Mediagazer: Cameron, Blair and Brown to appear at Leveson inquiry, reports say (Paul McNally/Journalism.co.uk)

8:45 AM ET, April 10, 2012

Top News:

Motorman: Britain's Biggest Establishment Cover-Up Thousands of Crimes Committed By Over 300 Journalists Protected from Exposure by a Judge and Newspaper Editors — If a police-led investigation uncovered thousands of crimes committed by over 300 suspected serial criminals …

Discussion: Guardian and Journalism.co.uk

Guido Fawkes / @GuidoFawkes:

Washington Post, Associated Press, PA running Guido releasing Operation Motorman files. British press coverage 12 hours later: zero.

Press Gazette:

Guido condemned over ‘irresponsible’ Motorman files — The Information Commissioner's Office has strongly condemned a blogger's “irresponsible” decision to publish extracts from the files of a private detective who sold personal data to journalists. Paul Staines, who runs the Guido Fawkes political blog …

Discussion: Hacking inquiry and Journalism.co.uk

Press Gazette:

Guardian moves into journalism training business — Guardian News and Media is set to diversify into journalism training. — The newspaper group, which made losses before tax of £33m last year, is understood to be set to launch a course offering training in digital journalism at a cost …

Discussion: Guy Fawkes' blog and @lyramckee

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Limbaugh to Leave AM Station in Philadelphia — “The Rush Limbaugh Show” is leaving the dominant conservative talk radio station in Philadelphia, one of the biggest radio markets in the country. — In its place on the station, WPHT, will go “The Michael Smerconish Show,” hosted by Mr. Smerconish, a native of the city.

Discussion: Mediaite, Media Matters for America, ThinkProgress and Chickaboomer

Steve Fishman / New York Magazine:

63 Minutes With Alan Rusbridger — The Guardian is a very different kind of beast from other papers," Alan Rusbridger tells me, strolling through the British newspaper's new American office, a bright-white Soho loft with rows of bright-white tabletops—almost a fantasy of European cool. "

Alexander Zaitchik / Salon:

Amazon's $1 million secret — By quietly supporting small presses and literary nonprofits, is Amazon backing book culture or buying off critics? — The Brooklyn Book Festival's website debuts a new feature this year called OnePage. Every week from March through September …

Discussion: TeleRead and bookforum.com

Micah L. Sifry / TechPresident:

Watergate and the Internet: A Cautionary Tale From Bob Woodward — Last Tuesday at the American Society of News Editors annual conference, on a panel called “Watergate 4.: How Would the Story Unfold in the Digital Age?” veteran investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein …

Discussion: techpresident.com/node/feed

Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:

Cameron, Blair and Brown to appear at Leveson inquiry, reports say — Former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair will give evidence before David Cameron, whose appearance is reportedly scheduled for mid-June — David Cameron and former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair …

Discussion: Spectator

Matt Stempeck / MIT Center for Civic Media:

Jay Rosen's Three-Layer Journalism Cake — @jayrosen_nyu and @ethanz discussed the past, present, and future of journalism at this evening's MIT Communications Forum. He actually used the word “tripartite,” but I thought cake would be better for SEO. This is as close to a faithful transcript as my fingers would allow.

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

Accused of plagiarism, Fast Company blogger says he meant to steal from someone else — A cop walks around a corner and catches a man smoking a joint. — “Really sorry, officer,” he says, stubbing it out, “but I swear I was just smoking it for a friend.” — No, that doesn't make a lot of sense, and it doesn't mitigate the crime.

Discussion: Gawker

John Morton / American Journalism Review:

A Newspaper Buying Spree — Despite their declining value and much-publicized woes, papers are attracting interest. Thurs., April 5, 2012. — John Morton (mortoninc@msn.com), a former newspaper reporter, is president of a consulting firm that analyzes newspapers and other media properties.

Discussion: New York Times