Mediagazer: Kim Dotcom Resigns as Mega Director to Focus on Music Venture (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)

9:25 AM ET, September 4, 2013

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Jeffrey P. Bezos visits The Post to meet with editors and others — The Jeffrey P. Bezos era at The Washington Post had its symbolic beginning at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, when the high-tech magnate indulged in a decidedly low-tech ritual: striking a triangle to summon editors for their afternoon meeting.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

When print constrains digital: layout, workflow, structure — You may have seen Paul Farhi's interview with Jeff Bezos in today's Washington Post, the newspaper he's buying for $250 million. If you saw it in print, you found it on Page A1, on the left below the fold.

Isabell Hülsen / Spiegel Online: Rebranding the IHT: ‘New York Times Is the Stronger Name’

Neilchenoweth / Trust the Toffs!:

What's next for Australia? Rupert Murdoch's people have a few thoughts — How much power does Rupert Murdoch have over political leaders? Not a jot. Nary a skerrick. Not a sausage. Nada. Zippo. Rien du tout. Nuffink. None. Gedouttahere! Rupert who? — They all say so.

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Helen Davidson / Guardian:
GetUp takes on TV networks over refusal to show anti-Murdoch advert

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Bloomberg's Online Video Success Story — Eighteen months ago, Bloomberg TV made a fundamental change in its approach toward online video. Instead of just taking clips from Bloomberg TV and automatically posting them online, producers in the field were made to consider two questions …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and @jeffjohnroberts

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Appeals Court Won't Revive Class Action Over Apple's Digital Music Sales — The plaintiff alleged that restricting compatibility reduced the value of the iPod and inflated the price of music. — Most consumers don't like the type of digital rights management software that makes music purchased …

Discussion: The Mac Observer and Financial Post

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Ministry of Sound sues Spotify over copyright — Lawsuit focuses on playlists created on streaming music service that mirror dance brand's compilation albums — Dance music brand Ministry of Sound is suing Spotify for copyright infringement, claiming the streaming music company has refused …

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ITV:

BBC manager pay-offs £1.4m more than needed — Senior managers at the BBC were paid £1.4 million more than their contracts demanded in pay-offs over a three year period, according to a new report. … The National Audit Office (NAO) examined a further 90 severance payments …

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

New version of Apple TV likely on its way for a September 10 launch — Apple is planning a big event on September 10, 2013, and there has been a lot of speculation on what could be on the menu. While the exact lineup of products is subject of debate, almost everyone agrees that newer models …

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Al Jazeera English:

Egypt jamming Al Jazeera's satellite signals — Qatar-based network forced to change frequencies so viewers can tune in as authorities deliberately jam signals. — Al Jazeera says it can categorically state that Egyptian authorities are deliberately jamming its satellite signals and forcing …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Barnes & Noble partners with UWIRE to sell college newspapers on Nook — Barnes & Noble has partnered with UWIRE, a wire service for college newspapers, to make digital editions of said newspapers available on Nook. It looks as if over 220 newspapers are available so far …

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Columbia Journalism Review:

Divided we fall — Journalism matters; it's time to start acting like we believe it — In the July/August issue of CJR, Francesca Borri wrote a powerful essay about the plight of being a freelancer, and a woman, covering the Syrian civil war for Italian media. The reaction to her piece was impassioned and global.

Discussion: @murphzero, @susie_c, @paulcarr, @jcstearns, @nicolaborri, @dragonflyeye, @lanticmedia, @ksablan and Kirk LaPointe's …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Ahead Of Cumulus Merger, Dial Global Changing Its Name To Westwood One — If last week's news that Cumulus Media will buy Dial Global for $260 million didn't cause more of a splash, perhaps it was because Dial Global is better known by its programming than its name.

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Phone hacking: ex-Sunday Mirror and NoW journalist in court over charges — Dan Evans charged with four counts of criminal activity, two of which relate to conspiracy to hack phones between 2003-10 — Former News of the World and Sunday Mirror journalist Dan Evans has appeared …

Discussion: BBC, BBC, The Independent, The Independent and Guardian

Camilla Turner / Press Gazette:

New study suggests gender inequality still a major issue for UK journalism — Female journalists are falling behind their male counterparts, according to a new academic study. — The Women and Journalism study by Professor Suzanne Franks for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found …

Brendan Nyhan / Columbia Journalism Review:

Get off the bus! — Why access-based campaign coverage is a dead end — CNN's Peter Hamby has written a must-read retrospective on coverage of the 2012 Romney campaign. His report, “Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus? Searching for a better way to cover a campaign” …

Discussion: @smurray38, @brendannyhan and @jayrosen_nyu

Associated Press:

Judith Glassman Daniels Dead: First Woman To Serve As Top Editor Of Life Magazine Dies At 74 — UNION, Maine (AP) — Judith Glassman Daniels, who blazed a trail for women in the publishing world and became the first woman to serve as top editor of Life magazine, has died at the age of 74.

Discussion: EW.com and Bangor Daily News

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Neil Young's Pono music service plans to launch in early 2014 — Pono, the music service spearheaded by Neil Young, will launch in early 2014, according to a Facebook post penned by Young himself. The musician took to Facebook Tuesday to sing the praises of the service …

Discussion: Marketing Pilgrim, The Verge and CNET

Washington Post:

Media company snatches up local TV stations as part of plan to build a national powerhouse — Most people probably wouldn't even realize if Sinclair Broadcasting was in their living room. It's no Facebook, after all. Or Netflix, for that matter. — In a world of fast-rising new-media companies …

Discussion: @makejdm

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Kim Dotcom Resigns as Mega Director to Focus on Music Venture — On January 20, a year after Megaupload was raided in 2012, Kim Dotcom launched his new file-storage service Mega. — In a matter of days the site's membership went from zero to more than a million and in the weeks that followed …

Discussion: GigaOM, ZDNet, Softpedia News, The Next Web and Techdirt