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10:50 AM ET, December 5, 2011

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Steve Myers / Poynter:
Romney campaign doesn't appreciate unscripted appearance by reporter  —  Fox News allowed the Times' Jim Rutenberg to roam backstage Saturday night during a GOP candidates forum.  Upon seeing Rutenberg, “Mr. Romney's aides sprang into action, asking where he worked and what he was doing there …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Mitt Romney's media blowback  —  Mitt Romney's vulnerabilities as a candidate are well known, yet a seemingly new one surfaced last week: his unusual brittleness in the face of media questions.  —  With one prickly interview with Fox's Bret Baier on Tuesday — in which the candidate appeared uncomfortable …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Simon Kelner launches Journalism Foundation  —  Former Independent editor Simon Kelner launches charity aimed at promoting journalism around the world  —  Simon Kelner, the former editor of the Independent, is launching a charity today aimed at promoting journalism across the world.
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Simon Kelner / The Independent:
A foundation for the future of journalism
Guardian:
Julian Assange can take extradition case to supreme court, judges rule  —  High court says Assange case raises question of ‘general public importance’ that should be decided as quickly as possible  —  The high court has paved the way for the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange …
Discussion: Mashable!
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Kellie Tranter / ABC News:   Julian Assange: he's not the messiah, he's just my boy
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
New NPR Chief Faces Tough Landscape  —  On Thursday, his first day as president and chief executive of NPR, Gary E. Knell took questions on Twitter and NPR's “Talk of the Nation” — and he got an earful.  —  Listeners asked him to increase programs for diverse audiences …
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Media business chiefs brace for bleak 2012  —  (Reuters) - Top media executives across North America and Europe are bracing for a global economic slowdown in 2012, and are already surrendering to demands by advertisers that they offer shorter-term, flexible deals in case of another crisis.
Keach Hagey / Politico:
Tuna and turmoil at CPI  —  At their annual meeting last month in Istanbul, 48 countries that fish for a wildly expensive species of bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers agreed to revamp their system for tracking catches.  —  The move came a year after reporters from the international arm …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals  —  BSkyB's set-top boxes may have to offer services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Lovefilm and Blinkbox alongside its own Sky Movies, under new proposals from the Competition Commission.  —  That is one of two new remedies proposed by the commission …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Five tough questions for newspaper organizations as they face investors this week  —  It is time again for the annual December media conference for investors in New York City, starting today.  And once again, borrowing the well-worn line from “I Love Lucy,” executive teams …
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Magazines Gird for USPS Nixing Saturday Delivery  —  Weeklies That Try to Reach Subscribers Before Weekend Would Have Even More Problems Staying Timely  —  It's tough enough for weekly magazines to stay timely when TV and the web churn out news constantly.
Sherry Ricchiardi / American Journalism Review:
Do Women Lead Differently?  —  Like many female journalists, Jane Eisner rejoiced when the New York Times smashed the glass ceiling and named a woman executive editor of the world-renowned newspaper.  Yet she found herself in “respectful disagreement” with the new boss, Jill Abramson …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Current Cuts Staff of ‘Vanguard’ Documentary Series  —  As Current TV turns itself into a channel for liberal talk, it is turning away from its original source for news, a critically acclaimed documentary unit called “Vanguard.”  —  In what was described by some as a cost-cutting move …
 
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