Mediagazer: Bullet points on Ev's new startup (Dave Winer/Scripting News)

2:35 PM ET, November 25, 2012

Top News:

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, The Verge, AJE, The Next Web and The Raw Story

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Photographs of Gaza conflict bring accusations of media bias — In the midst of armed conflict, every photo tells a story. Just not the one you might think. — During eight days of hostilities between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, an argument erupted over the images that documented the fighting.

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 and @jayrosen_nyu

Jon Mitchell / ReadWrite:

Medium: Why You Should Watch Two Twitter Co-Founders' New Idea — Keep an eye on Medium. I know it's one of those mysterious invite-only things, but the posts are open for everyone with a Twitter account to read, and you should really take a look. It's very easy to find great stuff …

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 …

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 …

Caitlin Johnston / Poynter:

Journalism that works: Telling the story of school deterioration, rebuilding — Many of America's school buildings are in disarray, with leaking roofs, toxic air and termite-invested walls. Parade Magazine decided to tackle this issue in a 2,000-word story, but one that editors …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Kon*Fab wants to break the filter bubble by finding location-based news — Katy Newton likens it to walking through a coffee shop: You can look around the room and see people reading articles in a newspaper or a magazine — and, within a certain range of politeness, strike up a conversation around the news.

BBC:

Editor resigns over photos of topless Duchess of Cambridge — The editor of the Irish Daily Star newspaper has resigned over the publication of topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge. — Michael O'Kane was suspended from his post in September while an internal investigation was carried out.

Discussion: Gawker, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Digital Spy

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

TV Everywhere Isn't: Why You Can't Watch Monday Night Football on Your iPhone — The TV Everywhere pitch is straightforward: If you pay for cable TV, you can watch cable TV wherever you want — on your iPad, in your bedroom, on your phone, in the airport, etc.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

A Peek at TV's Future, Via Google Fiber — The Google Fiber experiment/maybe-not-an-experiment in Kansas City is important because it shows Google's ability to compete directly with broadband providers for control of the Internet pipe itself. — If Google doesn't need to rely on the Comcasts …

Discussion: Business Insider

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Thompson gives evidence to Pollard inquiry — Ex-BBC director general flies to London to appear before inquiry into aborted Newsnight programme on Jimmy Savile — Mark Thompson has flown to London to give evidence to Nick Pollard inquiry into the handling of Newsnight's aborted investigation …

Discussion: New York Times, Hollywood Reporter and @gregmitch