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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
The 2 Teenagers Who Run the Wildly Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics — There is a new ubiquitous media brand on Twitter. — No, I'm not talking about Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media or BuzzFeed or The Verge, or any other investor-backed startup. — I'm talking about @HistoryInPics …
Discussion:
@mckelvie, The Verge, @stevesilberman, @vosdscott, @elongreen, @xeni and Paleofuture
Millie Tran / American Press Institute:
Revisiting disruption: 8 good questions with Clayton Christensen — Clayton Christensen is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in the world on innovation and disruption. The Economist magazine called his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma one of the six most important books about business ever written.
Discussion:
The Buttry Diary, @raju, @tbr1 and @jayrosen_nyu
Catherine Shoichet / CNN:
Some CNN social media accounts hacked — Atlanta (CNN) — Some of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were compromised Thursday. — The affected accounts included CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter page for CNN.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sunday Times redesign aims to give readers the bigger picture — News UK title to refresh look for the first time since going full-colour in 2009, with new font and focus on images — The Sunday Times is to unveil a new look this weekend, its first major overhaul in almost six years …
Joe Marchese / MediaPost:
The Problem With TV Everywhere: No One Wants It — “TV Everywhere” is a term used to describe the ability to have a TV-like experience from any device in any location by using one set of credentials (most likely tied to your cable account). While the surge of connected mobile devices …
Discussion:
@mediapost
Maria Elena Fernandez / NBC News:
Courtney Love defends herself in the first ‘Twibel’ trial — Courtney Love's fascinating journey on Twitter — which has included her daughter's recommending that she be “banned” from the social micro-blogging site — has landed her in a Los Angeles courtroom, where she is defending herself …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bloomberg L.P. is ‘totally committed’ to print — Justin Smith has been taking a close look inside every nook and cranny of Bloomberg Media Group since becoming chief executive officer of the consumer-facing division of Bloomberg L.P. roughly four months ago.
Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:
Highlights from the Newsweek Staff's Reddit AMA — The Newsweek staff did a Reddit AMA today. Jim Impoco, editor-in-chief, Kira Bindrim, managing editor, Alex Leo, head of product for IBT Media, Grant Burningham, homepage editor and Kate Gardiner, director of audience engagement, were all taking questions on a wide range of themes.
Discussion:
TVNewser
Stuart Dredge / Apps Playground:
BBC launches ‘play-along’ app for CBBC kids' TV show Ludus — Adults have been getting excited about “second-screen” TV apps for a while now, whether it's viewers using Twitter and Facebook while watching, or dedicated apps like Zeebox designed to be used on the sofa. — How about children's TV?
Thanks:@stuartdredge
John Seigenthaler / Al Jazeera America:
Jill Abramson talks to John Seigenthaler — Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden helped The New York Times “keep the public informed on what I consider to be very important matters,” says Jill Abramson, the woman who has the final say on what constitutes “all the news that's fit to print.”
Stephen H. Segal / Philadelphia Weekly:
The woman behind Upworthy's viral explosion — If you've been online recently—particularly on Facebook—you've seen a new flavor of headline turn up on viral videos, teasing you with how sorry you'd be to miss the OMG amazingly inspirational YouTube clip that lies just the other side of that click.
Discussion:
@michaelroston and @carothecmonster, Thanks:@steverubel
Noreen Malone / The New Republic:
What Happens When You Give TV's Biggest Fanboy His Own TV Show? — The remarkable rise of Brian Stelter — On a recent episode of CNN's media show, “Reliable Sources,” there was a brief moment when the whole enterprise threatened to collapse in on itself.
Discussion:
Poynter, @noreenmalone, @jackshafer, TheBlaze.com, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @poynter, @jonathanchait, @mlcalderone and @hillarykelly
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's (new, newer, newest) plan — Think you know what's going in Orange County and southern California, as Aaron Kushner's Freedom Communications unveils surprise after surprise? Think again. — The most watched news-investment experiment of 2013 …
Discussion:
@lmolen, @kenbensinger and @mcdiana
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Slate's Matt Yglesias Joining Ezra Klein Venture — Matt Yglesias, a prominent blogger and Slate's “Moneybox” columnist, is leaving the site at the end of February to join Ezra Klein's new venture, according to a staff memo. — Slate editor-in-chief David Plotz described Yglesias's departure as …
Discussion:
Capital New York, New York Times, The New York Observer, @mattyglesias and @fmanjoo
Rebecca Greenfield / Fast Company:
How HarperCollins's Chief Digital Officer Uses Big Data To Make Publishing More Profitable — Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of media cannibalize your industry. “I went through the digital revolution early on with music …
Discussion:
@mitchjoel
Mediashift:
Relaunched American Journalism Review Puts Students to Work … Co-authored with Sean Mussenden — On the top floor of the University of Maryland's journalism school, students are learning about the future of news by covering it. — Like most journalism schools, the Philip Merrill College …
Discussion:
@pbsmediashift and @ichinoy
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
How geolocation may play a bigger role in future newsgathering — At a debate at London's Frontline Club, experts at the cutting edge of newsgathering discussed what factors and technologies will play a role in the future — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...
Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
Why Related Links Are Getting So Racy and What Publishers Can Do About It — An Option For Serving Mild Related Links, But Probably Earning Less Money Too — The related links section of a news website can often be its most confounding. It's not unusual, for instance …
Discussion:
@niemanlab
Nick Davies / Guardian:
Brooks 'sought James Murdoch's approval for Sun's backing of Tories' — Laptops contained four News International documents and football and racing apps, the Old Bailey told — Rebekah Brooks sought the personal approval of James Murdoch for the Sun editorial comment which marked …
Discussion:
@courtnewsuk, Hacked Off, @ladydeathcare and mUmBRELLA
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James Doleman / The Drum:
Police officer arrested for leaks to the Guardian, phone-hacking trial hears
Discussion:
Guardian
Michael Moynihan / The Daily Beast:
Can a Tweet Put You in Prison? It Certainly Will in the UK — Tweeting racist or otherwise libelous bile can land you in jail in the UK, but the victim, as ever, is not the target of the tweet but free speech. — When Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman briefly melted …
Discussion:
@thedailybeast, @jaimemaggio and @mcmoynihan
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Dugald Baird / Guardian:
Stan Collymore returns to Twitter and hits out at the Sun
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