Mediagazer: Kids Won't Read Investigative Journalism — But Maybe They'll Play a Videogame With the Same Message (Eric Johnson/AllThingsD)

2:00 PM ET, October 6, 2013

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Andy Kohut / Poynter:

Pew surveys of audience habits suggest perilous future for news — News organizations have been confronting the problem of a shrinking audience for more than a decade, but trends strongly suggest that these difficulties may only worsen over time. Today's younger and middle-aged audience seems unlikely …

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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:

Maybe news is just more efficient — I wonder whether Andrew Kohut got his analysis of Pew Research's latest survey of news consumption — as my West Virginia father would say — bassackwards. — Pew finds again that young people are spending less time with news — 46 minutes per day for millenials …

Discussion: @albertocairo

Eric Johnson / AllThingsD:

Kids Won't Read Investigative Journalism — But Maybe They'll Play a Videogame With the Same Message — It's hard enough to get adults to read serious journalism online. Even on its homepage, the Center for Investigative Reporting has “Read This Later” links to let readers save its articles …

Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

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Anand Giridharadas / New York Times:

Asking Americans the naive questions of an outsider, Al Jazeera obtains profound answers — An Outsider Looks at Life in America — NEW YORK — Al Jazeera wants to make its name as American as pizzaburgers. — But when Al Jazeera, the Qatarbased television empire that has long broadcast …

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David Carr / New York Times:

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Robin Hicks / Mumbrella Asia:

Wall Street Journal Asia digital editor Adam Najberg on the business of paywall journalism — Adam Najberg is digital editor for Asia at the Wall Street Journal, the first newspaper to charge its readers for content online. — In this interview, Najberg talks to Mumbrella Asia's editor Robin Hicks …

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David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:

At crucial time, cable news fails on shutdown, Obamacare — Lots of coverage on MSNBC, Fox and CNN, but few facts, little clarity — I did something foolish last week. I spent at least four hours a day with cable TV news, starting Tuesday. — I was hoping for some information and clarity …

Simon Rogers / Twitter blog:

Politicians, gov't agencies turn to Twitter amidst #Shutdown — The U.S. federal shutdown this week means that for many government departments and agencies Twitter accounts and websites are temporarily paused while negotiations continue. But others have not let the cessation stop them getting …

Discussion: @grossman

AFP:

Egypt journalist gets suspended jail term in military trial — An Egyptian military court Saturday handed a journalist a six-month suspended jail term for reporting without authorisation in a military zone of the Sinai , his lawyer and an army source said. — Ahmed Abu Derra was acquitted …

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Thomas Kent / The Huffington Post:

Who's a Journalist? Closing in on a Definition — The debate over “who's a journalist” is getting more urgent. Fortunately, the outlines of a definition are becoming clearer. Might some basic ethical tests help in further drawing the lines? — Once mainly a subject for navel-gazing …

Discussion: @froomkin and @radleybalko

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: @zimbalist, AdAge and @peterlauria3

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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.