Mediagazer: Second worst year on record for jailed journalists (Committee to Protect Journalists)

12:10 PM ET, December 18, 2013

Top News:

Second worst year on record for jailed journalists — For the second consecutive year, Turkey was the world's leading jailer of journalists, followed closely by Iran and China. The number of journalists in prison globally decreased from a year earlier but remains close to historical highs.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Poynter, ThinkProgress, ABC News, @radleybalko, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Guardian, The Times of Israel, @nickcohen4, @joelcpj, India & World, @mlcalderone, @nervana_1 and The Newspaper Guild

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

71 journalists killed in 2013 ‘in connection with their work’ — In 2013, 71 journalists were killed in connection with their work, some 20% fewer deaths than the year before, according to the Paris-based press freedom body, Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Discussion: Reporters Without Borders, Columbia Journalism Review and Kirk LaPointe's …

Nina Ognianova / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Turkey—world's top press jailer once more — For the second year in a row, our prison census shows, Turkey jailed more journalists than any other country. The number of journalists behind bars is 40; down from the 61 reporters in October 2012, and less than the 49 we recorded on December 1, 2012.

Al Jazeera English:
Over 200 journalists still jailed worldwide

Discussion: @joelcpj

DealBook:

Brash Agent at William Morris Extends Reach in IMG Merger — Over the past two decades, Ari Emanuel has climbed — brashly, ruthlessly — into Hollywood's power center with one position in mind: king. — With a nighttime raid on his own office files at International Creative Management in 1995 …

Discussion: The Wrap, Forbes, Forbes, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Capital New York, Bloomberg and @deanemurphy

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013 — Error of the Year: ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi report — As is often the case with Error of the Year, the award is given partly because of the mistake itself, and partly because of the mistake's fallout.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Gawker, @mmfa, @brendannyhan and Pressing Issues, Thanks:@craigsilverman

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Time Inc. out of Forbes race — Time Inc. Chief Content Officer Norm Pearlstine — Time Inc. is out of the running to buy Forbes, Media Ink has learned. — The publishing giant has been rumored to be a top contender. Forbes was recently put on the block and Deutsche Bank …

Discussion: AdAge and FishbowlNY

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism:

2014 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced — CBS & NBC Honored for Breaking News Coverage CIR Wins Two Awards & ESPN Wins For the First Time — Fourteen winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were announced today by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Discussion: Capital New York, Poynter, The Center for … and CBS Boston

Reuters:

Al Jazeera weighs bid for $1 billion Turkish pay-TV firm Digiturk: sources — (Reuters) - Television broadcaster Al Jazeera is considering a bid for a majority stake in Turkish digital pay-TV operator Digiturk, three banking sources aware of the plans said, in a move by the Qatar-backed broadcaster to further expand its footprint.

Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Time Warner Cable app comes to Kindle Fire — sorry, Apple TV — Time Warner Cable added Kindle Fire to the list of devices that can access its TWC TV app, which enables subscribers to stream live channels and watch videos on demand. — Related stories — Get a Kindle with Special Offers for $49 shipped

Brian Morrissey / Digiday:

Bloomberg Media Poaches GE Exec Paul Marcum — Newly installed Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith has made his first major hire in his tenure with the addition of GE marketing exec Paul Marcum. — Marcum, a three-year veteran of GE, will join Bloomberg on Jan. 13 as its head of global digital innovation …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Guardian:

BBC ‘took too long to realise DMI project was in trouble’ — Report finds flaws in tech project could have been identified two years before it was shut down in May at a cost of almost £100m — Read the full PwC report on the BBC's DMI failure — The BBC should have identified …

Jim Schachter / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Breaking audio out of radio's boundaries — What do I think 2014 will bring for the future of news? — You can detect the near-term future in what we can see with our own eyes right now. When I was an editor at The New York Times, I gradually watched the newspapers on my morning train commute give way to smartphones and tablets.

Discussion: Co.Labs and @markstencel

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

News of the World managing editor 'didn't know of Milly Dowler hacking' — Stuart Kuttner said he knew nothing of phone hacking before being shown an email he sent to Surrey police in 2002, jury told — The former managing editor of the News of the World said he had no recollection …

Hunter Walk:

$400 for The Information Is About What's Missing, Not What's There — What are we, less than two week's into Jessica Lessin's launch of The Information? As a subscriber I've read every article and enjoyed the majority. I applaud Jessica for staking out a high pricepoint …

Discussion: @jason_kint and @monkbent

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Times publisher reports pre-tax losses of £24m — Times Newspapers Limited pays out £14m to departing directors, including chief executive Tom Mockridge — The publisher of the Times and the Sunday Times has reported a pre-tax loss of £24m, as payouts …

Peter Osnos / The Atlantic:

Beijing and Moscow's media crackdown has deflected attention away from Washington's own shoddy treatment of journalists — Beijing and Moscow's media crackdown has deflected attention away from Washington's own shoddy treatment of journalists. — While much of the recent attention focused …