Mediagazer: The challenges of conversational journalism (Jason Kottke/kottke.org)

1:10 PM ET, January 25, 2013

Top News:

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

New York Times' Pilhofer: 'There's a lot of institutional memory walking out the door' — The New York Times' round of buyouts that ended Thursday landed heavily on some of the organization's digital leaders: Jonathan Landman, who took charge of the paper's digital newsroom in 2005 …

Discussion: @joepompeo and The Awl

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

New York Times editor to take 75,000 Twitter followers out the door with him — Jim Roberts, the assistant managing editor of the New York Times who has overseen many of the paper's digital initiatives, confirmed on Thursday that he would accept a buyout and leave the paper.

Discussion: ZDNet, @palafo, SocialTimes, @antderosa, @michaelroston, eMedia Vitals and VentureBeat

Michael Calderone / Huffington Post:
New York Times Buyouts Push Veteran Journalists To The Exits

Discussion: New York Post, Capital New York, mediabistro.com, Poynter, The New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Jim Roberts takes buyout

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @jeffsonderman, @nytjim, @jackshafer, @dylanbyers, @lisatozzi, @rajunarisetti, @jayrosen_nyu, @rgabrielsoncir, @dangillmor, @nytjim, @buzzfeedben and The Huffington Post

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Why publishers should follow the Verge-HuffPost aggregation dustup — It might be hard to understand why staffers at tech site The Verge complained so loudly about a Huffington Post “linkout” that sent readers to a Verge feature. After all, isn't the Web built on such selfless acts of curation?

John Herrman / BuzzFeed: Why Does Google Still Reward Content Scraping?

John P. Falcone / CNET:

Updated Aereo app adds improved live TV streaming to Roku — Aereo's streaming TV service gets an upgraded app that allows for live and recorded local television viewing without the need for an iPad or iPhone, as it gears up to expand beyond New York City. — The Aereo app on Roku boxes …

Discussion: @sdkstl, @pkafka and @learmonth

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

For interested buyers looking at the numbers of Tribune newspapers, one bright spot will stand out: the price. — Soon, the next act of the Tribune newspaper agonies will play out. That's agonies, as in a Biblical passion play. The Tribune papers have endured a special kind of agony …

Discussion: LA Observed

Gail Shister / TVNewser:

What Kind of Anchorman Will Jake Tapper Be? 'They Don't Want Me to be Ron Burgundy' — Former ABC ace Jake Tapper, who debuted on CNN Tuesday, says that his being passed over — twice — as ‘This Week’ anchor was not the reason he left the network. — When ABC chose CNN's Christiane Amanpour …

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Ex-Officer for C.I.A. Sentenced to 30 Months in Leak Case — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first Central Intelligence Agency officer to face prison for disclosing classified information, was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in prison by a judge at the federal courthouse here.

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico and BBC

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

What digital magazines can learn from ebook publishers — A recent Wall Street Journal article by Keach Hagey takes a look at trends in digital magazine pricing and finds a number of publishers charging more for tablet editions than print. As ad revenue declines, publishers are turning …

John Paul Titlow / ReadWrite: Why Magazines Are Using Digital To Boost Prices, Not Bolster Innovation

Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

Variety Editorial Firings To Come In March — EXCLUSIVE: Variety Media's Chairman/CEO Jay Penske is planning editorial firings at the top-heavy trade in March. He also is overseeing a redesign of Variety's website for March. Penske laid off between 20 and 25 employees last November 15th …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @lucas_shaw and FishbowlLA

Jason Kottke / kottke.org:

The challenges of conversational journalism — The most visible journalism these days — aka the loudest journalism, namely cable news, pop culture blogs, tabloid magazines, TMZ, Buzzfeed, HuffPo, talk radio, etc. — mostly takes the form of opinionated conversation: professional media people …

Discussion: L.A. NOW, CNN, Forbes, The Daily Beast, Gawker and Deadspin

Digits:

Could Cord Cutters (and Lena Dunham Fans) One Day Get a Crack at HBO? — It's a cord-cutter's dream: the chance to get HBO without having to pay for the full television package. Comments by HBO's new chief executive, Richard Plepler, on Thursday night suggest that while a standalone HBO broadband offering …

Jim Romenesko:

Boston Globe considers stand-alone digital subscription to Ideas section — A Romenesko reader sent the above screenshot of a Boston Globe survey. The paper's Ideas section was launched in 2002. Founding editor Alex Star described its mission this way in 2003: “The section is trying …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Timehop Hooks Up With USA Today to Deliver Stories From the Past — Ask any marketer — nostalgia sells. It's longing paired with the passage of time, a sense of how things were once “better,” or at least different, than they are today. Bottle that feeling, and you've got a potential customer in the bag.

CNN:

Rachel Nichols Joins CNN and Turner Sports — Nichols Will Anchor New Weekend CNN Sports Program and Report for Turner Sports — Across Television and Digital Platforms — CNN and Turner Sports have hired veteran ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols, it was announced today by Jeff Zucker …

Discussion: From Inside the Box