Mediagazer: Pamela Paul is named New York Times Book Review editor (Jim Romenesko)

3:03 AM ET, April 10, 2013

Top News:

How did Mother Jones obtain McConnell tape? — Mitch McConnell's political operation today grew in the estimation of the Erik Wemple Blog, thanks to Mother Jones magazine. The lefty outlet scored a secret audio recording of a Feb. 2 strategy session by the team seeking to reelect McConnell …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Fix, Mother Jones, Slate, Politico, The Daily Caller, @jackshafer, DCXposed, The Plum Line and The Wrap

Dylan Byers / Politico:

McConnell campaign taps FBI to investigate Mother Jones tape — Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign is working with the FBI to investigate how the liberal magazine Mother Jones obtained a recording of the Senate minority leader and his aides discussing opposition research on Ashley Judd.

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Mother Jones: Mitch McConnell Article ‘Not The Product Of A Watergate-Style Bugging Operation’

Discussion: The Week, Los Angeles Times and Post Politics

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Mother Jones' David Corn Lands Another Secret Tape Scoop

Discussion: Mother Jones and CNN

Jim Romenesko:

Pamela Paul is named New York Times Book Review editor — Sam Tanenhaus is stepping down as New York Times Book Review editor to become writer at large. Children's book editor Pamela Paul replaces him. “Her versatility as an editor and writer has strengthened the Book Review and many other sections …

Discussion: The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, PublishersWeekly.com and Publishers Lunch

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

CourseSmart E-Textbooks Track Students' Progress for Teachers — SAN ANTONIO — Several Texas A&M professors know something that generations of teachers could only hope to guess: whether students are reading their textbooks. — They know when students are skipping pages …

Discussion: Melville House Books, Ars Technica, Gawker and Betabeat

Felix Salmon:

The disruptive potential of native advertising — Andrew Rice delivers 6,000 words on BuzzFeed in the latest NY Mag, which means he has the space to tell a number of different stories. The one I'm interested in is the way that BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wants native advertising to disrupt banner advertising.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Kirk LaPointe's …, @jeffjarvis, bookforum.com and paidContent

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

Magzter is a digital magazines giant that has come from nowhere (well, okay, Asia) to sign Hearst and Newsweek — Okay, you probably know of Apple's iOS Newsstand, and you might have heard that Google is planning to launch its own newsstand for Android - but have you heard of Magzter?

Thanks:@drewkerr

Martin Eiermann / The European:

“There is no news industry” — Clay Shirky has been at the forefront of thinking about the future of journalism for the better part of a decade. He sat down with Martin Eiermann to discuss institutional inertia, censorship in the App Store, and what it means to be a journalist in 2013.

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

Intel Cooks Up Future of TV — a Potential Mess for Cable — An Unconventional Campaign for an Unconventional Platform — Visualize the TV service you've always wanted: a gorgeous interface that does away with clunky (and often ad-strewn) programming grids; a simple remote that isn't a crushing array …

Discussion: Business Insider

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

Fox's threat to go cable-only won't mean much to most viewers — News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey may take “The Simpsons” to cable. (Chase Carey / Bloomberg; “The Simpsons” / Fox) — News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey made big headlines Monday for suggesting …

Discussion: Forbes

Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Nuclear option: would Fox really leave the free airwaves to undercut Aereo?

Discussion: New York Times and Variety

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Schibsted's High Octane Diversification — The Norwegian media group Schibsted now aggressively invests in startups. The goal: digital dominance, one market at a time. France is in next in line. Here is a look at their strategy. — This thought haunts most media executives' sleepless nights …

Margalit Fox / New York Times:

McCandlish Phillips, Longtime Times Reporter With Flair, Dies at 85 — McCandlish Phillips, a reporter considered one of the finest stylists on The New York Times, who wrote one of the most famous articles in the newspaper's history — exposing the Orthodox Jewish background …

Discussion: City Room, The Wrap and Christianity Today

Rafat Ali / Skift:

Turns out Google didn't sell social followers back to Arthur Frommer — A small mystery emerged this evening and got solved quickly as well: turns out when Google sold back the Frommer's brand name to founder Arthur Frommer, the social accounts and its followers weren't part of that deal.

Discussion: paidContent

Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover — Mendeley, an open collaboration platform for scientific research, has promised that it won't become less open after being acquired by journal publisher Elsevier, but some prominent users aren't waiting around.

Discussion: Mendeley Blog

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts

Discussion: paidContent, Financial Times, Joho the Blog, Guardian, Elsevier Connect, Bloomberg, Businesses for sale, The Drum, VentureVillage, ZDNet and EdSurge

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Sony Re-Ups Movie, Music Boss Michael Lynton — Lots of people think Sony is looking to sell off its entertainment properties. But here's an argument against that notion: The company has re-signed Michael Lynton as head of its movie studio and music business.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Diana Lind / Feministe:

David Carr Needs to Lean In — This is a guest post by Diana Lind. Diana Lind lives in Philadelphia and is editor in chief of Next City. — On the bus to work last Monday morning, I read the print version of the New York Times; on my way home, I read Lean In on my Kindle for iPhone.

Discussion: BuzzFeed and NewsLab