Mediagazer: Parody Twitter account that apparently duped Costolo temporarily suspended without explanation (Kashmir Hill/Forbes)

2:00 AM ET, November 5, 2013

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Twitter apologizes for blocking newspaper's URLs — Twitter's Andrew Fitzgerald apologized Monday to Philadelphia City Paper reporter Daniel Denvir for an episode last week when Twitter wasn't allowing users to access the paper's stories through tweeted URLs, Denvir told Poynter in a phone call.

Discussion: @kellymcb

Steve Raabe / Denver Post:

Dean Singleton to retire from Denver Post owner MediaNews Group — MediaNews Group Inc., owner of The Denver Post, said Monday that founder and chairman, William Dean Singleton, 62, will retire ahead of the company's annual meeting in December. — Singleton will continue to serve as non-executive chairman of The Denver Post.

Discussion: New York Times and @jxpaton

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

NBC News, agreeing to pay for sky-diving footage, criticized for ‘checkbook journalism’ — In a second episode of apparent “checkbook journalism” in a week, NBC News has locked up exclusive interviews and amateur footage of an aerial accident with a six-figure fee to a group of sky divers …

Discussion: NBCNews, @cwarzel, TVNewser, Mediaite and The Huffington Post

Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

HLN Preparing Significant Layoffs and Show Cancellations (UPDATED) — Mediaite has learned from reliable sources that CNN's sister network HLN is preparing for a significant amount of staff layoffs and show cancellations. — According to our sources, much of the network's dayside programming …

Discussion: TVNewser, FishbowlNY, Variety, Capital New York and Inside Cable News

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Breaking News Takes a New Approach to the Personalized News Feed — A News Feed That's Only Partly Personalized — If you're a news junkie, you're almost certainly on Twitter. And if you're a hard-core news junkie, then there's a very good chance that you're one of the 6.3 million people following …

Discussion: GeekWire, Broadcasting & Cable, NetNewsCheck Latest, NewscastStudio and @rozzy

Jim Romenesko:

Dayton Daily News memo: There will be nothing negative about CBS in our newspaper — In Dayton, Cox Media Group is integrating its print, TV (a CBS affiliate) and radio operations and using the slogan, “Come Together.” According to a memo that Dayton Daily News staffers received on Friday …

Discussion: The Wrap, @jcstearns, @davidfolkenflik, @romenesko and @onthemedia

Journalism.org:

Twitter News Consumers: Young, Mobile and Educated — Nearly one-in-ten U.S. adults (8%) get news through Twitter, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Compared with the 30% of Americans who get news on Facebook …

Discussion: Poynter, The Wrap, CNET, CNBC, VentureBeat, @pkcapitol, GeekWire, @knightfdn, The Switch, Mashable, @charliespiering, @arimelber, @niemanfdn, @gillesklein and Talking Points Memo

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Parody Twitter account that apparently duped Costolo temporarily suspended without explanation — The Death And Rebirth Of @ProfJeffJarvis, The Best Parody Account On Twitter — For the Internet thinkeratti, @ProfJeffJarvis is a Twitter must-follow. It's a satirical account that takes …

Discussion: @profjeffjarvis, @jonmarino and @forbes

Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

60-70% of Forbes contributors earned $45,000 in the past year, says D'Vorkin — The Forbes digital content model and power of the long-tail — Chief product officer Lewis D'Vorkin outlines the business news outlet's approach online, where 50 per cent of its monthly traffic is to articles at least 30 days old

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's … and Talking Biz News

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Peter Beinart leaving Daily Beast for The Atlantic Media Company — Peter Beinart, the liberal Jewish blogger, is leaving The Daily Beast for The Atlantic Media Company, sources familiar with the move tell POLITICO. He will serve as Contributing Editor for both The Atlantic and National Journal.

Discussion: Mondoweiss, Haaretz, @dylanbyers, @lahoare and @chemishalev

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Monday Q&A: Thomas Patterson on why journalists need to up their knowledge game — At the Harvard Kennedy School, Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, teaches two classes on policy, politics, institutions, and democracy. He's written many books on the subject …

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

For WorldPost launch, Huffington Post hires foreign correspondents in Middle East, China — Over the past few years, The Huffington Post has been laying down cross-continental roots with its growing stable of international editions designed to scale the brand from London to Tokyo to Maghreb.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Denton and Blodget discussed potential ‘merger/partnership/collaboration’ at Balthazar (but don't 'hyperventilate') — Business Insider founder Henry Blodget's anti-Balthazar-bathroom-attendant screed escalated into a full-blown media spectacle Monday morning after it culminated in a decision …

Discussion: FirstWeFeast.com, Gawker and Gothamist

David Zax / Fast Company:

An Article Has A Lifespan Of 37 Days, And Other Findings From Pocket — Spend enough time talking to Nate Weiner, and you begin to realize he has a unique vantage point on web publishing. Whereas we might visit a given site like the New York Times and take a note of what's most popular or shared …

Discussion: Beyond Search, Thanks:@steverubel

Press Gazette:

Glenn Mulcaire never deleted Milly Dowler's voice mail, court told — The News of the World never deleted Milly Dowler's voice mail messages, a court has heard. — Continuing his opening address at the phone-hacking trial, Andrew Edis conceded there was no evidence to support the claim carried in The Guardian.

Discussion: Variety