Mediagazer: Sierra Leone: Journalist arrested after questioning official Ebola response (Monica Mark/Guardian)

8:55 AM ET, November 7, 2014

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

BuzzFeed doesn't do clickbait, defined as under-delivering what's over-promised in a headline — Why BuzzFeed Doesn't Do Clickbait — You won't believe this one weird trick. — Jon Stewart was asked about BuzzFeed and Vice the other day, and had this to say:

Chris Grygiel / Associated Press:

FBI says agent impersonated AP reporter — 1 photo — SEATTLE (AP) — FBI Director James Comey says an agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter during a 2007 criminal investigation, a ruse the news organization says could undermine its credibility.

Discussion: New York Times, Poynter, NBC News, Sky News, RT, International Business Times, @fbajak, @onekade, @ap_corpcomm, @csoghoian and seattlepi.com

Caroline Davies / Guardian:

Missing: 3 million News International emails — All emails covering her period as editor removed after Rebekah Brooks changed company's email deletion policy in 2010 — Three million emails at News International are missing after Rebekah Brooks changed the company's email deletion policy, a jury heard.

Discussion: @chaabanrabih, @paullewismoney and @hackedoffhugh

Press Gazette:
News Corp feared corporate charge over payments could ‘kill company’ and risk 46,000 jobs

Discussion: The Independent, BBC, International Business Times and Guardian

Marc Graser / Variety:

Disney Downplays a la Carte Plans as ESPN Preps OTT Services — Disney chief Bob Iger likes experimenting with digital platforms. Yet while ESPN — one of Disney's biggest moneymakers — is getting ready to launch over-the-top services to stream more sports programming …

Karma Allen / CNBC:
Walt Disney earnings: 89 cents per share on revenue of $12.39B, both in-line with estimates

Discussion: Multichannel News, @benfritz, @danielhsqr, @benfritz, @jboorstin, Bloomberg, Reuters, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap

Monica Mark / Guardian:

Sierra Leone: Journalist arrested after questioning official Ebola response — David Tam Baryoh was arrested under emergency regulations as Ebola-hit governments crack down on protest and criticism — A journalist in Sierra Leone who has criticised the government's handling of the Ebola outbreak …

Discussion: ShanghaiDaily.com, New York Times, Committee to Protect …, InterAksyon and Politico SL News

Ewan Palmer / International Business Times:

Phone Hacking: Former News Of The World Editor Ian Edmondson Jailed for Eight Months — Former News of the World editor Ian Edmondson has been sentenced to eight months in jail after admitting to phone hacking. — Edmondson is the last person to be sentenced of all those who were convicted …

Discussion: Guardian and Telegraph

Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:

Justin Hall's 20-year-old website shows how opportunities in online journalism slowly developed — Justin Hall's 20-year-old website shows how opportunities in online journalism slowly developed — Justin Hall runs a blog that has landed him several jobs in journalism.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

HuffPost defends disciplinary actions against reporters, editors — The Huffington Post's newsroom is on edge following recent incidents in which several employees were disciplined and a major story was put on pause. — Two of the incidents involved journalists who were suspended after publishing sensitive articles.

Discussion: @joepompeo

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

Can Berkeleyside turn an engaged community into a profitable membership program? — If you were a resident of Berkeley, California with free time on your hands and a sense of curiosity, you might have found yourself a couple of weekends ago at Uncharted, an “ideas festival” put on by local news site Berkeleyside.

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @ceodonovan, @jan10vdh and @niemanlab

Los Angeles Times:

Investors ask court to put O.C. Register parent in receivership — Two investors in Freedom Communications, the owner of the Orange County Register, are asking a Delaware court to put the Santa Ana newspaper company into receivership, saying the firm is “insolvent” and beset by “mismanagement.”

Discussion: Orange County Business …, Orange County Register, Guardian, Navel Gazing, Los Angeles Times and LA Observed

Peter Marsh / INMA:

Poll: 73% of newspapers charge for online access, 40% have hard paywalls — The state of paid content: For free, for a fee, or somewhere in between — Though nearly three-quarters of newspapers are now charging for online content to some extent, there is still disagreement …

Discussion: Guardian, @sarahmarshall and @earljwilkinson

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Sesame Workshop Bullish on Children's Magazines — At a time when the magazine business is struggling, Sesame Workshop is making the case that the demand for magazines for young readers is still strong. — At a press event held highlighting its digital products Tuesday morning …