Mediagazer: Piracy may be commonplace, but music's outlook is improving (Robert Andrews/paidContent)

7:20 AM ET, September 19, 2012

Top News:

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 …

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, MinOnline, PopWatch, Boston Globe, Economix, Slate, @clarajeffery, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and New York Times

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

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: The Caucus, citmedialaw.org, New York Times, @jbenton, Forbes and The Week

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.”

Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers

Discussion: Boston Globe and Washington Wire

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

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

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: Fast Company, @carr2n, CNET and Deadline.com

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: The Atlantic Wire, Sky News, Agence France Presse and Guardian

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Sky wins exclusive Warner Bros. movie rights, dealing a blow to Netflix and its rivals — Pushing back against Netflix and its satellite, video-on-demand and pay-per-view rivals, Sky has signed a new movie deal with Warner Bros., which sees it granted exclusive access to movies six months after they end their run in theaters.

Discussion: Sky News, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Spy, The Wrap and Deadline.com

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Wikimedia enables ebook export feature on Wikipedia for your offline reading pleasure — Wikimedia today announced that it has enabled a new EPUB export feature on Wikipedia, but only on the English version of the site. You can use the new feature to collate your personal collection …

Discussion: Wikimedia blog, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, nbcnews.com and Pocket-lint

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Piracy may be commonplace, but music's outlook is improving — Making headlines today is a report that puts some big numbers on the piracy problem. — More than three billion songs were downloaded illegally around the world via torrent in the first half of 2012, according …

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 and Erik Wemple

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