Mediagazer: ‘New York Times’ closes R&D Ventures (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

9:50 AM ET, October 23, 2013

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AP reporter's mistake: Did the punishment fit the crime? — Reporters, you may have noticed, make lots of mistakes. But an error made by an Associated Press reporter in a 112-word story this month has proved particularly damaging — especially to the reporter and his editors …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @lisamillar, @timmydoe, @stefanjbecket, @jayrosen_nyu, @davidnakamura, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post

Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Which reporting errors will get one fired? Good luck finding clear standards

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘New York Times’ closes R&D Ventures — The New York Times Company has shuttered R&D Ventures, a spinoff of its in-house technology think tank, the R&D Lab, Capital has learned. — R&D Ventures was conceived in early 2012 as a vehicle for commercializing innovations spawned by the R&D Lab …

Discussion: @margafret and @tcarmody

Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:

BBC Global News, Latest Twitter Partner, Starts Series of Original In-Tweet Video Reports — ‘#BBCTrending’ Will Give Viewers the Story on News and Memes Circulating on Social Media — BBC Global News has struck a deal to serve sponsored video clips inside paid tweets via Twitter's growing …

Discussion: bizjournals and Mashable

Terry Pristin / New York Times:

Struggling Newspapers Sell Off Old Headquarters — They were once major symbols of civic pride and influence, often situated in the heart of the city, and nearly equal in stature to nearby city halls, courthouses and other major public buildings. — But increasingly, many of the buildings …

Discussion: @lizrappaport and @palewire

Erik Maza / WWD:

Condé Nast Discontinuing Internship Program — INTERNSHIPS ENDING: Condé Nast has decided to discontinue its internship program starting in 2014, WWD has learned. The end of the program comes after the publisher was sued this summer by two former interns who claimed …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @propublica and @snpsnpsnp

Columbia Journalism Review:

On the NSA, the media may tilt right — An inquiry finds a pro-surveillance bias in the language — Since June 6, the world has been roiled by an ongoing series of disclosures based on Edward Snowden's document leaks, with coverage led by the Guardian and the Washington Post …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Facebook Reverses Stance — Again — On Violent Viral Video — Sometimes figuring out the fine line between free expression and overly objectionable content is harder than you'd think. — Just ask Facebook, which on Tuesday reversed a stance it took just 24 hours previously and removed …

Discussion: @mikeisaac, The Next Web, VatorNews, The Verge, Softpedia News, New York Magazine, Guardian and Kirk LaPointe's …

Sarah Lyall / New York Times:

Meet Tim Burke, the sports journalist behind Deadspin's GIFs — Maker of Animated GIFs Waits for Offbeat Moments — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — At 2:44 p.m. on a recent Sunday, Tim Burke took a moment from monitoring numerous N.F.L. games for the sports Web site Deadspin to post something …

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Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:

This Brutal Takedown of BuzzFeed Lists Gets One Point Wrong — Maddox, the man behind “The Best Page in the Universe,” hates BuzzFeed. We know this because of his new post, “I Hate BuzzFeed,” and its accompanying video, titled, “I Hate BuzzFeed.” It's an unrelenting attack — but he gets one point wrong.

Discussion: HyperVocal and SocialTimes

Megha Rajagopalan / Reuters:

Free our reporter, begs newspaper as China cracks down on journalists — (Reuters) - A Chinese newspaper pleaded with police on Wednesday to release an investigative reporter accused of defamation in an unusual public rebuke amid a wider government crackdown on freedom of expression.

Discussion: Bloomberg, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Voice of America and Guardian

Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:

New EU data regs may affect reporting — Journalists and publishers warn of a chilling effect — On Monday night, the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament passed one of the strongest data protection regulations in the world. The intent of the law is to strengthen personal privacy in the digital age.

Discussion: Slate, Bloomberg, TIME, DW.DE, Courthouse News Service, Reuters, Guardian, Digits and New York Times

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Four more Reuters.com employees depart in the wake of Reuters Next debacle — At least four Reuters employees have decided to leave the company following the dissolution of Reuters Next, an expensive and ambitious consumer-facing web reboot that was killed last month.

Discussion: Talking Biz News, @moorehn and @moorehn

Ryan Tate / Wired:

With David Pogue Hire, Yahoo Joins the Journalism Investment Boom — Following in the footsteps of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and venture capital firm Accel Partners, Yahoo has pumped new money into original journalism, launching a website with prominent tech reviewer David Pogue.

Discussion: Softpedia News