Good morning. Here are 10 media stories.
- U.S. Senate will release torture report today
Glenn Greenwald will live-blog. (The Intercept) | Former intelligence machers launch a website to respond to criticism. (Foreign Policy)
- Chris and Guy’s press tour
New Republic owner Chris Hughes and CEO Guy Vidra went on a press blitz Monday. Vidra told me remaining staffers at the in-turmoil publication were enthusiastic about its new direction after a Q&A on Friday. (Poynter) | He told Joe Nocera Vox was something like what he wanted to build under the New Republic brand. Nocera then gets browsing. “After we spoke, I went to the Vox website. I scrolled down until I saw a headline that stopped me cold. ‘Everybody farts,’ it read. ‘But here are 9 surprising facts about flatulence you may not know.’ Goodbye, New Republic.” (NYT) | Another blast: I just read the word “farts” in The New York Times. | A little more on what happened last Thursday, per Vidra. (Politico) | Hughes: “we can’t remain a small print magazine for Washington.” (Mashable) “The days when you could just appeal to a small, frankly, white, male elite are over.” (NPR) “It is frustrating to me personally that there was a perception we would listicalize the place.” (The Guardian)
- More on Rolling Stone’s botched UVA rape story
MailOnline says it has interviewed the father of Jackie, around whom Rolling Stone built the story. (MailOnline) | Emily Clark writes a letter to the editor saying she was Jackie’s roommate and her story is not a hoax. (Cavalier Daily) | Margaret Sullivan: “I hope that the magazine will thoroughly investigate what happened, publish that investigation and tell its readers how, precisely, editors will make sure it never happens again.” (NYT) | RS Managing Editor Will Dana once gave a speech saying “I want to do stuff that’s biased,” meaning journalism with a point of view. (WP)
- Iran let Jason Rezaian phone home
The imprisoned Washington Post reporter surprised his mother on Thanksgiving with a phone call “in which he told her the authorities had instructed him to say he had been treated well.” (NYT)
- Reported.ly introduces itself
First Look Media’s social media newsroom thing said hello with a statement of values, including “Humility,” “Transparency” and a pretty interesting paragraph under the subhead “We’re a newsroom, not a newswire.” (Reported.ly)
- News orgs, Apple battle over Steve Jobs footage
AP, Bloomberg News and CNN have asked a court to release footage of a 2011 deposition by the Apple founder. A transcript is available but Apple seeks to block the video release. (CNET)
- Some magazines eligible for Pulitzers
They have to publish at least weekly. Broadcast orgs are still ineligible. (Poynter) | “Pulitzer rules still outdated & arbitrary. HIgh caliber writing/reporting should be eligible regardless of platform.” (@PeterHambyCNN) | “It just got even harder to win a Pulitzer in investigative reporting and feature writing.” (@michaelkruse)
- I got Rupert Murdoch
A quiz tied to MediaGuardian’s top-100-people list thing lets you figure out which media mogul you are. (The Guardian)
- Front page of the day, curated by Kristen Hare
The turtles are coming. Awesome, jellyman. (Courtesy the Newseum)
- Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin
Daniel Norselli is now president and publisher of the Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader and The Baxter Bulletin. Previously, he was senior digital sales director for the Democrat and Chronicle Media Group. (Gannett) | Katie Hawkins-Gaar will be Poynter’s digital innovation faculty member. She is editor of CNN’s iReport. (Poynter) | Jenna Wortham is now a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Previously, she was a columnist on the business desk. (New York Times) | Jessica Lustig will be deputy editor at The New York Times Magazine. Previously, she was a staff editor there. (Poynter) | Ethan Bronner will be managing editor for international government at Bloomberg News. Previously, he was deputy national editor at The New York Times. (Fishbowl NY) | Job of the day: The Newseum is looking for a special projects associate. Get your résumés in! (Journalism Jobs) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org.
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