Mediagazer: ICOA CEO says never had acquisition talks with Google (Alexei Oreskovic/Reuters)

10:20 PM ET, November 26, 2012

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Guest on Fox News to Discuss Benghazi Attack Is Given a Quick Exit — Thomas E. Ricks, the veteran defense reporter and author, said he expected his Monday morning appearance on Fox News to last about three minutes. It ended, in fact, after 90 seconds — his last sentence was a description …

Discussion: Gawker, TVNewser, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Pressing Issues and HyperVocal

Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox Interview Ends After Guest Accuses Network Of Operating As ‘Wing Of The Republican Party’

Discussion: Politico, The Raw Story and Erik Wemple

Dean Starkman / CJR:

The Washington Post needs a paywall—now — A strategic error needs to be reversed, stat — The not-so-gentle ejection of Marcus Brauchli from the top editor's chair at The Washington Post has cast a bright spotlight now on senior leadership, including his boss, Katharine Weymouth …

Discussion: ReadWrite, Capital New York and @jbenton

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why pushing for a paywall at the Washington Post completely misses the point

Discussion: PandoDaily and NetNewsCheck Latest

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites — “What's the use of PRWeb?,” tweeted Megan McCarthy of Reuters, trying to digest how that service ended up circulating a fake Google acquisition story. Come along, Megan and others, and I'll explain one of the sorriest uses …

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
ICOA CEO says never had acquisition talks with Google

Discussion: The Next Web, Ars Technica, Blogging PRWeb, AllThingsD, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Gawker, Business Insider, Hillicon Valley, GigaOM, The Verge and WebProNews

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

The Guardian goes responsive with its new mobile site following a month-long beta trial — Whether you think the future is HTML5 or native, Android or iOS, one thing we probably all agree on is that mobile is edging increasingly towards the center of the media-consumption realm.

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Robert Andrews / paidContent: Guardian and BBC battle for traffic in the Big Apple

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Report: Cameron will oppose calls from Leveson for ‘state meddling’ in the press — With Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly set to oppose any calls from Lord Justice Leveson for ‘state meddling’ in the press, leader of the opposition Ed Miliband has insisted that Leveson's recommendations should be implemented.

Discussion: CNN, Guardian, Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent

Robert Peston / BBC: Leveson: Cameron's dilemma

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Newspapers report ad revenue loss for 25th quarter in a row — Newspaper advertising revenues were down 5.1 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period in 2011, the Newspaper Association of America reported over the holiday. … The results were marginally better …

Discussion: newsosaur.blogspot.ca and NetNewsCheck Latest

Cary Spivak / American Journalism Review:

Are These Guys Crazy? — It has happened in newsrooms across the country. News breaks that somebody is buying a newspaper, undoubtedly at a deeply discounted price. Buyout-weary reporters and editors look around their own newsrooms filled with empty desks and wonder: “Who are these guys buying newspapers?

John Koblin / Deadspin:

Media Experts Dan Okrent, Jack Shafer, and David Carr Discuss ESPN's Plagiarism Problem: “If I Were Them, I Would Be Embarrassed” — It's now been 138 days since we turned up ESPN entertainment writer Lynn Hoppes's extensive habit of copying and pasting from Wikipedia.

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

NBC, Verizon Strike TV Everywhere Deal — Deal covers TV stations, cable nets and the Internet — NBCU has struck a program carriage deal with Verizon FiOS that includes rights to over-the-top delivery to multiple screens. — The wide-ranging deal, announced Monday …

Discussion: MediaPost and Cable Television News

David Banks / Guardian:

Google is publisher according to Australian court — Search engine loses libel case and is ordered to pay $200,000 for online defamation — Google will have to be quicker to remove defamatory content, at least in Australia, after it lost a $200,000 libel action there.

Discussion: ReadWrite and TechCrunch

New York Times:

From Man Who Insulted Muhammad, No Regret — LOS ANGELES — Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making “Innocence of Muslims,” his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bloodthirsty, philandering thug.

Discussion: Inside Movies, Wired, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Media Decoder, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, New York Magazine and LA Observed

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

That Facebook Copyright Protection Notice Is An Urban Myth — If you want to freak out a billion people, here's one pretty effective way to do it: Make them feel like you're trying to steal their rights when they're not paying attention. — Governments and corporations have long considered …

Discussion: Betabeat, GigaOM, Slate, CNET and Plagiarism Today

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

It's not a crime to record cops, Supreme Court decides — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place a lower court ruling that prevented Illinois from prosecuting people under its Eavesdropping Act if they recorded police officers. A federal appeals court ruled the statute “likely violates” First Amendment rights.

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, Infowars, Reason.com, Capitol Fax.com, Politico, Business Insider, WebProNews and Ars Technica

Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones:

No, Andrew W.K. is Not the State Department's Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East — Over Thanksgiving weekend, hard-rock performing artist and self-declared “King of Partying” Andrew W.K. announced that he had just landed a new gig: America's “cultural ambassador of partying” to Bahrain.

Discussion: Brokelyn, DCist, UPI, rt.com, Gawker, Guardian, The Awl, BREITBART.COM, Mediaite, Vulture and NME

Jonathan Zittrain / The Future of the Internet:

Don't sue over tweets — I just published a short piece in the F-T in the wake of legal threats against users who tweeted or retweeted a link to a BBC report of child abuse that turned out to be wrong. Here's the full text - — Those who didn't see the false child abuse accusations …

Discussion: New York Times and Prof Chris Daly's Blog

Reg Chua / (Re)Structuring Journalism:

Advertising Unbundled — As anyone who's been tracking the news business knows, online advertising hasn't exactly been a boon for revenues, thanks in large part to the migration of classifieds to online marketplaces and the avalanche of inventory that keeps ad rates low.