Mediagazer: What's the return on investment for news video? Tow looks at strategies in 125 newsrooms across the country (Caroline O'Donovan/Nieman Journalism Lab)

12:15 AM ET, April 17, 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: Talking Points Memo, bookforum.com, Mediaite, @g_knapp, @mikiebarb, @dylanbyers, @jpodhoretz, @buzzfeedben and Poynter

Barry Diller / Wall Street Journal:

Broadcasters Don't Own the Airwaves — Yet they want to stop people from watching TV on the device of their choice, using an ‘antenna in the cloud.’ — On April 22, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could alter the way Americans have used and benefited from broadcast airwaves since the dawn of radio and television.

Discussion: Gigaom

Reuters:

U.S. Supreme Court's Alito ends recusal in Aereo TV case — (Reuters) - Justice Samuel Alito is no longer recusing himself from two upcoming U.S. Supreme Court business cases, including a challenge by broadcast networks to online TV startup Aereo Inc. — In two online docket entries …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, NationalJournal.com and Los Angeles Times

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Aereo Shows Off Their Rooftop Antenna Farm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling

Discussion: Variety, @jimschley and @katyonthehill

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

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

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

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

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, @cpjasia, The Dish, Guardian, Kirk LaPointe's …, The Huffington Post and @mlcalderone

Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:

Neil Young's music-player Kickstarter closes at $6.2 million — PonoPlayer becomes third-biggest KS project ever, poised to launch in October. — PonoPlayer, the Toblerone-shaped portable media player launched last month by classic rocker Neil Young, closed its Kickstarter campaign yesterday with a grand total of $6.2 million.

Discussion: CNN, Rolling Stone, New York Times and Globe and Mail

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

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: BGR, @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 …

Discussion: @raju

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

What's the return on investment for news video? Tow looks at strategies in 125 newsrooms across the country — Columbia's Tow Center has a new report out today on how publishers are actually dealing with video. Many newsrooms have made video a major focus and are pinning their hopes for revenue on the medium.

Discussion: videonow.towcenter.org, videonow.towcenter.org, videonow.towcenter.org, videonow.towcenter.org and videonow.towcenter.org

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 and TheHill

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: @magsstore and Canadian Magazines

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

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

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