Mediagazer: Why USA Today's huge growth in digital circulation isn't what it seems (Sam Kirkland/Poynter)

4:30 AM ET, November 1, 2013

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Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

Why USA Today's huge growth in digital circulation isn't what it seems — The Alliance for Audited Media released a new round of circulation figures today — a twice-yearly occasion for newspapers to write about themselves. In true Halloween spirit, a few of them published press releases disguised …

Discussion: Chicago Sun Times, Denver Post and Gannett Blog

Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Struggling industry throttles newspaper metrics — Unable to arrest years of declining ad sales and sliding print circulation, two key trade groups representing the newspaper industry have done the next best thing: — They effectively have stopped reporting on the metrics that make it possible …

Discussion: @newsosaur

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

USA Today's circulation up 67 percent? Newspaper industry makes comparisons increasingly difficult — Circulation in September 2013 rose at The New York Times, fell at The Wall Street Journal and skyrocketed at USA Today, according to figures released Thursday by the Alliance for Audited Media.

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Time Warner Left Bruised in Fee Battle With CBS — Time Warner Cable on Thursday reported the steepest quarterly loss of television subscribers in its history, which it attributed at least in part to the monthlong battle it had with the CBS Corporation in August. — The CBS blackout ended in early September.

Discussion: BGR, BuzzFeed, Gothamist and The Verge

David Lieberman / Deadline.com: Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt Reflects On 41 Years At An Industry That Fulfilled His Dreams

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner Cable Drops 306,000 TV Subs, In Part Because of CBS Blackout

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Times Co. Posts a Loss, Hurt by Sale of The Globe — The New York Times Company reported a quarterly loss on Thursday, attributable in large part, the company said, to expenses related to the sale of the New England Media Group, which included The Boston Globe, and some pension expenses.

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New York Times Company:
The New York Times Company Reports 2013 Third-Quarter Results

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: ‘Times’ C.E.O. touts advertising ‘innovation’ following report of sales struggles

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Phone hacking: Glenn Mulcaire was paid more than £400,000 by NoW — Jury hears that private investigator working for the News of the World was given ‘exceptional’ treatment at time of budget cuts — Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire had an “exceptional” arrangement with the News …

Discussion: @arusbridger

BBC:
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had affair lasting six years, UK phone-hacking trial hears

Discussion: Guardian, @emilybell, @davidfolkenflik, The Huffington Post, Financial Times, National Updates, Reuters, @tom_watson and Trust.org

Reuters:
Emails revealed phone-hacking at Murdoch tabloid, court hears

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Press Gazette:
News of the World hacked rival journalists as part of the ‘dog eat dog’ world of journalism

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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Vocativ Brings The Tools Of The Spy World Into The Newsroom — If you were to eavesdrop on social-media conversations all over the world involving the term “NSA” and run a sentiment analysis on the results, you'd probably find that the wire-tapping spy agency is none too popular with just about anyone these days.

Andrea Peterson / The Switch:

Comcast is donating heavily to defeat the mayor who is bringing gigabit fiber to Seattle — One of Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn's big policy initiatives has been expanding the quality and quantity of high-speed Internet access throughout the city. A public-private partnership plans …

Discussion: @jome20, TechCrunch and GeekWire

Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:

‘Ethnic media’ in today's journalism environment — A few weeks ago, my friend Jorge Rivas and I found ourselves whining to each other about PR flaks. My complaints were the standard stuff you hear around the newsroom, but his were different. Jorge is a national affairs correspondent for Fusion …

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Amazon launches ‘Day One’ journal, publishing a short story and poem every week — Amazon is launching its own literary journal, as the company's publishing arm continues to expand into just about every major market out there. The journal, called Day One, will feature a single piece of short fiction and a single poem in every issue.

Discussion: @viticci, @imyke, Melville House Books, PublishersWeekly.com and VentureBeat

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Norman Pearlstine leaves Bloomberg for Time Inc. — Veteran media exec returning to Time Inc., as company preps for spin-out from Time Warner. — FORTUNE — Media executive Norman Pearlstine is stepping down as Bloomberg LP's chief content officer, in order to take a similar position with Time Inc. (publisher of Fortune).

Discussion: New York Times, Folio, WWD Media Headlines, Talking Biz News and FishbowlNY

Harro Ten Wolde / Reuters:

German journalists urged to shun Google and Yahoo — (Reuters) - The union representing German journalists advised its members on Thursday to stop using Google and Yahoo because of reported snooping by U.S. and British intelligence. — “The German Federation of Journalists recommends journalists …

Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

How investigative journalism harnesses the latest tech — A look at some of the ways in which mobile journalism, drone journalism, social media and crowdsourcing is being maximised by investigative journalists — Copyright: Image by andresfranco.net Some rights reserved

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of outrageous confidence — Who expected a virtual coming-out party for the newspaper industry in late 2013? — In the past several weeks, we've seen new newspaper owners proudly raising the flags of their new enterprises, speaking grandly of their futures and spouting …

Discussion: @niemanlab

PJ Vogt / On The Media:

Mother Jones co-editor Clara Jeffrey talks about the subreddit ban of her magazine — WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN REDDITORS BAN YOUR WEBSITE — /R/ politics is one of Reddit's most popular subreddits, with over three million accounts subscribed. On Monday, its moderators added a bunch of websites to their banned list.

Discussion: Mother Jones, @onthemedia, @mmasnick and @dannysullivan