Mediagazer: New York Times's Sunday Review, in review (Erik Wemple)

1:15 AM ET, December 30, 2011

Top News:

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

An Election Year Dawns Without Keith Olbermann — Keith Olbermann, who came to Current TV this year to remake the channel and compete against his old home, MSNBC, is sitting out the biggest political nights of the season. — Despite being the biggest star on the fledging channel …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, TVNewser and Inside Cable News

Frances Martel / Mediaite: It Begins...NY Times Report Suggests Tension Between Olbermann And Current TV

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Cable Channels Set to Begin Election Year Coverage

Discussion: Mediaite, Hollywood Reporter, The Huffington Post, TVNewser and Beet.TV

Lens:

From North Korea, an Altered Procession — The funeral of Kim Jong-il on Wednesday called to mind the best stage-managed Communist state productions: the falling snow, the wailing mourners, the perfectly spaced limousines and rows of chest-beating men. — So perhaps it was because the scene …

Discussion: PetaPixel, iMediaEthics, Gawker, Mediaite, Poynter, PhotoBlog and msnbc.com

Arthur Bright / Christian Science Monitor: North Korea not the only offender: 6 official photo fudgings

Charles Apple: North Korean news operation engages in second Photoshopping incident of the year

The Huffington Post:

CNN's New Morning Show Gets Name And Debut Date — Update: CNN announced the names of its new morning shows. The 5-7 a.m. show will be called “Early Start.” Soledad O'Brien's 7-9 a.m. program will be titled “Starting Point.” — CNN will debut its new morning show led by host Soledad O'Brien on January 2, 2012.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:
New CNN Morning Show to Launch Jan. 2

Discussion: Inside Cable News and TVNewser

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

ID's ‘On the Case’ Hires Letterman Extortionist, Former CBS News Producer Joe Halderman — TVNewser has learned that Investigation Discovery's “On the Case with Paula Zahn” has hired Joe Halderman, the CBS News producer who attempted to blackmail David Letterman in 2009.

Discussion: Deadline.com, NY Daily News, The Wrap, Mediaite, Gawker, Media Decoder and The Huffington Post

The Independent:

Murdoch's £100m plan to settle hacking cases before they get to court — Rupert Murdoch's News International is thought to have prepared a legal fund of £100m to settle civil litigation actions brought by victims of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal ahead of a High Court showdown in the new year.

Alexandra Topping / Guardian: Leveson inquiry should address media sexism, women's groups demand

Economist:

Blogs are blamed for cheapening debate in some fields. Yet they have enriched economics — Blogs are blamed for cheapening debate in some fields. Yet they have enriched economics — from the print edition — “LET Truth and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse …

Storify:

Storify Story Of The Year: A detailed inventory of reporter arrests at Occupy protests — The Free Press' Josh Stearns combines the craftsmanship of traditional journalism with the latest tools of new media to contribute an important and lasting piece of enterprise journalism.

Discussion: Capital New York

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Some Regional Media Group Staffers Already Getting Employment Offers — When the New York Times sold off its Regional Media Group to Halifax, the natural assumption was that many of the staffers on the 16 papers that were part of the deal wouldn't be retained. However, some are already getting much better news.

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
At Least a Few Local Journalists Just Experienced an End of Year Miracle

Discussion: Poynter

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Times' grumbles grow

Discussion: Forbes

Dylan Byers / The Politico:

MSNBC now disclosing Bain Capital connection — Starting on last night's Ed Show with Ed Schultz, MSNBC anchors are now disclosing their parent company's ties to Bain Capital, the buyout firm co-founded by Mitt Romney. — In July 2008, NBC Universal, Bain Capital and Blackstone Group bought …

Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPM:

Romney: I'm Going To Fix The Budget By Bringing Ads To Sesame Street — Here's a tangible, fundamental change to the American cultural landscape that will come with a Mitt Romney presidency. Under President Romney, Sesame Street will be brought to you by more than “The Letter Q.”

Discussion: Wonkette

Nicholas White / Daily Dot:

From the Trenches: The best and worst moments of building the Daily Dot — When you're climbing a mountain, you don't realize how high you've gotten until you stop to look back. Almost exactly one year ago, there was nothing more to the Daily Dot than a full-time CEO (me) and two part-time cofounders …

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Jim Romenesko:

Sheriff distributes columnist's decades-old criminal record — and his associates fraternizing with a felon. After that column ran... Sheriff Mike Scott

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Apps Are Media — Apps have taken over the world. If you doubt that just take a look at this app map by Horace Dediu at Asymco which shows the 123 countries in the world where iPhones are available. Of course, anywhere you can get an iPhone, you can get an iPhone app. Like the Web, apps are distributed globally.

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Lamar Smith, Against Regulating The Internet... Until Hollywood Became His Biggest Campaign Funder — Well, well. Via Julian Sanchez, we learn that SOPA's official “sponsor” and chief supporter, Lamar Smith, spoke out in 2006 about how Congress shouldn't regulate the internet:

Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Could SOPA fly if big media put skin in the game?

Discussion: VentureBeat, Techdirt, Betabeat, Future of Journalism and 10,000 Words

Erik Wemple:

New York Times's Sunday Review, in review — The year is ending, so it's time for the Erik Wemple Blog to look back at the stories we've covered over our first half-year in existence. We're calling it the Look-Back Fortnight. — The New York Times bagged its legendary “Week in Review” …