Mediagazer: Acta protests break out as EU signs up (Charles Arthur/Guardian)

5:30 PM ET, January 27, 2012

Top News:

Thoughts on Twitter's Latest Move — Today, Twitter announced a new system that will allow the company to geolocationally block (or, to use their terms, “withhold") specific tweets in specific countries. On the company blog, Twitter explained: … It's been difficult to comment …

Zeynep Tufekci / technosociology:

Why Twitter's new policy is helpful for free-speech advocates — I know many people are upset at Twitter's announcement that it will now be able to block tweets country by country. There has been a lot of excellent writing / reporting on the content explaining that this is not as bad as it looks.

Discussion: TechCrunch, NetNewsCheck Latest, Anthony De Rosa, Forbes, The Next Web, J-School, The Wall Blog, ReadWriteWeb and FT Tech Hub, more at Techmeme »

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Twitter Now Able To Censor Tweets, If Required By Law, On A Country-By-Country Basis — Until now, Twitter's not had the ability to censor certain tweets or accounts, to prevent them from being seen — if legally required — by users in particular countries.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
How much should we trust our new information overlords?

Discussion: Forbes, Washington Post, Boing Boing and L.A. Times Tech Blog, more at Techmeme »

Alex Klein / Jim Romenesko:

Yale Daily News editors sat on explosive Patrick Witt story for months — Earlier this year, national news outlets breathlessly reported that Yale's quarterback, Patrick Witt, had chosen to skip a Rhodes Scholarship finalist interview in order to lead our team against Harvard in the annual Game.

Discussion: Forbes, National Review, Gawker, New York Times, Deadspin, College Media Matters and Bleacher Report

Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:

Sitting on Quarterback Sex Assault Story, Yale Daily News Considered Seeking a Private Jet for Witt — This morning we read how Yale Daily News, “Gutsiest Campus Newspaper of 2011,” sat on the story of perfect Yale quarterback Patrick Witt's sex assault scandal for two months.

Discussion: Forbes, msnbc.com and newsfeed.time.com

Bloomberg:

New York Times Co. Faces Leadership Vacuum — The departure of New York Times Co. (NYT) Chief Executive Officer Janet Robinson last month leaves the company with a leadership vacuum amid falling revenue, profit squeezed by pension costs and pressure from family members to restore a dividend once worth more than $20 million a year.

Discussion: Capital New York, FishbowlNY, @edmundlee, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, Future of Journalism and Business Insider

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Adam Jacobi says CBS fired him over Paterno death report — In a series of tweets, Adam Jacobi says CBS let him go after he published a story Saturday night saying that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died. Jacobi tweets:

Discussion: Erik Wemple and @awallenstein

David Lipke / WWD:

Bloomberg to Launch Luxury Lifestyle Magazine — A design spread from the first issue of Bloomberg Pursuits. — Photo By Courtesy Photo Photo By Courtesy Photo — BLOOMBERG'S FASHIONABLE PURSUITS: Users of the Bloomberg Terminal are among the richest demographic in the world …

Discussion: Folio, The New York Observer and Media Buyer Planner

Matthew Creamer / AdAge:

Dan Abrams on Profitability, a New Food Site and Impending Fatherhood — Plus Why Jane Dough, the Rebranded and Refocused Mogulite, Is Already Doing Better Than Its Predecessor — TV host. Entrepreneur. Friend of David Zinczenko. Acceptor of Andrew Breitbart.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and @romenesko, Thanks:@matt_creamer

Dylan Byers / The Politico:

Reuters laments Marco Rubio ‘fiasco’ — Reuters is still kicking itself over an article about Republican golden boy Senator Marco Rubio that yielded five corrections yesterday and may have warranted more. — One senior staffer at Reuters described the episode to me as a “fiasco,” another as a “disgrace.”

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Poynter, The Daily Caller, Reuters, Big Journalism and National Review, Thanks:@beet_tv

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Acta protests break out as EU signs up — MEPs of 21 EU states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement — The UK and 21 other European Union member states on Thursday signed an international copyright agreement treaty called Acta …

Discussion: Michael Geist Blog, ANIMAL, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mashable!, WebProNews, Policy Blog, Boing Boing, Associated Press, Techdirt, Fortune, BBC and Wired.co.uk, more at Techmeme »

Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:

Assertive, conflicting presentations of the Greg Kelly rape accusation — Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? — I'm going to do this a little …

Discussion: New York Post, National Review, msnbc.com, DNAinfo and NY Daily News

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Memo to media: Supply and demand are out of your hands — There are plenty of reasons why the traditional media business — including the advertising industry — is in the shape it is in, including a failure to move quickly enough to adapt to changing market conditions.

Discussion: Erik Wemple, Poynter and eMedia Vitals

Daniel Frankel / paidContent:

Why CNN's Digital Strength May Cause Problems For Fox — CNN has become a prime-time ratings afterthought in the cable news business it started three decades ago, as Fox (NSDQ: NWS) News continues to dominate a traditional television realm mostly supported by older viewers.

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Ad Pages Up for Fashion Magazines' Important March Issues — Vogue's March Issue Includes 443 Ad Pages — Most fashion magazines increased ad pages in their important March issues again this year, showing some strength in an uncertain economy. — Vogue's March issue includes 443 ad pages …

Discussion: FishbowlNY