Mediagazer: Jacob Weisberg: ‘The confusion about paywalls is bad for sites like ours’ (Andrew Beaujon/Poynter)

9:35 AM ET, December 19, 2012

Top News:

Pollard inquiry: BBC ‘incapable’ of dealing with Jimmy Savile affair — • Newsnight editor Peter Rippon, his deputy Liz Gibbons and 5 Live boss Adrian Van Klaveren to move to new BBC jobs — • Deputy director of news Stephen Mitchell retires amid criticism and is to leave BBC after 38 years

Discussion: @joshhalliday, @breakingnewsuk, NetNewsCheck Latest, Telegraph, Telegraph and @journalismnews

Adam Sherwin / The Independent:

Pollard report: Former BBC Director-General George Entwistle ignored warnings of Jimmy Savile's ‘dark side’ — George Entwistle, the former BBC Director-General, did not heed warnings in emails alerting him that Jimmy Savile had a “dark side” before going ahead with tribute programmes …

Discussion: Guardian, Guardian, @skynewsbreak and @dansabbagh

Guido Fawkes:

Full Tim Davie Email to BBC Staff — This email is going to everyone at the BBC - Dear All, We have received and considered Nick Pollard's report on the management of the original Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile and the subsequent Editor's blog. I want to share with you the key findings …

New York Times: BBC Abuse Scandal Report Finds ‘Chaos’ but No Cover-Up

Brian Keegan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors — If you follow me on Twitter, you're probably already well acquainted with my views on what should happen in the wake of the shooting spree that massacred 20 children and 6 educators …

Adrienne LaFrance / Denver Post:
Newtown to the media: You're making this nightmare worse

Discussion: BBC, Poynter, The Huffington Post and TVNewser

Dylan Byers / Politico:

First look: The Foreign Affairs redesign — Foreign Affairs, the 90-year-old magazine published by the Council on Foreign Relations, is getting a makeover. As part of an effort to expand its appeal beyond the foreign policy establishment, every issue of Foreign Affairs will now feature …

Jennifer Hicks / Forbes:

Digital Media's Citizen Kane — Out of the London tech scene comes a 28-year-old journalist/entrepreneur surrounded by controversy whereever he goes. Whether it was the publishing of his private dispute between himself and the tech editor of The Guardian or numerous public arguments …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

DuPont awards bring focus to dangers of reporting from war-torn Syria — Two reported series about the war in Syria will receive Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards during a ceremony at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library next month. — CBS News is the winner of a 2013 duPont Award …

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Jacob Weisberg: ‘The confusion about paywalls is bad for sites like ours’ — Jacob Weisberg reacted so swiftly to Forbes reporter Jeff Bercovici's suggestion Friday that Slate might put in some sort of pay model because “the confusion about paywalls is bad for sites like ours,” …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Ken Layne / The Awl:

Are Newspaper People Really Still Wondering If Journalism Can Exist Without Newsprint? — Decades of often awkward interaction with America's “print media” professionals has proven (to me) that writers who talk about their medium are bores, and also bad writers.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Penguin settles with Department of Justice in ebook pricing case — Penguin, which is merging with Random House, has settled with the Department of Justice in the ebook pricing lawsuit, the DOJ announced late Tuesday afternoon. The DOJ sued Apple, Penguin and four other publishers in April for conspiring to set ebook prices.

Discussion: CNET, Media Decoder, Globe and Mail, GalleyCat, The United States Department …, ZDNet, PublishersWeekly.com and AllThingsD

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Pakastani teen blogger Malala Yousafzai is Time's runner-up for Person of the Year — The Taliban “wanted to silence” Malala Yousafzai when they shot her and several classmates on Oct. 9, Aryn Baker writes. “Instead, they amplified her voice.” — The Pakistani teenager was targeted …

Discussion: TIME

Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:

Nate Silver: Person of the Year — Nate Silver wants to know if I've seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the much-praised documentary about Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono. “It's about this guy in Japan who makes the best sushi, probably in the world, and you're, like, What's the secret?” Silver says.

Discussion: New York Magazine, FishbowlDC, Gawker, Washington Post, The Awl and Pressing Issues

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Fox's bloody t-shirt: Newtown images shows risks of automated ads — Newspapers are careful about where their ads appear. They make sure, for instance, that flight specials don't appear beside plane crash articles or that Taco Bell coupons aren't printed beside food-poisoning stories.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest