Mediagazer: What's New in Digital Scholarship: Reporters ignoring technology, the continuing power of print, and booze on Facebook (John Wihbey/Nieman Journalism Lab)

5:00 AM ET, September 2, 2013

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Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74 — Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected heart attack. — Sir David's career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime television presenting, including The Frost Report and That Was The Week That Was.

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Japan's Rakuten Acquires Viki Video Site for $200 Million — Japan's Internet e-commerce giant Rakuten is set to purchase Viki, a premium video site that has been described as “Hulu for the rest of the world.” — The deal was set to be announced next week …

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Spiegel Online:

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Al Jazeera English:

Egypt frees four-member Al Jazeera team — Four-man team set free after being detained for five days without charge, as three other staff are still in custody. — Egyptian authorities have freed a four-member team of Al Jazeera journalists after holding them in detention for five days without charge.

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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:

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Felix Salmon:

Do online business models matter? — Nick Bilton has an odd column up about Business Insider and NSFWCorp — two publications which he has picked to represent the “reliant on ad revenue” and “reliant on subscription revenue” business models, respectively. He's particularly interested …

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John Wihbey / Nieman Journalism Lab:

What's New in Digital Scholarship: Reporters ignoring technology, the continuing power of print, and booze on Facebook — Editor's note: There's a lot of interesting academic research going on in digital media — but who has time to sift through all those journals and papers?

Chris Dorr / Digital Dorr:

Is ESPN worth what we are forced to pay? — Recently The New York Times revealed how much the typical cable operator (TWC or Comcast) pays per month for ESPN. For each subscriber the operator pays $5.54 for ESPN and .70 for ESPN 2-a grand total of $6.24 per month.

Discussion: @richbtig

Ami Sedghi / Guardian:

Vogue, Tatler and other high-end women's magazines target teen market — Observers say move is attempt to secure future generation of readers in industry suffering endemic declines in print sales — With parted blonde locks, bubblegum pink lips and a knitted jumper thrown over a denim shirt …