Mediagazer: Nate Silver's genius isn't math. It's journalism. (Ezra Klein/Wonkblog)

11:20 PM ET, July 23, 2013

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New York Times's Brian Stelter to guest-host CNN's ‘Reliable Sources’ — Brian Stelter, a New York Times reporter covering television and digital media, will guest-host an edition of CNN's Sunday program “Reliable Sources,” the media-watchdog show that longtime host Howard Kurtz recently left for a job with Fox News.

Discussion: Gretawire, @brianstelter, Mediaite, @gretawire, Politico and TVNewser

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

Nate Silver's genius isn't math. It's journalism. — The news that Nate Silver is leaving the New York Times for a role at ESPN and ABC News (corporate synergies! They're a thing!) has occasioned some interesting posts on what he got right during the election. — Nate Silver (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press)

Discussion: Slate and Crikey

Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

The rise of the personal franchise site in news — “This is in many ways how major media has domesticated blogging.” — Yesterday the buzz in newsland was all about Nate Silver's decision to move his FiveThirtyEight.com franchise from the New York Times to ESPN. A subplot was provided by public editor Margaret Sullivan.

Discussion: @om, @boraz, The Corsair, SPLICETODAY.com and FishbowlNY

Reid Cherlin / New Republic:

End the White House Press Briefing! — It's an unholy charade — It is an accepted fact in Washington that the Obama administration and the press corps that covers it—once considered essentially two units of the same team—are now bitter enemies. After four years of smoldering disenchantment …

Discussion: Washington Wire, @froomkin, @samsteinhp, The Daily Caller, @ron_fournier, @franklinfoer, @oknox, @noamscheiber and Mediaite

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Is Flipboard a partner or a competitor for publishers and content creators? Yes — Flipboard has always had a somewhat double-edged relationship with the publishers who create the bulk of the content that flows through its apps: it theoretically gets those content creators a larger audience …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Not Just for Mobile Anymore: Flipboard Magazines Come to the Web

Discussion: GigaOM, Inside Flipboard, TechCrunch, eMedia Vitals, Softpedia News, Wired, Mashable, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat and CNET

Angela Washeck / 10,000 Words:

Longform Journalism is Alive and Well, Say Co-Founders of Byliner, Atavist — Over the weekend, I found myself at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in Grapevine, Texas. It was my first trip to the gathering, even as a native north Texan, but I must say it was an extremely valuable …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Rory Carroll / Guardian:

California newspaper defies industry wisdom to stay alive - and prospers — Orange County Register shocked the crisis-stricken industry with an ambitious experiment. One year later, the paper is celebrating — Conventional media wisdom posits several ways for a newspaper to commit suicide.

Matt Vella / Fortune:

James Murdoch is not afraid to get things wrong — FORTUNE — James Murdoch, son of mogul Rupert Murdoch and deputy chief operating officer of the newly formed 21st Century Fox, is not afraid of his mistakes. Speaking at a dinner on the first night of this year's Brainstorm Tech conference …

Discussion: Guardian

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Dominic Mohan severs staff ties with Rupert Murdoch

Discussion: Variety

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Joie Chen to host Al Jazeera America's ‘America Tonight’ — Al Jazeera America has signed Joie Chen, the former CNN anchor and CBS News correspondent, to host its flagship primetime program “America Tonight”, sources familiar with the deal tell POLITICO. — Chen will anchor …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and Hollywood Reporter

Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

Press regulation: public prefers government's plan to industry's — Poll finds 50% back parliamentary charter while 13% support alternative drawn up by press — • Press regulation plans: the key differences — The public now supports the royal charter on press regulation endorsed …

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

Matthew Lynley / BuzzFeed:

Google Reader Died Because No One Would Run It — No one took ownership of Google Reader internally because it wasn't a top priority for Larry Page and inner circle of lieutenants. And if you aren't working on something that the boss cares about, then what's the point? — Via: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Discussion: ReadWrite and WebProNews

Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review:

Creating Internet accountability — Author Rebecca MacKinnon's new project aims to rank Internet giants on human rights — Rebecca MacKinnon is the sort of person who, after Edward Snowden leaked details of the government's digital surveillance program, could say, if she wanted to: I told you so.

Discussion: The Newspaper Guild

Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:

Executive Editor Owen Phillips Exits The Hollywood Reporter — For the past three years, Owen Phillips (pictured) has worked tirelessly alongside Hollywood Reporter editorial director Janice Min to re-brand a moribund trade. After coming up for air this spring, Phillips decided it was time to move …

Discussion: Folio and Hollywood Reporter

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

New media site The First Bound launches — Nicholas Jackson's media site The First Bound, which he once described as “a smarter version of MediaBistro,” launched Monday. — Jackson originally planned to call the site The Feature Well. Reached by Instant Message (I've lightly edited …

Discussion: @megreenwell

Ted Johnson / Variety:

John McCain's A La Carte Cable Bill Gains a Co-Sponsor — Connecticut's Richard Blumenthal Backs Legislation — Sen. John McCain's proposed legislation to force cable operators to offer channels a la carte gained new co-sponsor on Tuesday, as Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced that he would back the bill.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Hillicon Valley