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What I tweeted to @romenesko followers today:
* Colin Myler replaces Kevin Convey as New York Daily News editor-in-chief | July 2010: Boston Herald’s Convey named NYDN editor

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* Second City alum Kobi Libii to play a Jayson Blair-like reporter in new play
* Dylan Ratigan on financial journalism’s role in economic meltdown: “Grossly disappointing …embarrassing”
* State College police say there’s no evidence media helped incite Nov. 9 Paterno-related riot
* Ohio State football players take back reports that coach told them to stay off Twitter
* Lawyers: “For more than 13 years [Stephen Glass] has worked diligently to build a good and honest life”

* Why the New York Times email blast screw-up wasn’t that big a deal
* Judge won’t hold hearing on plans to end Tribune bankruptcy until May at earliest
* Gawker’s “Ten People Who Should Quit the Media in 2012″
* Over 400 people have signed the Open Letter to Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
* “It kind of stung” to get Tampa Bay Times business cards, says columnist
* Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal is Talking Biz News’ Business Journalist of the Year

What I tweeted to @romenesko followers today:

* Online shopping while intoxicated has long benefited high-end specialty retailers
* Dave McKenna – author of “The Cranky Redskins Fan’s Guide to Dan Snyder” – leaves Washington City Paper
* Best & worst of 2011 sports journalism (TV, radio and online), according to @richarddeitsch
* Milwaukee daily’s $2.35/week “JS Everywhere” digital subscription plan launches Jan. 4
* Daniel Pearl’s father, a UCLA prof, is a leader in the field of artificial intelligence
* George Vecsey: “There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did” at NYT

* A glimpse inside a war photographer’s camera bag
* Of all news content this year, Afghanistan accounted for about 2% of U.S. coverage
* PhoneDog sues ex-employee, says his Twitter followers list is a customer list
* New York Times tells union it wants to restart contract talks
* No reason for political journalists to dumb down stories so everybody can understand them
* Pentagon finds no fault in its ties to TV analysts | Related

What I tweeted today to @romenesko followers:

* “I feel so pretty,” says the most actually-read “Read It Later” author on the Internet

* “Epic brawl” breaks out at Cincinnati/Xavier game, but Cincy Enquirer photog Jeff Swinger keeps shooting

* Playboy will be moving its print operations to Los Angeles in April

* Christiane Amanpour preparing to step down as “This Week” anchor, two sources tell NYT

* NYT attorney tells NYPD commish “we are disappointed” to see cop interfere with photographer at protest

* BuzzFeed founder: “Our front-page traffic is growing really fast but the reason people are coming is changing”

* Kurtz on Chelsea Clinton: “Her demeanor is reserved, she doesn’t project her voice like a broadcaster”

* Comcast to carry BBC World News channel, opening door for wider distribution in U.S.


What I tweeted to @romenesko followers today:
* Voice of San Diego: “We have had to lay off four of our friends and co-workers”
* When people save an online article to “Read It Later,” do they really do that?

* Five lessons for online news managers to help them compete with new rivals
* Why are cartoonists treated so differently from reporters in cases of plagiarism?
* Don Van Natta Jr. leaves NYT after 16 years to join ESPN investigative team
* Iowa Board of Regents responds to “fairly offensive” letter about soldiers in student paper
* LAT editor addresses reader complaints about “gut-wrenching” Afghanistan bombing photo
* Jonathan Eig’s ChicagoSide sports site debuts Opening Day 2012 with lineup of 36+ writers
* Mayor Bloomberg says police didn’t prevent reporters from covering #OWS
* Student newspaper essay about premarital sex causes uproar at Yeshiva University

What I tweeted today to @romenesko followers:

* Trinity College Dublin bans Irish Daily Mail after it “deliberately invented” story about student’s death
* Knoxville News Sentinel parent lays off 33 employees, or about 7.5% of workforce
* Medill Innocence Project investigation calls into question 1998 murder conviction
* Michigan Daily special report on the university charging high fees for public records
* Really, Huffington Post? You can’t list the “11 Amazing Magazines You’ve Never Heard Of” on one page?
* Kevin Purdy of Lifehacker is the “most saved author” in Read It Later’s study
* Do the alleged sins of Stephen Glass’s parents justify his particular brand of journalism?
* Obama, most GOP candidates received more negative than positive coverage on Twitter

Here’s what I tweeted to @romenesko followers today:

* Gannett CEO: We’re extending our paywall “to capture added revenue and profitability from our newspapers”
* San Diego Union-Tribune’s new slogan: “The World’s Greatest Country and America’s Finest City”
* National Punctuation Day organizers announce winners of their annual paragraph contest
* Roger Ebert’s blog and site won’t be a part of the Sun-Times’ paywall plan
* Centre Daily Times says courtroom rules for Sandusky hearing may shock national media
* “CBS Evening News” with Pelley as anchor still in 3rd place, but execs tout program’s recent growth
* Growing number of theaters and performing groups are setting aside “tweet seats,” reports USA Today
* Nick Lemann: “Journalism has to move from being a commodity profession to a value-added profession”
* WSJ managing editor accuses rivals of advancing their own agendas in their hacking coverage
* Most popular online stories for 2011. (No surprise that WSJ’s was “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”)
* McClatchy shares up on news that Oct./Nov. ad revenue fell 5.6% vs. 10% drop in first 9 months of ’11
* AP Sports Editors pick the top newspaper sports websites | Full list