Afternoon report
* Newsrooms find that most of their traffic bypasses their homepages. (niemanlab.org)
* Baltimore Sun reporter in search of public records is barred from City Hall. (baltimoresun.com)
* All big media companies have made larger contributions to Obama than to Romney. (nytimes.com)
David Pogue
* David Pogue says the popularity of his marriage proposal video “has been a stunner.” (nymag.com)
* Elizabeth Spiers’ last issue of New York Observer goes to press. (capitalnewyork.com)
* “In Denver, the new Citizen Kane is Dean Singleton.” (harpers.org)
* Two press critics’ takes on a Sun-Times photo of the paper’s owner at Wrigley Field. (chicagoreader.com)
* Megan Garvey is named LAT assistant managing editor/digital. (latimes.com)
* Notre Dame Observer unveils its new look. (copydesk.org)
* Staffers at The Pilot in Southern Pines, NC, do a “Call Me Maybe” spoof. (youtube.com)
* Longreads offers some exclusive content to paying members. (paidcontent.org)
