Mediagazer: Papers publish stories based on hoax releases (Jim Romenesko)

4:10 PM ET, July 31, 2012

Top News:

Our approach to Trust & Safety and private information — We want to take a moment to explain some of our general Trust and Safety policies and procedures, and address the specific case at hand that has unfolded over the past 48-hours (we normally don't address matters pertaining …

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Amy Willis / The Daily Telegraph:

London Olympics 2012: Twitter 'alerted NBC to British journalist's critical tweets' — Users of the social network vented their anger against Twitter yesterday after Guy Adams, a foreign correspondent for the Independent, was suspended without warning from the site after posting a series …

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Twitter restores reporter's account, tweet with NBC email remains — Two days after his account was suspended, the U.K. reporter who touched off a media kerfuffle about corporate control of speech is back on Twitter. The Independent's Guy Adams, who made his name bashing NBC's Olympic coverage …

Discussion: @producermatthew, @ianbetteridge, Mashable! and eMedia Vitals

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Guy Adams suspension, now lifted, punctuates Twitter censorship evolution — By now you know the story of Guy Adams — the British journalist for The Independent whose Twitter account was suspended after he torrentially criticized NBC's Olympics coverage and tweeted an executive's email address.

Discussion: Washington Post, VentureBeat, Wired, LA Observed, Business Insider and Forbes

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
NBC Is The Real Loser In Guy Adams v. Twitter

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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:

News Corp. Asks To Keep Allegations In Phone-Hacking Case Secret — News Corp. (NWSA)'s British publishing unit asked a judge to keep secret a series of new claims being made by victims of phone hacking at its News of the World tabloid in preparation for a group trial scheduled for February.

Guardian:

News Corporation directors could face charges for neglect of duties — Lawyers for Rupert Murdoch's company have protested against criminal charges amid fears over broadcasting contracts — Directors within Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation could face corporate charges and prosecution …

Josh Halliday / Guardian: Sun journalist arrested in Operation Tuleta investigation into stolen phones

Steve Myers / Poynter:

WNYC: No reason to believe that Jonah Lehrer's work for ‘Radiolab’ is compromised — In addition to being a bestselling author and a New Yorker blogger, Jonah Lehrer was a frequent guest on WNYC's “Radiolab,” appearing 17 times. He quit his job at The New Yorker after a journalist revealed …

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David Daley / Salon:
Jayson Blair: Jonah Lehrer's story reminds me of my own

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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Q & A: Michael C. Moynihan, The Blogger Who Uncovered Jonah Lehrer's Fabrication Problem

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff — The Daily, News Corp.'s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. — The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people familiar with the Daily's plans.

Discussion: The New York Observer, FishbowlNY and 9to5Mac

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Mitt Romney aide's gaffe exposes rift — In one week abroad, Mitt Romney has managed to enrage both the Brits and the Palestinians. Now add to that roster his own press corps. — Over seven days in the UK, Israel and Poland, Romney held just one media availability for the U.S. traveling press …

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Emily Friedman / ABC News:
Mitt Romney Spokesman Tells Reporters ‘Kiss My...’ at Polish Holy Site

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Jim Romenesko:

Media General gives pink slips to 75 employees — Media General — “smaller, more focused” after selling its newspapers (but for the Tampa Tribune) to Warren Buffett — is dismissing 75 employees today. CEO Marshall Morton tells his staff: When we sold our newspapers last month …

Discussion: FishbowlNY and Poynter

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

paidContent 50: The world's most successful digital media companies — Digital media is exploding. Half of us now read news on tablets, virtually all music tracks are bought electronically, and nearly a tenth of Americans are ditching cable for internet TV.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The FJP

Jim Romenesko:

Papers publish stories based on hoax releases — This email about hoax press releases came out after the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Reader posted stories based on them. … Some stories based on the hoax releases remain online: — LOS ANGELES TIMES: U.S. Attorney in San Diego cracks down on pharmacies over drug sales

Discussion: L.A. NOW, San Diego Reader and The Newspaper Guild

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

CQ Roll Call Bloodbath of Layoffs Hits — CQ Roll Call informed some 30 employees this morning that they no longer have jobs. As layoffs, they will receive severance packages. — For days the news was imminent that more heads were going to roll on the sales side of the publication …

Discussion: mediabistro.com and MediaPost

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Ross Levinsohn Departs Yahoo — As I previously reported he likely would, top Yahoo exec Ross Levinsohn — who lost the CEO race to former Google exec Marissa Mayer — is leaving the company, according to several sources. — Mayer also just sent a note to the company about the departure …