Mediagazer: ESPN President's Memo: Support The Troops; Also, We're Firing People (John Koblin/Deadspin)

11:55 AM ET, May 28, 2013

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

Circa hires Anthony De Rosa away from Thomson Reuters to expand its editorial ambitions — Circa, the San Francisco-based startup that creates news summaries for mobile users, says it has hired Thomson Reuters social-media editor Anthony De Rosa as its new editor-in-chief to expand its journalistic reach.

Discussion: Circa Blog, FishbowlNY, 10,000 Words, Journalism.co.uk and @buzzfeedben

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

News Startup Circa Taps Reuters Social Media Head for Editor in Chief — Circa, a mobile-focused news startup, announced on Tuesday that it has named Anthony De Rosa as its new editor in chief. — De Rosa has been Thomson Reuters' social media editor for the past two years …

Discussion: @ivanlajara, @thestalwart, @jeremylittau, @peterlauria3, @mattzeitlin, @digidave and @djbentley

William Launder / Wall Street Journal:

BuzzFeed, CNN and YouTube Plan Online-Video Channel — BuzzFeed is accelerating its efforts to become a news destination for young adults, joining with CNN and YouTube to create a new, online-video channel. — On Tuesday, BuzzFeed will unveil “CNN BuzzFeed,” a YouTube channel based on content from CNN …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, paidContent, TVNewser, VentureBeat, Mashable, The Next Web, TechCrunch and Vanity Fair

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

BuzzFeed to build a ‘social video studio’ — BuzzFeed will construct a “social video studio” in Los Angeles, the company announced Tuesday. The facility will include a “coffee shop and store where influencers, thinkers and celebrities will be able create informal videos made for the social web.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, FishbowlDC, Broadcasting & Cable and WebProNews

Daniel Klaidman / The Daily Beast:

Holder's Regrets and Repairs — It was Friday, May 17, and officials at the Department of Justice had gotten word that The Washington Post was working on an explosive story: a reporter had obtained an affidavit for a search warrant to seize a Fox News journalist's personal emails.

Discussion: Mediaite, Politico, Forbes, Post Politics, @dylanbyers, @ryanlizza, @digiphile, @mlcalderone, @ggreenwald and The Newspaper Guild

Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:

BBC iPlayer viewing falls as radio requests rise — BBC iPlayer viewing requests fell to 257 million in April, despite strong numbers watching coverage of Margaret Thatcher's funeral. — The catch-up service saw its lowest number of requests since December 2012, having received a record-equalling 272 million requests in March.

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
BBC iPlayer will allow radio content to be downloaded for offline access from 2014

Discussion: TechRadar.com, Gizmodo UK, broadcastnow.co.uk, Compare Mobile Phones … and Engadget

Kathryn Blaze Carlson / Globe and Mail:

As Gawker reaches ‘Crackstarter’ goal, destination for funds remains murky — Gawker.com says it has lost contact with those in custody of the video since one of its writers, John Cook, broke the crack story earlier this month, reiterating to donors Monday morning, “Our confidence …

Steve Kupferman / Torontoist:
Gawker's Rob Ford Crackstarter Hits Its $200,000 Goal

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Associated Press:

Germany's Top-Selling Tabloid to Introduce Paywall — BERLIN — Europe's top-selling newspaper said Monday it will introduce a paywall for part of its online offerings starting next month. — Main news stories will remain free of charge online, but a subscription will be required to view features …

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Viacom's Sumner Redstone celebrates 90 with big bump in net worth — Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, celebrated his 90th birthday on May 27, 2013. This year the mogul enjoyed a bump in net worth. (Lawrence K. Ho / May 27, 2013) — Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone celebrated his 90th birthday Monday.

John Koblin / Deadspin:

ESPN President's Memo: Support The Troops; Also, We're Firing People — Below is a memo from ESPN president John Skipper, sent companywide just before the Memorial Day weekend and forwarded to us by a Bristol tipster. “This is the only communication we've received from upper management …

Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:

CIoJ rejects both Royal Charters as ‘coercive’ and threatening to investigative journalism — The Chartered Institute of Journalism has said that both proposed Royal Charters on press regulation threaten “the standards and rigour of investigative journalism”.

Discussion: Hacked Off and HoldTheFrontPage

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Another Blog Platform, Automattic, Joins Tumblr In The $1 Billion Valuation Club — Last week, Tiger Global led a $50 million round of investment in Matt Mullenweg's seven-year-old digital publishing company, Automattic. — Automattic is the parent company of WordPress.com …

Discussion: The Next Web

Kevin Lim / Reuters:

Singapore to regulate Yahoo!, other online news sites — (Reuters) - Websites that regularly report on Singapore including Yahoo! News will have to get a license from June 1, putting them on par with newspapers and television new outlets, in a move seen by some as a bid to rein in free-wheeling Internet news.

Discussion: Channel NewsAsia, nst.com.my, Asiaone, ZDNet and The Next Web