Mediagazer: If Publishers Fail to Self-Regulate Native Ads, FTC May Step In (Katy Bachman/Adweek)

6:30 PM ET, July 10, 2013

Top News:

Judge says Apple conspired to raise prices on e-books — In a decision that could reshape how electronic books are sold on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that Apple Inc conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books, and ordered a trial on damages. The decision by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote …

Jacob Gershman / Law Blog:
For Apple, a Tough Legal Road Grows Longer

Discussion: Reuters, Digits, Wall Street Journal and Fortune

Ian Simpson / Reuters:

WikiLeaks - a journalism high point: U.S. court-martial witness — (Reuters) - WikiLeaks and its model of decentralized leaking of secrets is a high point in journalism history, a Harvard professor testified on Wednesday at the court-martial of a U.S. soldier charged with passing secret documents to the website.

Discussion: Big News Network.com, @xeni, @freedomofpress, @xeni, @xeni, @wikileakstruck and @trevortimm

David Dishneau / Associated Press:

Harvard professor says leaks changed WikiLeaks' image — FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army private's leak of classified information to WikiLeaks changed how the public, the government and traditional news media perceived the anti-secrecy organization — from a legitimate journalistic enterprise …

Discussion: Courthouse News Service, @freedomofpress, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis and @xeni

Sam Thielman / Adweek:

Zucker's Changes at CNN Are Already Bearing Fruit — The good ship CNN is riding a little higher on the waves. After months of plummeting ratings and a high-profile game of C-suite musical chairs, the original cable news network is catching up to its competitors in the core demo and showing significant year-over-year gains.

Discussion: Boing Boing and Mediaite

Laura Bennett / New Republic:
CNN Is Bad at Tabloid Journalism

Discussion: Gawker, Los Angeles Times and Piers Morgan

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Tribune Co. to spin off newspapers — Chicago Tribune and other papers to become part of Tribune Publishing Co., separate from WGN radio and TV … One week after boosting its broadcasting holdings with the announcement of a deal to purchase 19 television stations, Tribune Co …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, tribune.com, New York Times, Variety, Forbes, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, The Huffington Post, TVSpy, Bloomberg, Nieman Journalism Lab, TVNewsCheck.com, Politico, bizjournals, Fox Business, @jbenton and @jackshafer

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Justine Rosenthal, long-time deputy of Tina Brown, is out at ‘Newsweek’ — Another high-level NewsBeast editor is headed for the exit. — Tina Brown, the editor-in-chief of the now all-digital Newsweek and its sister website, The Daily Beast, announced today that one of her main deputies, Justine Rosenthal, is leaving the company.

Discussion: Adweek, The New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Katy Bachman / Adweek:

If Publishers Fail to Self-Regulate Native Ads, FTC May Step In — BuzzFeed is famous for it, Facebook and Twitter embraced it, and The Atlantic got blasted for it. Native advertising may be all the rage, but if brands and publishers aren't careful, it could trigger some regulatory repercussions, analysts say.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:

CEO Re-Imagines NPR as a Pandora of News — Public-Radio Network Is Working on Letting Listeners Customize a Playlist Available via Cloud — NPR has had a rough few years, and despite new leadership, the turbulence hasn't entirely subsided. — Gary E. Knell took the helm in 2011 …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

New York Times and Telegraph launch Kindle Fire apps — NYT looks to expand Android market while the Telegraph adds new features as the platform is integrated into existing subscription models — Copyright: By appsmanila on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

Discussion: Engadget, The Next Web and BtoB Magazine

Eliza Kern / GigaOM:

To win over media, Instagram to provide embeds for photo, video — Just a few weeks after adding video to its service, Instagram has announced Wednesday that it plans to allow users to embed their photos and videos across the web. It's a long-requested feature that will come as good news to a lot of users …

Discussion: Instagram Blog, AllThingsD, Nieman Journalism Lab, WWD Media Headlines, VentureBeat, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, @jeffehobbs, @mikeisaac, Los Angeles Times, @dankennedy_nu, Pocket-lint and The Next Web

Simon Rogers / Twitter Blog:

The Boston Bombing: How journalists used Twitter to tell the story — Nearly three months ago, two bombs shook the Boston marathon, and the world. As news of the blasts and the subsequent manhunt spread, Twitter became a crucial part of the journalist's toolkit.

Discussion: Poynter, @adriennelb, @digiphile and @tminsberg

Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:

Vanity Fair launches video channel — Vanity Fair's digital video channel initially will feature four original series, some inspired by popular features in the magazine and others offered in the same spirit and tone of the publication. Above, Kate Upton attends the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in West Hollywood.

Discussion: Adweek, The Wrap, Variety and Vanity Fair

Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:

Reuters feeds the robots two-second scoops — The New York AG probes the selling of early access to market-moving information — The University of Michigan's market-moving reports on consumer confidence used to only available via a $4,750 annual subscription paid to the university.

Discussion: Online NewsHour

Emma Bazilian / Adweek:

Magazine Ad Pages Continue to Decline, Despite Increase in Digital — MPA — The Association of Magazine Media has released its consumer magazine ad page data for the second quarter of 2013, and again, print advertising continues to decline. Advertising for the quarter fell 4.5 percent versus …

Discussion: Folio, FishbowlNY and Talking Biz News