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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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Forbes, The Atlantic Wire, Mediaite, City Desk, BuzzFeed, Garcia Media, FishbowlDC, Poynter, LA Observed, Daily Download, Speakeasy, Pressing Issues, Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post
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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.”
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.
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 …
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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 …
Discussion:
Media Money …, Associated Press and Speakeasy
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
The Media's Five Stages of David Petraeus Grief
Discussion:
Guardian and The Daily Dish
Chuck Klosterman / Grantland:
I Lived a CIA Conspiracy Theory
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Gawker, The Public Editor's Journal, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, FishbowlNY 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.
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Poynter, Media Nation, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, @andrewphelps, CJR, Boston Globe, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone, @craigsilverman, @myersnews and WBUR
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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.
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Poynter, mediabistro.com, The Wrap, FishbowlDC, NetNewsCheck Latest, Capital New York, FishbowlNY 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.
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Washington Post Hires New Top Editor; Here Are The Memos — A month ago, I reported that Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth was planning to replace executive editor Marcus Brauchli after the presidential election. Well, it's after the election, and Weymouth has acted, hiring Boston Globe editor Marty Baron to fill the job.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Brauchli leaving: Another WaPo rumor that turns out to be true
Discussion:
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” …
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Poynter, mediabistro.com, Daily Dot, Telegraph and BBC
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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.
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NetNewsCheck Latest
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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
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, Election 2012 and Techdirt
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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:
Poynter, Hollywood Reporter, @sganim, The Huffington Post, TVNewser and The Newspaper Guild
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.
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Deadline.com
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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 …
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