Mediagazer: A foundation for the future of journalism (Simon Kelner/The Independent)

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Romney campaign doesn't appreciate unscripted appearance by reporter — Fox News allowed the Times' Jim Rutenberg to roam backstage Saturday night during a GOP candidates forum. Upon seeing Rutenberg, “Mr. Romney's aides sprang into action, asking where he worked and what he was doing there …

Discussion: TVNewser, Chickaboomer, Inside Cable News, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and New York Times

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Mitt Romney's media blowback — Mitt Romney's vulnerabilities as a candidate are well known, yet a seemingly new one surfaced last week: his unusual brittleness in the face of media questions. — With one prickly interview with Fox's Bret Baier on Tuesday — in which the candidate appeared uncomfortable …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Media Decoder

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Simon Kelner launches Journalism Foundation — Former Independent editor Simon Kelner launches charity aimed at promoting journalism around the world — Simon Kelner, the former editor of the Independent, is launching a charity today aimed at promoting journalism across the world.

Discussion: Press Gazette, Editors Weblog, Jon Slattery, The Journalism Foundation and Journalism.co.uk

Discussion: The Journalism Foundation and Guardian

Elana Zak / 10,000 Words:

78 Percent Of U.K. Newspaper Articles Are Written By Men. Is U.S. Media Any Better? — A writer for the United Kingdom's the Guardian recently conducted an informal analysis and found that in an average month, 78 percent of newspaper articles are written by a man.

Discussion: eBookNewser, Guardian and FleetStreetBlues

Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:

Media business chiefs brace for bleak 2012 — (Reuters) - Top media executives across North America and Europe are bracing for a global economic slowdown in 2012, and are already surrendering to demands by advertisers that they offer shorter-term, flexible deals in case of another crisis.

Guardian:

Julian Assange can take extradition case to supreme court, judges rule — High court says Assange case raises question of ‘general public importance’ that should be decided as quickly as possible — The high court has paved the way for the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange …

Discussion: Mashable!

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Five tough questions for newspaper organizations as they face investors this week — It is time again for the annual December media conference for investors in New York City, starting today. And once again, borrowing the well-worn line from “I Love Lucy,” executive teams …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Wall Street Journal Releases Kindle Fire-Only App — Add the Wall Street Journal to the list of publishers releasing apps exclusively for the Kindle Fire. — The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) app is free in the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Appstore. Users can purchase a WSJ digital subscription …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and FT Tech Hub

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Magazines Gird for USPS Nixing Saturday Delivery — Weeklies That Try to Reach Subscribers Before Weekend Would Have Even More Problems Staying Timely — It's tough enough for weekly magazines to stay timely when TV and the web churn out news constantly.

Keach Hagey / Politico:

Tuna and turmoil at CPI — At their annual meeting last month in Istanbul, 48 countries that fish for a wildly expensive species of bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers agreed to revamp their system for tracking catches. — The move came a year after reporters from the international arm …

Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:

New NPR Chief Faces Tough Landscape — On Thursday, his first day as president and chief executive of NPR, Gary E. Knell took questions on Twitter and NPR's “Talk of the Nation” — and he got an earful. — Listeners asked him to increase programs for diverse audiences …

Discussion: Company Town

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals — BSkyB's set-top boxes may have to offer services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Lovefilm and Blinkbox alongside its own Sky Movies, under new proposals from the Competition Commission. — That is one of two new remedies proposed by the commission …