Mediagazer: As Android tablets grow, publishers struggle to match the iPad experience (Sam Kirkland/Poynter)

12:05 PM ET, April 2, 2013

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New quality online ‘newspaper’ without ads planned for Dutch market — Amsterdam title itle is raising cash from subscribers — De Correspondent: raised more than one million euro in eight days … A new quality online “newspaper” due to launch in Amsterdam in September has raised …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Shaping technology to the story: The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is finding its niche — The Brown Institute for Media Innovation just began accepting applications from students or alumni of Columbia and Stanford for its second round of Magic Grants.

Discussion: @tmjennings, @worldcom_pr and @stkonrath

Lauren Indvik / Mashable:

The ‘Financial Times’ Has a Secret Weapon: Data — For more than a century, publishers knew very little about their audiences: who they were, their interests and professions, or what other materials they were reading. Since newspapers went online two decades ago — The New York Times …

Discussion: Poynter, Talking Biz News, Kirk LaPointe's … and eMedia Vitals

Reuters:

Capitol wins digital records lawsuit vs ReDigi start-up — (Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights. — U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan …

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David Kravets / Wired:
Reselling Digital Goods Is Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules

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Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Aereo CEO predicts TV networks will go to Congress if lawsuits fail — Chet Kanojia told The Verge that the court victories have “validated” Aereo — Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia's demeanor was downright subdued today, despite his win in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Discussion: AllThingsD, VideoNuze Analysis and TechSpot

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

As Android tablets grow, publishers struggle to match the iPad experience — When the IDC forecast this month that Google's Android operating system would soon surpass Apple's iOS in tablet market share, publishers of digital magazines could be excused for some handwringing.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Michael Wolff / USA Today:

Someone at NBC should be fired — Comcast's Steve Burke has landed in the middle of an old-fashioned network drama at NBCUniversal — Brian Stelter, a young reporter who covers the television industry for The New York Times, has been tweeting a countdown to the publication of his new book about morning television.

Discussion: @martindave, @packardsusan and TVNewser

Guardian:

BBC Television Centre to be redeveloped as a ‘digital experience’ — Broadcaster plans to turn part of the site into a virtual attraction where visitors can see how their favourite shows are made — BBC Television Centre closed its doors on Sunday but the corporation has ambitious plans …

Discussion: Contactmusic.com, Mirror.co.uk and London Evening Standard

Alex Thomson / Channel 4:

Q&A: How foreign journalists operate in Syria — Judging by my twitter feed and inbox, an awful lot of people out there have some very wrong ideas about how ‘official’ reporting of the Syrian war happens with the government's permission, what controls are put on us and the key difference between reporting …

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Ex-GMG Radio chief's venture buys Future Publishing titles in £10.2m deal — John Myers heads new business, TeamRock, which has bought Classic Rock and Metal Hammer magazines — A new venture headed by former GMG Radio chief executive John Myers has bought Future music titles …

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk, Radio Today, The Drum and CMU

James Hibberd / Inside TV:

HBO: ‘Game of Thrones’ piracy a compliment — How does HBO feel about having the most pirated show on TV? — Not too bad, apparently. — HBO programming president Michael Lombardo spoke to EW about the rampant illegal downloading of the network's fantasy hit drama Game of Thrones, which returns for its third season tonight.

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Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg:

U.K. Police Drop Case Against Sun Crime Editor in Bribery Probe — The crime editor at News Corp. (NWSA)'s Sun tabloid has been cleared of bribery allegations uncovered as part of a wider police probe into wrongdoing at the company's U.K. newspapers. — Mike Sullivan, who was arrested in January 2012 …

Discussion: Guardian, @nthurlbeck, @tom_watson, BBC, @davidallengreen and ITV News