Mediagazer: CNN's iReport Produces Controversy, Llama Photos (Jakob Schiller/Raw File)

A.J. Daulerio / Deadspin:

A Conversation With Bill Conlin The Day Before The Inquirer Dropped Its Molestation Story — The first email arrived at 4:28 p.m. Monday. Subject line: “Hot button issue.” … That story was published on Tuesday—a lengthy investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer into allegations that Conlin …

Discussion: Media Decoder, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Future of Journalism, CBS Philly and Bleacher Report

Philly.com: Years of silent fear: 6th person accuses Conlin

Gail Shister / The Philly Post:
Inky Reporter Nancy Phillips Talks About the Bill Conlin Investigation

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Deadspin, MetaFilter and New York Times

Nancy Phillips / Philly.com:
Another woman comes forward over abuse by Bill Conlin

Discussion: Philly.com

Chicago Tribune:

Sun-Times sold to local investor group — Deal with Wrapports LLC valued at more than $20 million, expected to close by end of the year — The deal to acquire Chicago's No. 2 newspaper is done. — Sun-Times Media Chairman Jeremy Halbreich confirmed Wednesday evening that a new company led …

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry receives more than 200 submissions from outside media — Inquiry says it has been sent 411 submissions of evidence in total, including 93 from those claiming to be victims of the press — The Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and media ethics has received more than 200 submissions …

Guardian: Daily Express editor was ‘obsessed’ with Madeleine McCann story, inquiry hears

BBC:
Leveson Inquiry: Summary of week six

Discussion: Business Insider

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

The Most-Read Newspaper Websites In Europe — We often see national and international breakdowns of newspaper website popularity, but rarely by continent. — Here is comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) Media Metrix's chart of the most-read newspaper sites in Europe (June 2011), as features …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Mail Online tops 80m monthly online browsers — UK's most popular newspaper website hits new high, as guardian.co.uk's monthly users rise to more than 63 million — Mail Online topped 80 million monthly online browsers for the first time in November in a busy news period when guardian.co.uk also broke new traffic records.

Wall Street Journal:

Cable Chief Fires Back at MSG Sports Network — As Dispute Escalates, TWC CEO Touts Model That Would Shift Programming to Separate Tier — Facing a heated battle with MSG sports network over rising rates, Time Warner Cable Inc. Chief Executive Glenn Britt said sports channels …

Discussion: Media Decoder

Peter Lauria / Reuters:

Robinson exit to cost New York Times over $15 million — (Reuters) - Janet Robinson, who will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co on December 31, will receive an exit package in excess of $15 million, according to people familiar with the situation.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, paidContent, The New York Observer and Business Insider

Jim Hopkins / Gannett Blog:

GCI buys ‘thousands’ of iPhones and other devices, memo says, in ramp-up of mobile newsroom tech — Following is a memo U.S. newspapers division President Bob Dickey sent to employees today. I'm posting this from my iPhone (!), with limited Web access. — Dec. 21, 2011

Discussion: Poynter and Electronista

Jenna Russell / The Boston Globe:

Professor at BU faces charge in fatal crash — PLYMOUTH - A well-known Boston University journalism professor and former longtime ABC News correspondent will be charged with vehicular homicide in connection with an October accident that killed a 26-year-old Plymouth man.

Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story:

Boehner's office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating — A strange thing happened Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. — As Rep. Stenny Hoyer (D-MD) attempted to call for a vote to extend a payroll tax cut to middle class and working Americans, his Republican colleagues adjourned …

Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Tumblr Bets on Big-Name Publishers — Twitter used its entree with celebrities — hello @aplusk and @oprah! — to build a tech platform into a media juggernaut. Tumblr is hoping to do the same, only it's banking on old-school media properties to popularize its platform and create the kind …

Random Pixels:

Is Huffington Post Miami guilty of theft? — Arianna Huffington is most famous for launching a website that posts thousands of stories a week, most of them written by people who don't get a dime for their work. — Much of what appears on HuffPost is written by bloggers who write for no pay.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and The Huffington Post

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Herman Cain Got Most Press Coverage Of GOP Contenders, Pew's 2011 Media Study Shows — NEW YORK — He's no longer running for president, but Herman Cain will finish 2011 having racked up more national media coverage than any other Republican candidate, according to a report released Wednesday …

Discussion: The New York Observer and Journalism.org

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Journalism.org, NetNewsCheck Latest, The Wrap, Pew Research Center, Capital New York and Forbes

Wall Street Journal:

Internet Radio Wants More Ad Dollars — If a song plays on the Internet, rather than the radio, does it count for anything? — That question is at the heart of an intensifying dispute between traditional radio broadcasters and online radio service Pandora Media Inc. over how their audiences are measured.

Jakob Schiller / Raw File:

CNN's iReport Produces Controversy, Llama Photos — CNN recently laid off at least 50 staff, including several photojournalists, in favor of affiliate contributions and iReport — CNN's user-generated content department which does not pay users for their submissions.

Arif Durrani / Media Week:

The Sunday Times prepares iPad and Android editions for Christmas Day — The Sunday Times will be published on Christmas Day this year for the first time in its 190-year history, thanks to its new digital versions. — The Sunday Times: readies digital versions

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘The New York Observer,’ in a bid to go national, will expand its editorial department — The New York Observer is gearing up to go national. — The 25-year-old weekly newspaper is considering spinning off a nationally focused website, and will increase the size of the full-time editorial staff …

Discussion: Journalism.org and FishbowlNY

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

KTLA weatherman Henry DiCarlo throws fit on air — Henry DiCarlo, the morning weatherman at KTLA in Los Angeles, threw a fit Wednesday and walked off camera after conducting a live interview and then not having time to do his weather segment. As he left, he scolded the producers …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and LA Observed