Mediagazer: Spying on Journalists is Easy (Alysia Santo/CJR)

1:35 PM ET, January 10, 2012

Top News:

Thomas Penny / Bloomberg:

Cameron Will Be Questioned at Media Ethics Inquiry, Times Says — U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will be summoned to testify to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics, the Times of London newspaper reported, citing an unidentified person close to the inquiry.

Discussion: @skynewsbreak, Guardian and Bloomberg

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Lord Justice Leveson signals he expects substantial regulatory reform — Judge says press ‘drifted off’ despite wakeup calls, as Financial Times editor claims PCC ‘misstepped badly’ over phone hacking — Lord Justice Leveson has signalled that he expects the newspaper industry …

Discussion: Press Gazette, Editors Weblog, Journalism.co.uk, @dansabbagh, @joshhalliday and Jon Slattery

Press Gazette:

Former Met officer arrested in phone-hack leaks probe — A former Scotland Yard officer was arrested today over allegations of unauthorised leaks to a journalist. The 52-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of misconduct in public office after being detained at his Berkshire home …

Discussion: Guardian

Press Gazette:

Times journalist was disciplined for computer hacking — A Times journalist was disciplined in 2009 for involvement in “computer hacking”, the Leveson Inquiry has been told. — News International interim director of legal affairs Simon Toms said in written evidence to the inquiry …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Nico Pitney to leave The Huffington Post — Nico Pitney, executive editor at The Huffington Post and one of Arianna Huffington's top lieutenants, is leaving the website, Capital has learned. — The news was announced in a staff meeting earlier today. — According to a source …

Discussion: Capital New York, FishbowlNY and Business Insider

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Myspace — Yes, Myspace — Says It's Going to Sell You Web TV — Lots of folks are waiting for Google, or Apple, or Verizon or someone to offer a Web video subscription service that would rival cable TV. — None of those guys have announced their plans for that, yet.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Home Media Magazine, Softpedia News, The Snitch, PC Magazine, Company Town, Multichannel, Engadget, Lost Remote and CNET, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Why the Future of TV Won't Be Here Soon

more at Techmeme »

Nina Totenberg / NPR:

Supreme Court To Consider FCC Indecency Case … Dirty words return to the usually staid Supreme Court Tuesday. For a second time in three years, the justices are hearing arguments about a Federal Communications Commission regulation adopted during the Bush administration that allows …

Discussion: Free Press, @jbflint and The New York Observer

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

‘The Daily’: No Longer Just For iPads (But Not For All Androids, Either) — The Daily is finally available in Android, sort of. The News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) tablet tabloid, which has been iPad only since birth, is not being offered in the Android Marketplace but instead will start life …

Discussion: TechCrunch, FishbowlNY and AllThingsD

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Guardian Starts Charging 280,000 iPad Readers From Friday; How Will It Go? — Starting Friday, The Guardian, a stalwart of free content, will find out just how many people will pay to read its news on tablets. — Free since its mid-October launch thanks to a Channel 4 sponsorship …

Discussion: The FJP and The Wall Blog

Kevin Lincoln / Business Insider:

THE RAID ON AOL: How Vox Pillaged Engadget And Founded An Empire — Engadget seemed healthy. — Back at the beginning of February, AOL's marquee technology blog was coming off its most trafficked month in site history. It had survived the reorganization that gutted many of AOL's other verticals …

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Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:

Paul Cuts Off CNN, Again — HOLLIS, N.H. — What's left of Ron Paul's patience with the news media appears to be running out. — During a campaign stop here Monday morning, Mr. Paul abruptly cut off a brief interview with the CNN reporter Dana Bash when she asked about his ability to connect with voters in New Hampshire.

Discussion: Capital New York, Yahoo! News, Chickaboomer, The Huffington Post and Mediaite

Felicia Pride / FishbowlNY:

Bloomberg Hires New Global Head of Web — Paul Maya has been named global head of Bloomberg.com and Businessweek.com. Prior to, Maya was vice president, Technology at CNN Digital where he lead its digital technology strategy and product implementation. — In his role at Bloomberg …

Discussion: Bloomberg

Alysia Santo / CJR:

Spying on Journalists is Easy — Lax computer security creates easy targets — When promising anonymity, discreetly stashed notes and a tight lip are the precautions of journalism's past. Reporters have gone to jail rather than share the information they've gathered for a court proceeding …

Discussion: Editors Weblog

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Nielsen: One-third of mobile users downloaded news apps in past month — One-third of tablet and smartphone owners in a Nielsen survey said they had downloaded a news app within the past 30 days, and 19 percent had paid for one. The chart below shows survey results for news and other categories.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Netflix's Hastings Aims To Challenge BSkyB — Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) fancies bidding against News Corp-controlled BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) for Hollywood movies and TV shows, even though international roll-out losses are set to exceed $70 million this quarter alone, CEO Reed Hastings tells paidContent.

more at Techmeme »

Bobbie Johnson / GigaOM:
Netflix is about to discover that Britain bites back

Discussion: Pocket-lint, Media News, Bits, Techland, Epicenter, Guardian, Sky News, Telegraph and The Next Web

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Netflix launch in UK starts price war

Discussion: Engadget

Steve Yelvington:

What newsrooms should learn from Kodak — So Kodak, the company that invented amateur photography in the 19th century and invented digital photography in the 20th, is on the ropes. There are obvious lessons for newspapers and newsrooms. Here are a few of them. — Your business isn't what you think it is.

Discussion: (Re)Structuring Journalism and Metamedia