Mediagazer: ‘Fox Mole’ Joe Muto leaves Gawker, reviews ‘The Newsroom’ for Slate as two media narratives converge (Steve Myers/Poynter)

1:55 PM ET, June 22, 2012

Top News:

NBC News Faces Shift in Television Dominance — NBC News has long been a dominant presence on network television, regularly winning the ratings competition against its evening news and Sunday morning political show competitors, and reveling in the “Today” show's 16-year winning streak in morning television …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Washington Free Beacon, Prof Chris Daly's Blog and Chickaboomer

Wall Street Journal:

‘Today’ Is Just Part of Slip In the Stature of NBC News — When news broke that NBC was in talks to replace Ann Curry on the “Today” show, much was made of the fact that the morning program had briefly slipped out of its No. 1 spot in the morning-show ratings recently for the first time in 16 years.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, New York Magazine and TVNewser

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
In Magazine Interview, Curry Talks of Future on ‘Today’

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, Los Angeles Times, WebProNews and Chickaboomer

Jack Shafer:
Turning the morning news into soap opera

Discussion: On The Air, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast and Lists

James Poniewozik / Time:
Why Didn't Morning TV Love Ann Curry?

Discussion: lhj.com, @keitholbermann, The Week and Media Decoder

Dylan Byers / Politico:

POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks — POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night. — On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney …

Discussion: Erik Wemple, New York Magazine, FishbowlDC, BREITBART.COM, Poynter, TVNewser, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Raw Story, The Daily Caller and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Library ebook lending stalls due to confusion, despite widespread interest — More than half of Americans have a library card, and many library systems offer ebook lending. But among people who read ebooks, only 12 percent have borrowed one from the library in the past year, found a Pew Internet and American Life study.

Discussion: paidContent, CNET, GalleyCat, O'Reilly Radar, Pew Internet, VatorNews and AppNewser

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Nearly 40% of libraries will let you check out an e-reader, as ebook penetration soars

Discussion: Media Decoder

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Politico is at an editorial ‘crossroads,’ gets a huge CPM inside the Beltway — The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. — The official first issue of The Huffington Post's new iPad magazine, Huffington, landed in the iTunes store this morning.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Atlantic Wire, New York Magazine, Business Insider, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @mlcalderone and ReadWriteWeb

Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
Politico Is Making Money With Subscriptions

Discussion: The Caucus and @joepompeo

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Managing ed Liz Spayd to exit WashPost — Washington Post managing editor Elizabeth Spayd is eyeing the exits. — Sources familiar with the matter tell POLITICO that Spayd, who became the Post's first female managing editor in 2009, recently accepted a buyout from the paper and intends to leave sometime after the 2012 election.

Ian Burrell / The Independent:

The Atlantic aims to make waves for the digital business news world — The American publishing house behind the 155-year old magazine The Atlantic is set to launch a digital business news service which threatens the global position of the Financial Times and The Economist.

Discussion: Erik Wemple

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent: Atlantic adds revenue exec for global business bet

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
The Atlantic Merges Digital, Print With QR Code-Like Extras

Discussion: The Awl

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Phone hacking: 20 more alleged victims expected to sue News International — High court told more alleged hacking victims will file civil claims, while News Corporation has accepted another 64 cases into its compensation scheme — A further 20 alleged victims of phone hacking are expected …

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry ‘will cost almost £6m’

Discussion: Jon Slattery and Telegraph

Steve Myers / Poynter:

‘Fox Mole’ Joe Muto leaves Gawker, reviews ‘The Newsroom’ for Slate as two media narratives converge — Congratulations to the person who thought of this: Joe Muto, whose short run as the “Fox Mole” gripped New York media for a workweek, has reviewed “The Newsroom” for Slate.

Discussion: Slate and The Huffington Post

Ryan Kim / GigaOM:

Flipboard launches on Android phones, no plans for a tablet app — Flipboard, Apple's 2010 iPad app of the year, is finally launching on Android phones worldwide, and will also be available on the Kindle Fire and on Nook tablets. The personalized news magazine app will incorporate Google+ and YouTube for the first time.

Discussion: VentureBeat, Inside Flipboard, TechCrunch, NetNewsCheck Latest, WSJ Blogs - WSJ, PC Magazine, Bits, Mashable! and The Verge

Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:

Buffett adds Waco to growing paper network — The Omaha World-Herald Co. said Friday it is buying the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald, the second Texas newspaper to be acquired as part of Omaha investor Warren Buffett's plan to build a network of community newspapers.

Discussion: Poynter and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Keith Jenkins / Poynter:

The benefits, drawbacks of using camera phones as a photojournalist — The mind can sometimes play tricks on you. — After returning from a trip to Europe several months ago, I viewed some of the photos I had taken and was disappointed by how they turned out. I resolved (no pun intended) that it was time to get a new camera.

Jim Romenesko:

Jim Schachter leaves New York Times for WNYC Radio — New York Times associate managing editor Jim Schachter has been named WNYC radio vice president for news — a newly created position. “He will oversee its strategic vision and planning, as well as editorial decisions related to production and operations,” says a release.

Discussion: Poynter, LA Observed and FishbowlNY

Ben Dowell / Guardian:

Jana Bennett to leave BBC Worldwide — Bennett to step down as president of worldwide networks and global BBC iPlayer following major reorganisation — Jana Bennett is leaving BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, following a major reorganisation that will see her global …

Discussion: Digital Spy, BBC and bbc.co.uk

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

The Times Co. Names 2 Directors, Including Joi Ito, Internet Entrepreneur — The New York Times Company, continuing its efforts to move forward in a more digitally focused news media industry, has added two members with extensive technology backgrounds to its board.