Mediagazer: Q&A: How foreign journalists operate in Syria (Alex Thomson/Channel 4)

3:00 PM ET, April 2, 2013

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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 …

Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:

Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting — ANTAKYA, Turkey — Absi Smesem became the editor in chief of a new weekly Syrian newspaper hoping to leave behind what he disparaged as the “Facebook phase” of the uprising. — The tall tales and outright misinformation that tainted …

Peter Cluskey / The Irish Times:

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, @stkonrath and @worldcom_pr

Jim Romenesko:

Tina Brown: ‘We do not have enough respect for content’ — Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown tells Bloomberg TV that “we're living in a time when everybody is so obsessed with delivery systems and gaming systems and business. It is actually very, very soul destroying.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and @jeffjarvis

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Warner Bros. launches its own streaming video subscription sevice — The movie studios certainly get an A for thinking outside the box, or at least Warner Brothers does. the studio's online archive site, Warner Archive, has just launched a new streaming service that gives people access …

Discussion: paidContent, Broadcasting & Cable, Engadget, Electronista, Seeking Alpha, Geeky-Gadgets, The Slanted, CriterionCast, WebProNews and The Verge

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 and eMedia Vitals

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: VideoNuze Analysis, TechSpot and Electronista

Adrienne LaFrance / Digital First Media:

Journal Register Company sale delay comes after late-minute union vote, Newspaper Guild says — A delay in the sale of Journal Register Company newspapers to 21st CMH Acquisition Co. is the result of an eleventh-hour union vote that will enable the deal to move forward, said Michigan Newspaper Guild president Lou Mleczko.

Discussion: Poynter

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Kobo starts selling e-readers directly through its website again — Kobo has begun selling its devices directly through its website in the U.S. and Canada instead of making customers in those countries go to third-party retailers, the Toronto-based company announced Tuesday.

Discussion: Digital Book World, PublishersWeekly.com and The Next Web

Sasha Chavkin / Columbia Journalism Review:

The Koch brothers' media investment — They are rumored to want the Tribune chain. A look at Watchdog.org gives some clues about what that might mean. — Tribune Company's moves to sell its newspapers—a string that includes the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune …

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

CNN Latino expands into New York, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa — CNN Latino, which features Los Angeles-based local issues program “Sin Limites con Elizabeth Espinosa,” shown, is now being carried by stations in New York, Phoenix, Orlando and Tampa in addition to Los Angeles. (CNN Latino)

Discussion: TBO.com, bizjournals, TVWeek.com, bizjournals, The TV Guy and CNN

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 …

Discussion: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ars Technica, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Digital Book World and GalleyCat