Mediagazer: Why does Project Thunderdome have to be in New York City? (Adrienne LaFrance/Nieman Journalism Lab)

1:45 PM ET, September 7, 2012

Top News:

Apple Seeks to Create Pandora Rival — Apple Inc. is in talks to license music for a custom-radio service similar to the popular one operated by Pandora Media Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a bid by the hardware maker to expand its dominance in online music.

Phil Wahba / Reuters: Pandora shares down 14 percent on reports of rival Apple service

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Columbia University editor plagiarizes from New York Times article — An article by Jade Bonacolta in the Columbia Spectator plagiarized a New York Times writer's work, Peter Jacobs reports. Some of the plagiarism is clumsy rewriting of a Robin Pogrebin article; there's one outright lift of a quote.

Discussion: mediabistro.com, IvyGate and Columbia Daily Spectator

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Why does Project Thunderdome have to be in New York City? — A day after the Journal Register Company announced bankruptcy (again), I paid a visit to Thunderdome, the rapidly growing Manhattan hub that Digital First launched to help reinvent the way JRC and MediaNews Group newspapers produce the news.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, CJR and eMedia Vitals

Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
How Journal Register's bankruptcy might affect the revival of the New Haven Register

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and GigaOM

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Shepard Fairey gets probation for actions in AP photo case — A New York judge has sentenced artist Shepard Fairey to two years of probation and 300 hours of community service for lying and destroying evidence relevant to the Associated Press' complaint that he'd used one of its images …

Discussion: Forbes and Politicker

BBC:

Phone hacking police arrest journalist — Operation Tuleta is investigating computer hacking — Another journalist has been arrested by police investigating the alleged hacking of stolen mobile phones. — The 33-year-old man remains in custody after going to a police station in south London by appointment on Friday.

Discussion: Press Association and Guardian

Guardian:
News International may face 230 new claims over alleged phone hacking

Discussion: Guardian and The Independent

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Barack Obama's Record-Setting Speech: 52,757 Tweets Per Minute, 9M Total DNC Tweets — The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, spoke at the Democratic National Convention tonight and broke some Twitter records (for politics) while he was at it, according to the company.

Discussion: CNET, Mediaite, Politico, Twitter Blog and Lost Remote

Michael Cieply / New York Times:

Fox to Offer Digital Movies Closer to Theatrical Release — LOS ANGELES — Fox is about to pry open the window for digital film sales. — Beginning later this month with Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller “Prometheus,” the studio plans to offer high-definition versions of its films …

Discussion: The Verge, Engadget, WebProNews, Mashable! and Gizmodo

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Fact: AP Unclear on Definition of ‘Fact’ — Myth: We suck. FACT: You suck. — This Associated Press “fact check” of Bill Clinton's speech last night has attracted a fair amount of Internet abuse, but not nearly enough. It's not only a prime specimen of journalistic idiocy …

Discussion: Associated Press, Paul Krugman, ThinkProgress and Pressing Issues

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
AP Defends Decision To Fact-Check Bill Clinton Using Monica Lewinsky

Discussion: Erik Wemple, FactCheck.org, @mlcalderone and Politico

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Foster Kamer to leave ‘The New York Observer’ for ‘Complex’ — Latest change to The New York Observer's masthead: Foster Kamer is leaving the paper for a job at Complex, the hip-hop lifestyle infused magazine and website founded by Mark Ecko in 2002. — Kamer, who's bounced around …

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Dare the Palace complain to the PCC over The Sun's Prince Harry picture? — The advisers to the royal family are facing a real dilemma over Prince Harry's naked pictures. Dare they make a formal complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about The Sun publishing one of the intimate photos?

Discussion: Yahoo! News, The Daily Beast, The Journalism Foundation and Reuters

Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:

NBC Broke Even on London Olympic Games, Head of Sports Says — Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)'s NBC Universal broke even on its broadcast of the London Olympic Games, according to Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBC Sports Group, who cited strong ratings for the telecast.

Discussion: Business Insider, The Verge and Deadline.com

Liana B. Baker / Reuters: CORRECTED-Hockey lockout could freeze NBC's sports momentum

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Exclusive: USA Today to redesign paper, relaunch website — USA Today is planning a major relaunch of its newspaper, website and mobile platforms, complete with a new “USA TODAY” logo, POLITICO has learned. — The redesigned USA Today newspaper is tentatively scheduled to debut on Sept. 14 …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Garcia Media, Gannett Blog and magCulture.com/blog

Jack Shafer / CJR:

The lying game — Is it ever okay to tell a whopper in the name of journalism? — In 2007, investigative journalist Ken Silverstein went undercover to test Washington lobbyists' taste for sleaze. Using an alias, Silverstein created a fictitious energy firm that ostensibly did business …

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Oracle-Google judge ends probe into paid bloggers — (Reuters) - The federal judge overseeing a major lawsuit over smartphone technology between Oracle Corp and Google Inc has quietly ended his examination of those companies' relationships with paid bloggers and other commentators.

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite: Four Years in the Making — Amazon executives gush about their new e-reader as the Kindle they always wanted to make. — While the latest Kindle Touch came out last year, the technology behind the Kindle Paperwhite's new lit screen is four years in the making.