Mediagazer: NowThisNews Is Working With Snapchat On An Ephemeral News Service (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

12:10 PM ET, May 6, 2014

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

NowThisNews Is Working With Snapchat On An Ephemeral News Service — Mobile news startup NowThisNews, built around the idea of short and viral-friendly clips of news stories, has made some inroads into big media with an investment and content partnership with NBCUniversal …

Discussion: @joelcifer

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

ABC News Headquarters to be Named for Barbara Walters — On Monday, the ABC News building at 47 W. 66th Street will be named in honor of Barbara Walters. Walters, a pioneering newswoman — the first woman to co-host network morning and evening newscasts — has called ABC News home since 1976.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:

Eddy Hartenstein's email to LA Times employees with highlights of the site's redesign — Times to unveil web redo, and Register begins delivery — The Los Angeles Times is scheduled to take the wraps off its long-awaited website makeover later today. About time: the current site …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, WWD Media Headlines and Politico

Alissa Walker / Gizmodo:
The Reinvented Los Angeles Times Focuses In On L.A.'s 300 Neighborhoods

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, @awalkerinla, Talking New Media, @troyericg, @tylermachado and @kleinmatic

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Steve Capus named CBS Evening News EP — Steve Capus, the former president of NBC News, has been named executive producer of the CBS Evening News and executive editor of CBS News, network president David Rhodes announced in a memo to staff on Tuesday. — “Many of you have known Steve …

Discussion: TVNewser, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, The Wrap, Washington Post, New York Post, Variety and @dylanbyers

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

New service will rate the authenticity of digital images — By the time an image makes its way online, it could have been opened and processed in any number of applications, passed through various hands, and been remixed and manipulated. — Today a new image hosting service, Izitru …

Discussion: Gigaom

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Peekster, A Shazam For Print Media, Launches In The U.S. At Disrupt NY — It may surprise you but print media isn't dead yet. Hell — some people even like reading ink off of pulped tree. And that curious fact is something U.K. startup Peekster is intending to cash in on — with an app …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @seanmiddleton, @yudhishthu and @mathewi

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Signs Deal with Suddenlink, in Largest U.S. Cable Operator Pact So Far — Suddenlink Communications, a cable operator with about 1.2 million TV customers across its footprint, has signed an agreement with Netflix to offer the streaming-video service through TiVo set-tops.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

BBC:

BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten stepping down following major heart surgery — BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten to stand down — BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten has today announced that he will be standing down with immediate effect on health grounds following major heart surgery.

AFP:

Seven chief editors resign from French paper Le Monde over conflict with management — A majority of chief editors at French daily Le Monde resigned from their posts on Tuesday amid a conflict with management over editorial reforms. “A lack of confidence in and communication …

Discussion: @rahulpandita and @afp

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Brown Moses, his alter ego Eliot Higgins, and the rise of the self-trained journalist — The term “citizen journalism” gets thrown around a lot, used to refer to everything from people tweeting in crisis zones to high-school students covering city-council meetings.

Discussion: @seanmaynard, Thanks:@mathewi

Mayy El Sheikh / New York Times:

A Voice of Dissent in Egypt Is Muffled, but Not Silent — CAIRO — CRITICS here called his films “vulgar” and “damaging to the public's taste.” When the Muslim Brotherhood came to power last year, one Islamist preacher called him “Satan's prayer caller.” But after two decades of mocking …

Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

Larry King criticises former employer CNN, says missing plane coverage was “absurd” — Larry King on going digital, and CNN's strategy — This interview originally appeared in our Media Pro daily newsletter. — CAPITAL: What did you think of this year's White House Correspondent's Dinner?

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Jaron Gilinsky / Medium:

Storyhunter founder questions media's treatment of freelancers in warzones — When a Kidnapped Journalist Is a Freelancer — On September 16th, 2013, journalists Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova were traveling in Northern Syria along with four rebel soldiers they had hired for protection.

Discussion: @theturkishlife, @lizsly, @leloveluck and @sgreports