Mediagazer: Mail Online tops 80m monthly online browsers (Josh Halliday/Guardian)

10:20 AM ET, December 22, 2011

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

Philly.com:

Years of silent fear: 6th person accuses Conlin — LINDA STELLA said that she was just a girl when Bill Conlin pulled her onto his lap and began “flexing his leg muscles” during a family birthday party at his house in South Jersey. She leaped off his lap and looked back.

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

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

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 …

BBC:
Leveson Inquiry: Summary of week six

Discussion: Business Insider

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

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.

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 …

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.

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

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 …

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

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

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, The Huffington Post and MiamiHerald.com

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

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

NYPD describes training program for officers in the First Amendment rights of press at protests — The New York Police Department has “stepped up” its media training in the past month since news outlets complained of “abuses” by officers assigned to the scenes of protests, according to a department press officer.

Discussion: Future of Journalism, The New York Observer and Newsweek

Carrie Brown-Smith / Nieman Journalism Lab:

From local TV to journalism co-ops, 2012 may be a banner year for the local news ecosystem. — Editor's Note: We're wrapping up 2011 by asking some of the smartest people in journalism what the new year will bring. — Next up is journalism professor Carrie Brown-Smith …

Discussion: Street Fight

Anne Barnard / Lens:

Iraqi Photographers Captured the Costs of War — In my mind's eye, there is a perpetually revolving carousel of images that define the Iraq war. Many of them I saw in person. But many I did not. A pool of red, bloody water reflects passers-by with the precision of a mirror.

NPR:

WikiLeaks Military Hearing Faces Closing Arguments — FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — Lawyers for the Army intelligence analyst blamed for the biggest national security leak in American history rested their case Wednesday, with closing arguments ahead before Pfc. Bradley Manning learns whether he will face a court-martial.