Mediagazer: New Yorker Television Critic Nancy Franklin Taking a Break from Writing (Kat Stoeffel/The New York Observer)

3:30 PM ET, September 13, 2011

Top News:

Mother of 7/7 victim to sue NoW publisher — High court judge to take Sheila Henry's case as one of the lead actions over phone hacking at the former tabloid — Sheila Henry, the mother of 7/7 victim Christian Small, has launched a legal action against the publisher of the News of the World …

Discussion: Press Gazette and New York Magazine

James Robinson / Guardian:

Phone hacking: James Murdoch recalled by MPs — News Corp boss to face fresh questions about whether he knew News of the World hacking went further than one reporter — James Murdoch is to be recalled to give evidence to MPs on the Commons culture, media and sport select committee.

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James Robinson / Guardian:
Phone hacking: News International finds ‘large caches’ of documents

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Adweek:

New Details on Philly Papers' Bold Tablet Plan Android tablets to spur digital content adoption By Lucia Moses — Making a big bet on the tablet market, the Philadelphia Inquirer and sibling paper Philadelphia Daily News in July announced a plan to sell deeply discounted tablets containing subscriptions to its digital editions.

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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Meet Philly's New Android-Powered Newspaper: The Arnova 10 G2

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Media Decoder:

Times Names Sifton as National Editor, Bryant as Features Editor — Sam Sifton, the Times' dining critic and a former editor of both Dining and the Culture section, has been named the new National Editor for the paper by the executive editor, Jill Abramson.

Discussion: Poynter, FishbowlNY and LA Observed

Jennifer Preston / Media Decoder:

Mashable Expanding Its Coverage — Mashable, the popular Web site for information about technology and social media, said Monday that it was expanding coverage to include new sections for entertainment, United States news and world news, and that it was hiring a veteran technology editor to oversee all of its editorial content.

Discussion: Poynter, FishbowlNY, Future of Journalism, PR Newswire, Mashable! and Techoti

Wall Street Journal:

Amazon Seeks Tablet Content — As its tablet launch draws near, Amazon.com Inc. is in the market for content. According to people familiar with the matter, the Seattle retailing giant is starting talks with magazine and newspaper publishers on new terms for subscriptions and single copies of periodicals for the device.

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Jennifer Saba / MediaFile:

WSJ pushes further into video with free app — The Wall Street Journal has launched a new video application “WSJ Live” that pulls from the content from its stable of live programming. — WSJ Live is another push from the Journal into video programming — which represents …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Judy Muller / Los Angeles Times:

Where newspapers thrive — At a time when doomsayers are predicting the death of traditional journalism, thousands of small-town weeklies are doing just fine, thank you. — We've been hearing a lot of depressing news in recent years about the dire financial prospects for big daily newspapers, including the one you're now holding.

Discussion: Poynter

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Motorola Mobility Invests In Video Publishing Platform Ooyala — After announcing a slew of new features on Facebook, video publishing platform Ooyala is announcing another bit of news today—a new investor. The venture arm of Motorola Mobility, which Google is in the process of acquiring …

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John Ortved / Adweek:

Is Digital Killing the Luxury Brand? — High-end fashion brands have a problem. Let's call it the “Kreayshawn quandary,” after the young Bay Area rapper made famous by the Internet and her hit song “Gucci, Gucci,” which has gotten over 16 million views on YouTube.

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The Huffington Post:

Algeria Makes Sweeping Media Reforms — ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria has passed sweeping media reforms, ending a state monopoly on the broadcast sector and the imprisonment of journalists for libel. — The move is part of the president's political reforms announced on April 15 …

Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:

New Yorker Television Critic Nancy Franklin Taking a Break from Writing — Nancy Franklin announced that she is stepping down from her position as New Yorker television critic on Twitter today. — “I've been a critic for 18 years, and a TV critic for 13 of them.

Discussion: Gawker, GalleyCat and WWD Media Headlines

Julie Bosman / New York Times:

Authors Sue to Remove Books From Digital Archive — Three major authors' groups and eight individual authors filed suit against a partnership of research libraries and five universities on Monday, arguing that their initiative to digitize millions of books constituted copyright infringement.

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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

CW Enlists Bing to Get Viewers to Seek Out New Shows — Search Engine Gets Ads at Bottom of Screen — and in CW Slogan — as Advertisers Push for Content Surrounding Programming — The CW hopes a promotional boost from Microsoft's Bing search engine will help drive results for the launch of its coterie of new and returning series.

Discussion: Media & Entertainment, MediaPost and Marketing Pilgrim

Electronic Frontier Foundation:

From the Ashes of Righthaven, the Promising Future of Digital Media — Copyright troll Righthaven's flawed business model—suing hundreds of bloggers and small websites for dubious cases of alleged copyright infringement of newspaper articles—appears to be grinding to an inexorable finish.

Discussion: Threat Level and Adweek

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

5 ways news sites are using ‘Most Popular’ features to help readers surface more content — When visiting news sites, I almost always look at their “Most Popular” lists to see what other people are reading and find stories I may have otherwise missed. These lists are helpful navigation tools …

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