Mediagazer: Lebedev draws up contingency plans for UK newspapers (Miriam Elder/Guardian)

Peter Rippon / BBC:

Newsnight and Jimmy Savile — There has been a lot written about why I took the decision not to run a story into allegations of sex abuse by the former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile. It has been suggested I was ordered to do it by my bosses as part of a BBC cover-up.

Discussion: Guardian, BBC and Digital Spy

Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Jimmy Savile: BBC denies cover-up

Discussion: @fleetstreetfox, @fleetstreetfox, @fleetstreetfox, @mediaguardian, @joshhalliday and @fleetstreetfox

Guardian: Jimmy Savile: Newsnight editor blocked airing of sexual assault story

Press Association:
Late BBC broadcaster accused of sex abuse

Discussion: Guardian and Telegraph

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

BBC working on music equivalent of iPlayer — The BBC is working on a music equivalent of its iPlayer catch-up service, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. — Lana Del Rey has shot to fame through music streaming services such as Spotify — The service, dubbed Playlister …

Discussion: Engadget and NME

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Burlington Free Press Loses Ground in Vermont — BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermonters may be quick to boast about their locally sourced foods, their ability to tolerate bitter winters and their celebrated entrepreneurs like Ben & Jerry's and Burton Snowboards. But lately, they have not extended that praise to their newspaper.

Discussion: AAN and NetNewsCheck Latest

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Voters say journalists are giving Romney's ‘47 percent’ comments too much coverage — There's been too much coverage of Mitt Romney's comments about the “47 percent,” says a plurality polled by Pew. … As best I can tell, the press has largely moved on to the meta-narrative of Romney's remarks …

Discussion: Pew Research Center, Washington Post, CNN and Politico

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

AOL Finally Lands on YouTube — Want to be big in online video? It helps if people can see your stuff on the world's biggest video site. — So that's what Tim Armstrong is going to do: After years of keeping its clips off YouTube, AOL is finally going to start distributing its video on Google's site, via 22 branded “channels.”

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Radio & Television …, Advanced Television, Engadget, WebProNews and NYConvergence.com

Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:

M-GO Signs Content Deals With DreamWorks Animation, Relativity — Multiscreen app service M-GO Entertainment has signed content licensing deals with DreamWorks Animation and Relativity Media, the company announced Tuesday at TheGrill, TheWrap's annual conference.

Discussion: Bloomberg, PR Newswire, Speakeasy and Home Media Magazine

Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

TV studios too strong for Apple disruption — Syndication biz projected to reach $20 billion — The economics of Hollywood's TV studios have been strengthened so much by new windows that even Apple won't be able to disrupt their business, according to a new research report.

Ozge Ozbilgin / Reuters:

YouTube opens Turkish site, giving government more control — (Reuters) - Turkey said on Tuesday it had won a long-running battle to persuade the video-sharing website YouTube to operate under a Turkish web domain, giving Ankara a tighter rein over the site's content and requiring the firm to pay Turkish taxes.

Discussion: CNET and paidContent

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Talking Points Memo launches membership-only program, wades into longform — Encouraging mass readership within a niche coverage area is at the heart of Talking Points Memo's ad-supported business model. — So when founding publisher/editor Josh Marshall began to assess the best ways …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Capital New York

Marie-Andree Weiss / Citizen Media Law Project:

Defamation, Italian Style — Being a journalist in Italy may have occupational hazards, but having to go to prison in your own country because of an article you wrote should not be one of them. However, Italy, a founding Member of both the Council of Europe and the European Union …

Miriam Elder / Guardian:

Lebedev draws up contingency plans for UK newspapers — Evening Standard and Independent owner says his businesses are suffering because he is a critic of Vladimir Putin's Russia — Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev is drawing up “contingency plans” for his UK media holdings …

Ben Kersey / The Verge:

Live Twitter stream found in print issue of Entertainment Weekly — The October 5th print issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an insert page with a small LCD designed to display live tweets as well as videos. Around 1,000 copies of the issue distributed in New York and Los Angeles …

Discussion: Mashable!

Christopher S. Stewart / Wall Street Journal:

Strike Looms at ABC Ahead of Debate — As media outlets prepare for Wednesday's first presidential debate, the specter of strike action is looming at ABC, which is providing broadcast coverage for all networks. The membership of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians …

Discussion: TVNewser