Mediagazer: Spotify doesn't appear to be slowing Pandora's growth (Greg Sandoval/The Verge)

2:00 PM ET, April 3, 2013

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A Leave of Presence — Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Some of you have read my reviews and columns and even written to me since that time. Others were introduced to my film criticism through the television show …

Mark Caro / Chicago Tribune:

Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert cuts workload after cancer recurrence — Roger Ebert announced late Tuesday night that he is stepping back from some duties as the Chicago Sun-Times' film critic after a recurrence of cancer. — Calling the move a “leave of presence,” Ebert wrote on his online journal …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Daily Mail and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Leno Blesses ‘Tonight Show’ Succession Plan — “The Tonight Show” will begin a new era in February when Jimmy Fallon succeeds Jay Leno as host of the most storied and successful program in late-night television. — NBC plans to announce on Wednesday its plan to install Mr. Fallon …

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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:

It's official: Jimmy Fallon to replace Jay Leno on ‘The Tonight Show’ — For the second time in four years, Jay Leno will step down from NBC's iconic late night franchise “The Tonight Show,” this time in spring 2014, to make way for “Late Night” star Jimmy Fallon.

Jamal Osman / The Daily Beast:

Fake Somali Pirates Scam Western Journalists — Time magazine, Danish filmmakers among the outlets apparently fooled by Kenyan actors pretending to be Somali pirates. … The story begins in the slums of Eastleigh, a sprawling suburb of Nairobi in Kenya and home to a huge Somali community.

Discussion: Channel 4, @anonomia, @robcrilly, @_shamkk, @jeffjohnroberts, @jamalmosman and @emerbeamer

Reuters:

Google to sell second-gen Nexus 7 tablet from July: sources — (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet powered by Qualcomm Inc's Snapdragon processor around July, two sources told Reuters, as the software giant pushes deeper into the cut-price mobile hardware market.

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Leslie Meredith / TechNewsDaily:

Instagram and Vine Shake Up News Industry — News as we know it is poised to change, and it's in the hands of smartphone users. — On March 31, the New York Times ran a photo of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez taken by sports photographer Nick Laham — on his iPhone and edited in Instagram.

Discussion: 10,000 Words

Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:

S.E.C. Sets Rules for Disclosures Using Social Media — Updated Chief executives can now feel free to post, blog or tweet — as long as they inform investors about their social media strategy first. — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday outlined new disclosure rules …

Discussion: Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Corporate Intelligence, SocialTimes, Sydney Morning Herald, BBC, VentureBeat, Variety and Fortune

Joshua Gallu / Bloomberg:
Netflix CEO Won't Face SEC Claims Over Disclosures on Facebook

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Editors Weblog:

Australian startup Newsmodo allows freelancers to name price for their reporting — After more than a decade-long career, Australian broadcast journalist Rakhal Ebeli realized his responsibilities had changed. He was no longer only chasing his own stories but also collecting those of others.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Times Internet Is Bringing Business Insider To India, Adding To Its Gawker Media Partnership — Today, Times Internet, the digital arm of Times of India, is announcing a strategic partnership with Business Insider, the online business news site founded by Henry Blodget, for the launch of Business Insider India.

Discussion: MediaNama and Poynter

Josh Luger / Business Insider:

Inside Andrew Sullivan's Attempt To Turn The Digital Media Business Model On Its Head — This January, noted blogger Andrew Sullivan left his perch at The Daily Beast to embark upon a highly visible and seemingly risky enterprise. He took his blog, The Dish, independent and decided …

Discussion: The Dish

Michael Wolff / Guardian:

This tipping-point for paywalls does not fix newspapers' larger crisis — Not even the smartest metered model can make up for paltry digital ad revenues and a failure to recruit younger readers — To the surprise of many digital evangelizers and old-media doubters, newspaper paywalls turn out to work.

Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:

U.K. Retail Giant Tesco, BBC Worldwide Ink Content Deal For Ad-Supported Film, TV Service — Shows such as “Blackpool” starring David Morrissey and comedy “Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps” will be offered on Clubcard TV, the retailer's loyalty card holders' service.

Discussion: Broadband TV News, The Drum and The Next Web

Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Spotify doesn't appear to be slowing Pandora's growth — Research shows Pandora and Spotify are growing at traditional radio's expense — Pandora, the web's top radio service, continues to record big growth in the number of subscribers and hours of usage.

Discussion: MarketWatch

Sarah Kessler / Fast Company:

A Personalized News App At Its Simplest: No Articles, Just Data — INSTEAD OF TRACKING HEADLINES, NUMBEEZ TRACKS NUMBERS. HERE'S WHY THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS ABSURD AS IT SOUNDS. — When Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to build a “personalized newspaper,” he's talking about photos, conversations between friends, music and news articles.

Brent Lang / The Wrap:

Netflix's ‘House of Cards’ Getting DVD, Blu-ray Release — “House of Cards” may be upending the way viewers watch television by releasing all of its episodes in one binge-friendly gulp, but Netflix's series will have a rather conventional afterlife. — The glossy, 13-episode political thriller …

Discussion: Cinema Blend Television, Home Media Magazine, Pocket-lint and The Verge

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Four years in the making, Vdio finally opens up to Rdio subscribers in the US and UK — Vdio, the premium video service founded by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, emerged from private beta Tuesday night with an offering that looks more like Vudu or iTunes than Netflix.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Wired, The Verge and The Next Web

Associated Press:

‘Illegal immigrant’ no more — The AP Stylebook today is making some changes in how we describe people living in a country illegally. Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll explains the thinking behind the decision: The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term …

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
AP's Dropping Of ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Could Have Wide Ramifications For Media

Discussion: The Raw Story and msnbc.com

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Music Video Company VEVO Learns Dutch, Launches In The Netherlands — VEVO just became available in a whole new market, as its streaming music video service was launched in The Netherlands today. The launch will make more than 75,000 music videos available to Dutch viewers …

Discussion: VEVO.com and Music Week