Mediagazer: Curious Pictures, Producers Of Popular Disney, Nick & PBS Children's Television, Invests … (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

4:15 PM ET, April 13, 2013

Top News:

The end of big (media): When news orgs move from brands to platforms for talent — Editor's note: On April 23, Nicco Mele's new book The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath will be released. — Nicco — a lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, a political and digital strategist …

Discussion: @steverubel, @dabeard, @jayrosen_nyu, paidContent, @cyberjournalist and Kirk LaPointe's …

David Bauder / Associated Press:

National Geographic Channel Gets A Reboot — NEW YORK (AP) — David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa's knee.

Boston Herald:

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

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

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Curious Pictures, Producers Of Popular Disney, Nick & PBS Children's Television, Invests In Kids' App Maker PlaySquare, A Startup Building “Touchable TV” — PlaySquare, a startup founded by a team of Emmy-winning children's television producers interested in bringing “touchable TV” to the iPad …

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 …

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 …

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Oh Look, The Number Of People Employed In The Movie And Music Recording Business Just Hit An All Time High — The common refrain coming out of the MPAA and RIAA over the past few years has really focused on “jobs, jobs, jobs!” This is a message that often works with Congress.

Discussion: Zero Hedge

Dan Gillmor / Guardian:

Once again, TV executives are eager to stifle tech innovations like Aereo — Broadcasters seem to hate the internet, except when they can control it for their own uses - and profits — I can use an antenna to watch local TV shows via their broadcast towers.

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: Salon, The Atlantic Online, Forbes and New York Magazine

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Newspaper-Backed Wanderful Media Revamps Its Local Deal Service Find&Save — Wanderful Media, a startup backed by of a bunch of major news publishers, announced today that it's launching a dramatically improved version of its Find&Save service. — The company's vision is to create …

Discussion: Poynter and Local Media Watch

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 …

Discussion: Random Pixels

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, BGR and multichannel.com/rss

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