Mediagazer: Esquire to launch weekly tablet edition (Mark Sweney/Guardian)

8:05 AM ET, September 2, 2013

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Esquire to launch weekly tablet edition — Launch of Esquire Weekly on 5 September aims to appeal to younger generation of readers who grew up on digital content — Esquire is aiming to shake up the monthly magazine market with the launch of weekly tablet edition designed to appeal …

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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:

NSA Spied On Al Jazeera Communications — Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera was spied on by the National Security Agency, according to documents seen by SPIEGEL. The US intelligence agency hacked into protected communication, a feat that was considered a particular success.

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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:

Press Adds ‘What if?’ to Five W's in France — PARIS — What does a newspaper do over the summer in a country where nearly everybody goes on vacation at the same time? — With many French journalists (and their sources) away from late July to late August and many vacationing readers less inclined …

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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.

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