Mediagazer: CBS, BuzzFeed, Sky News Journalists Detained In Ukraine (Jack Mirkinson/The Huffington Post)

3:50 PM ET, May 2, 2014

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John McDermott / Digiday:

Newspapers are lagging behind in the mobile traffic boom — The Internet is becoming an increasingly mobile medium, but it appears that newspaper publishers are not only struggling to make the transition, they're falling behind. — This year, for the first time ever …

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Cassie Walker Burke / Politico:

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

CBS, BuzzFeed, Sky News Journalists Detained In Ukraine — A group of Western journalists from a number of news outlets was detained by pro-Russian militants in Eastern Ukraine on Friday. — CBS reporter Clarissa Ward and her news crew, along with BuzzFeed's Mike Giglio and reporters from Sky News …

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Los Angeles Times:

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John Wihbey / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Natan Edelsburg / Lost Remote:

Chatterbox: an inside look at social TV in Thailand — In the U.S. many of the second screen apps that had hoped to thrive as compliments to the viewing experience are now gone. In Thailand however (which has a population of about 66 million), the second screen has actually matured …

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Bethany Usher / Press Gazette:

Mail Online has grown ten-fold since its 2008 relaunch, but is it journalism? — Mail Online managed a 690 per cent increase in audience in the first five years since its relaunch - from 18.7m visitors a month in May 2008 to 128m in May 2013. — It makes it the industry's biggest current success story …

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Andy / TorrentFreak:

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Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat:

Vine TV is here, and it looks like YouTube — Twitter-owned Vine has just given its website a slick revamp, and the results are reminiscent of a video site that starts with “You” and ends with “Tube.” — The new Vine features users' videos, playlists and a big, fat search bar to help you find whatever vineries you'd like to see.

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Michael Meyer / Columbia Journalism Review:

As membership models spread across news outlets, lessons from the Voice of San Diego — Part of the club — Voice of San Diego's membership model has once again earned the organization a place in the national spotlight. If the model succeeds in San Diego, can it succeed elsewhere?

News Corp:

News Corp To Acquire Harlequin — Acquisition Will Extend HarperCollins' Global Platform — News Corp announced today that it has agreed to acquire Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar Corporation. Harlequin will become a division of HarperCollins Publishers, a News Corp subsidiary.