Mediagazer: Jeff Zucker's memo to CNN staff (Dylan Byers/Politico)

5:45 PM ET, November 30, 2012

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

New Times CEO Mark Thompson Delays Town Hall Meetings — New New York Times CEO Mark Thompson hasn't had the smoothest transition into his new job. The BBC Newsnight scandal followed Mr. Thompson across the Atlantic, raising questions both inside and outside the Times newsroom.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. splits up with girlfriend who figured briefly in tales of Times Co. intrigue — Claudia Gonzalez and Arthur Sulzberger. Quien. — Since New York Times Company chief executive Janet Robinson was fired at the end of 2011, there has been lots of reporting and speculation about the reason for her ouster.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Jeff Zucker's memo to CNN staff — Incoming CNN president Jeff Zucker has sent a memo to the staff, promising to stay “committed to maintaining CNN's core mission” as the network evolves under his leadership. — “I don't have all the answers. No one does,” he wrote.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Deadline.com, TVNewser, Bloomberg, Capital New York and The Huffington Post

Inside Cable News:
Reading Jeff Zucker and Phil Kent's Tea Leaves...

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, NY Daily News, Chickaboomer, AdAge and TVNewser

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Make CNN The Google Of News: Radical Unsolicited Advice For Jeff Zucker

Discussion: Variety, TVNewser, B&C, FishbowlDC, TIME, Hollywood Reporter and Tampa Bay Times

Carla Caldwell / Atlanta Business Journal:
Head of Atlanta-based CNN to be based in New York for first time

Discussion: SaportaReport

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:

News Corp. Evidence Points to Cover-Up, Leveson Reports — News Corp. (NWSA)'s testimony about how a phone-hacking scandal was handled points to a possible cover-up at multiple levels within the organization, according to the findings of an inquiry into media ethics.

Discussion: Guardian, FishbowlNY and The New Republic

Guardian:
David Cameron accused of dismissing Leveson report too quickly

Discussion: Guardian, MediaShift, Hit & Run, Quartz, paidContent, Reuters, Jon Slattery, Telegraph, Guido Fawkes and TheMediaBriefing

Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Piers Morgan claims over phone hacking branded ‘utterly unpersuasive’

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Leslie Kaufman / Media Decoder:

Esquire in New Venture With Digital Publisher — Esquire magazine announced on Friday a partnership with Byliner, a digital publishing start-up, that will have three distinct components accessible to readers through e-books: collections of short fiction by undiscovered authors …

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Julie Moos / Poynter:

Pew: 37% of cell phone owners use them to get news online — A new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project finds that more than one third of cell phone owners use the devices to get news online. — More men than women use their phones to get news online …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and Mashable!

Andy McSmith / The Independent:

Leveson's Wikipedia moment: how internet ‘research’ on The Independent's history left him red-faced — Lord Justice Leveson forgot one of the elementary rules of journalism when he compiled the section of his report that covered the history of this newspaper.

USA Today:

Cleveland paper braces for change — Ohio's largest newspaper, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, could soon face the end of its 170-year run as a daily print publication. But employees and community leaders aren't about to let it happen without protests. The “Save The Plain Dealer” campaign …

Angie Schmitt / Rust Wire: “Saving” the Plain Dealer

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Byliner, Atavist push forward with ebook subscriptions — Byliner and Atavist, two publishers that focus on e-singles (digital longform journalism), are experimenting with online subscriptions. While the programs are still in early stages, they could serve as models for other publishers who want to try the same thing.

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Dylan Byers / Politico:

POLITICO announces leadership moves — POLITICO's founding editors John Harris and Jim VandeHei today announced a number of internal newsroom moves. — In a decision made earlier this year by owner Robert Albritton and CEO Fred Ryan, chief operating officer Kim Kingsley was promoted to run …

Keach Hagey / Digits:

ComScore To Include Mobile Traffic in New Measurement — One of the big downsides of an increasingly mobile online world, so far, is that mobile advertising has been slow to catch up to the amount of time people spend with their smartphones and tablets. — This year, for example …

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Network Giants Argue In Appeals Court: Aereo Should Be Treated Like A Cable Company — Today the Southern District Court of NY heard the oral argumentsfrom Fox, ABC, Univision and a handful of other cable broadcast providers who wish to see streaming network TV startup Aereo's business shut down.

Discussion: Adweek, CNET and Bloomberg

Jack Limpert / About Editing and Writing:

Why Marty Baron Should Not Listen to David Carr — Q, What's the difference between the New York Times and the Washington Post? — A. One is a monopoly newspaper. — Last week New York Times media columnist David Carr started a small battle with the Post when he slammed Post publisher …

Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:

Editor Is Snared in Trading Probe — When Michael Baron's buddies passed on a hot stock tip at a basketball game last year, the senior editor for financial-news website TheStreet.com gave it little thought. — A year later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation came knocking and told …

Discussion: Talking Biz News