Mediagazer: New Comedy Central ads: ‘You can trust us’ for political coverage (Tracie Powell/Poynter)

9:30 PM ET, September 21, 2012

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Jim Epstein / Reason:

David Simon Accuses Reason of Producing a “Shanked” Interview With Him. Decide for Yourself. — Yesterday, we released a 21-minute-long interview with David Simon (video and a transcript here), the creative force behind much great television, including The Wire and Treme, which starts its third season on HBO this Sunday.

Discussion: David Simon, The Wrap, CJR, Reason, Hit & Run and Gambit New Orleans News …

Greg Beato / Reason:

Welcome to the Golden Age of Fact-Checking — What the Jonah Lehrer debacle reveals about the state of journalism today — For the last several years, the universe has been kicking journalists. In 2012, they started kicking themselves. There was Jonah Lehrer and his fake Dylan quotes.

Discussion: PandoDaily

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Writer finds more plagiarism, problems in Jonah Lehrer's books

Discussion: FishbowlNY and Hit & Run

Guardian:

EMI chief executive Roger Faxon's email to staff — Music labels will have to be sold off to enable Universal's takeover to go ahead — It has been almost eleven months since Citi reached an agreement to sell EMI Music to Universal Music Group. From that moment to this …

Discussion: Globe and Mail, Guardian, Hillicon Valley and Music Ally

Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Joaquín Almunia on Europe's Tough Terms for Approving Universal-EMI Deal

Discussion: Guardian

Dominic Rushe / Guardian:

James Murdoch as Fox TV head would be a ‘slap in the face’ to shareholders — News that Rupert Murdoch's son could soon lead Fox Networks met with shock and anger from News Corp shareholders — News Corp shareholders have reacted angrily to news that James Murdoch could soon run the media giant's flagship Fox TV channel.

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
James Murdoch ‘set for top Fox Networks job’

Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, BBC and Financial Times

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The story of ‘M,’ Peter Kaplan's latest ambition — “The ‘A’ can't point down!” — That's what Fairchild Fashion Media editorial director Peter Kaplan said when he got his eyes on the page proofs for the opening essay of his new magazine, M. — It was a relaunch of a publication Fairchild had been putting out until 1992.

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post: Move over, GQ and Details: M mag is back

Nieman Journalism Lab:

Postcard from Doha: At Al Jazeera English, interactive journalism built on collaboration — DOHA, Qatar — Mohammed el-Haddad knows there is a larger dialogue in the United States and the U.K. about data journalism, hacker journalism, or whatever the term may be. He knows it's an emerging career track in newsrooms.

Nieman Journalism Lab: Four reasons why an open-source newsroom is harder than it looks: Lessons from Al Jazeera

Reuters:

Exclusive: Tribune eyes former Discovery executive Liguori as CEO — (Reuters) - Peter Liguori, a former top executive at News Corp's Fox and Discovery Communications Inc, has emerged as the leading candidate for Chief Executive at Tribune Co once it emerges from bankruptcy, according to two sources close to the situation.

Discussion: Deadline.com and The Wrap

Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:

NFL Said to Have Deal With Time Warner for NFL Network, RedZone — The National Football League reached agreement with Time Warner (TWC) Cable Inc. to carry the league-owned NFL Network and RedZone Channel, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said.

Discussion: Engadget and Deadline.com

Tracie Powell / Poynter:

New Comedy Central ads: ‘You can trust us’ for political coverage — “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” are back, after being on hiatus following coverage of both national political conventions. In the next few weeks, viewers can look forward to seeing more unadulterated political coverage …

Discussion: Mediaite, Rolling Stone and Media Decoder

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

New USA Today website ‘very, very influenced by iPad design’ — When “the nation's newspaper” decided to redesign its website alongside its print product for its 30th anniversary, it chose an international team of Web designers based in the U.S. and abroad.

Discussion: Garcia Media

Kirsten Acuna / Business Insider:
Check Out These USA Today Homepage Design Concepts That Didn't Make The Cut

Discussion: HyperVocal and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:

The Self Delusion of BROADCAST news and the danger of ‘quiet’ bias — I just watched Ted Koppel on NBC with Brian Williams on NBC. The theme of their show? Cable new anchors are biased and network news anchors - especially those of yesteryear - are not or if they are, they don't show it. Really?

Discussion: Poynter and TVNewser

Jim Romenesko:

Distrust in U.S. media hits a new high — Highlights from the just-released poll: — * This year's decline in media trust is driven by independents and Republicans. — * Republicans express the least trust in the media, while Democrats express the most.

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Gallup, The Daily Caller, @michaelroston, Guardian, Reuters, Kirk LaPointe's … and Poynter

Ted Hesson / ABCNEWS:

Jose Antonio Vargas Challenges NYT and AP To Drop ‘Illegal Immigrant’ — Starting today, a non-profit founded by Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist, activist, and undocumented immigrant, will begin monitoring the use of the phrase “illegal immigrant” in the media, with the goal of shifting the conversation around the issue.

Discussion: Politico

Jim Romenesko:

Tipster: ‘Plagiarism had almost made it to the final print’ of Chris Anderson's new book — A tipster who received a review copy of Wired editor Chris Anderson's “Makers” - to be published October 2 by Random House Business — tells Romenesko readers:

Jim Romenesko:

Jeff Cohen resigns as Houston Chronicle editor, moves to editorial page — After 10 years as Houston Chronicle editor, Jeff Cohen becomes executive editor of the Hearst-owned paper's editorial pages. — “Ten years is a good run on the front line at a media institution of this size,” he writes in a memo to his staff.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Aereo Says New Content Deals Coming for Web TV — Aereo, the start-up that lets users watch broadcast TV over the Web, is branching out. — CEO Chet Kanojia says his IAC-backed company will soon start offering programming that doesn't come from local TV stations, which he'll sell for an additional fee.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest