Mediagazer: Pew: One in three Americans owns a tablet, one in four owns an e-reader, and 43% have one or the other (Emil Protalinski/The Next Web)

1:10 PM ET, October 18, 2013

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Raju Narisetti / Digiday:

To Save Journalism, News Needs to Buy Into Data — Smart news organizations will move from a “tracking” mentality that simply lists what audiences are doing to focus on what any such insight could mean for both journalism and the business of journalism. Newsrooms need to embrace the kind of number-crunching more common to marketers.

Discussion: @albertocairo

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Disney once again considering sale of local TV stations — Walt Disney Co. is looking to hire an investment bank to explore a possible sale of its eight owned and operated television stations, a move that could reap billions, The Post has learned. — Disney's ABC-affiliated stations …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TVSpy

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

Pierre Omidyar, Investigative Journalism's New Patron Saint — The Iranian-American founder of eBay plans to sink millions into a new investigative media project with journalist Glenn Greenwald. Friends and employees tell Lloyd Grove his big move into media is driven by his passion for American democracy.

Discussion: paidContent

Henry Farrell / The Monkey Cage:
Why Glenn Greenwald's new media venture is a big deal

Discussion: Jack Shafer, @ageis, @ethanz, @jayrosen_nyu and TheBlaze.com

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
What does Pierre Omidyar see in journalism?

Discussion: Media Money …, USA Today, Big News Network.com, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone, @raju and Corporate Intelligence

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

YouTube Becoming a Mobile First Company — Remember last year, when the YouTube app disappeared from iPhones, then returned, as part of YouTube's effort to overhaul all of its mobile apps? — Now we can see why YouTube placed such high importance on controlling its mobile experience …

Discussion: TechCrunch, @pkafka, Softpedia News, @newswhip and Yahoo! News

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

New book: ‘Wall Street Journal’ reporters stymied on News Corp. phone-hack scandal — During the height of News Corp.'s phone-hacking drama in 2011, journalists at the company's blue-chip American broadsheet grappled with efforts from higher-ups to muzzle their coverage of the scandal …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Guardian, The Huffington Post, @matthewwells, @joepompeo, @ryanchittum and ZDNet

Cassell Bryan-Low / Wall Street Journal:
British judge forbids WSJ from publishing names in Libor fraud probe

Discussion: International Business Times, @raju, @murraymatt, @charlesforelle, @bruceorwall, City A.M. Feed, @fieldproducer, @murraymatt, @samcoatestimes, @evanperez, @johngapper, @kevinjdelaney, @johnmcquaid and @scottmaustin

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BBC Worldwide to take on Netflix, Amazon and Hulu with new strategy — Commercial arm to fold plans for global iPlayer into BBC.com, roll out digital store and boost programming spend by £30m — BBC Worldwide chief Tim Davie has unveiled his vision for the future of the corporation's commercial arm …

Discussion: GigaOM, Broadcasting & Cable and Variety

Dylan Byers / Politico:

AP's Bob Lewis suspended after McAuliffe flub — Bob Lewis, the Associated Press political reporter who last week published an erroneous report about Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, has been temporarily suspended, POLITICO has learned. — Lewis, a highly respected veteran …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Former BBC boss Mark Thompson to face MPs over £100m DMI fiasco — Current New York Times chief executive to be asked if he misled parliamentary committee about Digital Media Initiative in 2011 — Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has been recalled to parliament …

Discussion: BBC and Financial Times

Evan Dashevsky / TechHive:

BitTorrent teams up with Vice to distribute original video content for hipsters — In a further bid to re-brand itself as a legit medium rather than a mere playground for content pirates, Bit Torrent has teamed up with Brooklyn-based youth culture juggernaut Vice Media to distribute original video content.

Discussion: The Wrap, Betabeat and Variety

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Aereo comes to Detroit on October 28. Can it really hit 22 cities by the end of 2013? — Aereo is coming to Detroit and surrounding counties on October 28, the company announced Friday. — Detroit is the thirteenth city where Aereo has announced plans to launch this year.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Radio & Television …, All Aereo, The Wrap, TechCrunch and Softpedia News

Press Gazette:

ITV News head of production Cristina Nicolotti Squires named editor of 5 News — ITV news head of output Cristina Nicolotti Squires has been named by ITN as the new editor of Channel 5 News. — She replaces Geoff Hill, who is leaving to join ITV News and has been editor of Channel 5 News since 2011 …

Discussion: Guardian

Guardian:

UK's top prosecutor defends journalists who break law in public interest — Keir Starmer says his guidelines are drafted to let journalists pursue difficult stories without fear of prosecution — Britain's most senior prosecutor has launched a robust defence of journalists who break …

Discussion: @arusbridger, @suigenerisjen and GigaOM

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Why Amazon Is Ready to Think Inside the Box — The retail giant's set-top strategy contrasts sharply with Netflix's content-centric approach — Amazon and Netflix are the two biggest sharks in the surging Internet video subscription pool. They're both plowing millions into original TV production …

Tim Sampson / Daily Dot:

Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief warns of corruption — When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective battle plan. For the entirety of the campaign, cofounder Jimmy Wales stared visitors …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Don't go looking for a print copy of the International New York Times in Bangalore — When The New York Times retired the International Herald Tribune name earlier this week, the paper launched itself on a grand world tour to mark the global reach of the International New York Times.

Discussion: Poynter and @niemanlab

Jim Romenesko:

McClatchy ‘avoids budgeting’ furloughs for 2014, but implements one-year wage freeze — McClatchy's CEO tells employees that “the company is working hard to avoid furloughs that are disruptive, discouraging and financially difficult to manage,” but wages will be frozen in 2014. — THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S MEMO

Discussion: bizjournals

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Pragmatic Publishers Move Beyond the Great Paywall Debate — Starting next year, the New York Times will begin offering a pair of new digital-only subscription products at different rates in order to help it remain profitable and relevant. That will bring the various subscription options to more than the three it now has.

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Pew: One in three Americans owns a tablet, one in four owns an e-reader, and 43% have one or the other — One in three Americans now owns a tablet, or 35 percent of the population aged 16 and older. At the same time, one in four US citizens at least 16-years-old now owns an e-reader.

Discussion: GeekWire