Mediagazer: Pearson sorry for downing 1.45 million teaching blogs (Robert Andrews/paidContent)

7:15 AM ET, October 17, 2012

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

What news brand has the most pull on Twitter? Finally, some answers — Who has more clout in spreading the news: the New York Times, the Guardian or Wired? Such questions have been the stuff of cocktail chatter but now, thanks to the rise of Twitter and big data analytics, we have some hard evidence.

Discussion: UANews, NetNewsCheck Latest and Poynter

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Washington Post Close To Replacing Marcus Brauchli As Executive Editor: Sources — Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli has been a marked man at least since March, when his boss, publisher Katharine Weymouth, tried and failed to hire someone from The New York Times to succeed him.

Discussion: Media Nation

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Pearson sorry for downing 1.45 million teaching blogs — When Pearson objected to a blog that republished some of its work, it took the haystack with the needle. — The giant education publisher spotted a teacher's weblog powered by the Edublogs network had, in 2007 …

Discussion: WPMU.org and ZDNet

Robert Steiner / Nieman Journalism Lab:

In Toronto, we're dumping the j-school model to produce a new kind of reporter — In its series of pieces on journalism education, the Nieman Journalism Lab raised two of three ideas that could really change the field. The first, from Len Downie: Journalism schools should work more like teaching hospitals.

Elizabeth Flock / US News:

Washington Times Gets First President And CEO Who Is Not A Member of Unification Church — On the heels of a Washington Whispers report Saturday that Douglas Joo is out as Washington Times chairman, the conservative newspaper announced on its Web site Monday it has a new president and CEO.

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Tuesday Q&A: Globe and Mail Publisher Phillip Crawley on the paper's paywall plans — The Globe and Mail often gets called Canada's New York Times, because of the paper's size and reach on the northern side of the 49th parallel. Now the paper is hoping to emulate the Times' success in getting readers to pay for online access to news.

Discussion: Poynter and Toronto Star

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

One month in, Margaret Sullivan talks about the changing role of New York Times Public Editor — A little over a month into her job, Margaret Sullivan has been transforming the traditional role of The New York Times public editor — by blogging almost every weekday and using social media …

Discussion: The Public Editor's Journal and FishbowlNY

Amanda Hirsch / MediaShift:

St. Louis Non-Profit News Orgs Partner on Beyond November and More — In St. Louis, three non-profit news organizations — St. Louis Public Radio (SLPR), the Nine Network of Public Media and the St. Louis Beacon — have joined forces to produce election coverage through a project called Beyond November.

Jim Romenesko:

Union: New York Times newsroom managers got raises while our wages were frozen — “The Mobilization Committee” at the New York Times tells guild members this afternoon that newsroom managers have been nicely rewarded. … Read the memo after the jump. — From:

Discussion: @penenberg

Australian Associated Press:

News Corp has market's thumbs up: Murdoch — Having survived shareholder challenge to his family's influence at the helm of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch says the company is well-positioned for strong performance and the market likes what it is doing. Murdoch told News Corp's annual general meeting …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter and Guardian

Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

New York Times chief Mark Thompson leaves Jimmy Savile scandal at BBC — Mark Thompson isn't the luckiest of media CEOs. The incoming boss of the New York Times Company must not only deal with a financial squeeze and an escalating staff dispute; he has also been forced to watch out for an extraordinary storm in his rear-view mirror.

Discussion: BBC Press Office, fleet street fox and Guardian

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

With Six Million Uniques, Upworthy Gets $4M From NEA to Find More Virals That Aren't Cat Videos — In March, a new start-up called Upworthy launched a site that promised to find viral content on important topics. It seemed an earnest aspiration — it's like cat videos, but serious! — that was unlikely to work.

Discussion: Betabeat