Mediagazer: Leveson inquiry into phone hacking: who's appearing on Tuesday (Guardian)

5:40 AM ET, November 29, 2011

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Leveson inquiry: Nick Davies, Paul McMullan, Richard Peppiatt - live — Full coverage as the Guardian journalist, former News of the World features editor and ex-Daily Star reporter give evidence — 10.01am: Associated Newspapers has submitted a written undertaking aimed at protecting …

Guardian:

Leveson inquiry into phone hacking: who's appearing on Tuesday — Guardian journalist Nick Davies, former News of the World features editor Paul McMullan and ex-Star reporter to appear — Nick Davies — The Guardian journalist who revealed in 2009 the News of the World …

The Independent:
Anne Diamond tells Leveson Inquiry of ‘vendetta’

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Guardian, Reuters and Associated Press

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

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

Discussion: Guardian

Mattathias Schwartz / New Yorker:

Pre-Occupied: The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street. — Kalle Lasn spends most nights shuffling clippings into a binder of plastic sleeves, each of which represents one page of an issue of Adbusters, a bimonthly magazine that he founded and edits. It is a tactile process …

Discussion: Capital New York, Media Decoder, New York Times and The New York Observer

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

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: eMedia Vitals, TeleRead and News on 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: Mediaite, The Wrap, Deadspin, mediabistro.com, JIMROMENESKO.COM, New York Magazine and FishbowlNY

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

Discussion: Gawker

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 …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Mayoral candidate Tom Allon named publisher of ‘City Hall’ and ‘The Capitol’ — 2013 mayoral candidate Tom Allon last week officially took the position of publisher at City Hall and The Capitol, two monthly newspapers about New York city and state politics that are slated to merge next week.

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: The Maynard Institute, Future of Journalism and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jim Brady / Digital Man:
Investing in Investigative

Discussion: Poynter and Connecticut Newsroom

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 …

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

‘Scared’ governments pressured Al Jazeera, says former director — Wadah Khanfar tells the Global Editors Network summit governments across the Arab world feared of ‘ramifications’ in their own countries after Egypt's uprising reached the media — Khanfar described the technical pressures faced …

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

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

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

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, ESPN, Forbes and Syracuse Post-Standard

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

Discussion: Erik Wemple

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.