Mediagazer: I Lived a CIA Conspiracy Theory (Chuck Klosterman/Grantland)

9:20 PM ET, November 13, 2012

Top News:

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, @jeremyscahill, @jeremyscahill, @attackerman, @fivethirtyeight, @dylanbyers, @jayrosen_nyu, The Huffington Post and BAGnewsNotes

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

Vernon Loeb / Washington Post:

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.

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Chuck Klosterman / Grantland:

I Lived a CIA Conspiracy Theory — I had an interesting weekend. Maybe you did, too. It's always a mixed bag, you know? Some Friday nights are drunken and exhilarating; other Friday nights are empty and reserved. And then, of course, there are those Friday nights when random people believe …

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

Patrick Radden Keefe / The New Yorker Blog:

The Surveillance State Takes Friendly Fire — Last March, in a speech he delivered at a gathering orchestrated by In-Q-Tel, the venture-capital incubator of the Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, the Agency's director, had occasion to ruminate on “the utter transparency of the digital world.”

Discussion: Telegraph, The Daily Beast and Wired

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 …

Discussion: Media Money …, CNET, Associated Press and Speakeasy

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Lesson from Petraeus: Your emails, and Gmail, aren't that private

Discussion: Forbes, Wired, Poynter, @csoghoian, WorldViews, Hit & Run, FP Passport and Betabeat

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
The Media's Five Stages of David Petraeus Grief

Discussion: Guardian and Business Insider

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, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone, @andrewphelps, @craigsilverman, Media Nation, @myersnews, Boston Globe, @mlcalderone, New York Magazine, CJR 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, The Daily Beast, FishbowlDC, Capital New York and FishbowlNY

Dylan Byers / Politico: Baron: ‘No road map’ yet for the Post

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Washington Post Hires New Top Editor; Here Are The Memos

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

Discussion: Erik Wemple, City Desk and The Newspaper Guild

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, Daily Dot, Poynter and Telegraph

New York Times: BBC Begins Disciplinary Action After Reporting Debacle

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 and National Updates

Newspaper Guild of New York:

Times contract: More dollars, stable pension, secure medical — The Guild and Times management have completed work on a memorandum of agreement that sets forth the terms of a new contract that Guild members will be asked to vote on next week. — The agreement, reached with the aid …

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Newspaper Guild Approves New York Times Contract — The Newspaper Guild has approved a contract with The New York Times this afternoon, ending months bumpy negotiations between Guild members and management. — But the mood in the newsroom was one of resignation rather than elation.

Andrew Leonard / Salon:

Gallup is very upset at Nate Silver — The polling firm complains operations like FiveThirtyEight could spoil polling for everyone — Did Gallup just blame Nate Silver for ruining the art and science of polling? — You don't have to read too far between the lines of a statement …

Discussion: Mediaite, Business Insider and Election 2012

Andrew Romano / The Daily Beast: How a nerd named Nate Silver changed political reporting forever

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.

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter Hires ‘Broadcasting & Cable’ Editor Ben Grossman To Lead Media Operations

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Rani Molla / GigaOM:

Privacy to porno: What censorship means around the world [map] — Google released data today that shows requests for censorship and surveillance are on the rise worldwide. Google keeps track of government requests to remove its content (requests it sometimes abides) and releases data biannually.

Discussion: Daily Dot and The Next Web

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Government surveillance on the rise says new Google report

Discussion: The Official Google Blog, Hillicon Valley, Mediaite, PC Magazine and TechCrunch

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: CJR, AdAge and Big News Network.com

David Holmes / PandoDaily:

News app editor Lauren Rabaino brings a startup mentality to the Seattle Times — How do you save a 120-year-old newspaper from extinction? If you're the Seattle Times, you create a startup right in the middle of your newsroom. — That's essentially how its news applications team operates …