Mediagazer: The disappearing web: Information decay is eating away our history (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM)

9:10 AM ET, September 23, 2012

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CNN Used Slain Envoy's Writings Against Family's Wishes — CNN obtained a personal journal that belonged to the slain American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and broadcast reports based on its contents against the wishes of the Stevens family, according to relatives …

Discussion: Deadline.com and The Huffington Post

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

CNN Reveals Finding Libya Ambassador's Journal — NEW YORK — Anderson Cooper revealed Friday night that CNN had found U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens' personal journal following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed him and acknowledged the network used …

Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Inside Cable News

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

Twitter CEO says curation tools for newsrooms are coming — “So, how does it feel to be the voice of the press in the 21 century?,” Emily Bell asked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo during a keynote interview Friday at the Online News Association Conference in San Francisco. — “I don't view that as my job, of course,” he said.

Discussion: ONA12 and GigaOM

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

The disappearing web: Information decay is eating away our history — One of the characteristics of the modern media age — at least for anyone who uses the web and social media a lot — is that we are surrounded by vast clouds of rapidly changing information, whether it's blog posts or news stories or Twitter and Facebook updates.

Discussion: The Daily Beast and PC Magazine

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

How Romney Packed The Univision Forum — Tense moments as the campaign demands to bus in supporters and to retape an introduction. “A little bit of disrespect,” complains Univision's Salinas. — Romney at Univision and Facebook's “Meet the Candidates” forum, moderated by Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos.

Discussion: New York Magazine and The Raw Story

C.W. Anderson / Nieman Journalism Lab:

What happens when news organizations move from “beats” to “obsessions”? — I'll be honest: There aren't a lot of “future of news” meta-posts these days that get me to stop the other things I'm doing and read them, closely, from beginning to end. One recent exception, though …

Doug Drinkwater / TabTimes:

The Financial Times marches to a different app drummer; embraces HTML5, Android, Windows 8 — Rob Grimshaw is the managing director of FT.com — HTML5 pioneer and business news publisher The Financial Times talks about the future of web apps, its preference for Windows 8 over iOS …

Sara Morrison / CJR:

ProPublica reporter gets the Treme treatment — The show's third season will feature a character based on A.C. Thompson — A.C. Thompson's reporting on transgressions by the New Orleans police force in the wake of Hurricane Katrina led to an article in The Nation, a reporter position at ProPublica …

Michael Andersen / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Four years later, the Ann Arbor Chronicle is still weird and wonky — and it's growing — For four years, Mary Morgan and Dave Askins have been the change David Simon was waiting for. — The married couple's website, the Ann Arbor Chronicle, doesn't just cover the planning commission …

Steve Buttry / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Students already consume news digital-first; student media should follow suit — Editor's Note: It's the start of the school year, which means students are returning to journalism programs around the country. As the media industry continues to evolve, how well is new talent being trained …

Discussion: College Media Matters and The Buttry Diary

Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:

Google News at 10: How the Algorithm Won Over the News Industry — Google's “billions of clicks” are only half of the story. — In April of 2010, Eric Schmidt delivered the keynote address at the conference of the American Society of News Editors in Washington, D.C. During the talk …

Discussion: The Official Google Blog

Jeffrey Hermes / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A reason for optimism in the IRS' handling of nonprofit news orgs — I am very pleased to be able to share the news that, after more than two and a half years, the nonprofit San Francisco Public Press has finally received recognition of its tax-exempt status from the IRS under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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