Mediagazer: First female editor named at Broadcasting & Cable (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)

4:25 PM ET, November 13, 2012

Top News:

Petraeus ghostwriter ‘clueless’ to affair — My wife says I'm the most clueless person in America. — I never anticipated the extramarital affair between David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, the woman I'd worked with for 16 months on a book about Petraeus's year commanding the war in Afghanistan.

Discussion: Forbes, Mediaite, The Atlantic Wire, City Desk, BuzzFeed, Poynter, Garcia Media, FishbowlDC, LA Observed, Daily Download, Speakeasy, Los Angeles Times, Pressing Issues and The Huffington Post

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Michael Hastings on a mission — Last night, Michael Hastings went on CNN and accused Gen. David Petraeus of “manipulating” the White House, accused former U.S. Gen. Mark Kimmitt of lying to the American people, and accused CNN's own Barbara Starr of being “a spokesperson for the Pentagon.”

Discussion: Mediaite, @jayrosen_nyu, @dylanbyers, @jeremyscahill, @attackerman, @jeremyscahill, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, BAGnewsNotes and The Week

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:

Confirmed: ABC Denver misnames Petraeus book: “All up in my snatch” — Oh my. — A reader just sent me something that I didn't believe. Then he sent me a photo. Then he sent me a video. Then I found a comment on ABC Denver's Web site from another viewer who saw the same thing.

Discussion: Mediaite, Random Pixels, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Betabeat, The Daily Caller, Gawker, HyperVocal, TheDenverChannel.com, The Latest Word, The Raw Story, Ostrow Off The Record and The Huffington Post

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Lesson from Petraeus: Your emails, and Gmail, aren't that private — FBI investigators stumbled across Gen. David Petraeus' affair with Paula Broadwell by tracking harassing emails she allegedly sent to another woman, Jill Kelley. It's not clear whether those emails were sent from a Gmail account …

Discussion: The New Yorker Blog, Poynter, Forbes, @csoghoian, WorldViews, Wired and Hit & Run

Rupal Parekh / AdAge:

Whoops: Petraeus Given Starring Role in Newest ‘Call of Duty’ — War-Game Makers May Want to Think Twice About Using Real People — He may be embroiled in a dramatic and ever-growing scandal that cost him his job as CIA Director, but if it's any consolation, David Petraeus has retained …

Chuck Klosterman / Grantland:
I Lived a CIA Conspiracy Theory

Discussion: The Public Editor's Journal, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, FishbowlNY, New York Times, Gawker and Pressing Issues

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Marcus Brauchli to step down as editor of The Washington Post — The Washington Post announced Tuesday that Martin Baron, the editor of the Boston Globe, will become its new executive editor, replacing Marcus Brauchli, who is resigning to take a new position within the company.

Discussion: Poynter, Media Nation, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, @andrewphelps, CJR, Boston Globe, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone, @craigsilverman, @myersnews and WBUR

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

New Top Editor at Washington Post: Marcus Brauchli to Be Replaced by Marty Baron — The Washington Post, facing steep financial challenges and striving to find profitability as readers abandon print papers for digital formats, changed its newsroom leadership Tuesday.

Discussion: mediabistro.com, Poynter, NetNewsCheck Latest, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, FishbowlDC, Capital New York and The Daily Beast

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Baron: ‘No road map’ yet for the Post — Marty Baron, who has just been named executive editor of the Washington Post, says he has “no road map” for the paper's digital future, but promises to position it for success. — “I don't have a road map. I want to spend time talking to the staff.

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Brauchli leaving: Another WaPo rumor that turns out to be true

Discussion: Forbes and City Desk

Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:

BBC news chief pleads with staff not to Tweet about ‘our problems’ — Fran Unsworth, the new temporary head of BBC News, has appealed to staff not to Tweet about “our problems” as she tries to sort out the mess of the Newsnight scandal. Referring to the “tumultuous and very sad events of the past few days” …

Discussion: mediabistro.com, Poynter, Daily Dot, BBC and Telegraph

New York Times:
BBC Begins Disciplinary Action After Reporting Debacle

Discussion: Media Decoder

Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Reporter on Newsnight film questioned by BIJ

Discussion: The Times

Brendan O'Neill / Telegraph:
This isn't the first time that Angus Stickler and Newsnight have made OTT claims about secret child abusers

Discussion: TheMediaBriefing, Guardian, National Updates and Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

First female editor named at Broadcasting & Cable — Melissa Grego, currently executive editor, has been named editor in chief of Broadcasting & Cable, replacing Ben Grossman, who stepped aside as editor-in-chief of Broadcasting & Cable and will join Twitter as head of global operations, Twitter Media.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter Hires ‘Broadcasting & Cable’ Editor Ben Grossman To Lead Media Operations — Ben Grossman, editor-in-chief of long-lived trade magazine Broadcasting & Cable, announced this morning that he's joining Twitter as Head of Global Operations, Twitter Media. — Naturally, the announcement was made via Twitter.

Discussion: Lost Remote and Broadcasting & Cable

Bloomberg:

NBC Universal Said to Cut About 450 Jobs Across Units — Third-Quarter Ad Sales at Cable Networks Grew 1% — Comcast's NBC Universal is cutting about 450 jobs at several divisions of the broadcast, film and cable company, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

Discussion: Deadline.com

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Moves to Shake Up ‘Today’ Leadership

Discussion: Mediaite, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, TVSpy, TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and Media Law Prof Blog

Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:

Inside Forbes: Journalists Need to Understand the Ad Business, Not Sulk and Go Home — I can get very frustrated with editors and reporters who prefer to live in their own little world. When it happens, I do my best to remember I used to be one of them — until their stubbornness makes me incredulous all over again.

Discussion: AdAge and Big News Network.com

The Patriot-News:

Sara Ganim, who won Pulitzer Prize for Sandusky coverage, accepts job with CNN — Sara Ganim, The Patriot-News crime reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, has accepted a position as a correspondent with CNN. — Ganim started with CNN this week.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Poynter, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and @sganim

Reuters:

Former Disney CEO Eisner back in moviemaking with Universal — Eisner said he will be investing his own money into development and plans to bring partners into the venture. He said JPMorgan Chase & Co, Morgan Stanley, Blackstone Group LP and Moelis & Co were working with him on behalf of the venture

Discussion: Media Decoder and Deadline.com

Dominic Ponsford / PressGazette:

Sun investigations chief: Bribery Act has forced us to turn away whistleblowers — Brian Flynn addressing the Society of Editors conference in Belfast — Sun investigations editor Brian Flynn has warned that the fear of arrest is stopping journalists from pursuing public interest stories provided by public sector whistle-blowers.

Discussion: Guardian