Mediagazer: ESPN's Skipper talks NBA, Penn State scandal (Reuters)

7:20 AM ET, November 30, 2011

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry liveblog: Alastair Campbell and Alec Owens give evidence — Full coverage as the former No 10 spin chief and ex-policeman appear at the inquiry into phone hacking and press standards — 11.57am: On the use of private detectives by newspapers, Campbell says he doesn't recall …

Discussion: Editor's Blog and Guy Fawkes' blog

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

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

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

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Journalism.co.uk and BBC

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

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
Former Daily Star reporter: I was hacked after resigning

Discussion: Digital Spy, CJR, Poynter, Press Gazette, Crikey, FleetStreetBlues, Guardian, Media Week and Journalism.co.uk

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: 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

Ruth Fowler / Huffington Post UK:

LAPD Made Sure The Whole World Ain't Watching — As both a journalist who occasionally freelances for the mainstream media, and an Occupier, I find myself in a conflicted position regarding reporting on Occupy LA.

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: BAGnewsNotes, LAist, The Informer and The Huffington Post

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: parislemon and @erickschonfeld

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

Discussion: Business Insider and @mattrosoff

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.

Discussion: MediaFile

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

Discussion: Deadspin

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: Garcia Media, Macworld, eMedia Vitals, FishbowlNY and magCulture.com/blog

David Cohn / digidave.org:

Spot.Us has Merged with Public Insight Network — Spot.Us + PIN = Rocking — Spot.Us launched in November of 2008. Counting the months of planning (and applying for the Knight News Challenge) that went into the launch and I've been working on Spot.Us for almost four years.

Discussion: MediaShift Idea Lab, News for Digital Journalists, rjionline.org and Poynter

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Parenting Fills Facebook's Most Shared Articles of 2011 List — Articles about natural disasters and parenting advice from CNN, Yahoo! News, the New York Times, and Huffington Post topped Facebook's new list of the most shared articles in the US for 2011. Facebook measured which articles were Liked …

Discussion: journalism.co.uk, Poynter, Facebook Developer Blog, The Next Web, Future of Journalism, Gawker and Lost Remote, more at Techmeme »

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.

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

How CNN Landed Herman Cain Interview On New Allegations — NEW YORK — When CNN producers booked Herman Cain on Sunday to appear on “The Situation Room” the following day, they couldnât have expected that the Republican presidential candidate would be on air denying allegations …

Discussion: Iowa Caucuses, Erik Wemple, Economist, MyFox Atlanta, The Caucus, Business Insider, Slate and Capital New York

Steve Myers / Poynter: Media inquiries pushed Ginger White to go forward with story of Cain affair

Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:

Mitt Romney Brazenly Lies and the Media Lets Him Slide — Last week, a lot of media attention was devoted to latest GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich using the word “humane” in a debate answer about illegal immigration, suggesting we should avoid policies that tear families apart.

Discussion: CJR and Capital New York

David Kaplan / paidContent:

About.com Rolls Out Lifestyle Content On Flipboard — As the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.-owned About Group continues its turnaround efforts in the face of weak display and cost-per-click ad sales, the flagship guide site is hoping that its placement within the social reader app Flipboard …

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

Chris Bryant: BSkyB used details from phone hacking to aid lobbying — News Corporation passed information obtained by hacking to BSkyB to help it “advance its commercial interests”, Chris Bryant, the Labour MP has claimed. — Anti-Murdoch protestors hold placards reading “End the Murdoch Mafia” …