Mediagazer: The Big Picture Strikes Back (A. O. Scott/New York Times)

8:20 AM ET, November 29, 2013

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British Newspaper Editors Described As ‘Angry Donkeys’ By Former Sun Boss David Yelland — David Cameron, Polls, Fraser Nelson, THE SUN NEWSPAPER, UK Media, UK Politics, David Yelland, Leveson Inquiry, UK NEWS, UK News — The former editor of one of Britain's most powerful newspapers …

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

100 leading figures urge newspaper publishers to accept royal charter — More than 100 prominent people from literature, the arts, science, academia, human rights and the law have signed a declaration urging newspaper and magazine publishers to embrace the royal charter system of press regulation.

Discussion: Press Gazette, Guardian, Spectator, @paul__johnson, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, BBC, Guardian and Guardian

Andreas Whittam Smith / The Independent:
How the Leveson Report stopped the press in its tracks: One year on, the forensic cataloguing …

Discussion: @mscott and @nujbelfast

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Lessons from journalism startup Matter: Paywalls make growing readership difficult — When journalism startup Matter launched a year ago, it was one of the most highly-funded media projects on Kickstarter, having pulled in more than $140,000 in donations — almost three times what it initially set out to raise.

Discussion: Medium, @raju, @stevebuttry and Poynter

Nikki Usher / Nieman Journalism Lab:

At The Miami Herald, maybe newsroom place still matters — When The Miami Herald left its home on Biscayne Bay, many in the newsroom were wistful. The newsroom had been right in the heart of downtown and home to memories and legends. Two movies had been shot in the building: Absence of Malice …

Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:

The Guardian Now More Popular In US Than UK — LONDON — It started out as The Manchester Guardian in 1821 and had since become a national newspaper. But, this fall, The Guardian crossed another geographical rubicon - it became more popular in the US than its native UK.

Thanks:@steverubel

Andy / TorrentFreak:

Paris court orders Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to remove 16 video streaming sites from search — Court Orders Google, Microsoft & Yahoo to Make Pirate Sites Disappear — Last week turned out to be yet another hectic seven days for the copyright enforcement obligations of Google.

Discussion: @stacyherbert

A. O. Scott / New York Times:

The Big Picture Strikes Back — Like a character who develops a discreet but noticeable cough at the end of the first act, the movies have been dying for a long time. The latest chapter in their decline — which began, depending on who is telling the story, with the introduction of sound …

Discussion: ParisLemon, @hutchesonnick, @timocity and @sternbergh

Maggie Michael / Associated Press:

Egypt arrests prominent blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah under new anti-protest law — CAIRO — Egyptian security forces arrested a prominent political activist Thursday night over inciting a demonstration in defiance of a new law heavily restricting protests in the country, his family said.

Discussion: @salmasaid, Middle East, Associated Press and BBC

Elsa Keslassy / Variety:

Why Netflix Would Face Resistance Breaking Into France — The market reportedly ripe for the streaming service's next invasion boasts huge barriers to entry — A nation packed with cinephiles and avid consumers of U.S. drama imports, France seems like a natural fit for a service like Netflix.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Harding hires former Times deputy as managing editor of BBC news — Keith Blackmore was deputy editor of Times under Harding, who has also hired Jonathan Munro of ITV News — James Harding has hired his former Times deputy, Keith Blackmore, to be managing editor of BBC news and current affairs.

Discussion: broadcastnow.co.uk

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BT to add music service to TV offerings — Music streaming and karaoke offering backed by Universal Music — BT is to launch a music streaming and karaoke service backed by the world's largest music company, Universal Music. — The service will initially offer the equivalent …

Discussion: Music Ally, Financial Times, NME, Variety and Music Week

Matt Katz / Politico:

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close — “How'd you draw the short end of the stick?” Chris Christie asked me the first time I walked into his office for an interview. — By this point in early 2011, Christie was barely a year into his New Jersey governorship, and I'd been covering him for just six weeks.

Discussion: @mollyesque and @zekejmiller

John Plunkett / Guardian:

'BBC should open more shows up to indies if it doesn't subsidise Channel 4' — Up to 75% of BBC's shows should be available to independent sector if it wants to defend licence fee, says All3Media chairman — All3Media chairman Steve Morrison has said the BBC should make up to 75% …