Mediagazer: Turn your followers into gold: Beacon won't be the Netflix of journalism, but it might help you make rent (Caroline O'Donovan/Nieman Journalism Lab)

8:55 PM ET, September 23, 2013

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Christopher Heine / Adweek:

Will iTunes Radio Spark Digital Music Shakeout? — There appeared to be an overabundance of digital music streaming services before Apple's iTunes Radio became a reality last week, so it stands to reason that a shakeout—if it wasn't already on the horizon—could now be only a matter of time.

Lance Whitney / CNET:
iTunes Radio snags 11 million users

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Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Pandora Falls 10% as Apple ITunes Radio Draws 11 Million

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Former F.B.I. Agent Pleads Guilty in Leak to A.P. — WASHINGTON — A former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent has agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified information to The Associated Press about a foiled bomb plot in Yemen last year, the Justice Department announced on Monday.

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Turn your followers into gold: Beacon won't be the Netflix of journalism, but it might help you make rent — “The actual number of readers, at this stage, is kind of irrelevant, as long as the writers are like, ‘This is worth it for me.’” — Not exactly the wisdom you'd expect from Adrian Sanders …

Discussion: @niemanlab, @ionacraig and Big News Network.com

Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

The unfortunate fact is that online journalism can't survive without a wealthy benefactor or cat GIFs — It's always been true to some extent, but it is even more true now — serious online journalism requires something else to subsidize it, whether it's a rich benefactor or cat GIFs and slideshows.

Discussion: @journerdism, Kirk LaPointe's … and @margokingston1

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

The Pageview's Days Are Numbered — We've all clicked on an enticing link only to find that it leads to a 100-page slide show. So we half-heartedly click through a couple of slides before closing the tab in frustration. — But the publisher doesn't mind. It got your pageview.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, @djlitten, @kchapline, @mccollumashley, @rajunarisetti and @joshsternberg

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Flipboard's Mike McCue Confirms $50M Raise, Says Windows 8 App, More International Versions Coming By End Of Year — Flipboard, the mobile-first “social” magazine that lets people tag, assemble and then share collections of stories from around the web, has now raised another $50 million …

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter Unveils ‘Comprehensive’ Partnership With CBS For Its In-Stream Video Program Amplify — Twitter and CBS just announced what Glenn Brown, who leads Twitter's Amplify program, called “probably one of the most comprehensive partnerships that you will see coming out of Amplify.”

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

The Washington Post Unveils Visual News Product — Ever wish it was easier to get up to speed on the biggest stories of the day when you're on the go? The Washington Post has that need in mind with Topicly, a new reading feature for its site and mobile platforms debuting today.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Health benefits, ‘muzzling’ at issue as IBT Media seeks to hold on to Newsweek talent — There's just a week to go until Barry Diller's IAC Interactive is set to formally hand the keys of Newsweek, the 80-year-old newsmagazine his company turned into a digital-only title in January, to IBT media.

Discussion: Politico, Adweek, FishbowlNY, @rajunarisetti, @emilybell, @felixsalmon and New York Magazine

Chris Elliott / Guardian:

Open door: The readers' editor on... the Guardian's coverage of government surveillance — Readers have raised concerns about these stories, based on tens of thousands of secret documents disclosed by Edward Snowden, but few are critical of the decision to publish

Discussion: Press Gazette

Peter Preston / Guardian:

First Politico took DC: now it wants Manhattan - and the New York Times — In a digital world where impermanence is the only constant, even Mark Thompson's paper feels its powers waning — Finding knocking copy in the most sacred corner of journalism's cathedral comes as a surprise …

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:

NPR's “On the Media” and moral panic: two segments showing different views — First, the good news — First, listen to this superb and profoundly disturbing segment by On the Media producer Sarah Abdurrahman about how she and her husband and other guests at a Canadian wedding …

Discussion: @hardaway, Common Sense Journalism and @davewiner

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Google and Authors Guild return to court for fair use showdown — The dispute between the Author's Guild and Google heads back to court on Monday, where the two sides will debate over whether Google needed to seek permission to scan 20 million books. — It's been almost four years since Google …

Discussion: CNET, Pulse 2.0 and Bloomberg