Mediagazer: How Soledad O'Brien prepared for that contentious John Sununu interview (Kelly McBride/Poynter)

1:10 AM ET, September 19, 2012

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David Corn / Mother Jones:

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Huffington Post, Mother Jones duel for video credit — When historians write the book on the 2012 campaign, they will surely include the leaked video showing Mitt Romney telling wealthy donors at a private May fundraiser that he can't count on the support of “47 percent” of the electorate who “believe that they are victims.”

Tony Romm / Politico:

Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal — The secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney decrying the “47 percent” of Americans who won't vote for him might run afoul of state law that bars eavesdropping. — The rules in Florida — where Romney spoke at a private fundraiser …

Discussion: citmedialaw.org, @jbenton, The Week and Gawker

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video

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Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers

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David Carr / New York Times:

Barry Diller and Scott Rudin Form E-Book Publishing Venture — Two powerful entertainment moguls, Scott Rudin, the film and theater producer, and Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, are joining together to enter the turbulent world of book publishing.

Discussion: CNET, Deadline.com and @carr2n

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 …

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Eva Galperin / TechCrunch:

Why Google Shouldn't Have Censored The Anti-Islamic Video — Editor's note: Eva Galperin is the International Freedom of Expression Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Follow her on Twitter: @evacide. — On Wednesday, YouTube announced that it had blocked access …

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’

Jim Romenesko:

Houston Business Journal to school spokesman: Buy a subscription if you want to read what you told us — Houston schools spokesman Jason Spencer was recently interviewed by a Houston Business Journal reporter about an upcoming bond referendum. — Jason Spencer

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Jim Romenesko:

Boston Globe editor: Newspapers are badly bruised, ‘but we are not beaten’ — Boston Globe editor Martin Baron was asked to speak at the New England Associated Press News Executives Association conference and “cheer these people up.” “While I may not have you dancing in the streets …

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Andrea Seabrook: From NPR to podcasting, hoping to invigorate congressional reporting — After a decade covering Congress for NPR, reporter Andrea Seabrook is branching out on her own to...cover Congress. Her new podcast, Decode DC, is an attempt to undercut the he-said she-said narrative …

Kelly McBride / Poynter:

How Soledad O'Brien prepared for that contentious John Sununu interview — It has been one month since CNN's Soledad O'Brien spent just under four minutes interviewing Mitt Romney adviser and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu. — Paul Ryan had just emerged as the vice presidential nominee.

Discussion: Pressthink, Erik Wemple and Mediaite

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Betaworks' Findings shifts to web clipping, as Amazon bans Kindle clips — Findings, the year-old content-sharing site from untraditional VC firm Betaworks, was built on the ability to sync and share Kindle highlights. But Amazon told Betaworks last week that this function violates its terms of service.

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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, Gawker, The Daily Beast, Media Week and RTÉ