Mediagazer: Thin Reads Launches to Track E-Book Singles Market (Bill Mickey/Folio)

12:10 AM ET, April 15, 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: The Corsair, @steverubel, @dabeard, @jayrosen_nyu, paidContent, @cyberjournalist and Kirk LaPointe's …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Jeff Zucker at CNN Hires Michael Bass, a Deputy From His NBC Past — Jeff Zucker, who left Katie Couric's syndicated talk show, “Katie,” at the end of last year to take over CNN Worldwide, is bringing in one of the show's top producers to join him. — Michael Bass, a longtime deputy …

Discussion: Deadline.com

David Carr / New York Times:

More Cracks in Television's Business Model — For the longest time in the media business, the concept of the bundle has been foundational. Ads go with editorial content in print, commercials go with programming on television and the channels you desire are paired with ones you did not in your cable package.

Discussion: @cdixon

Michael Holden / Reuters:

British university attacks BBC over covert North Korea trip — (Reuters) - A leading British university criticized the BBC on Sunday for arranging an academic trip to North Korea to make an undercover documentary, saying it had put students who were unaware of the plans in danger.

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, Gawker, BBC and The Independent

Bill Mickey / Folio:

Thin Reads Launches to Track E-Book Singles Market — Database contains information on more than 700 titles going back to 2010. — A new web-based e-book singles aggregator launched this week. Called Thin Reads and started by Howard Polskin, who left his executive vice president post …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

My team, my publisher: The new world of competition between leagues and media in sports — The Internet has made for an explosion in choices for sports fans. Online distribution has turned over the keys of publishing to everyone, and increasingly that means entities like the NFL, the NBA …

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

David Corn and Mother Jones find themselves with another audio scoop — David Corn says one good scoop may have led to another. And might even lead to still others, too. — The Mother Jones magazine reporter and MSNBC pundit was busy Wednesday handling the fallout from, and some fawning over …

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Daily Caller, www.wnyc.org, The Huffington Post, AlterNet.org, Guardian, Mother Jones and Digital Spy

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.

Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts

Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

How Blirt blends community and publishing — Student created website allows users to publish and curate their own online magazine — Copyright: By Keith Williamson on Flickr. Some rights reserved. — Blirt, a new magazine website created by a computer science student to practice programming …

Curtis Brainard / Columbia Journalism Review:

Keystone XL road trip — New ebook from TED Books and The Washington Post takes readers down the pipeline's proposed path — In June 2012, a team from The Washington Post, including energy reporter Steven Mufson, photographer Michael Williamson, and videographer Whitney Shefte …

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 …

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.