Mediagazer: Pop Culture Web Publisher BuzzMedia Lays Off 20 Percent of Staff, Restructures (Peter Kafka/AllThingsD)

3:05 PM ET, February 28, 2013

Top News:

Exclusive: The Woodward, Sperling emails revealed — POLITICO's “Behind the Curtain” column last night quoted Bob Woodward as saying that a senior White House official has told him in an email he would “regret” questioning White House statements on the origins of sequestration.

Ron Fournier / National Journal:

Why Bob Woodward's Fight With The White House Matters to You — And why I iced a senior Obama White House official. — The fight between the White House and journalistic legend Bob Woodward is a silly distraction to a major problem: The failure of President Obama and House Republicans to lead the country under a budget deadline.

Discussion: The Week, National Review, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Guardian

Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

Ron Fournier's amazing admission about his service to White House officials — As the trivial though bitter bickering between the White House and press corps intensifies, truths about their relationship emerge — I wrote earlier today about Bob Woodward's revealing criticisms …

CNN:
Bob Woodward says he was threatened by White House

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Former New York Times Public Editor Doesn't Recall Bradley Manning's Call — When Pfc. Bradley Manning pled guilty Thursday to ten of 22 charges Thursday in connection with leaking a cache of classified documents to WikiLeaks, he also revealed having first approached three news outlets: the Washington Post, New York Times and Politico.

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Bradley Manning Tried Going To NY Times, Washington Post, Politico Before Turning To WikiLeaks — WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning revealed on Thursday that, before turning to Julian Assange's organization, he tried to get the New York Times, Washington Post and Politico interested …

Discussion: @charlie_savage, @thematthewkeys, @thematthewkeys, @chanders, @jackshafer, @jackshafer, @charlie_savage, @elspethrb and @jeffjarvis

Tim Carmody / The Verge:
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies ‘aiding the enemy’

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

As Nook revenues plunge, B&N says it's “calibrating” strategy but “committed” to devices — Barnes & Noble had warned investors that its third-quarter Nook earnings would be disappointing. The earnings report was released before the market opened Thursday morning, and indeed, Nook revenues …

Discussion: Business Wire, Fast Company, Media Decoder, paidContent, Quartz, Media & Entertainment, Home Media Magazine, PublishersWeekly.com, GalleyCat, GeekWire, TechCrunch, NYConvergence.com, AppNewser and MediaFile

Phil Wahba / Reuters:
Barnes & Noble's Nook, ebook sales fall 25.9 percent in quarter

Discussion: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Engadget and Seeking Alpha

John Kell / Wall Street Journal: Riggio's Plan Questioned by Shareholder on Barnes & Noble Call

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

What the Atlantic learned from Scientology: native advertising is harder for news brands — You have to feel for the Atlantic. One poor decision has made it a case study in how not to embrace a popular advertising trend — even though many other publications could have gotten away with the same ad.

Discussion: @psigrist and NetNewsCheck Latest

Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:

A BusinessWeek cover crosses a line — Minorities as greedy grotesqueries fueling a new housing bubble — Bloomberg BusinessWeek is a lot edgier than its predecessor, at least where design is concerned. Sometimes it's too edgy, like when it takes two minutes to read some headline intentionally designed to be barely legible.

Discussion: Slate, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Yahoo! News, Jamelle Bouie, Politico, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, The Raw Story, @chanders, @chanders, @romenesko and Boing Boing

BBC:

Neil McIntosh appointed Managing Editor, BBC Online and Red Button — The BBC today announced that Neil McIntosh has been appointed as the Managing Editor for BBC Online and Red Button. — As Managing Editor, McIntosh will provide strategic and operational leadership for BBC Online …

Discussion: @fieldproducer, @nmcintosh and @benjrooney

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

AOL picks Susan Lyne to head up its brands, including TechCrunch — (Reuters) - AOL Inc appointed board director Susan Lyne on Thursday to head up its portfolio of brands, including TechCrunch and Mapquest. — Lyne, who is vice chairman of the online clothing flash sale site Gilt.com …

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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
AOL's Chief Operating Officer to Exit

Discussion: TechCrunch and Business Insider

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Pop Culture Web Publisher BuzzMedia Lays Off 20 Percent of Staff, Restructures — BuzzMedia, the pop-culture Web publisher that got a new CEO late last year, is undergoing another overhaul. The company is cutting 20 percent of its workforce, but plans on replacing many of the outgoing employees with new hires.

Discussion: International Business Times and FishbowlNY

Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:

How much could The Guardian make by putting up a paywall? — abandoned its attachment to the free online publishing model and joined the paywall crowd? — It's a long-running question that got a little more attention yesterday following the news that The Guardian had avoided industrial action …

Discussion: The National Union …

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Google, Facebook And Twitter Ordered To Delete Photos By UK Law Enforcement — It seems that, once again, the UK is going censorship crazy and not realizing how that only attacts more attention to that which they're trying to censor. This time, it involves some photos that were posted online …

Discussion: Search Engine Land, Sky News, Daily Dot, Telegraph and Digital Spy