Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:50 AM ET, October 12, 2012

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
RELATED:
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
In self-publishing push, Amazon expands Kindle Owners' Lending Library to Europe  —  Amazon is expanding the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which allows Prime members who own a Kindle device to borrow one ebook a month for free, to the United Kingdom, Germany and France later this month.
Discussion: Telegraph and Engadget
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Times and Sunday Times make U-turn over bulk copies  —  Papers break ranks with industry by selling copies to partners such as airlines for a nominal sum that are then given away free  —  The Times and Sunday Times have boosted officially audited sales figures for September by distributing …
Discussion: Media Week and Media Week
Guardian:
Guardian chief outlines digital future  —  The chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, Andrew Miller, has outlined how his company must change to be sustainable  —  Print still accounts for 70% of the Guardian's revenues, according to its chief executive.
Discussion: paidContent
Nicole Laporte / Fast Company:
Hulu Struggles To Survive The Influence Of Its Parent Companies  —  Jason Kilar's vision for Hulu transformed web video.  So why is Hulu in trouble and Kilar rumored to be on his way out?  Because his vision transformed web video.  —  It's an unseasonably warm summer day, and Jason Kilar is …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The Verge
Niamh Ring / Bloomberg:
New York Times Gains on Stock Upgrade, Digital Progress  —  New York Times Co. (NYT), the newspaper publishing company, rose the most in two months after Barclays Plc upgraded the stock, citing increasing revenue from its digital paywall and a better cash position.
Discussion: paidContent and AllThingsD
Alexander C. Kaufman / The Wrap:
Chicago Tribune Launches Ebook Initiative - but L.A. Times Opts Out  —  Tribune Company has kicked off an ebook initiative in partnership with Agate Publishing, collecting stories and photos from the Chicago Tribune and two other newspapers and selling them as digital long-form features.
Discussion: Digital Book World and MediaPost
John Paul Titlow / ReadWriteWeb:
Boxee's Anti-Cable Gamble Could One-Up Apple's TV Plans  —  Whatever Apple is planning to do in with TV, it had better get busy.  Boxee is planning to launch the second generation of its streaming set-top box, replacing 2010's Boxee Box with a device that sports DVR recording and live …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Frontline invests in interactive video for The Choice 2012  —  In terms of online video, Frontline got to the scene early, making full episodes of the show available on the web back in the mid-1990s.  Now the documentary series is experimenting with their online repository of video to try …
Discussion: Daily Download
James O'Brien / The Content Strategist:
How Storyful Is Shaking Up News Reporting with User-Generated Content  —  What if your startup was trying to position itself as an online gateway for the world's news outlets to find user-generated content?  —  Geeknet Senior Editor Nick Kolakowski and Storyful's Erica Berger discuss user-generated content.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Self hit by Condé cutbacks  —  Cutbacks started at Condé Nast late yesterday, with a least one corporate vice president and eight editorial staffers on Lucy Danziger's Self magazine getting the ax.  The cutbacks are expected to continue today, with staffers from Glamour and GQ on the chopping block.
David Holmes / PandoDaily:
Tumblr continues its quest for original content, sending out a call for paid freelancers  —  More than any other social network, Tumblr has blurred the line between what a media company does and what a technology company does.  Or, to piggyback on a metaphor of Buzzfeed's Jonah Peretti …
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Look for New York Times labor deal by early November, if at all  —  If the mediation process between the New York Times management and Guild is going to produce a deal, it will probably come within the next month, Guild President Bill O'Meara said in an interview Thursday.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 9:50 AM ET, October 12, 2012.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
From Digital Sweatshop To Perk Palace: Why Gawker's Nick Denton Started Spoiling His Staff
Discussion: The New York Observer
Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:
Digital Ad Report Finds Big Growth in Mobile
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Business Matters: The Truth About Pandora's Payments to Artists
Discussion: Bloomberg and AfterDawn.com
Terrence Henry / NPR:
New York Times Reporters Detained Covering Keystone XL Protests in East Texas
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 Earlier Picks: 
Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:
Variety: pay wall going, print staying, Penske says
Discussion: Poynter
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page