Mediagazer: 7digital close to takeover of UBC Media (James Quinn/Telegraph)

8:45 AM ET, November 25, 2013

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Signs of Change in News Mission at Bloomberg — Champagne flowed last Monday night as Hong Kong's business elite gathered with top Bloomberg L.P. executives at a dinner for 100 guests at a cultural center in a former British colonial military complex. — Multimedia

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David Carr / New York Times:

Overlook the Value of Interns at Great Peril — Last week, The New York Post ran the kind of heart-rending article tabloids excel at. A young woman, new to New York, found herself pushed beyond what she could bear, forced to work by a big bad corporation for a compensation of exactly zero.

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo's “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday — As AllThingsD had first reported in August that it was working on, Yahoo is poised to announce a deal with well-known television news star Katie Couric to do a high-profile online interview show on its home page.

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Couric Get Would Mean Yet Another Chase Of The Online Video Carrot For Yahoo

New York Times:

Drones Offer Journalists a Wider View — The best way to film the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, the Philippines, said Lewis Whyld, a British photographer, was from the air. — But Mr. Whyld did not want to beg for a ride on a military helicopter, taking the space of much-needed aid.

Discussion: Press Gazette, @nxthompson, New York Magazine and @suerobinsonuw, Thanks:@steverubel

Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:

Inside a Twitter Robot Factory — Fake Activity, Often Bought for Publicity Purposes, Influences Trending Topics — One day earlier this month, Jim Vidmar bought 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for $58 from an online vendor in Pakistan. — He then programmed the accounts to “follow” …

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Beastie Boys, ‘Girls’ Viral Video in Copyright Infringement Fight — Goldieblox, the company responsible for the “Princess Machine” advertisement, demands a declaratory judgment that its parody of the song is fair use. — Beastie Boys — This week, a toy company called Goldieblox ignited …

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Michael Wolff / USA Today:

At ‘Business Insider,’ it's time to sell — The digital traffic world is not a sound long-term play. — CONNECT — Henry Blodget is a savvy operator who took brilliant advantage of the dot-com bubble and who then, after having taken too much advantage and getting banned …

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James Quinn / Telegraph:

7digital close to takeover of UBC Media — Reverse takeover will give 7digital a market listing which could value the online music platform around £50m — 7digital, the online music platform, is close to signing a deal to takeover UBC Media Group which will see the business listed on the London Stock Exchange in the new year.

Discussion: Guardian, Music Week, Music Ally, Radio Today, VCPOST and hypebot

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

iVillage to Be Shuttered as Standalone Site, Folded into Today.com — iVillage, one of the earliest websites for women, will be folded into Today.com next spring, TVNewser has learned. The news of the dissolution of the standalone site is the second such move today.

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
NBC Shutting Down NBCLatino.com

Discussion: @latinoticias

Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

NBCUniversal to Buy Stake in AllThingsD Founders' New Venture — Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, the technology journalists who founded AllThingsD, have enlisted support for their new venture from NBCUniversal, which will take a minority stake, an individual with knowledge of the negotiations told TheWrap.

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Why Comcast isn't worried about the Xbox One — For its 50th birthday, Comcast would like another half-century of television dominance — While the tech world's attention is firmly planted on the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, and their bids to take over the living room, Comcast is having a party.

Discussion: @backlon

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

After Changes, How Green Is The Times? — EARLY this year, The Times came under heavy criticism from many readers who care deeply about news coverage about the environment — especially climate change. — In January, The Times dismantled its “pod” of reporters and editors devoted to that subject.

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Bob Lefsetz / Variety:

Internet revenue could restore the balance of power between artist and distributor — Internet revenue could restore the balance of power between artist and distributor — Once upon a time recording was profitable. — Then MTV came along, and with the advent of the CD, revenues soared.

Discussion: The Verge and Guardian

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

One Way or Another, Big TV Is Getting Bigger. Will You Care? — Can Comcast, the country's biggest pay-TV provider, really get bigger? — That's the scenario that's floating out today, sparked by CNBC's report that Time Warner Cable, the country's second-biggest cable company, might be looking to Comcast as a white knight.

Discussion: The Wrap, Forbes, Radio & Television … and Broadcasting & Cable