlNY and magCulture.com/blog

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Alastair Campbell: phone hacking may have revealed Cherie Blair's pregnancy — Tony Blair's former spin doctor tells Leveson inquiry lifestyle consultant Carole Caplin suspects her phone was hacked — Alastair Campbell has submitted evidence to the Leveson inquiry saying he believed a story …

Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are ‘scum of journalism’, Leveson told

Discussion: Guardian, Company Town, Poynter, Future of Journalism, Gawker, New York Times, Journalism.co.uk, Guardian and BBC

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
Paul McMullan defends Milly Dowler phone hacking

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

Robert Dex / The Independent: Jeremy Hunt: Police ended hack inquiry

Reuters:

ESPN's Skipper talks NBA, Penn State scandal — Sports fans will set aside their outrage over two college sex abuse scandals along with frustration over labor unrest in the NBA, and keep watching games, ESPN's incoming president told Reuters on Monday.

Jim Romenesko:
‘Mounting Nittany’ sex column on hold as Penn State deals with Sandusky case

Discussion: College Media Matters and Deadspin

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Former ‘CBS Evening News’ Producer Dick Meyer Tapped to lead BBC News, America — The BBC has tapped former CBS news producer and executive Dick Meyer as its executive producer of BBC News, America. Meyer was most recently executive editor of NPR, and before that led CBSNews.com.

Discussion: TVWeek.com and Poynter

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Conde Nast Finds a Spot for Wagenheim as New Teen Vogue Publisher — Displaced Teen Vogue Publisher May Go to Details — Conde Nast is creating an opening for Jason Wagenheim atop Teen Vogue, according to people familiar with the situation, resolving a situation created when it abandoned a brief effort to have him lead Glamour.

Discussion: The New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Sources: Why Ed Andrews left the National Journal — On November 21, we reported that Ed Andrews, the former New York Times economics correspondent, abruptly departed his job as deputy magazine editor at the National Journal. — Sources familiar with the situation told POLITICO that Andrews …

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Warner Said to Pick New Head of Time Inc. Magazine Unit — Time Warner Inc. has selected the head of a digital advertising firm to run its Time Inc. magazine unit, according to people with knowledge of the hiring. — The company is expected to announce later Wednesday that Laura Lang …