Mediagazer: Blacked Out in 3 Cities, CBS Still Wins Ratings Race (Bill Carter/New York Times)

9:45 AM ET, August 14, 2013

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Cordt Schnibben / Spiegel Online:

Circulation Declines Hit German Papers a Decade after America — It came to Germany almost a decade later than America, but the newspaper crisis is sweeping the country, with plummeting circulations and revenues. The German news media must reinvent itself in order to retain readers.

Discussion: @jeffjarvis and @amonck

Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

U.S. journalist marks year in captivity as risks increase for war reporters — WASHINGTON — Tuesday marked a year since American journalist Austin Tice was detained while covering the civil war in Syria, one of at least 14 news media workers who've vanished or been seized in the past year, according to press advocacy groups.

Discussion: Poynter and @freeaustintice

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Apple acquires second screen TV startup Matcha.tv (scoop) — Apple's latest acquisition is the recently-shut down second-screen TV/video app Matcha.tv, according to a source with knowledge of the deal who asked to remain anonymous. Matcha.tv was an iOS app that provided a comprehensive overview …

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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Journalism Has Entered A Golden Age — CNN host Brian Stelter was kind enough to have me on his show, “Reliable Sources,” over the weekend. In response to one question, I said that journalism has entered a “golden age.” — Judging from the Twitter reaction, many of Brian's viewers agreed.

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Sam Marsden / Telegraph:

British cameraman for Sky News killed in Egypt — A British cameraman working for Sky News was killed today as Egyptian forces moved in to clear protesters demanding the reinstatement of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. — Mick Deane, 61, was shot during the raid on activists camped …

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Jim Romenesko:

Where Boston Phoenix journalists landed after the alt-weekly closed — Peter Kadzis says of the gray day that the 47-year-old weekly paper closed: “At the moment — and still in retrospect — it had a dream-like quality. There was that pull between the unconscious (can this really be happening?) and the conscious (yes, it is!).

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Jay Barmann / SFist:

S.F. Chronicle Finally Abandons Paywall? — It appears that the Chronicle's exclusive content, which has been locked behind that dreaded subscriber paywall since they launched it in late March, has magically appeared today again for free on SFGate, without much fanfare.

Discussion: CNET, The Snitch, SF Appeal, bizjournals, @caseynewton, Poynter and @musicsf

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Sorry, Craig: Study Finds Craigslist Took $5 Billion From Newspapers — For years, newspaper publishers have been saying Craiglist cut the legs out from under their industry by offering a cheap, easy online alternative to their classified advertising pages.

Discussion: Reuters, @jackshafer and The Snitch

Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

Bleacher Report Founder Responds to Fury Surrounding His New ‘Feminist Publication’ — Bryan Goldberg speaks to TheWrap about Bustle, his controversial $6.5 million women's website — Bleacher Report founder Bryan Goldberg revealed his new web venture on Tuesday, raising questions of journalistic integrity and sexism in the process.

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Erik Sass / MediaPost:

More Print News Subscribers Plan To Cancel Subs, Uptick In Mobile Consumption — It's no secret that newspapers and magazine publishers have suffered steep declines in print circulation over the last decade, and that trend is just going to continue, according to a survey of 1,134 U.S. adults conducted …

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

Why Did The Government Spy On Justin Raimondo? — The FBI tracked Antiwar.com. Raimondo sued to find out why. — WASHINGTON — In a time marked by high profile conflicts between journalists and the government, one such story has gone largely unnoticed: the lawsuit brought …

Discussion: @politixdain, @buzzfeedben, @rosiegray and @jaseliberty

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Blacked Out in 3 Cities, CBS Still Wins Ratings Race — The 11-day old blackout of CBS on Time Warner Cable systems seems to be having a minimal effect on the network's ratings. — Last week, the first full week of blocked service for more than three million Time Warner customers …

Discussion: MWD, The Wrap and Los Angeles Times