Mediagazer: Facebook killing ‘sponsored stories’ in April — but your name may still show up next to ads (Eric Blattberg/VentureBeat)

11:45 AM ET, January 10, 2014

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Co-Chief Eric Eldon Leaving TechCrunch — One half of the duo operating Silicon Valley's industry blog of record is making his exit. After a little over two years at the helm alongside Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch co-editor Eric Eldon will soon depart the site. He planned to make the news official next week.

Discussion: @eldon, @jguynn, @tolles, @pickavet, Talking Biz News, @megan, @jguynn, @caseynewton and @mikeisaac

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Matthew Panzarino replacing Eric Eldon as TechCrunch co-editor, Leena Rao becomes managing editor

Discussion: @panzer, @leenarao, @adamnash, @scottbeale, @kluo and @anthonyha

Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
It's Never Too Early To Say Goodbye

Discussion: @willoremus, @jeff, @gaberivera, @eldon, ParisLemon, @om, @joshelman, @johnolilly and @jasonkincaid

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

Random House Moves Up Publication Date of Roger Ailes Biography — Because of “heavy media attention and heightened interest,” Random House is moving the publication date of Gabe Sherman's book on Roger Ailes up a week, Politico's Dylan Byers reports. The book, originally scheduled …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @peterjukes and The Wrap

Wall Street Journal:
21st Century Fox Plans to Delist From Australian Market

Discussion: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, The Independent, Associated Press, Sydney Morning Herald, TheAustralian, Los Angeles Times and Guardian

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
More excerpts from Ailes bio: Fox News battles with Murdoch sons, Peter Chernin and more

Discussion: Capital New York, Variety, The Huffington Post, Politico, Talking Biz News, @peterjukes, @buzzfeedandrew, @neilchenoweth, Erik Wemple and Hollywood Reporter

Journalism.co.uk:

Washington Post ‘most popular’ US newspaper on Twitter in 2013 — A study reveals the 10 most popular US newspaper websites on Twitter during 2013, as well as the most tweeted stories — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...

Discussion: Worldwide success …, The Huffington Post, The Realtime Report, @dkiesow, @raju, The Drum and Digital Media Wire

Erik Wemple:

New Jersey's Record used persistent reporting, records requests and leaks for Christie story — The Record nails Christie story — Martin Gottlieb, editor of the (Bergen, N.J.) Record, has a lot of great things to say about his employer. Though his newsroom has had to deal with a bit …

John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ushers In Crowd-Sourced TV — The actor is taking his web project “hitRECord” to cable — For the first episode of the new cable series “HitRecord on TV,” producers had to squeeze 426 names into the closing credits, about four times the amount that scrolls through a typical half-hour TV show.

Discussion: Rolling Stone, UPI, Hollywood Reporter, The Inquisitr News, SPIN and PopWatch

Lorraine Bailey / Courthouse News Service:

Anonymous Yelp Users Face Identity Disclosure — (CN) - Yelp must identify seven anonymous reviewers who left negative reviews for a carpet-cleaning business, a Virginia appeals court ruled. With approximately 102 million unique visitors every month, the Yelp website allows users to post and read reviews of local businesses.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Washington Times, SFoodie, Daily Mail, Inside Scoop SF, Consumerist, CNET, NPR, ABA Journal Daily News, Eater National and Gawker

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

Nook sales crashed by over 66 percent during 2013 holiday season — Barnes & Noble CEO attributes drop to lower prices, no new products last year. — Back in August 2013, Barnes & Noble declared that it wasn't giving up on its Nook e-reader just yet. Despite its struggles …

Discussion: Softpedia News, Talking Biz News, The Verge and Gigaom

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Time Inc. shake-up: Hackett out at People, replaced by E.W.'s Cagle — Larry Hackett, the longtime editor of People magazine, is leaving parent company Time Inc. and will be replaced by Jess Cagle, the editor of sister title Entertainment Weekly. — Cagle also assumes the role …

Discussion: Folio, Adweek, FishbowlNY, @huffpostmedia and @laureni

Todd Spangler / Variety:

TV Viewers Aren't Thrilled with Second-Screen Synchronized Content, Study Finds — Only 13% of ‘second screen’ users say content synched with TV makes experience more enjoyable, according to survey from CEA and NATPE — Call it app-athy: While the majority of TV viewers are sitting …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Home Media Magazine and Radio & Television …

Ravi Somaiyajan / New York Times:

Jason Calacanis's mobile news startup Inside.com has hired former The Wire editor Gabriel Snyder, launches Jan. 23 — Gabriel Snyder, Former Editor of The Wire, Joins Mobile News Start-Up — Gabriel Snyder, the former editor in chief of The Wire, a website owned by Atlantic Media …

Discussion: @jason and @gabrielsnyder

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Telegraph Media Group made record £60m profit last year — The Telegraph Media Group made more than £60m last year, The Guardian can reveal. It is the third successive year that the company has managed to increase its operating profit. — TMG is expected to report what amounts …

Discussion: @charliebeckett

GeekWire:

Surprise: Amazon tests physical retail with ‘Kindle Kiosk’ vending machines — LAS VEGAS — Amazon, the company that defined the world of online commerce, is venturing further into the world of physical retail — experimenting with standalone, automated “Kindle Kiosk” vending machines in selected airports and shopping malls.

Discussion: Telegraph, @zseward, AndroidHeadlines.com, SlashGear, Digital Spy, The Verge and Business Insider

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Dow Jones cites the hot news doctrine in new lawsuit — Dow Jones is suing Ransquawk, a London-based news service that delivers real-time updates on financial markets. In the suit, Dow Jones accuses Ransquawk of illegally accessing one of the company's financial news and analysis products.

Discussion: Talking New Media, @niemanlab and @mathewi

Jason Conti / Dow Jones:
Dow Jones' Jason Conti explains why it sued Ransquawk claiming “hot news” doctrine

Discussion: Gigaom, Techdirt, Talking Biz News, @raju and @jeffjohnroberts

Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat:

Facebook killing ‘sponsored stories’ in April — but your name may still show up next to ads — Facebook originally introduced sponsored stories in January 2011. — Facebook's detested “sponsored stories” finally have an expiration date. — In a list of changes to its Ads API published Thursday …