Mediagazer: Wikimedia enables ebook export feature on Wikipedia for your offline reading pleasure (Emil Protalinski/The Next Web)

5:00 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 …

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: New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab, adrian monck's blog, MinOnline, Washington Wire, PopWatch, @clarajeffery, TVNewser and The Huffington Post

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, The Fix, Boston Globe, The Monkey Cage, The New Republic, The Daily Beast and Speakeasy

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, Forbes, @jbenton, The Week and Gawker

Erik Wemple:
Romney and Obama: Open your fundraisers

Discussion: USA Today and Washington Post

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

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

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

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, Lifehacker, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com and Pocket-lint

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

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 …

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

Discussion: Talking Biz News

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 …

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

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 …

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’

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Irish Daily Star closure threat recedes after publication of topless Kate photos — Independent News and Media, a 50% stakeholder, launches investigation and suspends editor Mike O'Kane — The threat to close the Irish Daily Star in the wake of the decision to publish the controversial pictures …