Mediagazer: Press TV correspondent killed in Damascus (Al Jazeera English)

William Turvill / PressGazette:

The accused: At least 46 journalists arrested by UK police in the last 16 months — The arrest of an unnamed Sun employee last week means at least 46 journalists have now been arrested as part of Metropolitan Police operations Weeting, Elveden and Tuleta and Scottish police investigation Rubicon.

Discussion: Guardian, Globe and Mail and Vanity Fair

BBC:

Phone-hacking: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson in 2013 trial — Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are among those who appeared at the Old Bailey in London — Former News International boss Rebekah Brooks and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson have learned their trial …

Discussion: Media Decoder

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

Rupert Murdoch backs down in war with ‘parasite’ Google — Rupert Murdoch has been forced to back down in his war with Google, amid fears that his newspapers are losing their influence because they do not appear in the search engine's rankings. — In the past, Rupert Murdoch has lambasted Google …

Discussion: paidContent, Guardian, @jayrosen_nyu, TechCrunch, Media Week and WebProNews

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Executive Producer of ‘Today’ Says Ouster of Ann Curry Was His Call — Commenting publicly for the first time about the decision to remove Ann Curry from the “Today” show's co-anchor position after only a year on the job, Jim Bell, the show's executive producer, said Wednesday that it “was absolutely my call.”

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine, TVNewser, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Hollywood Reporter, @brianstelter and NY Daily News

Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire:

Women Editors-in-Chief Make $15,000 Less Than Men — The only thing equal is the job title. Even though there are stories of editors like Anna Wintour and Janice Min pocketing seven-figure salaries, Folio magazine's annual compensation survey found that on average, male editors-in-chief …

Discussion: Folio

Bill Mickey / Folio:

M. Scott Havens Tapped as President of The Atlantic — The Atlantic has named M. Scott Havens as president effective today. The move puts a dedicated executive into the top spot for the brand and allows Justin Smith, who has held the dual role of president of Atlantic Media Company and The Atlantic …

Discussion: FishbowlNY and MediaPost

Jim Romenesko:

Will Bryan College force student editor to resign? — On Tuesday, two hours after I posted the story about Bryan College student editor Alex Green publishing a story on his own after it was killed by the school president, I got a call from the young journalist. Nervous and apologetic, he asked if I could remove the post.

Discussion: @jeffjarvis and College Media Matters

Cahal Milmo / The Independent:

American court orders BBC to hand over Yasser Arafat documentary footage — The BBC has been ordered by an American court to surrender unused footage filmed for a documentary about former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to American victims of suicide bombings in Israel.

Discussion: Truthdig

Al Jazeera English:

Press TV correspondent killed in Damascus — Maya Nasser, a correspondent for Iran's Press TV network, has been killed by a sniper while reporting on air in Damascus, according to the network. Hossein Mortada, who serves as Damascus bureau chief for both the English-language Press TV …

Discussion: Guardian, TVNewser, Mediaite and The Huffington Post

Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire:

Ethics Force Press Pool to Deny Delicious Offers from POTUS — President Obama keeps trying to test out the journalistic integrity of the White House pool reporters by offering to buy them food at all of the delicious diners, drive ins, and dives he stops at while travelling across the country.

Thanks:@steverubel

The Smoking Gun:

Book Publisher Goes To Court To Recoup Hefty Advances From Prominent Writers — Buster — A New York publisher this week filed lawsuits against several prominent writers who failed to deliver books for which they received hefty contractual advances, records show.

Discussion: Deadline.com, New York Magazine, GalleyCat, Boing Boing and Publishers Lunch

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Michael Moynihan Joins Newsweek/The Daily Beast — Michael Moynihan is joining Newsweek/The Daily Beast as cultural news editor. Moynihan is perhaps best known for breaking the story on Jonah Lehrer's fabrications. Moynihan's work has appeared in such publications as Politico …

Discussion: Capital New York and WWD Media Headlines

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

MacKenzie sues South Yorkshire police over Hillsborough lies — Kelvin MacKenzie is fighting back over his infamous Hillsborough coverage. He has instructed lawyers to write to South Yorkshire police seeking an apology for being misled by its officers in 1989.

Discussion: Spectator