Mediagazer: It's tough below the line: the paradox of reader comments (Martin Belam/TheMediaBriefing)

6:00 AM ET, February 12, 2013

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Eliza Gray / New Republic:

Roger Ailes' Border War Can the Fox News CEO make his network more Latino-friendly? — Roger Ailes is kvetching. “The president likes to divide people into groups,” he huffs into the phone. “He's too busy getting the middle class to hate rich people, blacks to hate whites.

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Dish Network's Hopper with Sling now available, combines ad-skipping and streaming — Dish Network's Hopper with Sling, a set-top box that can skip recorded ads and stream live video to other devices, is now available to Dish subscribers—much to the dismay of major TV networks.

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Bert Kok / imgZine:

DNP: the first newspaper with personal subscriptions to journalists — Dutch based Digital Second and imgZine today announced the launch of an innovative newspaper app: DNP (De Nieuwe Pers). The app has an unique business model. It is the first newspaper in the world that allows personal subscriptions to journalists.

Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:

If newspapers are to survive, they must abandon the defensive crouch and take a proactive approach. — The quote jumped right out of the excellent new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. “If there's any business in the world that is built around the excuse …

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Dan Farber / CNET:

Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studio working on interactive TV — Studio chief Nancy Tellem wants to deliver “hit” programming, including live events, reality shows and scripted programs with an interactive twist. — DANA POINT, Calif.—Microsoft is the new Hollywood.

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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

Univision and Disney Give Details of Fusion, a Channel for Latinos — Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images — Univision's Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas interviewed President Obama in Coral Gables, Fla., during the campaign. — A new 24-hour news and entertainment channel has a name, Fusion.

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Facebook Counted 43M Grammy-Related Likes, Comments — Oh, And 26M Related To Super Bowl Ads Last Week — After this year's Super Bowl, there were a number of articles proclaiming that Twitter had “won” the event thanks to the general explosion in usage, as well as the prominent use of hashtags in many of the TV ads.

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

EveryBlock could still be sold, says Schiller, after abrupt closing of hyperlocal pioneer — EveryBlock, the hyperlocal news and community discussion site that abruptly closed last week, may be resurrected if NBC can find a suitable buyer. — NBC News Chief Digital Officer Vivian Schiller told …

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Martin Belam / TheMediaBriefing:

It's tough below the line: the paradox of reader comments — In the last few days Bryony Gordon wrote a piece for the Telegraph about the experience of her parents getting divorced when she was 20. It was a touching piece, full of understanding about her own reaction at the time …

Thanks:@rorybrown

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:

New York Times Closes Every Cheapskate's Favorite Paywall Loophole — When the New York Times launched its online paywall almost exactly two years ago, the free content crowd didn't whine too loudly because of the plentiful workarounds. Links from social media were not counted toward …

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Mariah Blake / Columbia Journalism Review:

The Washington Times takes a giant step—backwards — Since their recent electoral drubbing, many Republicans are rethinking their party's relationship (or lack of one) to blacks and Hispanics, and embracing what Rick Santorum calls “a broader, bolder and more inclusive vision of freedom and opportunity.”

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

No Netflix for Sony, Which Stays With Starz — Sony's movie studio has renewed a deal to show its first-run films on the Starz pay-TV service; the new pact now keeps the two companies tied up until 2021. Many industry observers thought that Netflix, after signing Disney to a landmark deal in December …

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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times: Starz strikes deal to hold on to Sony Pictures

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Google signs deal to launch new YouTube app on free-to-air UK satellite TV service Freesat — Expanding its online video services beyond the Web, Google has signed a deal (via The Telegraph) with free-to-air UK satellite TV service Freesat to add a dedicated YouTube app for customers …