Mediagazer: How Washington officials bested the media (Ari Fleischer/CNN)

New York Times:

Robert Stolarik, Times Photographer, Is Arrested While On Assignment in the Bronx — A freelance photographer for The New York Times was arrested on Saturday night while on assignment with two reporters who were conducting street interviews in the Bronx. — The photographer, Robert Stolarik …

Discussion: The Awl, Capital New York, FishbowlNY, Poynter, The Newspaper Guild, New York Magazine and Gothamist

A.J. Daulerio / Gawker:

New York Times Photographer Claims He Received NYPD Beat Down Last Night While Doing His Job — Robert Stolarik, a freelance photographer for the New York Times, had this happen to him while “taking photographs of a brewing street fight at McClellan Street and Sheridan Avenue in the Concourse neighborhood,” according to the Times:

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Turner Buys Bleacher Report — Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit has acquired sports site Bleacher Report, according to people familiar with the transaction. — I'm told the deal, which we told you about in June, closed Friday, and is scheduled to be announced today.

Discussion: AdAge and Business Insider

Time Warner Said to Buy Bleacher Report for Under $200M — Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Broadcasting System division acquired the Bleacher Report website for under $200 million, bolstering its online sports coverage, a person familiar with the deal said. The acquisition of the sports website Bleacher Report …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

The New York Times Reports a Digital Success Story — The New York Times' paywall, long debated in and outside of the company, now looks like a bona fide success. — The company has more than 530,000 paying subscribers for its digital editions, and it credits the plan with a consistent increase in circulation dollars.

Discussion: Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Los Angeles Times, mediabistro.com, Orange County Register, Guardian and GigaOM

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twitter's Succès De Scandale: Olympics Suspension Fiasco Drove Signups — There's no such thing as bad publicity. A source tells TechCrunch that mainstream news mentions of the temporary suspension of an NBC Olympics coverage tweeter / hater gave Twitter's signup rate a boost.

Discussion: CNET

Jim Romenesko:

NYU launches history of undercover reporting database — New York University's “Undercover Reporting” database chronicles undercover journalism dating back to the 1800s. “Much of this material has long been buried in microfilm in individual libraries and thus very difficult to retrieve,” …

Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:

A case study in online journalism: investigating the Olympic torch relay — For the last two months I've been involved in an investigation which has used almost every technique in the online journalism toolbox. From its beginnings in data journalism, through collaboration …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Tracie Powell / Poynter:

New Yahoo News editor-in-chief: 'I'm always looking for a great story' — Last month, Hillary Frey became the first ever editor-in-chief of Yahoo News. — In a telephone interview, Frey told Poynter her primary goal is to showcase original content produced by Yahoo's team of reporters …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Reuters suffers second hack, as Twitter account posts pro-Syrian government messages — New agency Thomson Reuters suffered its second Web security breach in 48 hours after hackers took control of its Twitter account dedicated to technology news, changing the focus to the Middle East and posting …

Discussion: CNET, GigaOM, MacRumors, Mashable!, eMedia Vitals, The Register, VentureBeat, @reuters and CNET

Ari Fleischer / CNN:

How Washington officials bested the media — (CNN) — When I saw the story, my jaw dropped. Has journalism deteriorated so badly that Barack Obama's campaign aides are allowed to send quotes to reporters that “come back redacted, stripped of colorful metaphors, colloquial language and anything …

Press Gazette:

Jeremy Hunt criticised over Rupert Murdoch meeting — Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was today criticised by Labour MPs for meeting News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch on the fringes of the Olympic Games. — John Mann said it was “quite inappropriate” for Hunt to chat with the media mogul …