Mediagazer: Reddit is far greater than the future of journalism (Kevin Morris/Daily Dot)

1:40 AM ET, August 24, 2012

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Digital Chief Jon Miller Leaving News Corp. — According to sources close to the situation, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller will soon be leaving the media giant. — It seems to be a cordial, although perhaps inevitable, parting — sources said Miller will remain …

Discussion: WWD Media Headlines, Home Media Magazine, MediaPost, News Corporation, AdAge, Los Angeles Times, @michaelroston, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Media Wire, Guardian, paidContent, CNET, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline.com and Media Decoder

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Exit Interview: Jon Miller On Transforming News Corp., Launching The Daily And What Comes Next — After three years as chief digital officer of News Corp. Jon Miller is leaving. It was an eventful few years, encompassing the sale of MySpace, the launch of The Daily, Hulu's addition of a subscription tier …

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Elisabeth Murdoch turns on her father and brother in MacTaggart lecture — Tensions within the world's most powerful media family were dramatically laid bare on Thursday when Elisabeth Murdoch set out her own vision of media leadership, emphasising humanity over profit and criticising …

Discussion: Reuters, @peterlauria3 and Guardian

Katherine Rushton / The Daily Telegraph: Elisabeth Murdoch distances herself from family

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Harriet Harman calls for cross-party action to limit Murdochs' power in UK

Discussion: Deadline.com, MediaPost, MediaPost, AdAge, Scotsman and The Daily Telegraph

Alicia Calzada / NPPA:

NYPD Returns NY Times Photographer's Press Credentials — Today (8/23/12) the New York Police Department (NYPD) returned the press credentials of a New York Times photographer who had his equipment and credentials seized following his arrest on August 4th. Robert Stolarik …

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Poynter and Gothamist

Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:

Current TV to Turn Half the Screen Over to Twitter During Conventions — Networks Have Shown Tweets Before, But Current is Going Bigger — Current TV is handing over half its screen to Twitter during the conventions. — The cable news network, co-founded by former vice president Al Gore in 2005 …

Discussion: Lost Remote and TVNewser

Ricardo Bilton / VentureBeat:

Amazon announces September 6 press event: Is the 10-inch Kindle Fire incoming? — Is the 10-inch Kindle Fire finally on its way? — Amazon has sent an email to media outlets inviting them to an event on September 6 in Santa Monica, Calif. Details on the event are slim so far, but we have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

Discussion: TechCrunch, AllThingsD, USA Today, MediaPost and Pocket-lint

David Freedlander / Politicker:

Romney Forbids Questions on Akin, Abortion-UPDATE — A Denver TV reporter scored a rare interview with Mitt Romney today, although the terms were more limited than she may have liked. — Political reporter Shaun Boyd of CBS4 told an anchor, “The one stipulation to the interview …

Discussion: Politico and Mediaite

Kevin Morris / Daily Dot:

Reddit is far greater than the future of journalism — For years Reddit has been redefining how citizen journalism works online. But it took the tragic shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colo., to finally make the mainstream media take notice. For the Dailiy Dot's first anniversary …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Minority employment up in TV and radio, widening gap with print — Radio Television Digital News Association — Television and radio employed more minority journalists last year than the year before, according to the latest release from RTDNA's annual survey.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Josh Voorhees / Slate:

Gawker Publishes Trove of Bain Docs, Financial Reporters Yawn — Gawker is looking for help sorting through nearly 1,000 pages of documents from Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital, which the site published Thursday in bid to encourage crowdsourcing. — (It looks like they're going to need …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Morgan Spurlock joins Anthony Bourdain in CNN's new-look weekend lineup — With its ratings spiraling, CNN continues to add celebrities and entertainment programming to its lineup. The latest addition to the roster is a weekly series called “Inside Man,” in which the Oscar-nominated …

Discussion: Speakeasy, CNN, Multichannel and The Wrap

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

DOJ compares Apple and publishers to big oil in ebooks case — In a filing late Wednesday in response to Apple and book publishers, the Department of Justice reiterates its claim that agency pricing and the alleged conspiracy have resulted in “unmistakable consumer harm,” but refuses to release its ebook pricing analysis.

Discussion: TeleRead and GalleyCat