Mediagazer: Press regulation: Papers seek legal advice (BBC)

8:45 AM ET, March 19, 2013

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The Washington Post to charge frequent users of its Web site — This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site, asking those who look at more than 20 articles or multimedia features a month to pay a fee, although the company has not yet decided how much it will charge.

Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:

WaPo will, finally, charge online — Anti-paywall forces routed in the US; attention shifts to Kings Cross — The Washington Post is making it official: It will put up a metered paywall sometime this summer, the paper reports. — But the Post is hardly diving in.

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
The Washington Post Is Building a Paywall (With a Huge Hole)

Discussion: Media Decoder

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BBC Worldwide criticised for sale of Lonely Planet at ‘significant loss’ — Travel guides sale to US billionaire Brad Kelley for £80m less than originally paid was not good business, says BBC Trust — BBC Worldwide has been criticised by the corporation's governing body for incurring a …

Discussion: Media Week, Deadline.com, European Journalism Centre and Bookseller news

Georgia Wilkins / Sydney Morning Herald:
Lonely Planet sold to US firm for $75m

Discussion: bbc.co.uk and Bookseller + Publisher's …

BBC:

Press regulation: Papers seek legal advice — Papers are currently self-regulated voluntarily through the Press Complaints Commission — A number of national newspapers are taking “high-level legal advice” about whether to co-operate with a new press watchdog established by royal charter and backed by legislation.

Discussion: The Sun, Telegraph, The Independent, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Mail and Guardian

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Bloggers may face libel fines under press regulation deal

Discussion: Big News Network.com, UK News and Opinion and Boing Boing

Press Gazette:
Statutory press regulation regime is passed by Parliament

Discussion: Guardian

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

NewsCred gets new $15M investment, adds New York Times as a partner — NewsCred, a service that syndicates content from more than 2500 publishers, is expanding further with a major new investment and a partnership with the NYT. It plans to use the money to expand globally.

Discussion: Media & Entertainment, TechCrunch, Forbes, Business Insider and The Next Web

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

ABC Works on an App for Streaming Shows to Mobile Devices — THE WALT DISNEY Company, while sorting out the future of the online video Web site Hulu, has an app in the works that may render Hulu passé for some people. — The app will live stream ABC programming to the phones …

Discussion: World Internet TV on PC, The Verge and CNET

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:

This Is the Scariest Statistic About the Newspaper Business Today — Here it is: In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads. And it's getting worse, according to a new report by Pew. In 2011, the ratio was just 10-to-1.

Discussion: The Week, Slate, LA Observed, Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media and Globe and Mail

Erik Wemple:
On cable TV, talk is cheap — and profitable

Discussion: About.com Journalism, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, TVNewser, Tampabay.com, Associated Press and Poynter

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Amazon Publishing promises authors faster royalty payments — Amazon Publishing said in a letter to literary agents Monday that it will start paying its authors royalties on a monthly basis, up from every three months. — “In this digital age, we don't see why authors should have to wait six months …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

How Much for a How-to Lesson? Demand Media Gets Into Paid Content by Buying CreativeBug. — The Internet is swimming in how-to-guides and videos, and a lot of them are produced by Demand Media. You can see all of those for free. — But if you want to take a lesson on crocheting …

Roque Planas / The Huffington Post:

‘Generation Y’ Blogger Plots Unprecedented Project In Communist Cuba — Communist Cuba may soon see a non-government newspaper produced on the island. — Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez said she plans to launch an independent digital newspaper this year, and may follow with a paper edition …

Keach Hagey / Digits:

NBCNews.com Snags Yahoo News Editor-in-Chief Amid First Wave of Hires — NBCNews.com will not be another web portal. — That's the message in the first batch of hires that the new site announced Monday, nine months after it was created following the end of the 16-year joint venture between between NBC and Microsoft.

Discussion: nbcuniversal.presscentre.com, Media & Entertainment, AllThingsD, Adweek, Talking Points Memo, Politico and @vivianschiller

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Steve Coll named dean of Columbia Journalism School — Steve Coll, the decorated Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker staff writer, has been named dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. — He replaces Nick Lemann, a fellow New Yorker writer who announced last October he would be stepping …

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Many j-schools 'still haven't mastered the Web,' Knight says

Discussion: Knight Foundation

Katy Bachman / Adweek:

Streaming Internet Service Runs Out of Legal Moves — Ivi, a pay TV service that was streaming over-the-air TV signals on the Internet without permission, has finally reached the end of the road in court. — The Supreme Court on Monday denied the company's petition for certiorari and refused …

Discussion: New York Times, NetNewsCheck Latest and GeekWire

Nasir Habib / CNN:

Pakistan arrests man in Daniel Pearl's slaying — Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistani officials have arrested a suspect in connection with the gruesome 2002 beaheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. — Qari Abdul Hayee is believed to be the one who facilitated Pearl's kidnapping, a senior Pakistani official said.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Washington Times, CBS News, Jewish Press, Bloomberg, Daily Mail, New York Times, ABC News, GlobalPost, Encino-Tarzana, CA Patch, National Turk News, DAWN.COM, Reuters, The Huffington Post and Committee to Protect …

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:

Steve Brill Gets the Last Laugh Over Epic Health-Care Story — The New Republic's young owner Chris Hughes wasn't crazy to think an exclusive interview with President Obama was a fine way to relaunch a magazine, but the 36-page article on health care he booted to make room ended up the runaway hit.

Discussion: NPR