Mediagazer: Retina iPad mini is now available, prices start at $399 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

3:20 AM ET, November 12, 2013

Top News:

Ted Johnson / Variety:

News Corp Reports 3% Drop in Revenue in First Quarter — News Corp, the recently spun off publishing side of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, reported that its revenue fell in the first quarter of its fiscal 2014, due to lower advertising revenue and foreign exchange fluctuations.

Discussion: Reuters, Guardian, Associated Press, Business Insider, @joepompeo, The Huffington Post, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, AdAge, Wall Street Journal, @peterlauria3, The Wrap, USA Today, Bloomberg and Forbes

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

In first ‘new’ News Corp. earnings call, lower numbers and a shift to mobile — News Corp. executives are touting mobile as a major growth area for the company, which in its current configuration has now been publicly traded for approximately four months following a corporate split …

Discussion: @joepompeo

Samuel Rubenfeld / Risk & Compliance:
News Corp Spends $40 Million on UK Newspaper Scandal

Discussion: @joanneleon

Darren Davidson / The Australian: News Corp boosts Q1 income to $38m despite revenue dip

mUmBRELLA:
News Corp's Australian newspapers sees 22 per cent revenue drop

Discussion: MarketWatch

Nina Mandell / USA Today:

IOC spokesman: Journalists free to Instagram at Sochi Olympics — Journalists will be allowed to use Instagram, Twitter and other social media to post still photos and news from the Sochi Olympics, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams confirmed to For The Win in an email on Monday.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Poynter, The Verge, @lucykafanov, @antderosa, @bydanielvictor, Tubefilter, CNET, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch and Digital Spy

Matthew Lynch / Capital New York:

Hugo Lindgren is out as editor of ‘The New York Times Magazine’ — Hugo Lindgren is leaving his position as editor of The New York Times Magazine at the end of the year, Capital has learned. — There's no word yet on plans for a successor. — Rumors of a change at the paper's glossy Sunday supplement leaked out this afternoon.

Discussion: @evanasmith, @morningmoneyben, @romenesko and Hollywood Reporter

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

Retina iPad mini is now available, prices start at $399 — Sure the iPad Air is thin, light and has amazing battery life, but the arrival of its smaller cousin is about to make your choice more difficult. Apple's upgraded 8-inch slate, the Retina iPad mini, is now available, popping up in Apple's online stores around the globe.

Discussion: Forbes, TechCrunch, MacRumors, @sebastienpage, TechGuySmartBuy, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and MacRumors

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘CJR’ preparing to name new editor-in-chief — Columbia Journalism Review, the media-industry bible whose top masthead slot has been vacant since the spring, is expected to announce a new editor-in-chief soon. — Sources familiar with the process told Capital that the search had recently focused …

Discussion: @romenesko and @jpodhoretz

Bloomberg:

Malone's Liberty Global Said in Talks to Buy Intel's TV Service — John Malone's Liberty Global (LBTYA) Plc, the European cable operator, is in talks to acquire Intel Corp. (INTC)'s online pay-TV service under development, said three people with knowledge of the situation.

Discussion: CNET, @pkafka and @jessicalessin

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

A Co-President Quits Disney's Video Game and Web Unit — LOS ANGELES — John Pleasants, the hard-charging co-president of Disney's video game and web division, announced his resignation on Monday, effective immediately, although he will continue as a consultant for a while.

Discussion: AllThingsD and Polygon

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Nathan Richardson out at AOL — Nathan Richardson, the Internet executive who co-founded Sen. Cory Booker's troubled tech start-up Waywire, is stepping down as president of AOL Live just two-and-a-half months after getting the job, POLITICO has learned. — Richardson joined AOL in late August …

Discussion: TechCrunch and Variety

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

CNN wooing New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter — CNN is in advanced negotiations with New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter, people close to the situation said. Stelter, who has covered the television news and entertainment industry for the New York Times since 2007 …

Discussion: @jbflint

Christopher Heine / Adweek:

Spotify Tunes Up First U.S. TV Deal With Bravo Play lists to support cable premieres this month — Bravo's quartet of November premieres will include a cross-promotion deal with Spotify, which lands its first TV-focused partnership in the United States with this initiative.

Discussion: The Wrap, Mashable and Broadcasting & Cable

Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:

At newspapers, photographers feel the brunt of job cuts — Monica Anderson is a Researcher at the Pew Research Center's Journalism Project.

Discussion: Poynter, @dzalcman and The Huffington Post

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

Slow Media leader Aeon launches new site for short films — Two months ago, Aeon Magazine had its first birthday and I pointed to it and said it was my favorite magazine on the Internet. It is one of the best examples of “slow media” on the Web. By publishing just one longform story …

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Bloomberg LP Launches Franchise in Unusual Collaboration — Bloomberg LP is launching a new franchise that involves an unprecedented amount of collaboration between its business units. The Year Ahead: 2014, a primer for CEOs, will involve 10 platforms across the company producing a special issue …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Online NewsHour, Fox News, Talking Biz News, Talking Biz News and Telegraph

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Video Head Erin McPherson Heads for Maker Studios, the Giant YouTube Network — Erin McPherson, the Yahoo executive who has been in charge of the portal's video efforts, is leaving the company. She's going to Maker Studios, the giant YouTube network that's trying to build a business outside of the world's biggest video site.

Discussion: The Wrap, @pkafka, @karaswisher, Tubefilter, Variety and @rosslevinsohn

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Video Usage More Than 10 Times Amazon and Hulu Combined — YouTube share of downstream traffic during peak hours rose to 18.6% in September, according to study — Netflix remains the biggest pig in the broadband python, representing 31.6% of all downstream Internet traffic …

Discussion: VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Quartz, The Atlantic Wire, Hollywood Reporter, AppleInsider, Gigaom, WebProNews and CNET

Alex Pham / Billboard:

NMPA Targets Unlicensed Lyric Sites, Rap Genius Among 50 Sent Take-Down Notices — The National Music Publishers Association on Monday fired an opening salvo at lyric sites that it believes have not obtained licenses to publish those lyrics, including Rap Genius, a high-flying New York startup …

Discussion: New York Times, CNET, Variety and The Wrap