Mediagazer: A personal tragedy, and a hammer blow for an honest institution (John Ware/Guardian)

1:40 PM 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 …

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John Ware / Guardian:

A personal tragedy, and a hammer blow for an honest institution — Paralysis at the top left the BBC's Newsnight exposed. Will this be rectified following Entwistle's departure? — The resignation of George Entwistle as the BBC's director general is both a personal tragedy and a hammer-blow for the BBC.

Discussion: CJR, Reuters, Telegraph, Charlie Beckett, Business Insider, BBC and Digital Spy

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: Daily Express, Daily Mail, Telegraph and BBC

Reuters:

BBC must reform or die, says Trust chairman — (Reuters) - BBC director general George Entwistle resigned just two months into the job, after the state-funded broadcaster put out a program denounced by its chairman as shoddy journalism. — The BBC, reeling from revelations …

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Which Polls Fared Best (and Worst) in the 2012 Presidential Race — As Americans' modes of communication change, the techniques that produce the most accurate polls seems to be changing as well. In last Tuesday's presidential election, a number of polling firms that conduct their surveys online had strong results.

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Spencer Ackerman / Wired:

How I Was Drawn Into the Cult of David Petraeus — Gen. David Petraeus gives the thumbs up with his wife Holly at his retirement ceremony. Photo: DOD — When it came out that CIA Director David Petraeus had an affair with his hagiographer, I got punked. “It seems so obvious in retrospect.

Discussion: @dangillmor, Guardian, Pressing Issues, The New York Observer, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed and Mother Jones

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: The Sun, WorldViews, Guardian and New York Magazine

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.

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Can NowThis News Crack Mobile Video? — News clearly needs a healthy dose of reinvention. NowThis News is an ambitious attempt to do just that with news video made for a mobile world. — NowThis, founded by former Huffington Post execs Ken Lerer and Eric Hippeau and backed by $5 million …

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Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:

Spotify Is Having A Good 2012: Revenues Could Reach $500M As It Expands The Digital Music Market — Spotify, the streaming music startup, was having serious trouble paying its bills, if you believed reports from earlier this year. Its 2011 financials showed a loss of nearly $60 million on revenues of $244 million.

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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.