Mediagazer: The new economics of media: If you want free content, there's an almost infinite supply (Mathew Ingram/paidContent)

3:05 PM ET, March 6, 2013

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Zev Chafets / Vanity Fair:

Exclusive Excerpt: Roger Ailes Off Camera — Roger Ailes is one of the most powerful—and controversial—characters in television media, pilloried by critics and many in the mainstream media and lionized by conservative viewers who can't get enough of his posse of charismatic hosts.

Media Decoder:

Fate of Four Time Inc. Magazines Are an Issue in Talks With Meredith — What do you do with iconic magazines no one seems to want? — That is the question Time Warner is currently grappling with as the company tries to close a deal with Meredith Corporation that would spin off …

Discussion: New York Post and FierceOnlineVideo News

The Huffington Post:
Time Warner Now Looking To Sell All Magazines

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Reuters:

Exclusive: Apple's Cook, music mogul Iovine discuss new music service — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has held talks with Beats Electronics LLC, the audio technology firm co-founded by influential hip-hop producer Dr Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, on a potential partnership involving Beats …

Discussion: Fast Company, Business Insider, ValueWalk, Music Week, hypebot, Evolver.fm, TechCrunch, The Wall Blog, Side-Line, BGR, SlashGear, The Next Web, MacRumors, CNET, 9to5Mac, Associated Press, App Advice, bizjournals and Gizmodo

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Beats spins off Daisy with $60m funding led by Access Industries

Discussion: The Verge, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Spy, Bloomberg, CNET, hypebot, VentureBeat and SlashGear

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

News Corp. Has a Tablet for Schools — For nearly two years, Joel I. Klein helped Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation weather a phone-hacking scandal at the company's British tabloids with the promise that he would eventually be able to return to the role the company hired him for …

Discussion: Fast Company, CNET, Media Decoder, Reuters, Deadline.com, TechCrunch, Digital Spy, @palafo, Tech Digest, Mashable!, Electronista, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge and Gizmodo

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Washington Post Managing Editor John Temple Leaving — John Temple, who joined Washington Post last year as managing editor, is leaving the paper, according to a staff memo obtained by The Huffington Post. — The move may come as a surprise given that Temple — a former editor and publisher …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, @mlcalderone, Politico and @craigsilverman

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Condé Nast's Answer to Programmatic Buying — Condé Nast has introduced a new digital marketing product, one of its first since the company overhauled its corporate sales group last summer to tap into potential growth in online advertising. — The new product …

Discussion: MinOnline, Crain's New York Business and WWD Media Headlines

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Meet the first class: Six media startups get accelerated into Silicon Valley by Matter — Matter, the startup accelerator focused on media entrepreneurs, just launched its first class, which includes startups focused on interactive publishing, video analytics, and audio storytelling.

Discussion: GigaOM, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web and AllThingsD

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Ev Williams: Medium Wants To Help Build A Sustainable Economic Model For Journalism — At the Launch Conference in San Francisco today, Twitter co-founder Ev Williams took the stage to talk to conference founder Jason Calacanis about everything from his experience at Twitter and the rise …

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

WGBH to Partner on Children's Pilot for Amazon — One of the biggest suppliers of programming for PBS, WGBH, is the latest to climb aboard Amazon's television pilot process. — Amazon's production arm said Wednesday that it had ordered a children's pilot called “Sara Solves It,” …

Discussion: The Wrap, CNET, Home Media Magazine, Deadline.com, @brianstelter, Kidscreen, C21Media, WebProNews and New York Times

Gordon MacMillan / The Wall Blog:

How Twitter won the social media battle for journalism — Polis, the journalism think-tank at the LSE, has published an in-depth report looking at the value of social media to journalism, specifically public service broadcasting, and it highlights how Twitter has come to dominate news.

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

Bobbie Whiteman / Variety:

Hugo Chavez Dead: Media See No End to Tough Control … Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez died Tuesday but with his anointed successors, Vice President Nicolas Maduro or National Assembly prexy Diosdado Cabello, likely to take over, Venezuelan media can expect the same strong-arm tactics …

Discussion: New Yorker, The Stream, Forbes, TVNewser, Globe and Mail, The Daily Beast and Fast Company

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Next Issue Media, AKA Netflix For Magazines, Hits Windows 8, Targets 1 Million User Mark — The next few months will be big for Next Issue Media. On Wednesday, the digital magazine service goes live on Windows 8 devices, adding the third leg to a stool that already contains the iPad and Android tablets.

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

The new economics of media: If you want free content, there's an almost infinite supply — Writer Nate Thayer set off the media equivalent of a fragmentation grenade on Tuesday, with a lament about the state of freelance writing that sent virtual shrapnel flying in all directions.

Discussion: FishbowlDC, The Atlantic Online, Jane Friedman and The Atlantic Wire