Mediagazer: Univision Launches OTT Network Flama (George Winslow/Broadcasting & Cable)

9:50 PM ET, April 16, 2014

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William E. Buzenberg / The Center for Public …:

The Center for Public Integrity's response to ABC News — On April 14, 2014, Chris Hamby of the Center for Public Integrity was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his investigation detailing controversial denials of black lung benefits to coal miners.

Dylan Byers / Politico:

ABC News says Center for Public Integrity misled Pulitzer board — ABC News has accused The Center for Public Integrity of downplaying its contributions to a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative report, setting off a bitter public dispute between two news organizations that once worked as partners.

Discussion: Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, @g_knapp, @mikiebarb, @dylanbyers, @jpodhoretz and @buzzfeedben

Al Tompkins / Poynter:
ABC News says Center for Public Integrity should share Pulitzer for investigative reporting

Discussion: TVNewser, New York Times, Capital New York, Gawker, 10,000 Words, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, mUmBRELLA, Talking Biz News, NetNewsCheck Latest, @jayrosen_nyu, @theharryshearer, @markkatches, @atompkins, @jtierney6 and @mattdpearce

Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:

SCOTUSblog denied press pass, its reporter's Supreme Court credentials expire next month — An update on our press pass — Last week, the Senate Press Gallery denied SCOTUSblog's application for a press pass, and advised us that it would refuse to renew the credential it had previously granted Lyle when it expires next month.

Discussion: Poynter, @dangillmor, @bartongellman, Techdirt, The Huffington Post, Politico, @ali, @justincsnow, @ellnmllr, @freedomofpress, @adamliptak and @scotusblog

Elisabeth Witchel / Committee to Protect Journalists:

CPJ's 2014 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free — CPJ's 2014 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free — Syria has joined the list of countries where journalists' murders …

Discussion: Poynter, The Dish, Guardian, Kirk LaPointe's …, The Huffington Post and @mlcalderone

Philip Oltermann / Guardian:

Google is abusing market dominance, says head of Europe's largest news publisher Axel Springer — Google is building up a digital superstate, says German media boss — Mathias Döpfner, head of Europe's largest newspaper publisher, says internet search engine is abusing market dominance

Discussion: BuzzMachine, New York Times and Financial Times

Tilmann Knoll / INMA:
German media giant Axel Springer visits Silicon Valley to study culture at digital companies

Discussion: TechCrunch

Mark Miller / Hollywood Reporter:

Q&A with IAC chairman Barry Diller on the future of the Daily Beast, Aereo, Vimeo, and more — Barry Diller Talks Murdoch Succession, Pegs Aereo Supreme Court Odds at ‘50-50’ (Q&A) — The chairman and senior executive at IAC and Expedia also tells THR that Vimeo is “not that far” …

Discussion: Capital New York, @markmillerthr, @thrmattbelloni, @joepompeo, @katyonthehill, Bloomberg and TheHill

Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:

Why the Pulitzers ignored the NYT's ambitious series about Dasani, a homeless Brooklyn girl — Why was ‘Dasani’ shut out of the Pulitzers? — 5 problems with The New York Times' ambitious, influential series on the life of one homeless Brooklyn girl — On Monday afternoon …

Discussion: @errollouis and @jennydeluxe

Douglas Grant / WAN-IFRA:

Read now, pay later: Is LaterPay the longed-for silver bullet? — The debate over paywalls, freemium and online subscriptions continues to rage as publications try to find the best way to monetise their product. Amidst it all, a German start-up has quietly been developing what they think could be the solution - LaterPay.

Discussion: @raju and Springwise

Tom Dotan / The Information:

Last-minute cancellation of flagship original series raises questions in Hollywood about Hulu's stability — Hollywood Questions Hulu as Video Landscape Shifts — When the owners of the online video site Hulu pulled the company off the auction block for the second time last summer …

Discussion: @jessicalessin, @pkafka and @weberwest, Thanks:@jessicalessin

Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:

As studios shift to digital film distribution, small cinemas struggle to pay for upgrades — When Renee DiAugustine-Bower's grandfather died in 2013, she took over the one-screen movie theater he'd operated in their small Pennsylvania town for decades. She also inherited a looming need …

Caysey Welton / Folio:

Playboy reprints first issue from 60 years ago for $9.99 — Playboy Re-releases its First Issue 60 Years Later — It's an exact replica of the original but with a $9.99 cover price. — After 60 years and a few months, Playboy readers have the opportunity to revisit the issue where it all started.

Discussion: Canadian Magazines

George Winslow / Broadcasting & Cable:

Univision Launches OTT Network Flama — The over-the-top English-language channel bows with five new original series — Univision Communications and Bedrocket have launched Flama, a new English-language over-the-top network at TheFlama.com. — The new OTT offering …

Discussion: Home Media Magazine

Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

Reddit boosts news capabilities in social media turf grab — (Reuters) - Reddit, a website with a retro-'90s look and space-alien mascot that tracks everything from online news to celebrity Q&As, is going after more eyeballs, and advertising, by allowing members of its passionate community …

Discussion: @jennifersaba

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Judge orders Mail Online to pay £10k damages to Paul Weller's children over use of unpixelated pictures — Mail Online has been ordered to pay damages of £10,000 for breach of privacy to the children of musician Paul Weller after publishing photos taken of them while on a family outing.

Discussion: @jackofkent, Irish Independent, BBC and Music Week

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Al Franken wants Netflix CEO's perspective on Comcast / TWC deal — Senator Al Franken has repeatedly warned of the dangers presented by Comcast's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable, and today he repeated those concerns in a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.

Discussion: MediaPost, The Wrap, Variety, CNET, TheHill and Washington Post

Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:

Goodreads users can now sync Amazon purchases with their accounts — Since Amazon acquired book-based social networking site Goodreads about a year ago, the retailer has gradually been integrating Goodreads' functionality into Kindle. Kindle Fire tablets and the new and first-generation …

Discussion: goodreads.com, GalleyCat and The Next Web

Om Malik / Gigaom:

Om Malik on media: continued ad price pressure, paying writers based on traffic, what's next — A few accumulated thoughts on media — A few days back my friend Pip Coburn, who runs an investment advisory service, and his colleague Brynne Thompson asked me to discuss what I have learned …

Discussion: @gigaom, @harrisonpolites, @tcarmody and @raju

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

How publishers tweak content for the social Web — There's an optimization gap in digital publishing. While advertisers are using sophisticated targeting for ads, publishers are usually showing the same content to all readers, no matter who they are or where they came from.

Discussion: @bmorrissey, @mccollumashley and Business Insider

Rehema Figueiredo / Guardian:

Why banning the Sun on university campuses is wrong — Policy at many students' unions has been hijacked by a vocal minority in what can look like action at the cost of democracy — Just before Christmas my students' union removed from sale the national newspaper with the second largest circulation in the country.

Discussion: Stoke | The Sentinel and UK News and Opinion

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

DabKick launches TV rooms to combine group chats with appointment viewing — iPhone chat and app DabKick has come up with a pretty interesting way to share media with your friends, and chat with them about it. Now, it wants you to get to talk to strangers as well, thanks to a very old concept: appointment viewing.

Discussion: The Next Web