Obama met with journalists before ISIS speech

Good morning. Here are 10 media stories.

1. Obama met with journalists before Wednesday’s ISIS speech: “The group, which met in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in an off-the-record session, included New York Times columnists David Brooks, Tom Friedman and Frank Bruni and editorial writer Carol Giacomo; The Washington Post’s David Ignatius, Eugene Robinson and Ruth Marcus; The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins and George Packer; The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and Peter Beinart; The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe; Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll; The Wall Street Journal’s Jerry Seib; and The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky, a source familiar with the meeting told The Huffington Post.” (HuffPost)
2. CBS won’t CNET CBS News: While the company’s news operation benefits from cross-pollination among news properties, it doesn’t have to worry about suits asking for more sinister forms of synergy, Alex Weprin reports: “[W]e are not going to be asked to do something that doesn’t fit for the news division,” Steve Capus says. (Capital) | Last January, Greg Sandoval left CNET after CBS forced it to remove a Dish Network product from its annual awards program, and also forced a revote of its Best in Show prize at CES. (Poynter) | It also forbade CNET from reviewing Aereo. (The Verge)
3. NPR tries to boost revenue with live shows: “The most ambitious of three ‘NPR Presents’ series, ‘Water,’ will marry news reports, oral histories and conversation about topics such as the drought in the West and mudslides in Seattle with theatrical and musical storytelling.” (NYT)
4. Anchor tells viewers he has six months to live: WCIA-TV anchor Dave Benton told viewers Thursday he has an inoperable tumor. (AP) | “Really, I just want to enjoy every day,” Benton says. (The News-Gazette)
5. A tweet story: “The couple met where one might expect a social media expert and a technology journalist to meet: on Twitter.” (NYT)
6. So that’s where Dean Starkman is going: The former CJR editor will cover Wall Street for the L.A. Times. (Capital)
7. Longtime Philly Inquirer cartoonist Tony Auth has died: He was 72. “Mr. Auth’s impressive portfolio – he produced five cartoons a week – was a Philly staple when breakfast meant coffee, bacon and eggs, and the morning paper.” (Inquirer, via Philly.com) | A gallery of his work. (Inquirer)
8. A David Carr twofer: Two media columns Monday, or maybe they’ve finally cloned him. How Apple makes journalists applaud. (NYT) | Why sports villains aren’t the only ones who should fear TMZ: “As journalists, we like to think that the august platforms we work on and our learned interpretation of facts create value and credibility, but in an age of digital artifacts and digital distribution, the pure act of discovery can create big news.” (NYT) | If the NYT does start cloning journalists, who would you like to see two of? Email me!
9. Front page of the day, selected by Kristen Hare: The Green Bay Press-Gazette does what the Jets couldn’t: It stops Jordy Nelson.

    

10. Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin: Charles Dharapak will be Asia-Pacific regional photo editor for AP. He was a White House photographer. (AP) | Nia-Malika Henderson will write for The Fix at The Washington Post. Previously, she was a political reporter there. (Washington Post) | Jose DelReal is now a blogger for Post Politics. Previously, he was a reporter at Politico. (Washington Post) | Tracy Everding is now a creative director at All You. Previously, she was a creative director at Cosmo Magazine. (Time Inc.) | Amy Haneline is now a beer, wine and coffee reporter at The Indianapolis Star. Previously, she was a digital developer there. (‏@AmyBHaneline) | Kenny Plotnik is now vice president of New England Cable News. Previously, he was vice president of news at WABC in New York. (TV Spy) | Kat Meyer is now director of events and community engagement at Publishers Weekly. Previously, she was community manager and conference chair at the Frankfurt Book Fair. (Publishers Weekly) | Job of the day: The Associated Press is looking for a junior designer and front-end developer. Get your résumés in! (Journalism Jobs) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org

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