Mediagazer: Randy Freer Named President and COO of Fox Networks Group (Alex Ben Block/Hollywood Reporter)

10:00 AM ET, October 29, 2013

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Nick Cohen / Spectator:

British journalists lock each other up and throw away the key — In the past few days, my colleagues on the Guardian have been publishing stories of national and international significance - indeed, if truth be told, they have been publishing them for most of the autumn.

Discussion: @tphallett, @johnmcquaid, @piersmorgan, @samrich91, @tomchivers, @alexmassie and @neilwallis1

Reuters:
Britain's Cameron says may act against newspapers over spy leaks

Discussion: Guardian, FishbowlNY, BBC, @mikko, @astroehlein, @auerfeld, The Daily Caller, @kenroth, @peterjukes, @markwatts_1, The Huffington Post, @latentexistence, @dailyquail, @ncilla, @ggreenwald, @ian_fraser, @ggreenwald, @mattblaze, @mlcalderone and @pbump

Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

Aereo may have 100K subscribers in New York - that could be trouble — Aereo, the start-up that lets people watch over-the-air TV for $8/month, is giving broadcasters fits and delighting consumers looking to break free of over-priced cable bundles. But, until now, no has been quite sure how many people are actually using the service.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Wall Street Journal, @shaliniwsj and IP&TV News

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Sky takes on Netflix with £4.99 Now TV entertainment package — Ten channels including Sky Atlantic, with shows such as Game of Thrones and Mad Men, offered without a pay-TV subscription — Sky's on-demand service, Now TV, is to offer 10 entertainment channels including Sky1 …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Digital Spy, Inquirer, Telegraph, Advanced Television, Cable UK Blogs, Crave, Broadband TV News, IP&TV News, Digital TV Europe, broadcastnow.co.uk and Pocket-lint

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Netflix Flirts With a New Idea: “Big” Movies at Your House, the Same Day They're in Theaters — Netflix made a splash this year by creating its own TV shows and delivering them over the Web. Now it's toying with the same idea for movies. — This summer, the company announced that it in addition …

Discussion: Mercury News, The Switch, Business Insider, Softpedia News, @zkahn94, The Wrap, DSLreports, Gigaom and @samatlounge

Alex Stedman / Variety:
Theater Owners ‘Might Kill Movies,’ Warns Netflix's Sarandos

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Home Media Magazine, Rolling Stone and Los Angeles Times

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

Al Jazeera America Expanding With More Bureaus, Staff, Hours — Al Jazeera America plans an ambitious expansion that will include more bureaus and staff, more hours of coverage, wider distribution and a greater emphasis on investigative reporting, the network announced Tuesday.

Discussion: Variety and Al Jazeera

Jim Romenesko:

Thomson Reuters beats Wall Street's expectations, plans to cut 3,000 positions — Thomson Reuters on Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit of 48 cents per share, beating Wall Street expectations by 4 cents. “Our Financial business achieved positive net sales for the first time in more than two years …

Discussion: Reuters and Talking Biz News

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Knight Foundation's report on journalism non-profits says they can become sustainable — Knight Foundation support for nonprofit news startups shifts focus to growth, sustainability — The Knight Foundation has released a detailed new report today arguing that well-run nonprofit news sites …

Discussion: Knight Foundation, NetNewsCheck Latest and @jayrosen_nyu

Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:

‘Complex’ starts, in a small way, to spend that 25M — Last week when Sasha Hecht announced she was leaving her position as managing editor of Vice's music channel, Noisey, to become the managing editor of Complex Music, she was joining a bit of club. — Hecht joined Vice Media two years ago …

Discussion: @joepompeo

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

“Post-Print” Startup Stateless Media Creates Short, Smart Documentaries For The Web — My recent conversation with Stateless Media's Peter Savodnik was a bit discombobulating. He's had what seems like a successful career in longform journalism, with publications in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and elsewhere.

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

SoundCloud Now Reaches 250 Million Visitors In Its Quest To Become The Audio Platform Of The Web — Today at Disrupt Europe, SoundCloud co-founder and CEO Alexander Ljung took the stage to share two new updates and share his thoughts on the music industry, music startups and more.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Softpedia News and The Next Web

Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

How NYTimes, Guardian and ProPublica collaborated on the NSA files — The Guardian was the news outlet to break the initial story on mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA), but by the end of August it had joined forces with first the New York Times and then ProPublica.

Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Media Outlets Embrace Conferences as Profits Rise — Financially struggling media companies are racing to add conferences, festivals and other live events to their business strategy, convinced they can provide a reliable revenue stream and expand the reach of their brands.

Discussion: @reformedbroker