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

3:35 PM ET, April 11, 2014

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Jordan Chariton / TVNewser:

Layoffs at Al Jazeera America — As it nears eight months on-air, Al Jazeera America is laying off a few dozen staff employees as well as freelance employees, TVNewser has learned. — In an email to staff we obtained, network President Kate O'Brian said the network has reached a …

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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 …

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

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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.

David Kravets / Ars Technica:

Appeals court reverses hacker/troll “weev” conviction and sentence [Updated] — Appeals court skirts Computer Fraud And Abuse Act analysis. — A federal appeals court Friday reversed and vacated the conviction and sentence of hacker and Internet troll Andrew “weev” Auernheimer.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Henry Waxman asks Tribune CEO to reconsider newspaper spinoff — U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman has sent a letter to Tribune Co. CEO Peter Liguori saying interviews with experts “raised serious concerns about the future of the Los Angeles Times” should the company go ahead with its plan to spin off its newspaper division.

Gordon Russell / The New Orleans Advocate:

Times-Picayune gives judge data on two online commenters — Judge reviewing facts after newspaper exhausts appeals — After apparently exhausting every avenue of appeal, The Times-Picayune on Thursday gave a federal magistrate “voluminous” information about two pseudonymous commenters …

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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 …

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

CBS's Moonves Says Woman Would Be ‘Great’ as ‘Late Late’ Host — CBS (CBS) is considering hiring a woman for “The Late Late Show” as the TV network weighs a complete remodeling of its programming for night owls. — “12:30 is up in the air,” Leslie Moonves, chief executive officer of CBS Corp. …

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Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

Why The Seattle Times lowered its paywall during the mudslide — but not completely — The mudslide near Oso, Wash., on March 22 and its aftermath commanded national attention, but one local news organization was in position to own the story. — That meant The Seattle Times had a decision to make …

Digital First Media:

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Roy Trakin / Hollywood Reporter:

Neil Young's PonoMusic Kickstarter Campaign Raises $5.75 Million — With five days left in the initiative, the company is now the third most funded in site's history. — With five days left in their Kickstarter funding initiative, Neil Young and the PonoMusic team are now the third …

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

AP will livestream Anja Niedringhaus' funeral — The Associated Press will livestream the funeral of photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus on Saturday. The service will take place near Hoexter, Germany, where she was born. … Niedringhaus was shot and killed Friday, April 4 …

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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Apple bans music app Bloom.fm from running ads on its iAd network — 'We're amused by this rather than frustrated. It's just pretty funny,' says streaming music startup — Bloom.fm was spending around £2,000 a month advertising on Apple's iAd network.

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Adrien Henni / East-West Digital News:

Is Crimea part of Russia? - Answers found on Facebook, Vkontakte, Yandex differ; Wikipedia changes its mind — Three weeks after Russia asserted that Crimea and the city of Sebastopol have become part of its territory, Facebook and Russian-language social network Vkontakte still categorize …

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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Chris Velazco / Engadget:

Facebook report shows where and how often it blocked illegal content — Facebook's plan isn't a secret: Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect the world, be it through the website proper or a buzzy, expensive mobile messaging app. Breaking down communication barriers also means some of the company's millions …

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