Mediagazer: Yahoo Closes Its Purchase Of Tumblr For $1.1B, Reconfirms Karp At The Helm Of Social Site (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

2:05 PM ET, June 20, 2013

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Robert Picard / Guardian:

Digital news is finally starting to pay — Workable revenue models are emerging that make the future look brighter for publishers, a new report has found — Newspaper publishers beleaguered by digital developments for the past decade are starting to believe that business models to support digital journalism have emerged.

Discussion: Guardian, paidContent, Kirk LaPointe's …, Journalism.co.uk and eMedia Vitals

Neil Thurman / Press Gazette: Reuters Institute survey reveals growing global popularity of live blogs

Leo Kelion / BBC:
Online news is becoming easier to sell, suggests study

Discussion: Newsworks

Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

Howard Kurtz Joining Fox News To Anchor New Version Of Fox News Watch — Mediaite has learned that Fox News is expected to announce today that Howard Kurtz will join the network. — Kurtz is currently the anchor of CNN's Sunday morning media criticism show Reliable Sources.

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Marissa Mayer / Yahoo!:

Tumblr. + Yahoo! — It's Officially Official. — We're excited to announce that our deal to acquire Tumblr has closed... it's official! — As promised, Tumblr will continue to operate as a separate business, led by David Karp as CEO. Their product roadmap, their team …

Discussion: Guardian, VentureBeat, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable, The Verge and ReadWrite

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Closes Its Purchase Of Tumblr For $1.1B, Reconfirms Karp At The Helm Of Social Site — In a week where Tumblr CEO David Karp did the rounds at the Cannes Lions advertising confab in France, Yahoo has now confirmed that it has completed its acquisition of the social network and blogging site …

Discussion: CNET, AdAge, Business Wire, NYT Bits, AdExchanger and mUmBRELLA

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

The New York Times is making ads for the future — but where's the present day money? — The Idea Lab of the New York Times has cranked out a series of innovative ad products. Here's some examples — and a look at why the flashy ads haven't lifted Times' ad sales out of a rut.

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and eMedia Vitals

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

The New York Times plans to limit non-subscribers to just 3 articles per day on mobile — The New York Times has announced new plans to limit the amount of content non-subscribing mobile readers can access each day with a new “mobile meter”. — The company announced the plans on Thursday …

Discussion: Poynter, The New York Times Company, paidContent, New York Times and Nieman Journalism Lab

Mark Glaser / Mediashift:

Columbia J-School Looks to Shed ‘Old School’ Image with Curriculum Revamp — The slang term old school can have different connotations depending on its context. Going “old school” could mean doing something traditional and old-fashioned in a hip way. Or it could be someone who is stuck …

Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:

Michael Hastings researching Jill Kelley case before death — The late award-winning American journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, seen earlier this year in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi / AFP/Getty Images / May 1, 2012) — WASHINGTON - During the weeks before he was killed …

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Michael Hastings, the FBI, and WikiLeaks: Death of Journalist Sparks Conspiracy Theories

Discussion: Gawker, The Huffington Post and The Informer

James Poniewozik / TIME:
Michael Hastings and Who Journalists Really Work For

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Times, The Informer, LAist, Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, Hillman Foundation blogs and FishbowlDC

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

AP Takes A Stake In Bambuser, The Real-Time Mobile Video Service That Helps Eyewitnesses Tell Their Stories — Bambuser, the upstart mobile video service that has carved out a name for itself as a crucial tool for eyewitnesses to record and transmit footage of major events …

Discussion: Associated Press, Broadcasting & Cable, FishbowlNY, Poynter, Mediashift, Beet.TV, Associated Press, The Next Web and Journalism.co.uk

Ted Johnson / Variety:

Time Warner Cable Lawsuit: Another Attack on Channel Bundling — The cable industry's practice of bundling channels is facing pressure from plenty of consumer groups, upstart competitors and John McCain. But the question posed by a class action suit is whether there is a case to be had for the many customers who pay the bills.

Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley:
McCain, Blumenthal want FCC to move ball forward on sports blackout rule

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Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:

Oregonian Publisher Says Paper is Reducing Home Delivery Days, Laying Off Staff — The Oregonian confirmed this morning that the paper will reduce print delivery to three days a week. — Publisher N. Christian Anderson III informed readers at 10 am that the paper will continue …

Discussion: @aaronmesh

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Google, Amazon ask to shield sales in Apple ebook trial; judge says issues have “shifted” — Today is the grand finale of a big price-fixing clash between Apple and the Justice Department. On the eve of closing arguments, Apple's rivals have filed to cover sales figures while the judge suggested she has shifted her view of the case.

Discussion: PublishersWeekly.com and Washington Post

Andrew Albanese / PublishersWeekly.com:
For Apple, Price-Fixing Trial Closes With a Win

Discussion: Fortune

Amanda Hess / Slate:

Here's Why Women's Magazines Don't Produce “Serious” Journalism — Last week, Port magazine ushered in “a new golden age” of print media by illustrating a cover story on the “increasing importance of print media” with the faces of six exclusively male magazine editors.

Associated Press:

Senators write Kerry about missing journalists, including former Marine — CONCORD, N.H. — U.S. senators from New Hampshire and Texas are asking the State Department to step up efforts to find two freelance journalists missing in Syria. — Thirty-nine-year-old James Foley, who is from Rochester …

Discussion: Poynter and Broadcasting & Cable