Mediagazer: Of the 7,776 languages in use in the offline world, fewer than five percent exist online (Caitlin Dewey/WorldViews)

3:00 PM ET, December 8, 2013

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

The Thorny Challenge of Covering China — HOW do major American news organizations write about a Communist country with the world's second-largest economy — a country that doesn't believe in press rights and that punishes tough-minded coverage? — Aggressively? Cautiously? Fearlessly?

Discussion: @felixsalmon, @niubi, @jonathanshainin, @kgosztola, @blakehounshell, @dicktofel, @sarahkendzior, @raju, @jayrosen_nyu and Prof Chris Daly's Blog

Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Meaning of China's Crackdown on the Foreign Press

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Kathy Chu / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Media Firms Stymied in China

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:

Brian Stelter Officially Debuts as CNN's ‘Reliable Sources’ Host — The hour included a brief segment looking at the conflict of interest of CNN's Chris Cuomo interviewing his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. — Brian Stelter — Though he's appeared as a guest host since August …

Discussion: @wolfblitzer, @brianstelter, Inside TV and TVNewser

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Politico, Hill Reporters Get Rare Access For Hillary Clinton Book — NEW YORK — When CNN recently canceled a Hillary Clinton documentary, Charles Ferguson, the film's director, lashed out at the former secretary of state's aides. — Ferguson suggested that longtime Clinton protector Philippe Reines …

Caitlin Dewey / WorldViews:

Of the 7,776 languages in use in the offline world, fewer than five percent exist online — How the Internet is killing the world's languages — Less than five percent of current world languages are in use online, according to a recent study by prominent linguist András Kornai …

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Jessica Lessin talks about paywalls, The Information and the virtues of knowing who your audience is — Former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin got some attention when she left the newspaper six months ago to start a new online news venture, and this week she launched the project …

Discussion: @theinformation, StartupBook, @jessicalessin, @garrettgoodman, @gabestein, @jayrosen_nyu and Daring Fireball

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Profile: Time editor Nancy Gibbs, an insider navigating declining revenue at an iconic brand — Her ‘Time’ — On a Thursday afternoon in October, Nancy Gibbs, who shattered a glass ceiling the previous month when she became the first woman to reach the top of Time's masthead …

Discussion: @cschweitz and @tmcgev, Thanks:@steverubel

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

We Wrote a Heartbreaking and Terrifying Post about Viral Content without Lists or GIFs. Then You Clicked on It, and Magic Happened. … PinIt InstapaperPocketEmailPrint — As long as people have been publishing, they've been trying to figure out what will make large numbers of people burn …

Discussion: @fivethirtyeight and The Dish

Jack Shafer:

What's worse than sponsored content? The FTC regulating it — What's more dangerous to consumer well-being, sponsored content or the intervention of the Federal Trade Commission? On Wednesday, the agency held a conference, “Blurred Lines: Advertising or Content,” to “discuss native advertising,” as the New York Times put it.

Discussion: @bdeskin and PRNewser

Reuters:

Once piracy havens, China's Internet video websites turn police — (Reuters) - The website of China's biggest Internet video company Youku Tudou Inc was once a haven for illicit Hollywood blockbusters and hit South Korean soap operas, until it realised piracy really doesn't pay.

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …

Margaret Looney / IJNet:

Knight Lab's Joe Germuska: “We have to find room for the big experimental ideas” — What started as an idea for creating tools for local media in Chicago three years ago has evolved into an innovation hub for the global journalism and technology community. — The Knight Lab at Northwestern …

Nicole Levy / Capital New York:

Remnick: ‘New Yorker’ mulled biweekly route, once — Since news of New York's move to biweekly publishing in 2014 broke on Monday, media personalities have spun the decision two ways: as a promising flank of the magazine's digital advance and a dismal signifier of the industry's retreat from print.

Discussion: @nbj914

Jennifer Howard / Wired Campus:

Elsevier forces Academia.edu to take down research papers shared by their authors — Posting Your Latest Article? You Might Have to Take It Down — Guy Leonard received an unpleasant surprise in his inbox early this morning: a notice from Academia.edu saying it had taken down a copy …

Discussion: CNET, @jenhoward, Beyond Search, VentureBeat, @ai1sa, @bryanalexander, @thesiswhisperer, @jmarkockerbloom and @nowviskie

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elsevier Continues Its Efforts To Stifle The Sharing Of Knowledge To Pump Up Its Own Profits

Discussion: Sauropod Vertebra Picture …, @vkhosla, @hylopsar, @rmounce, @openscience, @bioinfocus, @lambo, @macloo, @glynmoody and @kevincarson1

Robert Mahoney / Committee to Protect Journalists:

A chill over British press — A prime minister says a newspaper has damaged national security and calls for its editor to be brought before Parliament; his government tells the same paper there has been “enough” debate on an issue and sends its security officials into the paper's offices …

Discussion: The New Yorker Blog, TechCrunch, TheHill and Free Press Blog

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

FCC Asks Sinclair to Revise Plans to Use ‘Sidecar’ Companies — Broadcaster Proposed to Spin Off Several Stations in Move to Sidestep Agency Rules in Allbritton TV Deal … The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. to amend or withdraw its plans …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck.com