Mediagazer: TW's Jeff Bewkes: Streaming Is Stabilizing Home-Entertainment Revenues (Brent Lang/The Wrap)

7:45 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: Telegraph, TVNewser, 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: Guardian, The Sun and WorldViews

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: Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mail and BBC

Brent Lang / The Wrap:

TW's Jeff Bewkes: Streaming Is Stabilizing Home-Entertainment Revenues — Time Warner Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bewkes believes the bleeding has stopped in the home-entertainment market and that streaming services are to thank for the change in fortunes.

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, Forbes and floatingsheep

Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

News App Pulse Bets Big on Sponsored Content and Bite-Size Content Subscriptions — Brings in More Than $300,000 a Month Off Inbound Interest — They both are news-reading apps, they both claim 20 million users, and they're both less than three years old.

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Engadget, TUAW and eMedia Vitals, Thanks:@steverubel

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.)