Mediagazer: Twitter's Overlooked Data Business Could Grow As Retailers Mine Chatter (Kate Kaye/AdAge)

9:15 PM ET, October 4, 2013

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Twitter Close to Picking High-Profile Head of News to Make Even Nicer With Media Types — Twitter, which made some sort of financial news yesterday, is close to tapping a person to become its head of news, according to sources close to the search. — Sources said that the San Francisco …

Discussion: Talking Biz News and @rubinafillion

AllThingsD:

Vivian Schiller Is Lead Candidate for Twitter's Head of News Position — According to sources close to the situation, NBC News chief digital officer Vivian Schiller is currently the leading choice for Twitter's Head of News position, which the company hopes to name soon.

Discussion: @johnekdahl, @agolis, @sachapfeiffer and @karaswisher

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Twitter's ‘head of news’ position up in the air as company files to go public — One of the hottest journalism jobs on the market in recent months has been “Head of News and Journalism Partnerships” for Twitter, which is on the road to an initial public offering.

Discussion: @rajunarisetti, @taylorlorenz and Talking Biz News

Quartz:

Twitter's average ad revenue per user was $0.55 in Q2 2013, compared to $1.41 for Facebook — Twitter didn't disclose its average revenue per user, but we've calculated it for you, anyway — Ahead of Twitter's IPO filing, the key figure anticipated by investors was the company's average revenue per user.

Discussion: AllThingsD, CNNMoney.com, GigaOM, @mindtwisterdean, Forbes, Wonkblog, Digits, AllThingsD, Tom Simonite and Businessweek

Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:

How Twitter's Business Model Is Just Like Broadcast TV — Only Worse — In its IPO filing, Twitter describes itself as a “global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time.” Casually, it is referred to as a microblogging service or an internet social-messaging network.

Discussion: @peterlauria3

Kate Kaye / AdAge: Twitter's Overlooked Data Business Could Grow As Retailers Mine Chatter

Pema Levy / Newsweek:

Profile: Marcy Wheeler, the expert behind the NSA-focused emptywheel blog — THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS THE NSA'S SECRETS — Trawling for needles in the data haystack

Discussion: @trevortimm, @straightedge, @nslayton, @kgosztola, @medeabenjamin, @jayrosen_nyu, @seanpaulkelley, @mmasnick, @rsingel, @repjustinamash, @wizardkitten, @astepanovich, @ggreenwald and @timkarr

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Jim Impoco aims for ‘must-read’ status with new Newsweek — Jim Impoco became the latest editor of Newsweek just three weeks ago, after IBT Media bought the dying digital-only title from Barry Diller's IAC Interactive. In that time he's hired nearly two dozen staffers …

Discussion: The New York Observer, @niemanlab, @petersterne, @jayrosen_nyu, FishbowlNY, @mlcalderone and The Huffington Post

Economist:

What newspapers can learn from television — LAST November Mike Darcey, then a top executive at BSkyB, a British satellite-television company, received a phone call from Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation. Mr Murdoch wanted him to run News UK (formerly News International) …

Discussion: @rajunarisetti and @niemanlab

Leonard Downie Jr. / Washington Post:

In Obama's war on leaks, reporters fight back — Leonard Downie, a former executive editor of The Washington Post, is the Weil family professor of journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. This article is based on his report “The Obama Administration and the Press …

Discussion: @postbaron, @cmcyclist, @poynter, @dabeard, @jeremiahg, @sulliview, @jenvalentino, @billadairduke and Poynter

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A few years ago, the idea of a World After Advertising seemed odd for newspapers. Today, it seems like a rapidly approaching reality. — HAMBURG — In 2011, a German regional media group sponsored the World After Advertising conference in Dusseldorf, at which I spoke. The title seemed a little odd back then.

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

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
With print advertising in decline, German newspapers look toward digital business models

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Kirk LaPointe's …, @stevebuttry and @rajunarisetti

Trudy Lieberman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Reviewing Obamacare coverage: Week 1 — A look at the good, the not-so-good, the interesting, and the opportunities ahead — It's been overshadowed a little bit by the shutdown in Washington, but this week marked the rollout—at long last—of the Affordable Care Act, and with it came a wave of media attention.

Discussion: Forbes, The Raw Story and msnbc.com

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

CBS Extends David Letterman Contract Through 2015 — The late night host will stay on at the network, as competitor NBC moves Jimmy Fallon into Jay Leno's desk. — David Letterman is staying put at CBS. — Despite long-gestating rumblings that the late night veteran was readying for retirement …

Discussion: New York Times, The Wrap, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone

Jethro Nededog / The Wrap:

Fusion Names Univision's Isaac Lee as CEO — See press release below: — Fusion today announced that veteran journalist Isaac Lee will become Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. In this new role Mr. Lee, who will continue to serve as President of Univision News …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, TVNewser and Variety

Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

HBO COO Eric Kessler to Exit — Execs was at HBO for 27 years — Editor-in-chief: Digital — @awallenstein — HBO COO Eric Kessler is exiting the company, the network announced Friday. — The position is being eliminated. All executies who reported to Kessler are now reporting to CEO Richard Plepler.

Discussion: Deadline.com, The Wrap, AllThingsD and Broadcasting & Cable

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Loom Gets $1.4 Million in Seed Funding From Google, Tencent to Build a Better Photo Library — Seeking to stand out in a crowded photo-storage space, Loom said on Friday that it has raised a $1.4 million seed round to fund its vision for syncing photos across multiple devices.

Discussion: VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Jim Romenesko:

Controversial Journal Inquirer editor: ‘If my opinion is so wacky, why bother with it?’ — Manchester (Conn.) Journal Inquirer managing editor Chris Powell was blasted earlier this week after he wrote that “newspapers cannot sell themselves to households headed by single women who have several children …

Discussion: Hartford Courant and The Huffington Post

Raymond Bonner / ProPublica:

Former NYT writer Raymond Bonner describes government investigation into his reporting — How a Telecom Helped the Government Spy on Me — Over the past several months, the Obama Administration has defended the government's far-reaching data collection efforts, arguing that only criminals and terrorists need worry.

Discussion: Guardian

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Apple officially appeals in ebook pricing case — Apple has filed its appeal against federal judge Denise Cote's verdict in the ebook pricing case. Apple seeks to overturn Judge Cote's July verdict that it was guilty of conspiring with publishers to fix ebook prices, as well as the September 6 injunction …

Discussion: CNET, AllThingsD, AppleInsider, The Verge, BGR and SlashGear

Kevin Anderson / Strange Attractor:

ProPublica, This American Life and acetaminophen: $750,000 to state the obvious — ProPublica and This American Life, both which I love, are making some waves for a story highlighting the risks of taking too much acetaminophen (known as paracetamol in the UK).

Discussion: @ryanchittum