Mediagazer: Why a NYT journalist wrote a self-published e-book (Mark Oppenheimer)

3:05 AM ET, October 9, 2012

Top News:

At today's ‘New York Times’ staff walkout — Unionized New York Times staffers have been locked in a nasty contract battle with company management for the past 18 months now. — How much longer before the two sides reach an agreement? — “There's no reason it can't be settled by Friday …

Discussion: WWD Media Headlines

Matt Wells / Guardian:

New York Times staff walk out in protest - and return 10 minutes later — About 375 workers walk out in dispute over pay - but only those staff whose schedule ‘permits 10- or 15-minute break’ — It was a very New York Times protest. Meticulously planned, well staffed, if somewhat meandering in the execution.

Discussion: Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Gawker, Mediaite, The Raw Story and mediabistro.com

Jim Romenesko:

New York Times union memo: 'It's time to raise our voices' — New York Times guild employees are taking a series of actions this week “to make sure that the company hears and understands our position” on contract negotiations. — “It is time to raise our voices,” says a memo to members.

Discussion: @nowthisnews, The Huffington Post, @rpogrebin, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, Gothamist, Capital New York, The New York Observer and New York Magazine

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

CNN's creation of film unit is step in right direction — CNN has acquired the documentary “Girl Rising.” (10x10) — At first glance, word that CNN plans to create a film unit to acquire and finance documentaries seems like more proof that the once-dominant cable news channel is struggling …

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

CNN Announces CNN Films; First Documentary Features Streep, Hathaway (Video) — CNN announced the creation of CNN Films, which will develop documentaries with top filmmakers and secure films to release theatrically and air on CNN and CNN International. — Creating and airing feature-length films …

Discussion: Politico, Broadcasting & Cable, bizjournals, Examiner, Associated Press, TVNewser, CNN and New York Times

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

One year in, ABC/Yahoo news partnership holds largest Web audience — The partnership between ABC News and Yahoo News is reaching the largest digital audience in America as it celebrates its first anniversary. — In October 2011, Yahoo and ABC announced they would share stories and Web video …

Mark Oppenheimer:

Why a NYT journalist wrote a self-published e-book — This has been a big week. For the first time, I self-published. — Not just e-published, but self-published. The 12,000-word book I put up for sale on the web Wednesday — the first major profile of Dan Savage …

Esther Addley / Guardian:

Julian Assange to publish book about freedom and the future of the internet — Julian Assange's last foray into the publishing world ended in an acrimonious and highly costly dispute, after he withdrew from his million-pound contract and his publishers released a draft autobiography manuscript against his wishes.

Discussion: New York Times, Melville House Books, The Next Web and The Raw Story

Robert Booth / Guardian: Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

New Times-Picayune competitor, Baton Rouge Advocate says it now has 10,000 subscribers in New Orleans — New subscribers to the Baton Rouge Advocate's New Orleans edition are reporting problems with receiving their papers. “I really think they weren't prepared for the amount of subscribers that they got …

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab: The newsonomics of Advance's New Orleans strategy

Brendan Nyhan / CJR:

Enabling the jobs report conspiracy theory — NEW HAMPSHIRE — Media ethics pop quiz: When conspiracy theories started circulating on Twitter claiming that Friday's jobs report had been politically manipulated, what should reporters have done? (a) Avoid covering a baseless and unsubstantiated charge …

Discussion: The Public Editor's Journal, business.time.com and New York Magazine

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Here Come the Inevitable Marissa Mayer Magazine Profiles — As She Preps Her Quick Return to Yahoo — New York magazine just published what will doubtlessly be the first of many larger-scale profile pieces on new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (Fortune's at work on one, too). — Titled “Can Marissa Mayer Really Have It All?”

Discussion: New York Magazine, The New Yorker Blog, Betabeat and Business Insider

Maria Golovnina / Reuters:

Britain's BBC apologizes over sex abuse scandal — (Reuters) - Britain's BBC on Monday apologized to a group of women who allege that one of the state-funded broadcaster's top entertainers sexually abused them decades ago, a scandal that has raised questions about the BBC's judgment then and now.

Jennifer O'Mahony / Telegraph:
Jimmy Savile: BBC Director General says ‘I will hold an inquiry’

Discussion: PressGazette and Guardian

TVNewsCheck:

Media General Sells Tampa Tribune For $9.5M — Media General Inc. today sold The Tampa Tribune and its associated print and digital products to Tampa Media Group Inc., a new company formed by Revolution Capital Group. The sale closed today. The sale price was $9.5 million …

Discussion: Poynter, Tampa Bay Times, RVANews, Tampa Bay Times, Associated Press and Wall Street Journal

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

YouTube, Which Wants More TV Dollars, Pays Up for More “Channels” — YouTube is ramping up its channel experiment. — Google is funding a new batch of video-makers to join the 100 it launched in the last year. And it's making an international push, by adding content for the U.K., German and French versions of the site.