Mediagazer: Man who racially abused journalist jailed for six months (Roy Greenslade/Guardian)

8:10 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, @megan, Talking Biz News, @jguynn, @caseynewton and @mikeisaac

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

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

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

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Wall Street Journal:

21st Century Fox Plans to Delist From Australian Market — Entertainment Company Says Moving Shares Solely to Nasdaq Will Simplify Operations — 21st Century Fox Inc. plans to delist from the Australian Securities Exchange, which the entertainment company said was an attempt to simplify …

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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: @peterjukes, FishbowlNY and The Wrap

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

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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Ailes Fights Back: CNN ‘Out of News Business’; Megyn Kelly Critics ‘Jealous’; Dismisses New Book (Q&A)

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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 …

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: @niemanlab, Talking New Media and @mathewi

Jason Conti / Dow Jones:

Dow Jones' Jason Conti explains why it sued Ransquawk claiming “hot news” doctrine — Jason Conti on Protecting Our Journalists' Work — We devote a lot of time, energy and money to having the best newsroom in the world. We produce scoops, uncover wrongdoing and aim to keep …

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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: @gabrielsnyder and @jason

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: Stock market news, The Drum, Digital Media Wire and The Realtime Report

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 …

Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Barnes & Noble Reports Steep Drop in Holiday Sales

Discussion: Barnes & Noble, Inc., The Verge, Gigaom, MarketWatch, Reuters, CNET, VentureBeat and @jeffjohnroberts

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

The ‘Anti-Amazon Law’ Is About To Become A Reality In France, But It's Not A Bad Thing — The cultural exception strikes again — France's National Assembly will most probably pass the so-called ‘anti-Amazon’ law in the coming days. In a few months, Amazon won't be able to offer free shipping …

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Man who racially abused journalist jailed for six months — A man who abused a journalist with expletive-laden racist insults has been given a six-month jail term. — David Limond was sentenced at Ayr sheriff following his conviction last month for “sending a threatening communication aggravated by racial and religious prejudice.”

Discussion: Press Gazette, Guardian, The Drum, Scotsman, BBC, Home on News, HoldTheFrontPage and Herald Scotland

Chris Chafin / The Awl:

How Has “Bust” Magazine Survived? — BUST magazine operates out of a loft on 27th street and Broadway, above an awning that says Reiko Wireless Accessories. On the evening I visited, a bit before Christmas, young staffers rode up with me in the elevator, sharing swigs from a plastic bottle of whiskey.

Discussion: @emilygould, @kelkelmax and @wendy_mc

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 and Radio & Television …

Victoria Turk / Motherboard:

Algorithms Could Help Predict a Book's Success — Over the past five years we've seen a lot of developments in the way we consume literature (yes, a time before Kindles and iBooks is really that recent), and it's got publishing houses very worried. But technology hasn't yet usurped the role …

Discussion: Telegraph and @evgenymorozov

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Associated Press ‘Beefing Up’ Newsroom Amid Understaffing Concerns — NEW YORK — Brian Carovillano, the Associated Press' incoming managing editor for U.S. news, notified employees Thursday about several recent hires and more than a dozen open positions nationwide, a move that comes amid concerns …