Mediagazer: Umano wants to tell you the news, literally (Richard Nieva/PandoDaily)

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

Hiring a Bush Daughter, to Attract Younger Readers — Southern Living, a magazine with features on decorating fireplace mantels and profiles of former President Jimmy Carter describing how he hunts holiday turkeys, has a loyal following among middle-aged Southern women.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Chickaboomer and New York Magazine

David Carr / New York Times:

Using War as Cover to Target Journalists — The setting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Tuesday represented the height of refinement, but Alan Rusbridger, editor in chief of The Guardian, reminded the black-tie crowd at the annual dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists of something …

Discussion: Infowars

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Bureau of Investigative Journalism says it had ‘no responsibility’ for making of Newsnight child abuse report — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has declared that it was not responsible for the disastrous Newsnight child abuse report of 2 November but it has expressed regret …

Discussion: New York Times, Softpedia News, Pressing Issues, Prof Chris Daly's Blog and A diary of deception …

Neil Thurman / Journalism.co.uk:

Why liveblogs outperform other online news formats by up to 300% — Dr Neil Thurman and Anna Walters, from City University London's Journalism School, have just published a study into liveblogging, which is becoming the default format for covering major breaking news stories, sports events …

Richard Nieva / PandoDaily:

Umano wants to tell you the news, literally — As a Bay Area resident, I think I can speak for most when I say: BART is awful. The Bay Area Rapid Transit pales in comparison to other metropolis' public transportation trains. It's overly crowded at rush hour, makes a grand total of eight stops …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

HarperCollins launches digital-only teen imprint — HarperCollins has a new young adult (YA) imprint, HarperTeen Impulse, that will publish digital short stories and novellas. Ebooks will be priced between $0.99 and $2.99. — “We're seeing short-form content becoming more popular …

Discussion: Media Decoder

Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

Knitd to launch as web app for premium content — Readers will buy articles via a micropayment system, with journalists receiving 80 per cent — Copyright: Image by Alexander Kirch, Dreamtime.com — Knitd, a web app that will offer readers the chance to buy single articles via a micropayment system …

Julian Pecquet / Hillicon Valley:

Gaza violence leads lawmakers to call for shuttering terror groups on Twitter — The past week's violence in Gaza has rekindled calls for Twitter to shutter the accounts of U.S.-labeled terror groups such as Hamas. — Seven House Republicans asked the FBI in September to demand that Twitter …

Discussion: Forbes, SocialTimes, Washington Post, The Verge, AJE, The Next Web and The Raw Story

Dave Winer / Scripting News:

Bullet points on Ev's new startup — I listened to a podcast interview between Evan Williams and Jeffrey Zeldman yesterday. It had a few bits about Medium, which is his new startup. I am interested in know what his thinking is on this — as we've been exploring the same territory for a number of years …

Discussion: @scottros, @jayrosen_nyu and ReadWrite

Reuters:

Explosives found under car of prominent Pakistani journalist — (Reuters) - A bomb was found on Monday under the car of a prominent Pakistani journalist who the Taliban had threatened over his coverage of a schoolgirl the militants shot, his employer said. — A half-kilogram (1 lb) …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Anchors Quit on Air, but Reason Is Unclear — Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio came to work last Tuesday with a secret: this was going to be their last day co-anchoring the news together. — The anchors, in Bangor, Me., had been talking for some time about leaving WVII and WFVX …

Discussion: Chickaboomer

Steve Hewlett / Guardian:

Level-headed Tony Hall has an uphill task at the BBC — The director general has proved he is operationally effective, but will need to bring more than that to the table in the years ahead — On a November morning in 1995, the BBC's then director of news, Tony Hall, and his closest confidant …

Discussion: Forbes