Mediagazer: Former Federated Media CEO Deanna Brown joins Byliner as president (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

2:05 PM ET, May 2, 2013

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Al Jazeera America to open Detroit bureau — Al Jazeera America will open a Detroit bureau ahead of the channel's launch later this year, the network announced on Thursday. — The Detroit bureau for Al Jazeera America, which will replace Current TV, will focus on “telling the stories …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, gopusa.com, @tomgara and NewscastStudio

Dylan Byers / Politico:

The first 12 Al Jazeera America bureaus — Al Jazeera executives have been touring the country and rolling out announcements of new bureaus ahead of Al Jazeera America's launch later this year. First it was a bureau in Chicago, today it is a bureau in Detroit.

Discussion: TVNewser

Erik Holm / MoneyBeat:

Warren Buffett Joins Twitter … Pigs aren't flying, lambs aren't lying down with lions, and hell isn't getting any cooler. But Warren Buffett is joining Twitter. … Buffett, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. who once admitted he didn't know how to check his voicemail …

Discussion: Gawker, Forbes, Fortune, Reuters, ValueWalk, @edgecliffe, @cwarzel, @michaelroston, FishbowlNY, DealBook, Mashable, Macleans.ca and National Updates

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Cablevision Picks Up Glenn Beck's Internet Channel — Glenn Beck's Internet channel TheBlaze has been picked up by the cable system operated by Cablevision, giving Mr. Beck television distribution in the New York metropolitan area for the first time since he left Fox News in 2011.

Discussion: Radio & Television …, Capital New York, Politico, Newsday, Radio Ink Magazine, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Wall Street Journal

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Getting Away With Murder — CPJ's 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free — Rocked by militants in the north and politically inspired aggression nationwide, Nigeria has become one of the worst nations in the world for deadly …

Discussion: Poynter, Kirk LaPointe's … and Guardian

Khalid Khattak / Wall Street Journal: Report Finds Journalist Killings Go Unsolved

Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Branded but ‘independent’ media — The pros and cons of trying to do real journalism at a non-media company — Jessica Bennett worked for seven years at journalistic stalwarts like The Boston Globe, the Village Voice, and Newsweek. But after years of sleeping on couches when she went …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Former Federated Media CEO Deanna Brown joins Byliner as president — E-singles startup Byliner has a new president: Deanna Brown, who was previously the CEO of Federated Media and before that held executive roles at Scripps, Yahoo and AOL. She also founded Inside.com and Gaming Industry News and cofounded CondéNet.

Discussion: MinOnline, NetNewsCheck Latest, GalleyCat and Digital Book World

Aswini Anburajan / BuzzFeed:

Where Did All The Search Traffic Go? — Traffic from Google to digital publishers dropped 30% over the past eight months. — Referrals from Facebook and Google to publishers on the BuzzFeed Network — Search traffic to publishers has taken a dive in the last eight months …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab and Search Engine Land, Thanks:@max8378

Ayako Mie / Japan Times:

Huffington Post looks to weave new Web in Japan — The Japanese version of the Huffington Post will offer a website that spurs more interaction between the media and the public and empower Generation Y, the children of the baby boomers, said Shigeki Matsuura, editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Japan …

Discussion: Beet.TV

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Condé Nast Introduces Web Series for Magazines — Last year, the latest innovation every magazine wanted to release was an iPad edition. This year, it's online video content. — Condé Nast's Entertainment Group introduced 30 programs at its first presentation made during the Digital Content NewFronts.

Discussion: Variety

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Vox Wants to Make Ads — Many publishers bemoan how badly produced the ads are on their sites. Add Vox Media to the growing list of publishers looking to create them themselves. — The parent company of sports site SB Nation, tech site The Verge and gaming site Polygon has taken …

Discussion: TechCrunch

Jack Coyle / Associated Press:

YouTube Says The Battle With TV Is Already Over — Tele-what? YouTube touts itself not as a TV alternative, but a new-generation video platform — NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over. — In a flashy presentation …

Discussion: AllThingsD and Softpedia News

George Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

BBC to Overhaul Bullying, Harassment Policy in Wake of Jimmy Savile Scandal — UPDATED: Director general Tony Hall said parts of the report make for “uncomfortable reading,” but the changes show a “commitment to change.” — LONDON - The BBC said Thursday that it would overhaul its bullying …

Discussion: Deadline.com, Guardian, Televisual, The Independent and BBC

Agence France Presse:

Pay-TV giant BSkyB reports 7% increase in net profits — LONDON — British pay-TV firm BSkyB said Thursday that net profits rose seven percent in the first nine months of the group's financial year on the back of rising subscriber revenues, and despite the difficult economic climate.

Discussion: Guardian, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Telegraph, London News, International Business Times, Deadline.com, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Sky News, Pocket-lint and Reuters

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Scripps Networks Reports Lower First-Quarter Earnings — Ad revenues up 11% — Scripps Networks Interactive reported lower earnings as a revenue increase was canceled out by higher expenses and an adverse tax charge. — First-quarter net income was $108 million, or $0.72 per share …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Variety and Deadline.com

Glen Keogh / Mancunian Matters:

Guilty: Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall faces jail after admitting child sex abuse - with one victim aged NINE — Veteran North West broadcaster Stuart Hall faces jail after today pleading guilty to indecently assaulting 13 girls - the youngest aged just nine.

Discussion: BBC, Guardian, The Nation, ITV News, Mirror.co.uk, Daily Mail, Channel 4, International Business Times, The Independent, @skynewsbreak, BBC, Sky News and Telegraph

Ben Adler / Columbia Journalism Review:

Streams of consciousness — Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism? — My first encounters with journalism were the same as most American males: through the sports pages. Sometime in middle school …