Mediagazer: Benzinga's growth attributed to its free consumer site, paid news wire and online financial service marketplace, Marketfy (Joseph Lichterman/Nieman Journalism Lab)

6:30 AM ET, April 23, 2014

Top News:

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

The Right (And Wrong) Way To Think About How Aereo Works — Aereo, a service that lets users record broadcast TV shows over the internet and stream the recording to their mobile devices, is fighting for its life before the Supreme Court this week. (My colleague J.J. Colao is there following the case.)

Discussion: New York Magazine and @mathewi

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Supreme Court quizzes Aereo: Do TV streams break the law?

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Supreme Court Judges Worry About Scope of Aereo Decision, Say It Could Affect Cloud Computing

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

YouTube channel comes to Roku models launched after July 2011 for US, UK, Canada, Ireland — Roku FINALLY Releases A YouTube Channel For Most Of Its Streaming Boxes — After what has been seriously way too long, Roku has just launched an official YouTube channel for most of its lil' streaming boxes.

Discussion: The Official Roku Blog and Engadget

Bloomberg:

Dish plans late-summer debut for internet TV package at $20-$30/month aimed at 18-34 age group — Dish Said to Target Summer Debut for Internet-TV Service — Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is targeting a summer debut for its Internet-TV service in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: Engadget

Robin Givhan / New York Magazine:

The Golden Era of ‘Fashion Blogging’ Is Over — Until about a decade ago, there had always been an unwritten protocol when seated in the front row of a fashion show. Do not lean forward. Keep your legs tucked neatly under your seat, your handbag out of camera range, and any papers discreetly in your lap.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, @jennifer_sky, @karenvonhahn, @jennifer_sky and @gregorg

David Lieberman / Deadline.com:

Time Inc Board To Include Howard Stringer, Kay Koplovitz And Other Media Vets — Corporate governance watchdogs probably won't like the fact that CEO Joseph Ripp will also be chairman of the 10-member board after Time Warner spins off its publishing unit. After all, the directors are supposed to hold the CEO accountable.

Discussion: New York Post, Time Warner Inc. and WWD

Al Jazeera English:

Al Jazeera journalists' trial adjourned again — Correspondent Peter Greste, and producers Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have already spent 115 days in Egyptian jail. — The trial in Egypt of three Al Jazeera English journalists, accused of spreading news and belonging …

Discussion: CNN, @castancentre and Guardian

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Study: no consistent method of labeling or crediting user generated content used in TV news — How is user-generated content used in TV news? — The Tow Center at the Columbia Journalism School is out with Act 1 of a new report that examines the ways TV news organizations and online media companies employ user-generated content.

Discussion: Tow Center for Digital …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Lauren Zalaznick Joins Shazam Board — Lauren Zalaznick, a former top cable exec at NBCUniversal, has joined the board of Shazam Entertainment, maker of apps that lets consumers identify music, TV shows and ads with a mobile device. — In September 2013, Zalaznick left NBCU after 12 years …

Brian Ries / Mashable:

American Journalist With Vice News Captured in Eastern Ukraine — Vice journalist Simon Ostrovsky has been taken by militia in Eastern Ukraine, Mashable has learned. — The reporter for Vice News, who has been filing a series of compelling video dispatches from Ukraine since early March …

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Benzinga's growth attributed to its free consumer site, paid news wire and online financial service marketplace, Marketfy — Creating a new brand for financial news, in Michigan of all places — SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Carl Icahn is not pleased. On this Monday morning in early March …

Discussion: @niemanlab

Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:

Comcast Close to Subscriber Deal With Charter Communications — First-Quarter Profit Up 30%, Helped by Olympics — Comcast Corp. plans to sell nearly four million subscribers in a two-staged deal with Charter Communications Inc., in what would represent a consolation prize for Charter's eight month pursuit of Time Warner Cable.

Discussion: @mvpeers, multichannel.com and @jbflint

Craig Silverman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Why Vox (and other news orgs) could use a librarian — The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion. —William Macneile Dixon — Every 45 years, roughly half of the medical knowledge about cirrhosis and hepatitis is disproven or becomes out of date.

Discussion: @mapgoblin, @craigsilverman, @niemanlab, @saralerner, @losowsky and @antderosa