Mediagazer: New York Observer Shutters Velvet Roper (Chris O'Shea/FishbowlNY)

10:45 AM ET, September 19, 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 …

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Huffington Post offers job to James Carter IV after he facilitates leak of Romney video to competitor — James Carter IV made contact with the source of Mitt Romney's “47 percent” video on Twitter, then courted him relentlessly. As Josh Lederman relays: … We all know what happened next.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Daily Beast and Politico

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
With Romney Videos, Mother Jones Keeps Readers Coming Back

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Nieman Journalism Lab, Mother Jones, MinOnline, PopWatch, Washington Wire, Guardian, Boston Globe, @clarajeffery, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and New York Times

Tony Romm / Politico:
Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal

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

Dylan Byers / Politico: Huffington Post, Mother Jones duel for video credit

Brendan Nyhan / CJR:
Jumping the gun on the Romney ‘47%’ video

Discussion: Mediaite, Speakeasy, The Atlantic Online, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Wire, The Fix and The Daily Beast

Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers

Discussion: Washington Wire and National Review

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

Discussion: New York Times, Poynter, @mlcalderone, Tampa Bay Times, AllThingsD, Capital New York, Politico and New York Magazine

Charlie Warzel / Adweek:

Good Relaunches, Opens Up About Layoffs — Good founder Ben Goldhirsh shocked media types and set in motion a slew of terrible headline puns ("Bad! Major Editorial Layoffs Hit Good") when the company laid off the majority of its editorial staff with very little explanation last June.

Discussion: @craigsilverman and ReadWriteWeb, Thanks:@cwarzel

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

What's Next for GOOD Magazine? A Social Network. — GOOD Worldwide will today launch a new social activism site Good.is. — Famous for its printed magazine, GOOD has now turned its focus to a community site that allows members to publicly post stories and activities and to follow each other and their interests.

Discussion: @caitlindewey and Mashable!

David Carr / New York Times:

Media Chiefs Form Venture to E-Publish — 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. — Mr. Rudin and Frances Coady …

Discussion: paidContent, Media Decoder, Fast Company, DealBook, NetNewsCheck Latest, CNET, Deadline.com and @carr2n

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Newsweek Daily Beast Names Hill Holliday's Baba Shetty Its New CEO — Succeeds Stephen Colvin, Who Led Daily Beast Since Before Newsweek Merger — The Newsweek Daily Beast Company is naming Baba Shetty its new CEO, succeeding Stephen Colvin, who had president CEO at The Daily Beast since 2009 …

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Stephen Colbert spends 3 minutes mocking USA Today's new logo — On Tuesday night's show, Stephen Colbert told Comedy Central viewers that his fears over USA Today's “dramatic” redesign were “for nothing.” Highlights from the segment: — “In a digital era where print media is struggling …

Discussion: Gannett Blog, Mediaite and C-Scape

Associated Press:

Danish Weekly To Run Kate Middleton Topless Photos — COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The top editor of a Danish celebrity weekly says his magazine will hit the streets this week with the topless photos of Britain's likely future queen. Kim Henningsen, editor in chief of Se & Hoer …

Associated Press:

Riot police guard French weekly after it spoofs Prophet Muhammad — PARIS — Riot police took up positions Wednesday outside the Paris offices of a satirical French weekly that published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday that ridicule a video that prompted a wave of protests in some Muslim countries.

Discussion: Poynter, NEWS.com.au, CNN, Gawker, Guardian, The Atlantic Wire, Sky News and Agence France Presse

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

New York Observer Shutters Velvet Roper — Velvet Roper, the nightlife site from The New York Observer, is being shut down. According to The New York Post, the soon-to-launch website for Scene magazine — a glossy about where rich people hang out — will replace velvetroper.com.

Discussion: New York Post

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

The Guardian has a new chief digital officer — Guardian News & Media may be re-casting its whole self as “digital-first”, but it still has digital-specific leadership. On Wednesday, the news publisher announced the creation of its first chief digital officer role, a post which appears …

Discussion: Guardian, Media Week and NetNewsCheck Latest

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Condé Faces More Cuts — Condé Nast is asking its publishers to cut 5 percent from their budgets as the weak ad market is expected to bleed into the second half and beyond, company sources tell Adweek. — A handful of brands including Golf Digest and Teen Vogue cut staff last week …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Apple, publishers offer EU e-book antitrust settlement — (Reuters) - Apple Inc and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon.Com Inc sell e-books at a discount, in a bid to end an EU antitrust investigation, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

Discussion: TechCrunch