Mediagazer: George Entwistle resigns as BBC director general (BBC)

2:47 AM ET, November 11, 2012

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George Entwistle / BBC:

Statement from George Entwistle — In the light of the fact that the Director-General is also the Editor-in-Chief and ultimately responsible for all content; and in the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards of the Newsnight film broadcast on Friday 2nd November …

BBC:

George Entwistle resigns as BBC director general — George Entwistle made his statement outside New Broadcasting House — The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast. — In a statement given outside New Broadcasting House …

Discussion: TVNewser, Telegraph, Poynter, The Next Web, Mediaite and themediablog.typepad.com

Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:

For New York Times' Sake, Mark Thompson Should Step Aside — Scandals are the order of the day, from David Petraeus' emergency resignation this week to the implosion of BBC leadership, as its new Director-General George Entwistle announces his own hurried departure today.

Discussion: WorldViews, BBC and Washington Post

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

BBC in crisis as George Entwistle resigns — Television boss leaves job for abuse story lapses in what Trust chairman Chris Patten laments as his ‘saddest day’ — The BBC has been plunged into the deepest crisis in its history with the dramatic resignation of its director general, George Entwistle, after just 54 days in the job.

Discussion: BBC and Telegraph

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

When does shaming racist kids turn into online bullying? — Calling out racists who posted offensive comments about President Barack Obama seems like a great use of the internet and social networks — after all, that kind of behavior is easier to identify than it has ever been before, thanks to Twitter search and Facebook profiles.

Discussion: Gawker, Jezebel, floatingsheep, ZDNet, floatingsheep and Forbes

Anita Li / Mashable!:

‘New York Times’ Advice Column Not About Petraeus Affair [REPORT] — A New York Times advice column that included a question from a man whose wife was having an affair with a “government executive” is not about Gen. David Petraeus. — A tweet from Hugo Lindgren, editor of The New York Times Magazine …

Discussion: @hugolindgren, Daily Download and Slate

Rani Molla / The Content Strategist:

WSJ's Heron Seeks Expanded Audience Through Social Media — This post is part of the Social Media Editor Series, featuring interviews with social media editors from news organizations about what they do and where they see social media in journalism going. — The business world might still …

Discussion: Cision

David Kravets / Wired:

U.S. WikiLeaks Criminal Probe ‘Ongoing,’ Judge Reveals — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures in August after his statement to the media and supporters on a balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London. Photo: AP — A 2-year-old federal grand jury probe …

Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Times Public Editor Margaret ‘The Slugger’ Sullivan Comes Out Swinging — Imagine your first two months as an editor at The New York Times. — You sell your house and car in Buffalo, move to the Flatiron District, plunk down in the Times newsroom and one by one take public swipes at your new colleagues …

Michael Carney / PandoDaily:

WordPress guru designs a concept blogging platform that doesn't suck, gets rave reviews — John O'Nolan knows WordPress. He's a regular content publisher through both his personal blog and his “side project” Travelllll.com. (1, 2, 3, and 4 L's were taken, he tells me.)

Dean Starkman / CJR:

Paywalls are a means, not an end — A Toronto Star columnist's belligerence gets me thinking — I like paywalls. I really do. — I think it make sense for newspapers that saw the bottom drop out of print ad revenue to now ask readers to pick up a greater share of the cost of news.

Daniel D'Addario / The New York Observer:

Tree Maps and Dwindling Cigarettes: One Hyperlocal Site's Approach to Sandy — Two days after Hurricane Sandy last week, The Observer met up with Liena Zagare, the publisher of Brooklyn local news network Corner News Media, at a local coffee shop in Ditmas Park, and found her standing …