Mediagazer: News for nerds: why a career site bought Slashdot (Jeff John Roberts/GigaOM)

3:50 PM ET, September 18, 2012

Top News:

WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser — On Monday and Tuesday Mother Jones published exclusive video that captured Mitt Romney speaking to donors at a May 17 fundraiser, which was held at the home of private equity mogul Mark Leder. Responding to a question about the …

Discussion: CJR, Mediaite, The Caucus, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Election 2012, Politico, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Gothamist, The Rumpus.net, The Wrap, The Raw Story, The Monkey Cage, Mashable! and CNN

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video — On May 17, Mitt Romney spoke bluntly at a fundraiser at the home of a private equity executive in Boca Raton. Someone recorded him speaking, and that unexploded digital ordnance lay around the 2012 campaign until Monday, when it erupted under Romney's campaign.

Discussion: Capital New York, AllThingsD, The Huffington Post, Mother Jones, Politico, @mlcalderone, Tampa Bay Times, New York Magazine and Poynter

Brendan Nyhan / CJR:

Jumping the gun on the Romney ‘47%’ video — In early coverage, reporters overstated the meaning and impact of Romney's comments—and left out out key context — NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, Mother Jones released a secretly-recorded video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney making …

Discussion: Speakeasy, The Atlantic Online and AdAge

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

With Romney Videos, Mother Jones Keeps Readers Coming Back — It's a good day to be at Mother Jones. — The magazine, which has a circulation of slightly more than 200,000, found itself read by millions of viewers around the world by Tuesday morning after it released a video of Mitt Romney …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Capital New York, Mother Jones and @clarajeffery

Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers

Discussion: Washington Post and Guardian

Bill Carter / New York Times:

All the TV News Since 2009, on One Web Site — Inspired by a pillar of antiquity, the Library of Alexandria, Brewster Kahle has a grand vision for the Internet Archive, the giant aggregator and digitizer of data, which he founded and leads. — “We want to collect all the books …

Discussion: CJR, Wall Street Journal, Radio & Television …, Internet Archive Blogs, PC Magazine, The Verge, TVNewser, LJ INFOdocket, MetaFilter and WatchingTV Online

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

William and Kate win French injunction over topless photos — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have won an injunction in a French court preventing celebrity magazine Closer from publishing further paparazzi shots of the duchess sunbathing topless. Mondadori France, Closer's publishing company …

Discussion: CNN, Speakeasy, The Daily Beast, Gawker, Media Week and RTÉ

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian: Irish Daily Star closure threat recedes after publication of topless Kate photos

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Curry's revenge: NBC's ‘Today’ reeling after kicking Ann to the curb — Less than three months after a tearful Ann Curry bid goodbye to NBC's “Today” show, it's the network's turn to cry. The once-dominant morning powerhouse is falling even further behind in the ratings race …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Forget Savannah Vs. Ann. Here's Why ‘GMA’ Is Beating ‘Today’

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Rupert Murdoch Makes Peace with “Pirate” Google, Starts Selling Movies — At the beginning of 2012, Rupert Murdoch was railing against Google, labeling it the “piracy leader.” — But that was January! Now Murdoch's 20th Century Fox studio has cut a deal to sell and rent its movies …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Softpedia News

Denise Jewell Gee / Buffalo News:

Sarasota editor named Buffalo News editor — Mike Connelly will be the next editor of The Buffalo News. News Publisher Stanford Lipsey announced this afternoon that Connelly, who is now executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, has been named editor after a nationwide search.

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

New BBC chief vows to re-invent content, not just re-purpose it — The BBC's new director-general has vowed to merge TV, radio and online teams so that the corporation creates “genuinely digital content for the first time”. The BBC is often thought of as an online exemplar.

Discussion: bbc.co.uk, Guardian, @jayrosen_nyu and Fast Company

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

Condé Nast Plans French Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair magazine, which has been battling declining newsstand sales in the United States, is looking for more readers in Europe. Next year, Condé Nast is starting a monthly edition of Vanity Fair in France.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and The Huffington Post

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

News for nerds: why a career site bought Slashdot — In a surprise deal, job site Dice has acquired Slashdot and two other tech sites from Geeknet for $20 million cash. The move is risky but could pay off if Slashdot's millions of smart, Star-Wars loving readers stick around.

Discussion: Forbes

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Journalists arrested at Occupy anniversary protests — Josh Stearns rounds up reports of journalists getting arrested at Monday's anniversary protests for Occupy Wall Street. Photographer Julia Reinhart and artist Molly Crabapple were among the people who got to check out the inside of police vans.