Mediagazer: Barnes & Noble partners with UWIRE to sell college newspapers on Nook (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

7:30 AM ET, September 4, 2013

Top News:

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.

Discussion: Mashable, New York Times, @washingtonpost, @mathewi, @dabeard, @nickwingfield, Slate, Guardian, Poynter, GeekWire, Business Insider and Politico

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.

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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.

Helen Davidson / Guardian:

GetUp takes on TV networks over refusal to show anti-Murdoch advert — Activist group to seek ‘clarification’ from ACCC on whether the rejection was appropriate or an abuse of market power — Australian commercial television networks have refused to air an advertisement …

Discussion: @kimmaree_tweet, B&T, The Conversation, The Age and ABC

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 …

Discussion: Forbes, Wall Street Journal, bizjournals, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Melville House Books, Engadget and PublishersWeekly.com

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.

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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 …

Discussion: Panjiva, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, App Advice, Electronista, MacRumors, AppleInsider and The Next Web

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

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 …

Discussion: paidContent, NME, Softpedia News, @neilinglis, @guycollierphoto, Gizmodo, Guardian, Music Ally and @mark_mulligan

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.

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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: ZDNet, Softpedia News, The Next Web and Techdirt

BBC:

Ex-NoW reporter on hacking charges — A former News of the World and Sunday Mirror journalist has been charged with conspiring to hack phones. — Dan Evans was also charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and committing an act which could pervert the course of justice, prosecutors said.

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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

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, CNET and The Verge

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

AP's Matt Apuzzo And Adam Goldman Crack Open Secretive Institutions, From NYPD To CIA — WASHINGTON — Don't get Associated Press reporters Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman started on the lack of transparency in the New York Police Department. “For the most part, they don't respond,” Apuzzo …

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