Mediagazer: Amazon launches ‘Day One’ journal, publishing a short story and poem every week (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

10:55 PM ET, October 31, 2013

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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.

Discussion: Associated Press, Gannett Blog, Capital New York, The Wrap, Alliance for Audited Media, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Media & Entertainment, Radio & Television …, Bloomberg and NetNewsCheck Latest

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: 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 …

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 — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) announced an operating profit of $12.9 million in the third quarter of 2013 compared with $8.9 million in the same period of 2012.

Discussion: AdExchanger, @niemanlab and @zseward

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

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, Gothamist, BuzzFeed 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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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 …

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BBC:
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had affair lasting six years, UK phone-hacking trial 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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Reuters:
Emails revealed phone-hacking at Murdoch tabloid, court hears

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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

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Time Inc. Signs on With Flipboard — No. 1 magazine publisher Time Inc. announced plans to put its magazine content on Flipboard. People and InStyle will roll out this week on the mobile news aggregator app, with Time and Fortune scheduled to follow in December.

Discussion: Adweek, Gigaom, The Verge, The Next Web, @time_inc and Engadget

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

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.

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: Melville House Books, PublishersWeekly.com, AppNewser and VentureBeat

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Betsy Rothstein out at Fishbowl DC — Betsy Rothstein, the trouble-starting scourge of the Washington media, has resigned as editor of the news and gossip site Fishbowl DC. — “Whether raging waters or smooth sailing, my 3 years at FishbowlDC have been the perfect storm. Onto new adventures.

Discussion: @betsyscribeindc, City Desk, @radleybalko, The Huffington Post and Poynter

Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:

Twitter Marks Philadelphia City Paper as Spam, Breaks All Links to the Site — With an election looming in less than a week, journalists are being pressed into holding off on publishing their work, for fear that they won't be able to serve it to readers. — Reporter Daniel Denvir has a story that's burning a hole in his pocket.

Discussion: @citypaper, @cosmocatalano, @citypaper, @tiffanyg89 and @altweeklies

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, @dannysullivan, Daily Dot and @mmasnick

Roxanne Cooper / The Raw Story:

Village Voice editor Tony Ortega to helm editorial at Raw Story — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Village Voice editor Tony Ortega to helm editorial at Raw Story — BERKELEY, CA - October 31, 2013 — Raw Story is pleased to announce that Tony Ortega, former editor-in-chief at The Village Voice …

Discussion: Capital New York, FishbowlNY and @rawstory