Mediagazer: Tribune Spinoff Sounds Death Knell for TV-Print Synergy (Brian Lowry/Variety)

1:35 PM ET, July 11, 2013

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Brian Lowry / Variety:

Tribune Spinoff Sounds Death Knell for TV-Print Synergy — Tribune's grand plans surrounding Times Mirror merger never materialized — You can't hurry love. And you can't force synergy. — Tribune's long-awaited decision to spin off its newspaper holdings and bet squarely …

Discussion: Free Press, LA Observed and Broadcasting & Cable

New York Times:

To Cut Taxes, Tribune Is to Split Into Broadcasting and Publishing Units — The Tribune Company's decision to divide itself into separate broadcast and publishing companies may help avoid a big tax bill, but the split does not address the bigger problem facing newspaper executives: buyers just do not want to spend on print.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Los Angeles Times, tribune.com, Wall Street Journal, Hampton Roads Daily Press, Poynter, Digital Media Wire, Reuters, LA Observed and Politico

Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch: Tribune Newspaper Bid Is 'Not On The Front Burner, But It's Possible'

Discussion: Wichita Eagle, LA Observed and The Raw Story

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

E-Book Ruling Gives Amazon an Advantage — Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, loves disrupting markets. In that regard, he must be having a delightful summer. The book business, once so mired in the past it seemed part of the antiques trade, is up for grabs.

Discussion: Forbes, The United States Department …, paidContent, Top Digital Journal News, @pernillet, @bvol, Kindle Review, @lkhere, @bkwalker, @annfensterstock, @lisambayer, Corporate Intelligence, AllThingsD and GalleyCat

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

Discussion: CNET, Business Insider, Reuters, Politico, Mercury News, Fortune, Digits, Ars Technica and Reuters

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Pew: About a quarter of Americans say journalists contribute little to society — 27 percent of Americans say journalists contribute little or nothing to society's well being, according to a study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Discussion: Pew Forum on Religion … and TVSpy

Siraj Datoo / Guardian:

BBC's Jeremy Bowen successfully treated after being shot in Egypt — Corporation's Middle East editor has operation to remove shotgun pellets that hit his head while he was covering protests — The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, has had an operation to remove shotgun pellets in his head.

Discussion: The Wrap, TVNewser and The Huffington Post

Harry McCracken / TIME:

PCWorld Exits Print, and the Era of Computer Magazines Ends — The last of the big general-interest PC magazines is no longer a magazine. — By Harry McCracken @harrymccrackenJuly 11, 2013 — The news isn't shocking. In fact, it's sort of a shock it didn't happen several years ago.

Discussion: HotHardware.com News, Folio, Talking Biz News and eMedia Vitals

Maxwell Williams / Los Angeles Times:

Top Museum Directors Protest L.A. Times Arts Reporter Layoff — Leaders of LACMA, MOCA, the Getty and the Hammer have sent a letter to editor Davan Maharaj calling for arts writer Jori Finkel's reinstatement, saying they are “dismayed” by the layoff. — It's not often a newspaper writer makes …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, DealBook and ANIMAL

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

Meet Lumi, the no-effort content discovery engine from the founders of Last.fm — What do you do when you've built a product up from nothing to the point of being acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars by a massive American corporation? You take some time off.

Discussion: Guardian, TechCrunch, GigaOM, @caseynewton, Co.Labs, Softpedia News, CNET, The Independent, Telegraph, Tech City News and Mashable

Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

Blip Hires Former Tumblr and Gawker Editor Chris Mohney to Oversee Programming — Blip has hired former Tumblr executive Chris Mohney as its vice president of programming, the digital video network said Wednesday. Blip created this position for Mohney, who will oversee all editorial content for the company's site.

Discussion: Adweek and SocialTimes

Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times:

Top editor David Boardman leaving Seattle Times — Boardman, executive editor and senior vice president at The Times, is taking a new job as dean of the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia. — After 30 years — and four Pulitzer Prizes — David Boardman …

Discussion: Poynter, Philly.com, Associated Press, Strange Bedfellows and Temple University News

Arif Durrani / Media Week:

Guardian set to report annual losses of around £35m — Guardian News and Media is set to report pre-tax losses in the region of £35 million for its year to 1 April 2013 next week, around a 20% drop from losses in 2012. — Last year, Guardian News & Media …

Discussion: Guardian

Telegraph:

Ahmed Assem: the Egyptian photographer who chronicled his own death — The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building. — He fires more than once and then, suddenly, turns the rifle and points toward the camera lens.