Mediagazer: Monday Q&A: Mother Jones' Steve Katz on that 47% video and turning attention into donations (Justin Ellis/Nieman Journalism Lab)

3:15 AM ET, July 23, 2013

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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:

Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times — Why did Nate Silver decide to leave The New York Times and accept an offer from ESPN? — That's the cause of great speculation in media circles at the moment. As has been noted elsewhere, there's no question that The Times …

Sara Morrison / The Wrap:
Nate Silver's Blog to Be Its Own ESPN Franchise

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Tessa Cheek / The Colorado Independent:

The Story after the Story: Remembering Armando Montaño a Year Later — Mando in full form in DC on a trip to the Newseum, which he jokingly referred to as his future wedding location. — A YEAR AGO this week, I found myself in Shove Chapel on Colorado College's campus where …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, @stephenceasar, @mike_littwin, @coindependent, @bschraum and @bdelossantos1

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Yahoo Loses Its Media Head, as Mickie Rosen Ankles From Company — According to sources, Yahoo's media head Mickie Rosen is leaving the Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Rosen, who reported to COO Henrique De Castro, is one of the highest-ranking execs to depart the company in recent months.

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Ben Popper / The Verge:

After installing Marissa Mayer at Yahoo, activist investor Dan Loeb exits with a tidy profit — Loeb shook up Yahoo leadership and juiced the stock before selling his stake and heading for the door — Dan Loeb, the activist investor who led the charge to oust former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson …

Discussion: Digits, AdAge and DealBook

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

Al Jazeera America Names ABC News' Kate O'Brian President — Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director for international operations, has been named as an interim CEO of the forthcoming channel. — A month ahead of Al Jazeera America's planned launch, the forthcoming international news channel is finally lining up its top executives.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
David Shuster Joining Al Jazeera America: Source

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David Kravets / Wired:

Local Newscast Uses DMCA to Erase Air Crash Reporting Blunder — Local San Francisco television news station KTVU has embarked on a novel use of copyright law to cover up embarrassing footage. It has been issuing takedown notices to YouTube for videos showing its anchor literally reading fake names …

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

KTVU-TV meets with AAJA following slip-up — Asian American Journalists Association — Leaders from the Asian American Journalists Association and KTVU-TV met Friday to talk about what led to the station's infamous slip-up. — Earlier this month, the station incorrectly named the pilots of Asiana Flight 214.

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Dominic Mohan severs staff ties with Rupert Murdoch — Former Sun editor is no longer on the payroll and could be in line for severance package of more than £2m — Dominic Mohan, who was recently moved from his role as editor of the Sun, has left the staff of News Corporation …

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun editor pleads not guilty to charges over alleged payments

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Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Netflix Q2 2013 earnings show solid growth in revenue, a bit light on subscribers — Netflix said today that the web's top video-rental service generated revenue of $ 1.07 billion, and added 630,000 new domestic streaming subscribers during the company's second quarter.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Washington Post to launch new tech blog — Timothy B. Lee will lead the blog, which is to be called The Switch. Brian Fung and Andrea Peterson will join as reporters. The blog appears to be modeled a bit on Wonkbook, which Lee joined recently. Tech reporters Hayley Tsukayama, Cecilia Kang and Craig Timberg will also contribute.

Discussion: Medium, Washington Post, FishbowlDC and @binarybits

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Monday Q&A: Mother Jones' Steve Katz on that 47% video and turning attention into donations — Nonprofit news outlets rely on their readers to support their work — preferably not just in likes or retweets, but also in dollars. If you follow the path laid out by Mother Jones …

scpr.org:

Univision cancels popular ‘Piolín’ radio show — Univision has cancelled Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo's syndicated morning radio show, “Piolín por la Mañana.” — A Univision spokeswoman confirmed to KPCC that the show has been pulled, but the company would not give a reason for the cancellation.