Mediagazer: Guardian Australia stands in solidarity with imprisoned journalists (Guardian)

11:00 PM ET, February 26, 2014

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Battle between New York attorney general and Trump casts shadow over The New York Observer — A New York Observer Article Brings a Spat in Trump's Orbit — Bill Gifford was managing an ice cream shop in Maplewood, N.J., last summer when a customer, Ken Kurson, the editor of The New York Observer, came in with an unorthodox request.

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

Emails Show How Donald Trump's Enemy Became the Observer's Enemy — On Tuesday, the desiccated ruin of the New York Observer published a bizarre, hilariously facile takedown of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, accusing him of using his office to wage politically motivated prosecutions.

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Dominica Lim / Al Jazeera America:

Al Jazeera calls for global day of action on Feb. 27 to support detained journalists in Egypt — FreeAJStaff: A global day of action … The worldwide campaign for the release of Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt continues to gain momentum. In the last several weeks …

Discussion: Index on Censorship, Reuters, Capital New York, @jumurungi, @ajam, @joepompeo, The Huffington Post, CMG and Al Jazeera English, Thanks:@jaredbkeller

Guardian: Guardian Australia stands in solidarity with imprisoned journalists

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Al-Jazeera English is not Al-Jazeera Arabic - but Egypt doesn't agree

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Google ordered to remove anti-Islamic film from YouTube — (Reuters) - Google Inc was ordered by a U.S. federal appeals court to remove an anti-Islamic film that had sparked protests in the Middle East from its YouTube website. — By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court …

Discussion: Gigaom, CNET, The Verge, @fedcourtjunkie, New York Times, @flohmann, Mercury News, Hollywood Reporter, Courthouse News Service and Mashable

Corynne McSherry / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Bad Facts, Really Bad Law: Court Orders Google to Censor Controversial Video Based on Spurious Copyright Claim — It's an old legal adage that bad facts lead to bad legal decisions, and today we've got a classic example in Garcia v. Google—the “Innocence of Muslims” case.

Discussion: @notjessewalker

Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:

Why did the FCC want to interview journalists in the first place? — Context for the agency's Critical Information Needs study—and for the backlash it sparked — CHARLESTON, SC — The Federal Communications Commission publicly backed off part of a controversial research study last week …

Discussion: @coreyhutchins and Techdirt

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Clyburn Defends FCC's Critical Needs Study

Discussion: @eggerton, TheHill, @eggerton, Watchdog.org and @jbflint

Alex Pareene / The Baffler:

NYT's Sorkin and DealBook focus on building journalistic brands instead of reporting — A stacked deck at the New York Times — The New York Times, as everybody knows, is the premier source of authoritative journalism in the world's most powerful formal democracy.

Discussion: @clarajeffery, @heavenrants, bookforum.com, @schadenfraade, @ryanchittum, @ryanchittum, @stewartwills and @owillis

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Becomes A “Second Screen,” Teams Up With FOX To Offer Online Voting Tools For “American Idol” — Blippar Introduces Image Recognition And AR Advertising On Google Glass — So much for Twitter as the “second screen” and all its TV partnerships - Google announced this morning …

Discussion: Inside Search, Wall Street Journal, Variety, BetaNews, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, 9to5Mac, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, Inside TV and The Wrap

Guardian:

Rebekah Brooks tells court she didn't read NoW interview with phone hacker — Ex-editor tells hacking trial she doesn't recall article describing Glenn Mulcaire as ‘part of our special investigations team’ — Rebekah Brooks has said she did not read a News of the World interview …

Discussion: CNN, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and canada.com

Jill Lawless / Associated Press: Rebekah Brooks says she offered convicted phone hacker a job to keep him from going public

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

All Alternatives Considered: How Slate thinks a daily podcast can fit into your evening commute — When Slate decided to get into the daily drive-time podcast business, they decided to take a cue from a proven winner: sports radio. At least the public radio version of sports radio …

Discussion: @fmanjoo and @jacobwe

Jeff Hermes / Digital Media Law Project blogs:

Revised DOJ Regs Protect “Members of the News Media,” But What Does That Mean? — On February 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice released its long-awaited revisions to 28 C.F.R. § 50.10, the DOJ's regulatory guidelines (the “Guidelines") regarding investigations and prosecutions of members of the news media.

Discussion: @jcstearns, Politico and Nieman Journalism Lab

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Ugandan activist on tabloid list of LGBT citizens: ‘they are using us to make sales’ … Ugandan LGBT rights activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, who was on the list a tabloid newspaper published of LGBT citizens, spoke Wednesday on the CBC's Q with Jian Ghomeshi.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Associated Press and Reuters

Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:

LinkedIn walks like a publisher and talks like a publisher. But is it? — The business-focused social network opens its publishing platform to its members, raising lots of questions. — FORTUNE — Ryan Roslansky, head of content products for the company, strenuously rejects LinkedIn's media ambitions.

Discussion: @rafat, @zseward, @hblodget and @jeffjarvis

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Vice News, where video works — Here are two truths: Fewer and fewer people get their news from television anymore, and very few news organizations are capable of creating compelling video news packages online. Here's another truth: The news organizations that have the reach and the resources …

Discussion: @jbenton, @vicenews and @dylanbyers

David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:

“Dirty Wars” author talks about Oscar nomination for documentary and launch of “The Intercept” — The Skunk at the Oscar Party — Jeremy Scahill may not fit in amongst Leo and Marty, but even if he doesn't take home a statue for his documentary 'Dirty Wars …

Discussion: @the_intercept, @haymarketbooks and Mediaite

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Three Top Time Inc. Digital Execs Head out the Door — Three of Time Inc.'s top digital executives are leaving, in advance of the publisher's spinoff from Time Warner this spring. — Fran Hauser, who ran Time's Style & Entertainment group, including People.com, announced her departure on Monday.

Discussion: @rafat, @waltmossberg and Capital New York

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

Bloomberg, El Financiero Launch Business Channel in Mexico, Central America — Bloomberg and Mexican newspaper El Financiero are teaming up to launch a multiplatform Spanish-language business news service, including a television network that will serve as Mexico and Central America's only Spanish-language business news channel.

Discussion: Radio & Television …

Jim Dwyer / New York Times:

National Enquirer will fund a $45K/year playwriting prize as part of lawsuit settlement — Truth and a Prize Emerge From Lies About Hoffman — Herding his three younger sons out the door to school on Feb. 5, David Bar Katz was stopped for a moment by his eldest, who was browsing a computer.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Kyle Pope to reboot Manhattan weeklies — A stable of weekly New York newspapers is about to get a makeover under the direction of a new boss. — Kyle Pope, a former New York Observer editor and Wall Street Journal veteran, has been named editor-in-chief of Straus Media-Manhattan …

Discussion: @jaredbkeller and @iwantmedia

David Griner / Adweek:

Alt-Weekly Mocks Its Own Buyout With a Cover That Looks Just Like Its New Owner — When you're an alt-weekly known for skewering the establishment, how do you tackle the fact that you've been bought out by the establishment? — Baltimore City Paper takes a commendably self-effacing approach …

Discussion: 10,000 Words and SPLICETODAY.com

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Warner Bros. Considers Investment in Machinima — Warner Bros. is mulling an investment in Web video network Machinima. — The film studio is said to be considering putting $10 million to $15 million into Machinima, a gaming-centric company that has built a big following on YouTube, according to people familiar with the situation.

Discussion: @pkafka