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Jennifer Bjorhus / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor makes cash offer to buy Minneapolis Star Tribune — Glen Taylor makes move to buy Star Tribune — Taylor said Star Tribune will operate as a stand alone news organization. — Minnesota business magnate Glen Taylor has made a formal offer …
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Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, bizjournals, @megankadlec, NewsCut, @seth_kaplan, @1500espnjudd and TwinCities.com
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bloomberg considering launch of new politics site; in talks with John Heilemann and Mark Halperin — ‘Game change’ for Bloomberg? — As part of a developing digital strategy, Bloomberg L.P. has talked to the prominent political journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about launching …
Discussion:
@joepompeo and @alexweprin
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
‘60 Minutes’ Apologizes for Audio Editing in Tesla Report — “60 Minutes” has apologized for an editing error in Scott Pelley's feature on Tesla founder Elon Musk Sunday night. — As an electric car, the Tesla Model S doesn't make a typical engine noise, so the editor added some sound for effect.
Discussion:
Jalopnik, Mediaite, Poynter, The Huffington Post, Salon, AutoblogGreen and Mashable
Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:
Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Racial Tweet Outcry With ‘Colbert Report’ Segment — “The dark forces trying to silence my message of core conservative principles mixed with youth-friendly product placement have been thwarted,” Colbert said in Monday's episode, dedicated to the controversy.
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Upworthy moves into native advertising, inks ad deal with Unilever — Upworthy to Run Native Ads That Try to Make You Feel Good — Viral Site Eyes Revenue, Signs Unilever as Sponsor — Ad Age Digital Conference 2014 — After two years of building a formidable traffic machine …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, Thanks:@joshluger
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
London Live's top-rated show draws 22,000 viewers — Not the One Show pulls highest audience of night for new channel, but its repeat of Channel 4's Misfits reached just 2,000 — Not the One Show: its mix of entertainment and current affairs made it the most popular show on the new channel
Discussion:
AdAge and The Independent
Ed Sussman / PandoDaily:
A framework for social journalism by former fastcompany.com chief Ed Sussman — The New Rules of Social Journalism: A Proposal — My timing was not ideal. — Last Thursday, Fortune reported that a number of guest contributors on Forbes.com, Seeking Alpha, Wall Street Cheat Sheet …
Discussion:
Gigaom and @jayrosen_nyu
Liz Shannon Miller / Gigaom:
The new British invasion: Why Amazon, Hulu and Netflix love UK TV shows — For decades, American fans of British accents had it rough. Beginning in the 1970s, the primary access they had to television created in the United Kingdom was through PBS, which imported classic series like Fawlty Towers …
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Forbes' Lewis DVorkin responds to criticism of linking journalists pay to web traffic — Inside Forbes: The Role of Pay and Traffic in Our Search for a New Media Equation — Full disclosure: I've used this headline before. Actually, only the second half of it.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and @davisshaver
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo Mulling Plans to Ax Its Shine Women's Site, Opting for More Online Lifestyle “Magazines” — Yahoo's Marissa Mayer is poised to take an ax to its longtime and massive women-focused content site Shine, closing it down by the second quarter, according to numerous sources close to the situation.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, @jeffjarvis, @jayrosen_nyu, Skift, @joepompeo and @andywangnyla
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Deadspin's Manti Te'o story among finalists for Mirror awards, honouring media reporting — Mirror Awards finalists announced — The 2014 Mirror Awards, which honor media industry reporting, announced their finalists Tuesday. Winners will be announced June 4.
Discussion:
Mirror Awards, @craigsilverman, @thelist and AAN
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Comcast Plans $2.5 Billion More in Stock Buybacks — Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) is planning to increase its share buyback program by more than 80 percent if investors approve its $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc., boosting shareholder returns. — Comcast will add $2.5 billion …
Discussion:
Radio & Television … and Deadline.com
Todd Spangler / Variety:
StyleHaul Taps Paramount Exec as Content Chief (Exclusive) — Disney's $500 million-plus acquisition of Maker Studios is the biggest example yet of Hollywood's appetite to assimilate the DNA of youth-skewing YouTube multichannel networks. But it's a two-way street — and MCNs are just as eager to acquire studio smarts.
Discussion:
Tubefilter
The Wrap:
Blue Ant Media Invests in YouTube Network Omnia Media — Canadian TV company Blue Ant Media has invested in Omnia Media, YouTube's third largest music-focused network. — Blue Ant did not disclose the size of its investment, though those familiar with the deal said the privately held company took …
Discussion:
Digital Journal
Paul Carr / PandoDaily:
Editor of Gawker's “Intern Horrors” section no longer suing Gawker over horrible internship — A small twist yesterday in the impending class action lawsuit by a group of former unpaid interns against Cayman island-based, champions of the oppressed, Gawker Media.