Good morning. Here are nine media stories.
- Women say Jian Ghomeshi choked, assaulted, harassed them
The former CBC host’s accusers “describe a man obsessed with his image and power, and someone who they say has little or no respect for barriers,” Kevin Donovan and Jesse Brown write. Most of the women stayed anonymous but “Trailer Park Boys” actor Lucy DeCoutere put her name to her charges. Ghomeshi’s alleged behavior was not confined to his private life, the report says: One woman said he told her “I want to hate f— you” in a meeting and later “cupped her buttocks.” When she complained, a producer asked her “what (she) could do to make this a less toxic work environment?” Ghomeshi, who is suing the CBC following his dismissal, did not comment. (Toronto Star) | Dan Savage: “Ghomeshi isn’t a safe, sane, and consensual kinkster. He’s a reckless, abusive, and dangerous one who has traumatized some women and lucked out with others.” (The Stranger) | Melissa Martin: The “‘pattern of behaviour’ Ghomeshi accused his accusers of trying to create, it existed long before their allegations did.” (Nothing in Winnipeg)
- Tim Cook writes about being gay
“I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.” (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- NYT Co. 3Q earnings today
The company “is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat.” (Zacks) | Expect questions about the sudden departure of digital boss Denise Warren at the earnings call, at 11 a.m. (NYTCo)
- New pages
The homepage is The Guardian’s “single strongest lever to direct attention,” director of digital strategy Wolfgang Blau tells Sam Kirkland. “People go to edited sources because they trust to be told what really is important,” creative director Alex Breuer says. Still, 59 percent of visits to The Guardian last month originated on article pages. (Poynter) | NPR launches its new music site with an Auto-Tune-free T-Pain concert. (NPR)
- Why does the U.S. detain so many journalists at borders?
“It may be the case that journalists’ travel patterns and data flows just happen to trigger alerts within federal databases,” Geoffrey King writes. “But the experiences of the journalists CPJ interviewed make it clear that CBP’s broad discretion is having a negative impact on the free flow of news.” (CPJ)
- Gawker may cover Albany
“The last thing I want to do is say, ‘We’re gonna fuck Albany up and take down Cuomo or whatever!'” Gawker EIC Max Read tells Peter Sterne. “We may send people up there and find that we have nothing to write about and nothing to do.” (Capital)
- David Plotz explains the basic problem the Internet presents publishers
“The internet doesn’t work like a print magazine,” Slate’s former editor tells Christopher Massie. “You don’t pull people into Slate through one thing and then they stay for another.” Plotz also talks about his new job at Atlas Obscura: “The chance to do a different kind of journalism which has a sense of mission that is about delight and joy and discovery is appealing.” (CJR)
- Front pages of the day, curated by Kristen Hare
Pride in San Francisco. Stoicism in Kansas City. (Courtesy the Newseum)
- Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin
Elise Hu will be NPR’s Asia correspondent in Seoul. She covers tech and culture at NPR. (Poynter) | Mitra Kalita is now executive editor-at-large for Quartz. Previously, she was ideas editor there. Paul Smalera will be Quartz’ new ideas editor. He is editor of The New York Times opinion app. (Poynter) | Donald Baer is now chairman of PBS’ board of directors. He is CEO of Burson-Marsteller. (PBS) | Jessica Coen is now a contributing editor at Marie Claire. She is an editor-at-large with Jezebel. (Fishbowl NY) | Stephen Lacy is now chairman of the Association of Magazine Media. He is CEO of the Meredith Corporation. (Email) | Dan Katz will be chief of staff to Arianna Huffington. He’s currently a chief researcher for David Gergen. Maxwell Strachan is now senior editor of business and tech at The Huffington Post. Previously, he was business editor there. (email) | Emily Yoshida will be entertainment editor at The Verge. Previously, she was culture editor at Grantland. (Muck Rack) | Job of the day: The Virginian-Pilot is looking for a digital news editor. Ger your résumés in! (Journalism Jobs) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org.
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