Mediagazer: What digital magazines can learn from ebook publishers (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

11:10 AM ET, January 25, 2013

Top News:

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

New York Times' Pilhofer: 'There's a lot of institutional memory walking out the door' — The New York Times' round of buyouts that ended Thursday landed heavily on some of the organization's digital leaders: Jonathan Landman, who took charge of the paper's digital newsroom in 2005 …

Discussion: @joepompeo

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

New York Times editor to take 75,000 Twitter followers out the door with him — Jim Roberts, the assistant managing editor of the New York Times who has overseen many of the paper's digital initiatives, confirmed on Thursday that he would accept a buyout and leave the paper.

Discussion: ZDNet, eMedia Vitals, @palafo, SocialTimes, @michaelroston and @antderosa

Michael Calderone / Huffington Post:
New York Times Buyouts Push Veteran Journalists To The Exits

Discussion: mediabistro.com, The New York Observer, Poynter and FishbowlNY

Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Jim Roberts takes buyout

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @jeffsonderman, @nytjim, @jackshafer, @dylanbyers, @lisatozzi, @rajunarisetti, @jayrosen_nyu, @rgabrielsoncir, @dangillmor, @nytjim, @buzzfeedben and The Huffington Post

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Why publishers should follow the Verge-HuffPost aggregation dustup — It might be hard to understand why staffers at tech site The Verge complained so loudly about a Huffington Post “linkout” that sent readers to a Verge feature. After all, isn't the Web built on such selfless acts of curation?

John Herrman / BuzzFeed: Why Does Google Still Reward Content Scraping?

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

What digital magazines can learn from ebook publishers — A recent Wall Street Journal article by Keach Hagey takes a look at trends in digital magazine pricing and finds a number of publishers charging more for tablet editions than print. As ad revenue declines, publishers are turning …

John Paul Titlow / ReadWrite: Why Magazines Are Using Digital To Boost Prices, Not Bolster Innovation

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

For interested buyers looking at the numbers of Tribune newspapers, one bright spot will stand out: the price. — Soon, the next act of the Tribune newspaper agonies will play out. That's agonies, as in a Biblical passion play. The Tribune papers have endured a special kind of agony …

Discussion: LA Observed

Gail Shister / TVNewser:

What Kind of Anchorman Will Jake Tapper Be? 'They Don't Want Me to be Ron Burgundy' — Former ABC ace Jake Tapper, who debuted on CNN Tuesday, says that his being passed over — twice — as ‘This Week’ anchor was not the reason he left the network. — When ABC chose CNN's Christiane Amanpour …

Discussion: mediabistro.com

Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

Variety Editorial Firings To Come In March — EXCLUSIVE: Variety Media's Chairman/CEO Jay Penske is planning editorial firings at the top-heavy trade in March. He also is overseeing a redesign of Variety's website for March. Penske laid off between 20 and 25 employees last November 15th …

Discussion: @lucas_shaw and FishbowlLA

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Ex-Officer for C.I.A. Sentenced to 30 Months in Leak Case — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first Central Intelligence Agency officer to face prison for disclosing classified information, was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in prison by a judge at the federal courthouse here.

Discussion: Associated Press

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:

NY Times Public Editor: If It Wasn't For Social Media, You Wouldn't Know Who Our Reporters Voted For — New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan sat down with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Wednesday where she was asked about perceived biases among Times reporters.

Vincent Chang / CNET:

Pirate Bay documentary to debut next month — A documentary about the founders of the popular file-sharing site will debut on February 8 and be released online for free. — Fredik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, and Peter Sunde, founders of popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, are about to hit the big screen.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BBC Trust rules out bid to recoup from George Entwistle payout — Lawyers advise that in light of Pollard review, there are no grounds lo launch legal action over £450,000 payout — The BBC Trust will not seek to recoup a portion of the £450,000 payout to oust former director …

Jason Kottke / kottke.org:

The challenges of conversational journalism — The most visible journalism these days — aka the loudest journalism, namely cable news, pop culture blogs, tabloid magazines, TMZ, Buzzfeed, HuffPo, talk radio, etc. — mostly takes the form of opinionated conversation: professional media people …

Discussion: L.A. NOW, CNN, Forbes, The Daily Beast and Gawker

CNN:

Rachel Nichols Joins CNN and Turner Sports — Nichols Will Anchor New Weekend CNN Sports Program and Report for Turner Sports — Across Television and Digital Platforms — CNN and Turner Sports have hired veteran ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols, it was announced today by Jeff Zucker …

Discussion: From Inside the Box