Mediagazer: Kindle TV: why does Amazon need a set-top box? (Casey Newton/The Verge)

3:40 AM ET, April 26, 2013

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:

The next generation of Instapaper — When I launched Instapaper in 2008, it was a very basic web app. It quickly expanded to define the pillars of the read-later market: a one-click “read later” bookmarklet, a web sync service, an adjustable text view optimized for reading, and an iPhone app with offline saving.

Discussion: The Verge, The Next Web, Wired, VentureBeat, App Advice, Business Insider, Engadget, paidContent, CNET, MacStories, Mashable, Softpedia News, TUAW, AppleInsider, AllThingsD and MacRumors

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Digg Owner Betaworks Buys Instapaper To Go Big On Social Reading And Discovery — Last summer, New York-based hybrid investor / incubator / holding company thing Betaworks acquired social news site Digg and relaunched it soon after, hoping to bring back some of its mojo in the process.

Discussion: paidContent and FishbowlNY

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Why the New York Times has set up a newsroom analytics team — The team was set up by Aron Pilhofer, who already runs the interactive news team, social media team and communities team, to introduce editorial-focused analysis of data — Copyright: By DaveBleasdale on Flickr. Some Rights Reserved.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Times Company sees sale of ‘Boston Globe’ in second half of 2013

Discussion: CNET

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
NY Times Overhauls Its Strategy With Tiered Pricing, Live Events and...Games?

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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
The New York Times paywall has hit a growth wall

Discussion: Engadget, AdExchanger, VentureBeat, paidContent, The Huffington Post and New York Magazine

Reuters:

Amazon's success formula: move bits instead of boxes — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc appears to have figured out the secret to being more profitable: sell less physical stuff. — The company reported slowing revenue growth and offered a disappointing outlook for this quarter on Thursday …

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Kindle TV: why does Amazon need a set-top box? — With competitors swarming the biggest screen in the house, Amazon makes a move of its own — News that Amazon is building a set-top box to rival offerings from Apple, Google, and Roku arrived yesterday as a surprise — but not a shock.

Discussion: Kindle Review, GigaOM, ReadWrite, Wall Street Journal and VatorNews

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Amazon beats Wall Street estimates with $0.18 EPS, sales at $16.07B in Q1 2013, a 22% growth YoY

Discussion: Amazon.com and TechCrunch

Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

Why Big Cities Make Media Liberal—and Why the Koch Brothers Can't Do Anything About It — On Sunday, the New York Times reported that the Koch brothers — yes, those Koch brothers, of dumping mad cash into elections fame — are considering buying the Tribune network of newspapers in a bid …

Discussion: Wonkblog, Nieman Journalism Lab, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Free Press, Thanks:@underoak

Matthew Flamm / Media & Entertainment:

Fast Company puts twist on advertiser's content — The fast-growing trend of content marketing—in which publishers turn over editorial space to marketers—is taking a new turn with a content partnership between a Fast Company website and the advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

SpinMedia Adds Vibe Magazine to Its Digital Portfolio, Minus the Magazine — Last year, Steve Hansen bought Spin magazine, killed the print edition, and kept the website. — Now he's singing the same song with a new title: Hansen's SpinMedia is buying Vibe, the 20-year-old hip-hop and R&B magazine …

Discussion: Folio, Publishing Executive …, New York Times, mediabistro.com, Media & Entertainment, AdAge and FishbowlNY

Jason Koebler / US News:

ACLU: CISPA Is Dead (For Now) — The Senate will not take up the controversial cybersecurity bill, is drafting separate legislation — Sen. Jay Rockefeller says CISPA's passage was “important,” but its “privacy protections are insufficient.” — CISPA is all but dead, again.

Discussion: Softpedia News, VentureBeat, Mashable, ZDNet, CNET, Business Insider and WebProNews

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

At the ‘Times,’ the future of blogs is uncertain: Some shuttered, some dormant, all under review — The New York Times is deciding what to do with its dozens of blogs. — Sources tell Capital that a review of the blogs is underway ahead of the paper's planned web relaunch later this year.

Discussion: @mlcalderone, @buzzfeedben and @jayrosen_nyu

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

First, the good news: ‘Daily News’ promotes two in digital — Daily News editor Colin Myler has announced two high-level promotions on the digital side of his newsroom. — The first is Lauren Johnston, promoted from digital managing editor to digital editorial director …

BuzzFeed:

Lisa Tozzi Joins BuzzFeed As News Director — New York Times Veteran To Lead News Coverage For The Social Web — Social news site BuzzFeed announced today it has hired Lisa Tozzi as News Director. Joining BuzzFeed from The New York Times, Tozzi will lead the site's news coverage …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @bydanielvictor, @buzzfeedben and FishbowlNY

Associated Press:

Mexican Newspaper Photographer Found Dead — MEXICO CITY (AP) — The hacked-up bodies of a newspaper photographer and another young man have been found in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo, the newspaper Vanguardia reported Thursday. Photographer Daniel Martinez Bazaldua had recently …

John Cook / Gawker:

A Judge Told Us to Take Down Our Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Post. We Won't. — Yesterday the Hon. Pamela A.M. Campbell, a circuit court judge in Pinellas County, Fla., issued an order compelling Gawker to remove from the internet a video of Hulk Hogan f**king his friend's ex-wife …

Discussion: @gerryshih

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Newspapers' alternative regulation plans: the key differences — There are seven key differences between the government and industry plan for a royal charter — In a surprise move a large bulk of the newspaper industry has announced it is rejecting the government's plans for press regulation agreed …