Mediagazer: Amazon Readies Set-Top Box for Holidays (Greg Bensinger/Wall Street Journal)

4:45 PM ET, October 3, 2013

Top News:

Two Mail on Sunday journalists suspended after approaching mourners at memorial for Miliband uncle — The Mail on Sunday has “unreservedly” apologised to Ed Miliband after an uninvited reporter went to a private memorial service he was attending for his late uncle.

Discussion: Guardian and @domponsford

Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

Mail on Sunday ‘sorry’ for gatecrashing Miliband family memorial service — Ed Miliband says reporter attended service for his uncle to question relatives about Daily Mail story on his father, Ralph — Ed Miliband has written to the proprietor of the Mail on Sunday, Lord Rothermere …

Discussion: @malidaily, @tolpuddletim, @okwonga, @lewiep and BuzzFeed

Guardian:
Daily Mail-Ed Miliband row casts cloud over press regulation talks

Discussion: The Independent

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Circa Releases Version 2 For iOS And Android, Adds Breaking News Notifications — Mobile news startup Circa is releasing a new version of its app with an updated interface for discovering and following news, with a big focus on breaking news. The app will allow users to get push notifications …

Discussion: GigaOM, AllThingsD, CNET, VentureBeat, Journalism.co.uk, Fast Company, @roblafave, GeekWire, The Next Web, Mashable and AdAge

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

With the new Circa, news follows you — Today, mobile news startup Circa is launching a new version of its iPhone app, expanding to Android, and is subtly shifting course with its strategy. Circa 2. still delivers news stories broken up into snippets, but it is adding a new focus …

Discussion: AppNewser and Wired

Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon Readies Set-Top Box for Holidays — Streaming Video Device Would Rival Roku, Apple TV — Amazon.com Inc. is taking steps toward releasing a video-streaming device in time for the holiday selling season, according to people briefed on the company's plans.

Discussion: Deadline.com, CNET, GigaOM, Los Angeles Times, AppleInsider, Reuters, Yahoo! News, Pocket-lint, ZDNet, Gizmodo, WebProNews, App Advice, Engadget, 9to5Mac and Digits

bitly blog:

Bitly's new state map shows where people get their news online — Introducing the Bitly Media Map! — Last March, Bitly teamed up with Forbes to produce a data visualization which looks at how 15 media properties are being disproportionately consumed online on a state-by-state basis over the month of April.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter, Business Insider, @bitly, @niemanlab, @bde and Mashable, Thanks:@steverubel

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Turner Nets Go Dark on Washington Post Co.'s Cable One, While Verizon FiOS Renews Pact — About 600,000 customers of Washington Post Co.-owned Cable One lost access to Turner Broadcasting System's cable channels Tuesday — which the programmer said is the first blackout in its history …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Radio & Television …

Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Turner Gets Fee Increase From Verizon

Discussion: @tedataca, Corporate Intelligence, Hollywood Reporter and Sun Herald

New York Times:

Social Networks in a Battle for the Second Screen — After “Breaking Bad” drew 10.3 million viewers to one of the most crowd-satisfying finales in television history on Sunday, Twitter and Facebook raced to tell the news media about the throngs who shared their instant reactions to the show on the social networks.

Discussion: @rozzy, Kirk LaPointe's …, @vindugoel and @clayco

Rebecca Theim / Poynter:

A year after daily publication ceased in Alabama and New Orleans, media market is ‘fractured’ — B.E. Mintz is attuned to the irony: After the 176-year-old New Orleans Times-Picayune ceased daily publication a year ago this week, “people took the position, 'I'm so angry that I have to read …

Peter Osnos / The Atlantic Online:

These Journalists Spent Two Years and $750,000 Covering One Story — It costs a lot, but investigative reporting can save lives. And non-profits lead the way in producing high-quality, in-depth stories. So who's going to pay for them? — In recent weeks, ProPublica has published a major …

Discussion: Journalism.org, @ralpublicrecord, @damiencave, @delong, @anjalimullany, @ron_fournier, @mikeriggs, @tcarmody, @kmbtweets and @davidhains

Stuart Elliott / New York Times:

Meredith and Scripps expand online video offerings with original shows — Two Media Mainstays Expand Their Video Presence — TWO companies that are mainstays in legacy media are expanding their presence in online video, producing more original Web series as they follow consumer eyeballs and advertiser dollars.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Variety and @zimbalist

Hayley Tsukayama / The Switch:

Capitol shooting gives new Twitter alert system its first major test — As people turned to Twitter to get updates on the shots fired at the Capitol, the office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms took advantage of a new Twitter tool that allows certain accounts — such as government offices …

Discussion: Politico, @marksluckie, @hadas_gold and @lydia_callis

David Taintor / Adweek:

Bleacher Report CEO Departing — Brian Grey, CEO of Bleacher Report, the highly trafficked sports blog network that Turner bought a year ago, is leaving the company, Turner Sports evp/COO Lenny Daniels said in a memo to staff today. “As we began planning for 2014 and beyond …

BBC:

Profile: Paul Dacre, Daily Mail editor — Paul Dacre has been editor of the Daily Mail since 1992. — He is also editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, which publishes titles including the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Metro. — Mr Dacre attended University College School in Hampstead …

Discussion: Channel 4 and Financial Times