Mediagazer: Chromecast, Simply and Cheaply, Flings Web Video to TVs (David Pogue/New York Times)

12:15 AM ET, August 5, 2013

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The Last Temptation of Tina Brown — On Nov. 12, 2010, Tina Brown gathered the staff of her Web site The Daily Beast in the third-floor conference room at its Chelsea offices with its commanding views of the Hudson. Brimming with the fervor she has brought to all her endeavors …

Discussion: @pkafka

Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:

Newsweek has been sold to IBT Media, publishers of International Business Times; will remain ‘100% digital’ — Earlier today, IAC Interactive reached a deal to sell Newsweek, the remains of the old magazine in digital format, to the owners of the International Business Times.

PR Newswire:

IBT Media to Acquire Newsweek — Newsweek to Add to IBT Media's Growing Portfolio of Global News Brands Serving 30 Million Unique Users per Month — IBT Media (http://corp.ibt.com), an international digital-only news company, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Newsweek from IAC.

Discussion: AllThingsD, Folio and The Huffington Post

Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:

Newsweek's New Owners Say They Bought “A Lot Of Cachet” — Less than a year after announcing that it would cease publishing in print, the remaining assets of Newsweek have been sold to IBT Media, publishers of the International Business Times. The deal, announced Saturday afternoon …

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of John Henry buying The Boston Globe — It was a big auction — on paper. Literally. The storied Boston Globe, the 141-year-old Globe that has won 21 Pulitzers and dominated its region's reporting for so long, went for a song: $70 million.

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

New York Times Company Sells Boston Globe — The New York Times Company said on Saturday that it had agreed to sell The Boston Globe and its other New England media properties to John W. Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, returning the paper to local ownership after two decades …

Peter May / New York Times:

Red Sox Owner's Purchase of Boston Globe Worries Journalists — BOSTON — As the list of potential purchasers of The Boston Globe leaked out, the newspaper's longtime sportswriter and columnist Bob Ryan said his only thought was: please, let it be anyone but John Henry.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
Boston Globe lost 97 percent of its value in 20 years

Discussion: New York Times, Forbes and @eclisham

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
New York Times Sells Boston Globe to John Henry for $70M

Discussion: Quartz and Poynter

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Viewers Wait for CBS and Time Warner to Make Up — The two sides in the fee dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable stayed in their respective corners Sunday, and may not engage in further direct confrontation for some time. — As a result, CBS's stations, and cable networks owned by CBS …

Discussion: @brianstelter

David Carr / New York Times:
Self-Serving War of Words by 2 Giants in Television

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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
CBS retaliates, blocks online shows for Time Warner cable customers

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

Katharine Weymouth Takes Charge at the Washington Post — WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner, this city's annual media-politico-Hollywood love fest, Katharine Weymouth convened the sort of Washington power dinner for which her grandmother, Katharine Graham …

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Bob Cohn / Folio:

Good Comment, Bad Comment: Fixing a Broken System — Either commit to aggressive moderation or reconsider commenting's utility. — One of the great promises of digital journalism is that it breaks down barriers between publications and readers. — Consider print: You publish a story …

David Pogue / New York Times:

Chromecast, Simply and Cheaply, Flings Web Video to TVs — Ever hear the old saying, “Information wants to be free?” Well, here's a corollary for you: “TV wants to be à la carte.” — Take the story of the iTunes store. The instant somebody offered the chance to buy songs individually, the world changed forever.

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Court Rulings Blur the Line Between a Spy and a Leaker — WASHINGTON — The federal government is prosecuting leakers at a brisk clip and on novel theories. It is collecting information from and about journalists, calling one a criminal and threatening another with jail.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Huffington Post and Politico