Mediagazer: Media CEOs back print, quality over platform (Roger Yu/USA Today)

5:20 PM ET, June 25, 2013

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Minority employment in newsrooms held steady in 2012 — Minority employees make up 12.37 percent of all newsroom employees in this year's American Society of News Editors newsroom census, up ever so slightly from last year's 12.32 percent. ASNE counted 4,700 minorities overall, compared with 5,000 last year.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Barnes & Noble says it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house; e-readers live on — Barnes & Noble said in its earnings report Tuesday that it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house. — Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet line has been heading downhill for awhile …

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Roger Yu / USA Today:

Media CEOs back print, quality over platform — Media CEOs issue support for newspapers but see digital enhancements as key differentiator. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top executives of several major U.S. media companies reiterated their support for print newspapers, even as they emphasized …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

WSJ, Dow Jones to ‘restructure’ — Three days ahead of News Corp's split into publishing and entertainment divisions, the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires are set to undergo “a limited restructuring” effort that will result in the creation of new positions and the elimination …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Tribune Co. appeals tax bills — Tribune Co. has begun to appeal an IRS notice that says the company owes taxes on its sales of the Chicago Cubs and Newsday, Robert Channick reports. — Tribune sold the properties under a Byzantine plan engineered by former owner Sam Zell.

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Anthony Crupi / Adweek:

Networks' Q1 spend slips 5 percent; cable on the rise — Diluted prime time deliveries and a calendar quirk that moved NCAA Final Four dollars into April contributed to a $317 million decline in first quarter broadcast TV ad expenditures. — According to a new report from Kantar Media …

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

CNN Shutting Down CNN Radio Unit — CNN is shutting down its CNN Radio unit. Today will be the last day of broadcasts for the department, which focused primarily on long-form audio news stories. — Staff for the unit were told about the change today, and their last day will be Friday.

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Vine use on Twitter up almost 100% in last two months, says survey — Vine videos appear to be more popular than ever, according to a survey that looks how frequently they appear on Twitter. According to a study by video tech firm Unruly, 6-second Vine videos are being posted to Twitter …

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Sarah Darville / Nieman Journalism Lab:

When it comes to digital news trends, a Reuters Institute study says some stereotypes ring true — People in the U.S., France, Japan, and Brazil are all consuming more of their news digitally than ever before. But whether they will pay for a national news story — or post that article …

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