Mediagazer: No, Scott Turow, copyright is not killing American authors (Jeff John Roberts/paidContent)

7:20 AM ET, April 9, 2013

Top News:

The Slow Death of the American Author — LAST month, the Supreme Court decided to allow the importation and resale of foreign editions of American works, which are often cheaper than domestic editions. Until now, courts have forbidden such activity as a violation of copyright.

Discussion: Melville House Books, Forbes, Techdirt, Prof Chris Daly's Blog, Page-Turner and GalleyCat

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

No, Scott Turow, copyright is not killing American authors — In “The Slow Death of the American Author,” Scott Turow decries the state of the country's copyright system. He gets it wrong and hurts the Authors Guild's standing among potential allies. — An array of enemies …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Holy Cow: Two of the Big Four TV Networks Are Considering Going Off the Air — How worried are the owners of the major broadcast television networks about Aereo, the Barry Diller-backed digital television service they've been trying unsuccessfully to sue out of existence?

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

What next for The Week? The content curator's plans for the digital domain — The Week surprised the publishing industry by carving out a profitable place in the competitive world of magazine news. Now, it is building up its operations for the digital long term.

Fox News:

Colorado judge defers ruling on whether Fox News reporter must testify on sources — The Colorado judge who will decide whether a Fox News reporter must reveal news sources or face possible jail time has deferred that decision to a later date. — District Court Judge Carlos Samour Jr. ruled …

Discussion: Denver Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, Politico, Hollywood Reporter, CNN, The Week and New York Magazine

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts — Educational publisher Elsevier is diving deeper into the world of open and social educational data: it has bought Mendeley, the London/New York-based provider of a platform for academics …

Discussion: Elsevier Connect

Joshua Gillin / Poynter:

Time Out Chicago bought by parent company, staff report layoffs — Time Out Chicago, an independent weekly entertainment guide published 44 times a year, has been acquired by worldwide parent Time Out Group, according to the Chicago Tribune. — Morningstar Inc. and Time Out Chicago founder …

Discussion: Media Week and Chicago Tribune

Frank Rich / New York Magazine:

Frank Rich on the State of Journalism — Time is on the block. The New York Times is teetering. It can get an alumnus down, but the last thing the news business needs is a case of nostalgia. — This spring marks the tenth anniversary of a journalistic scandal that everyone would like to forget, and that many have.

Discussion: bookforum.com, @marklittlenews and @jeffjarvis

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Meredith's CEO: ‘There is Potential’ for Time Warner Deal — The Time Inc. and Meredith merger that everyone was talking about (okay maybe just media junkies, but everything we discuss is very important!) is dead, but Stephen Lacy, Meredith's CEO, isn't giving up completely.

Discussion: Des Moines Register

Gina Kolata / New York Times:

For Scientists, an Exploding World of Pseudo-Academia — The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional association of scientists who study insects. — But they found out the hard way that they were wrong.

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Shutterstock Has Paid $150m to Contributors and Hit 300m Downloads — Shutterstock, an online marketplace known for its high-quality stock photographs, vectors, illustrations and videos, revealed today that it has surpassed more 300 million downloads since it launched in 2003.

Chicago Tribune:

Roger Ebert's funeral: ‘He had a heart big enough to love all’ — As a standing ovation finally quieted inside Holy Name Cathedral, Chaz Ebert paid the last words of tribute to her husband, famed movie critic Roger Ebert. “He had a heart big enough to accept and love all,” Chaz Ebert said …