Mediagazer: Bezos on Competitors, Royalties, Kindles (Publishers Weekly)

9:00 PM ET, April 12, 2013

Top News:

Taylors reportedly considering bid for Boston Globe — By: — Members of the Taylor family, longtime owners of the Boston Globe who sold the paper to the New York Times Co. in 1993 for $1.1 billion, are considering a bid to buy back the paper, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Beth Healy / The Boston Globe:

Investment bankers set deadline for bids to buy The Boston Globe — The New York Times Co.'s investment bankers have set a deadline of April 18 for initial bids from potential buyers of The Boston Globe, according to people briefed on the matter. — This first round of bids will not be binding offers.

Gayle Fee / Boston Herald: Reading between lines on Boston Globe sale

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Twitter Music Is Here Today, and You Can't Use It — Want to play with Twitter's new music app? You can get it today — if you're really famous. — If not, you're going to have to wait a week. — Here's the deal: As we wrote yesterday, Twitter is launching its new music discovery app for iOS devices …

Discussion: Billboard, New York Times, CNET, The Wrap, Wired, SlashGear, AppNewser, App Advice, ReadWrite, Christian Science Monitor, AllThingsD, Daily Dot, AllAccess.com, WebProNews and Marketing Land

Nicholas Diakopoulos / Poynter:

What data & algorithms teach us about the language news orgs use — How do we discuss immigration? Sounds like a job for the ‘lingo scope!’ — Last week the Associated Press decided to strike the phrase “illegal immigrant” from its style guide. Related idioms such as “illegal alien …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Emily Heffter / The Seattle Times:

Sinclair known for conservative political tilt — Sinclair Broadcast Group, which is buying Seattle-based Fisher Communications, has a history of using its television stations to support its political views. — Sinclair Broadcast Group executives said they will bring resources and stability …

Discussion: Politico and Variety

C.R. Roberts / The News Tribune:
Northwest TV, radio group Fisher Communications to sell to Sinclair

Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press

Joshua Gillin / Poynter:

Media coverage swells over the lack of media coverage for abortion provider Kermit Gosnell — The trial of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia doctor accused of performing illegal and particularly grisly late-term abortions, has garnered copious media coverage in the last week …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Salon, USA Today and Mediaite

Publishers Weekly:

Bezos on Competitors, Royalties, Kindles — Amazon may act as though it doesn't hear criticism from outside of the company but, according to company founder and chairman Jeff Bezos, this is not the case. In a letter to shareholders accompanying Amazon's annual report, Bezos addressed the company's view towards its competition.

Discussion: AllThingsD, ZDNet, NYT Bits, paidContent, CNET and GalleyCat

Jim Romenesko:

Nitasha Tiku leaves New York Observer for Gawker — Nitasha Tiku, editor of New York Observer's BetaBeat tech section, is John Cook's first hire as Gawker Media editor. (He was promoted in January.) Tiku joined the Observer in June 2011, after working at New York and Inc. magazines.

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Jim Romenesko:

McClatchy spends $164,643 to move Kansas City Star publisher to Sacramento — “With his move to the Sacramento metropolitan area from Kansas City to take the position of Vice President, Operations, the Company provided Mr. Zieman with relocation benefits. For 2012, these benefits included …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Washington Post Hires NBC-MSNBC Veteran For Video Programming — The Washington Post has been staffing up the past few months in preparation for the summer launch of an online politics channel, hiring producers, a technical director, studio technician and even poaching a senior video producer …

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Dish Network Chairman Said To Be Seeking A Merger With T-Mobile USA — Say what you will about Dish Network, but the Colorado company's brass has some moxie. — The satellite media service provider has been trying for years now to link up with notable national wireless carrier to help operate …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable and CNET

Ilaina Jonas / Reuters:

Time Warner hires Eastdil to market its New York headquarters — (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc said on Thursday that it has hired Eastdil Secured LLC's Doug Harmon to market its headquarters to determine how much the building would fetch should the company decide to sell it.

Discussion: FishbowlNY