Mediagazer: Report: U-T offered ad discounts to causes owner favored (Andrew Beaujon/Poynter)

2:15 PM ET, April 5, 2013

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Jeff Bezos Invests in Business Insider — Jeff Bezos has invested in Business Insider, according to an internal memo we have just obtained. Here's the memo from Business Insider CEO and Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget: Team, I wanted to share the details of the financing we mentioned last night.

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Invests in Blodget's Business Insider Site — Business Insider Inc., the business- news site co-founded by former Internet analyst Henry Blodget, raised $5 million in venture capital from investors led by Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos.

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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

BLS tweet beats everyone on today's jobs figure — Every month, when the US jobs report is announced, journalists race to tweet the number as fast as they can. Many investors, meanwhile, pay lots of money for fast access to the data so they can trade on the reaction.

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Kevin Roose / New York Magazine:

Meet Twitter's Newest Clique: Bloomberg's Terminal Tweeters — Until this week, many Wall Street bankers and traders had no access to Twitter. Despite the fact that Twitter is now where lots of breaking news (including today's jobs day numbers) happens first, most big banks shut off access …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Report: U-T offered ad discounts to causes owner favored — KPBS — U-T San Diego offered discounts to some political candidates in 2012, potentially violating federal, state and local laws, Ryann Grochowski and Amita Sharma report. — U-T CEO John Lynch told the reporters the ads were sold …

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Hollywood Reporter:

THR Launches Entertainment-Tech Blog ‘Behind the Screen’ — Contributing editor Carolyn Giardina will edit the blog, which covers everything from the key players to the disruptive technologies behind films, TV and mobile content. — The Hollywood Reporter has launched Behind the Screen …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Longreads partners with ‘The Atlantic’ — Longreads, the long-form journalism aggregator founded by Mark Armstrong in 2009, has a struck a partnership with The Atlantic. — Under the terms of the collaboration, The Atlantic's sales team will begin selling ads against the Longreads platform.

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Tracie Powell / Columbia Journalism Review:

Next FCC chairman will impact journalism — Why journalists should care who succeeds Julius Genachowski — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced last month that he was stepping down, and journalism advocates have since been lining up to voice opinions …

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Is Amazon the Sleeping Giant of Media? — Slowly but surely, Amazon is inching towards becoming a full-out media company. — Amazon began selling ads six years ago. But through its Amazon Media Group, it now offers brands and agencies display ads across its owned and operated sites …

Paul Sloan / CNET:

For labels, Apple's iRadio deal could be sweeter than Pandora — Apple is close to a deal with two major music labels to bring to life its streaming music service, which could pay labels better than Pandora does. — Apple is close to striking a streaming deal with two of the major music labels …

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Neil Steinberg / Chicago Sun Times:

Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer — Except for those he hated. — For a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film …

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

ESPN Spent $5 Million in Legal Fees Defending Its Licensing Contracts — After saying it prevailed at a trial against Dish Network, the leading sports network demands reimbursement of its costs. — When two big media companies do battle, the big winners are the lawyers.

Josephine McGowan / Columbia Daily Spectator:

New Journalism School dean Coll plans two-year Master's, tuition reductions — Steve Coll, the new dean at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, is considering a two-year Master's program, lower tuition fees, and a more rigorous Master's project. — Steve Coll, the new Journalism School dean …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: Steve Coll surprises Columbia J-school faculty with talk of a two-year program

Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Advance to nowhere — Advance Publications's announcement today on the future of the Cleveland Plain Dealer was less dramatic than the one a year ago in New Orleans, when, in the name of a dubious digital strategy, the New York based-company slashed the newsroom and chopped four days …

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