Mediagazer: Savile inquiry: Paxman says DJ rumours were ‘common gossip’ (BBC)

8:20 AM ET, February 22, 2013

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BBC:

BBC Savile inquiry: Who said what — The BBC is publishing thousands of emails and interview transcripts gathered by former head of Sky News, Nick Pollard, in his review of why BBC Newsnight axed a report into abuse by Jimmy Savile.

Discussion: Sky News, @joshhalliday, @julian5news, @steven_swinford, @benfenton and @legalbrat

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

BBC Moves Former Head of News Show That Dropped Jimmy Savile Abuse Report to Archive Post — LONDON - Peter Rippon, the former editor of BBC flagship news magazine Newsnight who was criticized for dropping a planned report on sexual abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile …

Discussion: Daily Mail and @skynewsniall

BBC:
Savile inquiry: Paxman says DJ rumours were ‘common gossip’

Discussion: @benfenton and National Updates

Telegraph:
BBC acting like ‘secret service’ by censoring criticism, Lord McAlpine says

Discussion: The Independent, Sky News and National Updates

Josh Halliday / Guardian:
BBC releases Jimmy Savile scandal transcripts - live coverage

Discussion: Telegraph, National Updates, Telegraph, @anunou and The Independent

Mat Honan / Wired:

Zendesk Security Breach Affects Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest — Customer service software provider Zendesk announced a security breach that allowed attackers into its system, where they could access data from three customers this week. Wired learned those three clients were Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr.

Discussion: Zendesk.com, TechCrunch, Telegraph, VentureBeat, ZDNet, CNET, The Verge, Electronista, The Next Web, AllThingsD and Softpedia News

Elizabeth Jensen / Media Decoder:

CNBC Buys ‘Nightly Business Report’ From Atalaya — “Nightly Business Report,” the pioneer public television series that has struggled in recent years, is getting a new, deep-pocketed commercial owner, the 24-hour business cable channel CNBC, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and The Tell

Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:

Egypt Crowdsources Censorship — Egypt's communications ministry is asking citizens to report web pages showing blasphemous content. — The Egyptian government is now crowdsourcing censorship efforts. A new web page created by the country's National Telecommunications Registry Agency …

Discussion: @emilydparker and CNET

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Who will buy The Boston Globe? — The New York Times Co. announced Wednesday afternoon that it would seek a buyer for its New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. — Globe and T&G employees are only some of the people who'd like to know who might buy the properties.

Discussion: The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Media Nation

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of The Boston Globe's sale

Discussion: Media Nation, MediaShift, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Smartertimes.com, Gannett Blog, bizjournals, BtoB Magazine, @underoak, Smartertimes.com, AdPulp, Columbia Journalism Review and Bloomberg

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox Asks Judge to Stop Dish's New Ad-Skipper (Exclusive) — Six weeks after Dish adds place-shifting to its Hopper service, now called “Dish Anywhere,” Fox files new court papers in another attempt at an injunction. — Fox Television is again making an attempt to shut down Dish Network's advertising-skipping DVR services.

Discussion: multichannel.com/rss, Bloomberg and Adweek

Jean H. Lee / Associated Press:

NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners — Associated Press/Jon Chol Jin, File - FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 photo, foreigners speak with sales person at a Koryolink cellphone rental booth, asking about mobile phone service at Pyongyang Airport ...more

Discussion: Fast Company, The Verge, Electronista, CNET and The Next Web

Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:

Soledad O'Brien to leave CNN morning show to produce specials for the network — CNN is sweeping aside its morning-show host, Soledad O'Brien, to make way for new network chief Jeff Zucker's better idea: a morning show anchored by Chris Cuomo and Erin Burnett.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, AL.com, Sturgis, MI, Broadcasting & Cable and Media Decoder

Amar Toor / The Verge:

Oscar-nominated shorts pulled from YouTube in response to Hollywood pressure — The five films nominated for the Best Animated Short Film were pulled from the web this week, just days ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. The move was reportedly spurred by Carter Pilcher, CEO of distributor Shorts International.

Discussion: Wired and Deadline.com

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Steven Brill Calls New Republic Owner Chris Hughes A ‘Liar’ After Falling Out Over Cover Story — NEW YORK — On Thursday, Time magazine published Steven Brill's deeply reported, 24,000-word cover story on America's health care system, the longest article by one writer the magazine has ever published.

Discussion: Capital New York, New York Magazine and The New York Observer

BBC:

Hacking: No charges for ex-NoW deputy editor — The News of the World newspaper closed in 2011 — The former deputy editor at the now-defunct News of the World newspaper will not face any charges regarding phone hacking, the CPS has announced. — It said Neil Wallis will not face prosecution …

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk

Quartz:

Here's the secret list of journalists who start judging the Pulitzer Prizes today — Today at Columbia University in New York, deliberations begin to determine which works of American journalism published last year are deserving of Pulitzer Prizes, the most coveted award in news.

Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:

Guess Which Buzzfeed Piece Is An Ad — Since I'm going to be discussing forms of new media revenue with Friend of the Dish, Ben Smith, later today, I though it might be worth noting some aspects of Buzzfeed's innovative model, i.e. “sponsored content” or “native advertizing”.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, @buzzfeedben, @dkthomp, @joshpetri, @dkthomp, @antderosa, @mathewi and @mathewi

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

NBCU Spent $195 Million To Buy Back Half Of MSNBC.com — Thanks to Comcast's 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, we now know how much NBCUniversal spent to buy back the 50% of MSNBC.com that was owned by Microsoft. — The total purchase price for Microsoft's stake was $195 million …

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

Authors Buy Their Way Onto Best-Seller Lists — How Are Some Authors Landing On Best-Seller Lists? They're Buying Their Way — Last August, a book titled “Leapfrogging” hit The Wall Street Journal's list of best-selling business titles upon its debut. The following week, sales of the book …