Mediagazer: When the media — traditional or new — gets a suspect wrong, what are the legal ramifications? (Jeffrey Hermes/Nieman Journalism Lab)

3:55 AM ET, May 5, 2013

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Repairing the Credibility Cracks — THE scandal that exploded 10 years ago last week was epic, as world-class as the newspaper where it happened. — Jayson Blair, a young Times reporter, lied and faked and cheated his way through story after story — scores of them, for years.

Discussion: @jeffjarvis, @carloslozadawp and Pressing Issues

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

How @breakingnews keeps news junkies current in a crisis — General manager Cory Bergman talks about his team's process, the Boston bombings, and the importance of the gut check — Lots of people follow @breakingnews on Twitter — the account and the breakingnews.com website and mobile apps …

Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:

In Malaysia, online election battles take a nasty turn — (Reuters) - Ahead of Malaysia's elections on Sunday, independent online media say they are being targeted in Internet attacks which filter content and throttle access to websites, threatening to deprive voters of their main source of independent reporting.

Discussion: Access Blog, GlobalPost and The Verge

Jeffrey Hermes / Nieman Journalism Lab:

When the media — traditional or new — gets a suspect wrong, what are the legal ramifications? — Editor's note: Our friends at Harvard's Digital Media Law Project have taken a look at the legal implications of the sort of erroneous reporting — in both traditional and in social media …

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

U.K. Publishers Hit Book Sales Record for 2012 Amid Digital Growth — Spending on printed and digital books rose 4 percent to more than $5.1 billion, with “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Hunger Games” among the bestsellers. — LONDON - British publishers brought in their highest-ever annual sales in 2012 …

Alex Kantrowitz / Digiday:

Behind Reddit's Ambivalent Embrace of Advertising — Sitting at the helm of the Internet's newest social juggernaut, Reddit general manager Erik Martin has a tough task on his hands. He is charged with simultaneously turning Reddit's 4.5 billion monthly pageviews (by its count) …

Hollywood Reporter:

Howard Kurtz Status at CNN Unchanged — The “Reliable Sources” host will address the controversy on Sunday's program. — Howard Kurtz status at CNN remains unchanged, according to the network. — “There has been no status change with Howard Kurtz, he remains the host of Reliable Sources,” said a network spokesperson on Friday.

Discussion: Erik Wemple, American Journalism Review, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Wire and TVNewser

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Why Did Howard Kurtz Take Such Large Role In Obscure Site?

Discussion: Politico, Gawker, @mlcalderone, FishbowlNY, Slate and Pressing Issues

Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Those immobile newspaper companies — Only 22 percent of a big sample even offer mobile products — One of the truisms of digital journalism, and one that happens to be true, is that mobile is a big part of the future of news, if it isn't the future. — The latest Pew “State of the Media” …

Ivan Moraes Filho / Free Press:

Brazilian Reformers Launch Campaign for Better Media — If you've ever watched television in Brazil, you would think that the country has no ethnic or cultural diversity. Most Brazilian TV announcers and actors look the same and speak with a similar accent.

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Washington Post profit plunges 85 percent on weak news, education revenues — (Reuters) - Washington Post Co reported an 85 percent drop in first-quarter net income on Friday on weakness in its education and newspaper businesses. — Stronger results from the television and cable operations …

Discussion: Quartz, The Week, RTTNews, Fort Mill Times and New York Magazine

Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
The Washington Post Co. earnings decline; revenue sees slight increase

Discussion: Poynter and paidContent

Michael Kelley / Library Journal:

OverDrive and Sourcebooks to Launch Ambitious Ebook Data Experiment — OverDrive and Sourcebooks are preparing to launch an innovative and ambitious pilot program whose goal is to clearly demonstrate the impact library ebook lending has on book sales and author recognition.

Discussion: paidContent

Eddie Scarry / FishbowlDC:

Layoffs Hit CQ Roll Call — In addition to the buyouts of five CQ Roll Call staffers announced Thursday, there have been layoffs of several other employees, FishbowlDC has learned. — A source familiar with the layoffs, who asked to speak on condition of anonymity, could not confirm …

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

William Cox Jr., Dow Jones Heir Who Sold Company, Dies at 82 — William C. Cox Jr., the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years and sold it to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in a decision sparking a family feud, has died. He was 82.