Mediagazer: Liz Heron is named Wall Street Journal emerging media editor (Jim Romenesko)

9:40 AM ET, May 30, 2013

Top News:

Carol Cratty / CNN:

Holder runs into roadblocks on off-the-record meetings on leaks — Washington (CNN) - Attorney General Eric Holder's plans to sit down with media representatives to discuss guidelines for handling investigations into leaks to the news media have run into trouble.

Discussion: Politico, New York Times, Poynter, Erik Wemple, Guardian and The Huffington Post

New York Times:

Holder Faces a New Round of Criticism — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., a lightning rod of Republican attacks during President Obama's first term, is now contending with a new round of criticism over the Justice Department's campaign against leaks to the news media.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, FishbowlNY, Law Blog, The Fix, Hit & Run and Mediaite

RT:

US media execs rebuff Holder's closed-door wiretap scandal meeting — Several significant US news organizations reject the Department of Justice's proposal to discuss off-the-record ‘new guidelines’ in light of the reporter wiretapping scandal. Last week President Obama urged the DOJ to search a consensus with the media.

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Calls Seized By DOJ

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Techdirt and Telegraph

BuzzFeed:

The Social Media Editor is Dead — By April 19, the manhunt for two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon had been ongoing for four days, and the Twitterati were growing weary. — Brian Ries, of The Daily Beast, confessed he was “so tired.” Huffington Post's Craig Kanalley saw …

Discussion: Zombie Journalism, ReadWrite, @ivanlajara, @fieldproducer, @lheron, @lheron, @fieldproducer, Nieman Reports and @boyreporter

Jim Romenesko:

Liz Heron is named Wall Street Journal emerging media editor — Liz Heron, who left the New York Times last year to lead the Wall Street Journal's social media team, has been promoted to emerging media editor for the Journal and Dow Jones. — “In this newly created role …

Discussion: @lexinyt

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BBC accused of acting like a ‘thug’ towards local papers — Corporation criticised by regional newspaper executives for being competitive and refusing to credit local press stories — The BBC has been accused of acting like the “thug at the end of the street” in its dealings with local and regional newspapers.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Netflix boss: BBC is holding back UK children's shows — Ted Sarandos says corporation restricts UK licensing for up to five years, forcing streaming service to buy US shows instead — Ted Sarandos, Netflix's content chief, has accused the BBC of stifling the potential of homegrown children's shows …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Month of Breaking News Lifts CNN and Fox, but Sinks MSNBC — A second straight month of big breaking events proved one thing: MSNBC is a television news channel that does not gain any advantage when news is being made. — CNN, meanwhile, is never stronger than when it can flex its news muscles.

Discussion: Deadline.com

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: CNBC viewers hit lowest point since April 2005

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Is Quartz the Very Model of a Modern Publisher? — Eight months ago, Atlantic Media placed a bet that a digital-first, mobile-oriented publication geared to business executives on the go would be a hit. The results, so far, point to a publication on the rise.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals, @zseward and @joshsternberg

Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:

Dish Increases Its Bid for Clearwire — Dish Network Corp. has increased its bid for mobile-broadband operator Clearwire Corp., topping the offer Sprint Nextel Corp. raised last week. — Late Wednesday, Dish offered to acquire Clearwire for $4.40 a share in cash, a 29% premium over Sprint's offer of $3.40 a share.

Discussion: The Verge, CNET, GeekWire and AllThingsD

Kelly E. Christensen / INMA:

Dallas Morning News encourages innovation by funding employee ideas — Employees can earn up to US$25,000 for revenue-generating ideas, such as two recent winners: an E-books option for special sections and custom publishing customers and a collectible sports poster series.

Reuters:

News Corp to delist from London Stock Exchange — REUTERS - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSA.O) said it will cancel its listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) (LSE.L), citing low levels of trading volume. — The company said the volume of its stock traded on the LSE was less than 1 percent of the total globally.

Discussion: Guardian, London News and Londonlovesbusiness.com

Media Hawk / The Commentator:

The Guardian has opened a coffee shop. No, it's not a joke. — Wanting a steaming cup to go with their steaming journalism? Well now you've got a place to go, London... Deep in the murky, hipster-ridden depths of London's Shoreditch emerges a new beast dedicated to bringing you bitter …

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk, @jesshullinger, @lheron, @dansabbagh, @martinbelam, @fleetstreetfox and @alexhern

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Newsweek confirms it is eyeing sale — Newsweek CEO Baba Shetty and editor-in-chief Tina Brown have just sent the following memo to staff, confirming earlier reports that parent-company IAC is exploring a sale of the now online-only magazine: … Developing.

Discussion: Gawker, Talking Biz News, New York Times, Mashable, The Huffington Post and Variety