Mediagazer: Turning the page on Tina Brown (Dylan Byers/Politico)

8:45 AM ET, October 19, 2012

Top News:

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Turning the page on Tina Brown — When Newsweek relaunched in 2011, editor Tina Brown promised frugality and humility. — “I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype,” Brown, the ex-Vanity Fair, ex-New Yorker, ex-Talk editor whose name …

Discussion: Associated Press, NPR, BostInno, FishbowlNY, The Atlantic Online and FishbowlDC

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

Newsweek CEO: Dumping Print ‘Liberates Us’ — Plans to Charge $24.99 For an Annual Digital-Only Subscription — There's been a deathwatch for the print edition of Newsweek ever since IAC CEO Barry Diller hinted in July that print would go away or be scaled back in 2013.

Discussion: WWD Media Headlines and Gawker

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Out Of The Ashes Of Dead Trees — The shift in my own mind has happened gradually. Even up to a year ago, I was still getting my New York Times every morning on paper, wrapped in blue plastic. Piles of them would sit in my blog-cave, read and half-read, skimmed, and noted.

Discussion: One Man & His Blog, Adweek, Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day, Business Insider, Forbes and The Week

David Carr / Media Decoder:
Newsweek to Cease Print Publication at End of Year

Discussion: yelvington.com, paidContent, bookforum.com, Free Press, Erik Wemple, Vanity Fair, Forbes, LA Observed, Radio & Television … and eMedia Vitals

Kevin Lincoln / BuzzFeed:
Don't Blame Tina Brown

Discussion: The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Capital New York

Felix Salmon:
Why keep Newsweek on life support?

Discussion: Corporate Intelligence, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Poynter and The Daily Caller

Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
A Turn of the Page for Newsweek

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Media News, magCulture.com/blog, newsweek.tumblr.com, BtoB Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Medacity, WWD Media Headlines, Gawker, Jon Slattery, Dead Tree Edition, Digiday, TUAW, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, Economist, Business Insider, @gabrielsnyder, Capital New York, Quartz, CNNMoney.com, @mlcalderone, Guardian, @ledbetreuters, @jeffjarvis, @felixsalmon, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, @jbflint, The Huffington Post, @sdkstl, @ryanbeckwith, @joshgreenman, Daily Download, Forbes, @erichippeau, Media Nation, @editorialiste, @bronwen, MarketingVox News & Trends, Folio, @edmundlee, @rajunarisetti, The Atlantic Wire, @obsoletedogma, @thedailybeast, Bloomberg, Mashable!, TVNewser, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Engadget, CJR, Journalism.co.uk, The Daily Caller, CNET, @jenny8lee, Capital New York, Poynter, The Verge, Digital Media Wire, Deadline.com, Vanity Fair, UPROXX, Canadian Magazines, The Week, @dylanbyers, @thetinabeast, @johnbowman, TechCrunch, @meenasaurus, @sirharryevans, @ditzkoff, MediaPost, @jerometaylor, New York Post, Talking Points Memo, The Awl, @thatdanstewart, GalleyCat, WebProNews, USA Today, Pocket-lint, Tampa Bay Times, SocialTimes, Agence France Presse, Gothamist, Guardian, Noted, AllThingsD and msnbc.com

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Google News faces mass newspaper boycott in Brazil — This will sound familiar to anyone who has watched Google News' relations with news publishers over the years.. — The next country in which tension has erupted is one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

BBC:

Google threatens French media ban over proposed law — Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from search results if France goes ahead with plans to make search engines to pay for content. — In a letter sent to several ministerial offices, Google said such a law “would threaten its very existence”.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, CNET, FRANCE 24, TechCrunch, Telegraph and The Next Web

Amita Sharma / KPBS San Diego:

U-T Owner Manchester Shows Interest In Tribune Company — Hotelier and U-T San Diego owner Doug Manchester wants to buy the Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times. — Since Manchester bought the U-T more than 10 months ago, he's launched a television channel and purchased The North County Times.

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Tribune sets pay wall on some content at $14.99 per month — Online access to remain free for subscribers … The free ride is over for online users of the Chicago Tribune. Four months after launching a redesigned Web site requiring registration to view premium content, the newspaper is putting the …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM

Jim Brunner / Seattle Times:

Seattle Times news staffers protest company's political-ad campaign — More than 100 Seattle Times news staffers - including reporters, photographers, columnists, artists, editors and online news producers - signed a letter Thursday protesting the Times Co's decision to sponsor newspaper ads …

Discussion: Guardian, Poynter, Slog and The Seattle Times

Jim Romenesko: Seattle Times political ad campaign ‘absolutely takes the cake’

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Tim Davie to head BBC Worldwide — Appointment of new chief executive marks end of John Smith's 23-year career with corporation — Tim Davie, the head of BBC's director of audio and music, has been appointed as the new chief executive of BBC Worldwide. — The appointment of Davie …

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Telegraph's paywall plans hit by departure of key executive — Telegraph Media Group's chief commercial officer held responsibility for digital strategy and revenues — The Telegraph's much-delayed digital paywall appears to have taken another step back, following the departure of the senior executive responsible for the strategy.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Twitter, Reddit and the battle over freedom of speech — Where should freedom of speech begin and end when you are a web-based entity with a global audience? That's the question raised by a couple of recent events, including the furor over a Reddit moderator's creepy behavior …

Discussion: TechCrunch, CNN, The Verge, The FJP and Al Jazeera English, Thanks:@mathewi

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Dish, Cablevision appear near deal to settle $2.4B Voom case — Dish Network and Cablevision appear to be in talks to settle their long-running legal spat over the cable operator's defunct Voom TV service. — A document filed today in New York Supreme Court, titled “Possible Settlement …

Discussion: Engadget