Mediagazer: MyFiveBy Wants To Join The Conversation With A Unique, Browser-Based Microblogging Tool (John Biggs/TechCrunch)

11:00 PM ET, November 30, 2012

Top News:

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.

Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

Leveson report: JK Rowling left ‘duped and angry’ at PM's response — Victims of press intrusion refuse to meet culture secretary amid fury over government's rejection of key recommendation — JK Rowling has said that she felt “duped and angry” at the prime minister's rejection …

Discussion: paidContent

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: New York Times, On the Media, Hit & Run, MediaShift, Quartz, Guardian, paidContent, Reuters, Telegraph, Guido Fawkes and Jon Slattery

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, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, Deadline.com, Capital New York and Bloomberg

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

Discussion: SaportaReport

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

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: Mashable! and NetNewsCheck Latest

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 and PandoDaily

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 …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

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: CNET, Bloomberg and Adweek

John Biggs / TechCrunch:

MyFiveBy Wants To Join The Conversation With A Unique, Browser-Based Microblogging Tool — Every few years someone tries to unseat the big social networks by creating something unique and unusual. They often fail. However, I think MyFiveBy has a fighting chance.

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