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NYTimes.com: Romenesko Taken to Woodshed for, um, Not Much. And Then Resigns.

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David Carr: "Out in the civilian world, [Romenesko's] departure is, um, less than seismic. But to those of us who read and followed him, it seemed like an ill-advised way to end a run that was remarkable in all aspects: He was a proto-blogger, helping to define the form; an arbiter and observer of the great unwinding of journalism; and an eerily fair aggregator of other people’s work."

Felix: Here’s why I’m so angry at Julie Moos’s unjustifiable attack on Jim Romenesko

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Felix Salmon: "Jim Romenesko is a KING of the blogosphere. He’s the kind of person you should be looking to as an exemplar of best practices in the blogosphere. If your guidelines go against what Jim is doing, then there might well be something wrong with your guidelines. You do not throw him under the bus like this just to get out in front of a CJR piece. For shame."

The Awl: The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter’s "Romenesko+"

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Choire Sicha: "Romenesko's entire practice was about giving credit, in ways that virtually no other blog has been, a position that "Romenesko+" does not embrace as strongly. Poynter has worked systematically to erode a fairly noble, not particularly money-making thing as it works to boost "engagement" and whatever other (highly transitional!) web "best practices" are being touted at the heinous "online journalism" conferences that regularly go on. Charitable with links and naming bylines, and producing even more links when grubby reporters would come emailing with "but I posted that memo just now tooooo!", the intention underlying Romenesko's work has always been directing readers to reported material."

Poynter Online: Coming Aug. 23 — A New Poynter Online

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"The journalism industry is a tight-knit community, and from what our users tell us, they're ready for serious online networking. So we're introducing Poynter Groups, a new way to communicate with colleagues, see who's up to what where and establish an online base camp with your bio, photos and other relevant information and conversation. We don't expect you to abandon Facebook, Flickr, Linked In and del.icio.us, so we created a way for you to link to all of your activity on various sites from your personal page in Poynter Groups."