Mediagazer: A Conversation With Julian Assange (John Cook/Gawker)

12:25 AM ET, November 30, 2012

Top News:

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: BBC, currybetdotnet, New York Magazine and Tech Europe

Michael Wolff / GQ.COM:

How Leveson failed — Oh, for God's sake seems to me the fairest response to the Leveson report. — After nine months of hearings, the inquiry calls for a goopy, bureaucratic, obfuscating oversight board, which could be perilous to the freedom of the press or as likely toothless.

Discussion: Guardian

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Leveson: Social media and blogs aren't popular enough to carry proper news — The UK's big inquiry in to the culture, practice and ethics of the “press” has recommended a new body to better self-regulate news media — but has overlooked blogs and social networks because they are neither popular nor newsy enough.

Discussion: Guardian and paidContent

Committee to Protect Journalists:

In UK, Leveson recommendations undermine free press — The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by recommendations to adopt government regulation of the press resulting from the United Kingdom's Leveson inquiry report issued today. — “A media regulatory body anchored …

Discussion: Guardian, Liberty, BBC, Telegraph and Jon Slattery

Guardian:
Leveson report: the speed read

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Guardian:
Leveson report calls for new press law

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

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

Discussion: Number 10 and Guardian

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

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 …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Los Angeles Times, TVNewser, Bloomberg, @jbflint, @jeffbercovici, Poynter, CNNMoney.com, Associated Press, Hollywood Reporter, New York Magazine and Creative Loafing Atlanta

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 …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter

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

Discussion: TVNewser, Vanity Fair and Chickaboomer

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

Discussion: Gawker

John Cook / Gawker:

A Conversation With Julian Assange — We've called him a “seed-spilling sex creep,” a “pale nerd king,” and “a real-life The Matrix extra,” so we figured it was about time to talk to Wikileaks founder and megalomaniacal Bond villain Julian Assange. In order to promote his new book …

Discussion: Democracy Now

Reuters:
Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange suffering lung problems

Discussion: Guardian

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Techmeme founder: Give me human editors and the New York Times — Gabe Rivera is a quiet high priest of the tech and media world whose websites, Techmeme and Mediagazer, use algorithms to pluck headlines and shape news coverage. But Rivera himself holds some very traditional views …

Discussion: emmalarkins.blogspot.com.au, The Content Strategist and AdExchanger

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

New Comcast IPTV set-top box hits the FCC, could be released next year — Products like Dish's Hopper and Joey are letting customers watch programming on multiple TVs without the need for full DVRs in every room, and a new set-top box has hit the FCC that could represent Comcast's latest move in that same direction.

Discussion: wirelessgoodness.com, Cable Television News and Engadget

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: CNET and comScore, Inc.

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

SCOTUSblog tries again to get credentialed to cover the Supreme Court — SCOTUSblog has again applied for press credentials to the U.S. Senate's Daily Press Gallery, the first step for the blog gaining its own press credentials to cover the U.S. Supreme Court.

Discussion: Business Insider and Opinionator

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 …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Scoop: Key pricing and launch details of Redbox Instant revealed — The online video joint venture Redbox Instant by Verizon is set to launch sometime before the end of the year. The service is currently being tested in private beta, and Verizon and Redbox have kept mum on some key details.

Discussion: CNET and Engadget