Mediagazer: How the Drudge Report, With Its Condoleezza Rice ‘Scoop,’ Again Rules the Media (Lauren Ashburn/The Daily Beast)

3:30 PM ET, July 15, 2012

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Mike Fourcher / Vouchification:

Why I Am Resigning From Journatic — This morning I submitted my resignation as Production Manager and head of editorial at Journatic, LLC. I did so because the founders and I fundamentally disagree about ethical and management issues as they relate to a successful news business.

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, Poynter, Chicago Reader, Street Fight and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Journatic claims it was about to fire editorial head who resigned — In an apparent attempt to neutralize a high-level critic, Journatic is now claiming it was about to fire an editorial executive who resigned from the company Saturday. — The resignation of Mike Fourcher …

Discussion: Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Tribune

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Chicago Tribune discovers plagiarism, suspends work with Journatic as its editorial manager resigns — One of Journatic's editorial leaders, Mike Fourcher, announced Saturday morning that he has resigned from the outsourcing company because he and the company's founders …

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, WY Daily, Radio & Television …, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune and Associated Press

Lauren Ashburn / The Daily Beast:

How the Drudge Report, With Its Condoleezza Rice ‘Scoop,’ Again Rules the Media — His Condi Rice “scoop” went viral despite its utter implausibility. Lauren Ashburn on why the press is held captive by the conservative blogger's thinly sourced gossip. — The headline screamed across …

Discussion: USA Today, Erick's blog and Politico

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Are you sure that's true? Truth Goggles tackles fishy claims at the moment of consumption — True or false? No googling. … Now, what if I told you President Obama uttered those words? Do you trust the statistic more or less? What if Mitt Romney said it?

Discussion: Daily Download

Helen Pidd / Guardian:

Indian anger over media footage of girl being sexually assaulted — Film of mob attack prompts row about safety of women, police indifference and why journalist at scene did not intervene — Indians have expressed horror at video footage of a teenage girl being sexually assaulted …

Discussion: The Raw Story, India Ink and The Independent

Claire Wardle / Storyful Blog:

State of the (News) Nation — On Friday, myself, our CEO Mark Little and Felim McMahon from our editorial team are heading to News:Rewired. The conference has developed a strong reputation and has endured in a space with multiple ‘future of news’ conferences that lead to much *eye-rolling …

Om Malik / GigaOM:

In Memoriam: Even in losing, how Digg won — The Digg Townhall meeting broadcast live from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. 2008. Photo courtesy of Eric Magnuson, via Flickr — Having spent a major part of the week sitting on a beach, practically disconnected …

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Spencer E. Ante / AllThingsD:
Kevin Rose: Digg Failed Because “Social Media Grew Up”

Discussion: Social Media and Digits

Somini Sengupta / New York Times:

U.S. Pursues Richard O'Dwyer as Intermediary in Online Piracy — Richard O'Dwyer, an enterprising 24-year-old college student from northern England, has found himself in the middle of a fierce battle between two of America's great exports: Hollywood and the Internet.

Discussion: Betabeat

Stefanie Friedhoff / Nieman Reports:

Be Careful Who You Quote — lawyer who once was a federal prosecutor and counsel to powerful Congressional committees, Melanie Sloan now chases legal and ethical wrongdoing in Congress. As executive director of the nonprofit government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington …

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

London 1984: Olympics Organizers Say You Can Only Link to Them If You're Not Mean — Everyone has heard by now that Olympics organizers are control freaks, but this is really a stunning bit of craziness that militates against the entire spirit of the Internet.

Discussion: THE FREE SPEECH BLOG, CNET, themediablog.typepad.com, Softpedia News, PandoDaily, @digiphile, @jayrosen_nyu and Boing Boing

Christopher S. Stewart / Wall Street Journal:

In Age of Twitter, NBC Rewrites Olympic Playbook — In NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters, workers were hustling Friday to transform the “Saturday Night Live” sound stage into a command center for coverage of the 2012 Olympics Games. — Much of this is familiar territory for America's No. 3 network.

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Virtual life on the line, The Daily launches WKND — News Corp.'s digital tabloid The Daily has been on borrowed time since it was an idea, given enough resources and backing by Rupert Murdoch to launch with a flourish but no guarantee that it would last. Given the way some projects have gone …

Discussion: The Daily and The Next Web