Mediagazer: Michael Wolff's digital media bloopers (Ryan Chittum/Columbia Journalism Review)

10:05 AM ET, April 11, 2014

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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

Inside The New Yorker's digital strategy — The New Yorker, ambling at its own pace, is busy upping its digital game. — Not only has NewYorker.com significantly increased its digital metabolism, but it has also boosted its monthly audience to an excess of 10 million …

Discussion: The Awl, @ryanchittum, @penenberg, @raju and @digiday

Judy Cantor-Navas / Billboard:

84% of Content Consumed in Spain is Pirated — 84% of content consumed in Spain is illegal, according to new report that adds more fuel to fiery debate in piracy-plagued country. Eighty-four percent of all online content consumed in Spain is pirated, according to a study …

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:

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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:

Michael Wolff's digital media bloopers — The Newser founder trolls (other) digital-news companies — Having accurately predicted that Lachlan Murdoch would return to his dad's company, Michael Wolff, in his exhilaration, made this crack recently: — Good one.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

BuzzFeed Inks TV Tune-In Pacts with Bravo, IFC — List-driven social news site BuzzFeed announced deals with NBCUniversal's Bravo and AMC Networks' IFC, under which the cablers are promoting BuzzFeed content on-air and online (and vice versa). — The networks are the first two partners …

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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

CNN's Jeff Zucker: Larry King/Piers Morgan-Style Interview Shows ‘No Longer Viable’ — “There are just too many outlets with not enough big gets for a pure talk show to thrive any longer,” said the CNN Worldwide president in introducing a slate of original series and films for the 9 p.m. slot previously occupied by the two hosts.

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David Bauder / Associated Press:
CNN replacing Piers Morgan with a rotating schedule of documentary-style programs

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

DreamWorks submitted a bid to Vevo's owners this week to buy part of the company — DreamWorks Animation Wants a Piece of Vevo, the Music Video Giant — DreamWorks Animation, which has been looking to expand its business beyond animated movies, is looking at Vevo, the online music video service.

Ishbel Macleod / The Drum:

BBC celebrates 20 years online: take a look at the changes — Happy 20th online anniversary, BBC! — On 13 April, the BBC Networking Club launched, offering early social networking, bulletin board features and information about the BBC. — Ralph Rivera, director for BBC Future Media …

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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

RIAA sues Megaupload over copyright infringement — Kim Dotcom's lawyer dubs allegations “meritless copyright claims.” — Just three days after the Motion Picture Association of America brought a civil lawsuit against Megaupload, the Recording Industry Association of America has jumped in with its own case.

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Wall Street Journal:

A Middling Outlook for the TV ‘Upfronts’ — Shrinking Audiences, More Competition From Web Expected to Erode Ad-Sales Volume — The springtime TV ad-sales season is under way, when networks try to charm advertisers with star-studded program presentations.

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Peekster app lets you take photos of print headlines, returns digital versions to your phone — Scan a printed article's headline, instantly get the digital version — Peekster is an app that enables readers to scan the headline of a print article in order to quickly bring up the digital version …

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Henry Taylor / TheMediaBriefing:

Telegraph's Jason Seiken at #Shift2014: Heavy on optimism, light on detail — Media must reads April 7: The best news, analysis and comment to inform your week7th April 2014 11:30 — We're entering a “golden age both for audiences, journalists, and advertisers,” according …

Discussion: @raju

Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:

The IMPRESS Project's plans for press regulation — Crowdfunding is underway for a press regulation body aimed at supporting smaller publishers and hyperlocal sites as well as larger news outlets. A crowdfunding campaign is aiming to raise £25,000 for a press regulation authority …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

YouTube, Once TV's Enemy, Tries to Show How It Drives Viewers to TV Shows — In its early days, YouTube was met with hostility from TV networks. Viacom, for one, alleged in its $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit that the video-sharing site was making money by stealing their best content.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and MediaPost

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Colbert Doesn't Arrive at CBS With Huge Viral Video Prowess — Stephen Colbert will bring younger viewers to CBS, no doubt. But he doesn't arrive with quite the Web mastery of his late night rivals. … In fact, while NBC's Jimmy Fallon has nearly three million YouTube subscribers …

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