Mediagazer: Random House Launches New Digital-Only Imprints (Publishers Weekly)

3:30 PM ET, November 29, 2012

Top News:

Leveson report published - live coverage — Inquiry recommends new regulator with statutory backstop • Cameron rejects call for statutory body • Politicians got too close to press owners • Met criticised for failing to re-investigate hacking • Hunt gave a ‘perception of bias’ in contacts with News Corp

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James Ball / Guardian:

Leveson's distinction between web and print news ‘will undermine regulation’ — Academics say Lord Justice Leveson has missed opportunity by devoting just one page of report to internet — Online journalists and academics have warned that the Leveson report's attempts to draw a distinction between …

Discussion: paidContent and Tech Europe

Guardian:

Leveson report calls for new press law — Lord Justice Leveson has recommended the introduction of the first press law in Britain since the 17th century - proposing that a statutory body such as Ofcom should take responsibility for monitoring an overhauled Press Complaints Commission.

Oliver Wright / The Independent:

Bad news for the press? Leveson calls for laws to enforce standards — A powerful new regulator supported by legislation and with the power to fine newspapers up to £1 million should be set as part of a “clear and unambiguous” plan to clean up in the press in the wake of the phone hacking scandal …

@skynewsbreak:

Government agrees to draft a bill that would implement the Leveson Report's recommendations #leveson

Tom Rowley / Telegraph:
Leveson Report: latest reaction

Discussion: BBC and Media Law Prof Blog

Robert Booth / Guardian: Leveson: NoW was not responsible for raising Dowler family's hopes

Rowena Mason / Telegraph:
David Cameron defies Leveson over press laws

Discussion: Guardian

Guido Fawkes: Leveson Wants Ex-Brown Adviser to Regulate the Press

Vikram Dodd / Guardian: Leveson report criticises Met police over phone-hacking investigation

Emily Bell / Guardian:
The Leveson inquiry is irrelevant to 21st-century journalism

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

CNN names Jeff Zucker president — Jeff Zucker, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal, has been named president of CNN Worldwide, the network announced today. — “After a careful search process, I picked Jeff because of his extensive experience and track record in broadcast and cable news …

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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

New CNN chief Jeff Zucker wants more passion, vitality from network — New CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker said his priority is to make the cable news channel “relevant, vibrant and exciting.” — In a conference call with reporters Thursday, Zucker stressed that he did not want to copy Fox News …

Rebecca Dana / The New Republic:
Jeff Zucker Is Just What CNN Needs: A Theatrical Tyrant

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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
It's Official: Jeff Zucker Tapped to Lead CNN

Discussion: Media Decoder

Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
Jeff Zucker CNN President: Network Officially Hires Former NBC Universal Chief

Discussion: Gawker

Publishers Weekly:

Random House Launches New Digital-Only Imprints — Random House moved to expand its digital publishing program with plans to launch three new digital-only imprints: Alibi, a mystery-thriller line, Flirt, a YA/New Adult list and Hydra, a new digital-only science fiction line …

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Ella Delany / The Daily Beast:
The Victims of the Penguin & Random House Merger: Literary Agents

Discussion: MediaShift

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Now It's a Race: ComScore Adds Up Web, Mobile and App Eyeballs for the First Time — Big news for Web publishers whose users are increasingly visiting them on their phones: They're going to start getting credit for those eyeballs, via a new scoring system from comScore.

Discussion: comScore, Inc.

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Could Yahoo's move away from media be AOL's big chance? — Jon Miller, ex-CEO of AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's former interim CEO, think Yahoo's new direction under Marissa Mayer could open up an opportunity for AOL. — NEW YORK—Yahoo's new direction under CEO Marissa Mayer …

Dylan Byers / Politico:

National Journal announces major reorganization — The National Journal will send a memo to staff and hold a meeting today at the Watergate to announce a major reorganization of its newsroom, including news previously confirmed by POLITICO that editor-in-chief Ron Fournier is stepping down.

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

NYT: Jodi Rudoren's social media arrangement not a punishment — Tasking an editor to review Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren's social media output in advance will “capitalize on the promise of social media's engagement with readers while not exposing The Times to a reporter's unfiltered …

Discussion: GigaOM, FishbowlNY, Guardian, New York Magazine, WWD Media Headlines, Media News and The Electronic Intifada

John Cook / Gawker:
New York Times Bureau Chief Isn't Chief of Her Own Tweets

Discussion: Mediaite, Poynter, The Huffington Post, @ryanlawler and @anthonyha

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Barnes & Noble Beats Fiscal Q2 2013 Estimates, Reports $1.9 Billion In Revenue And Losses Of $0.04 Per Share — Literary retailer Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal Q2 2013 earnings this morning, and they're just a bit stronger than some had forecasted in the days leading up to the release.

Discussion: Business Wire, PublishersWeekly.com, CNET and The Next Web

Greg Sandoval / CNET:

Pandora's Web radio bill is doomed — well, for now — If yesterday's hearing on Capitol Hill was any indication, Internet Radio Fairness doesn't have enough Congressional support. — Linda Perry, the song writer who penned Christina Aguilera's hit tune ‘Beautiful,’ saw the song played …