Mediagazer: Local Newspapers Scramble for Native Ad Strategies (Josh Sternberg/Digiday)

3:40 AM ET, October 1, 2013

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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:

Can the Guardian take its aggressive investigations global? — At eight-thirty on the morning of June 21st, Alan Rusbridger, the unflappable editor of the Guardian, Britain's liberal daily, was in his office, absorbing a lecture from Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron.

Discussion: The Verge, @dansabbagh, @emilybell, The Huffington Post, @gilestremlett, @jxpaton, @diegobeas, @moorehn, New York Magazine, @sbienkowski, Press Gazette, @newyorker, @aleximostrous, @mlcalderone, @arusbridger and @x7o

Steven Musil / CNET:

Journalist Glenn Greenwald to host Reddit Q&A about NSA files — Guardian reporter will field questions during an Ask Me Anything discussion on the social news Web site. — If like many people, you have questions about the confidential files detailing the National Security Agency's data …

Discussion: The Verge and The Next Web

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Breaking Bad series finale breaks piracy records — Breaking Bad's series finale just broke a dubious record: The last episode of the critically acclaimed show has been pirated more than 500,000 times within the first 12 hours after it first appeared online, according to Torrentfreak.

Discussion: Lost Remote, TorrentFreak, The Awl, Inside TV, Deadline.com, Broadcasting & Cable, The Week, @jessicalessin, AdAge, Variety, Consumerist, WebProNews, Softpedia News, Business Insider and @yahootech

Don Reisinger / CNET:
‘Breaking Bad’ secret to success? HDTVs and Netflix

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, Media Money …, Variety, /Film, AdAge, Speakeasy, Forbes and Broadcasting & Cable

Sandra Laville / Guardian:

Liberty calls for bail time limit as journalists and others left on bail for up to two years — Rights group seeks six-month statutory maximum as 40 remain on bail in operations Elveden and Tuleta after two years — The human rights group Liberty is calling for a six-month limit …

Discussion: @dansabbagh and Softpedia News

Molly Young / New York Magazine:

A profile of Tumblr and David Karp after Yahoo — “It Was the Biggest Game of Chicken I've Ever Seen.” — David Karp built a massive, culturally totemic company that was losing millions of dollars a month. After a huge infusion of Yahoo cash, he's breathing easier. — Tumblr — Founded: 2007

Discussion: Betabeat and Business Insider

Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

NBC Scraps Hillary Clinton Miniseries — “After reviewing and prioritizing our slate of movie/mini-series development, we've decided that we will no longer continue developing the Hillary Clinton miniseries,” the network said in a statement Monday. — David Livingston/Getty Images

Discussion: Politico, The Wrap, New York Times, Deadline.com, @zeitchiklat, The Wrap and The Huffington Post

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
CNN's Hillary Clinton Movie Has Been Canceled, Director Says

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Sarah Bartlett Named New Dean of CUNY Graduate School of Journalism — Sarah Bartlett has been named the new dean of CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, departing dean Stephen Shepard announced this evening. — “Sarah is a wonderful person to lead the CUNY J-School to new heights of excellence.

Discussion: CUNY Graduate School … and Talking Biz News

Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:

Dish, Disney Agree to Short-Term Extension Amid Continued Talks — UPDATED: The agreement covers ESPN, Disney Channel and ABC-owned TV stations. — Dish Network and the Walt Disney Co. have extended the deadline on their negotiations for a new retransmission consent agreement beyond the current Monday deadline.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Reuters, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Dallas Morning News to drop paywall Oct. 1 — On Tuesday, the Dallas Morning News' online content “will be accessible to everyone, free of charge,” a company press release says. It will also offer a premium service with “enhanced design and navigation, limited advertising, and access to unique subscriber ... Read more

Discussion: @jbenton, @mjenkins, @jbenton and @uptownmessenger

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Clicky Business Insider to double down on ‘long-form’ with ‘hundreds of thousands’ in investment — For the most part, Business Insider is seen as a pithy must-read for tech and finance junkies, who flock to the six-year-old website for its steady stream of micro-scoops …

Discussion: @emilysteel, Talking Biz News, @mattyglesias, @niemanlab and @jayrosen_nyu

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Congressman Proposes New Rules for Music Royalties — The music industry is gearing up for yet another fight over one of its most intractable issues: radio royalties. Only this time, it involves the online world as well. — On Monday, Representative Melvin L. Watt, a Democrat from North Carolina …

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Local Newspapers Scramble for Native Ad Strategies — The native-ad push isn't just for the big boys: teetering local newspapers are rushing to adopt the latest online ad gambit. — The Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Cape May County (N.J.) Herald all have dabbled in some form of native advertising.

Discussion: @niemanlab, @digiday, Street Fight and MarketingVox News & Trends, Thanks:@steverubel

Greg Mitchell / The Nation:

Media Coverage of Shutdown Threat: A Journalistic ‘Disgrace’ — Probably the smartest thing I read all weekend on the pending government shutdown, and the debt ceiling crisis, came from James Fallows. And, courtesy of the often laughable (and dangerous) Washington Post editorial section …

Discussion: @ariberman, @jilkat25, @fritzalverez, @froomkin, @jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin, @juddlegum, MinnPost and The Huffington Post

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy / The Huffington Post:

A La Carte Journalism: Where People (and Reporters) Set the Agenda — So you want to do investigative journalism? Or produce a TV series? Or create a biopic? But you don't have the money to fund it? No problem. Ask your future consumers for money.

Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:

Google France's $81 million media boost — In response to threatened copyright legislation, Google and a media group formed a fund to help fund digital innovation — After seven months of closed-door negotiations, Google France and a French media association announced the details of a 60 million euro …

Carole Bass / Yale Alumni Magazine:

Yale arrests, releases Brazilian reporter for trespassing — A persistent reporter from Brazil found herself arrested, handcuffed, and jailed for several hours after she tried to track down her country's top judge at a Yale Law School event last week. — Claudia Trevisan …

Discussion: New Haven Independent, @johnmcquaid and New Haven Independent

Stephen Lepitak / The Drum:

Buzzfeed appoints The MediaBriefing editor Patrick Smith as media editor — Editor of media website The Mediabriefing, Patrick Smith, is to depart after three years to join BuzzFeed as media editor. — Smith, who made the announcement in a blog post on the website and another …

Discussion: FishbowlNY