Mediagazer: The 60-second interview: Peter Lauria, business editor, Buzzfeed (Capital New York)

9:55 PM ET, May 22, 2014

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Newspapers are ‘hollowed out’ and ‘VICE is the savior of news,’ says guy from Facebook — Facebook's Mike Hudack published a rant “about the state of the media” on his page Thursday. Some choice moments: — CNN is “the network of kidnapped white girls.”

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Why A Facebook Employee Just Scared The Hell Out Of The Media — Facebook's director of product, attacked state of today's media landscape. As observers quickly noted, however, it appears lost on him that the company he works for is perhaps most to blame.

Discussion: Gigaom, Mother Jones, Slate, @obrien, @antderosa, @mathewi, @cwarzel and @dannysullivan

Alex Howard / semper scriben:

Where journalism, Facebook's algorithm and responsibiliy lie — Earlier today, I found & shared a great feature on the passage of The DATA Act over on Facebook, after reading Matt Yglesias's reply to Mile Hudack Facebook update. Hudack, a product manager at Facebook took Vox to task …

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Time Inc. Starts Selling Ads on Magazine Covers, Breaking Industry Taboo — First Up: Verizon on Time and Sports Illustrated — How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Strategy — Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, is running Verizon Wireless ads this week …

Discussion: Folio, magazine.org, New York Times, The New York Observer, FishbowlNY, Mediaite, Mashable, USA Today, Poynter, @colinmorrisonuk, Capital New York, Talking New Media, @niemanlab, MediaWire Daily, @rogerblack and New York Magazine

Capital New York:

The 60-second interview: Peter Lauria, business editor, Buzzfeed — CAPITAL: You spent five years of your career as an entertainment business reporter for The New York Post. What elements of that tabloid's old-school ethos have you brought to the newfangled Buzzfeed?

Discussion: @edmundlee, @peterlauria3 and @colincjcampbell

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Atria and UTA team up to create Keywords Press, a new imprint for books by YouTube stars — Media Companies Join to Extend the Brands of YouTube Stars — LOS ANGELES — Simon & Schuster is making a big bet on YouTube stars, an undertaking that could either open up a blockbuster …

Discussion: GalleyCat, Tubefilter, FishbowlNY, Publishers Lunch, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, @realjohngreen, @pkafka, @publisherswkly, @peterlattman and Mashable

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

Can the New Republic find its digital footing? — It's been two years since Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes acquired the New Republic, the Washington insider mag once described as “the in-flight magazine of Air Force One.” Since then, Hughes has helped march the 100-year-old publication further …

Discussion: @lmoses, @stkonrath, @jess_goode and @niemanlab

Dawn McCarty / Bloomberg:

DirecTV Investor Sues to Block AT&T $48 Billion Takeover — A DirecTV investor sued to block AT&T Inc. (T)'s $48 billion takeover of the largest U.S. satellite-television company, calling the offer “inadequate.” — Under the terms of the deal announced this month, AT&T will pay $95 …

Discussion: Radio & Television …

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Readers Say a ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote Was Reported Upside Down and Backward — Should a speedy Internet be available to everyone equally or are some users, in Orwell's terms, “more equal than others”? Should there be “haves” and “have-nots” on the Internet, with the winners being large corporate …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review and Roll Call

Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:

Australian journalist accuses Egyptian prosecutors of unbelievable inefficiency — Peter Geste's outburst follows airing of phone footage, including pop video, in trial of three al-Jazeera journalists — The Australian al-Jazeera journalist on trial in Egypt, Peter Greste …

Discussion: TVNewser, Al Jazeera English, New York Times, canada.com and The Huffington Post

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Samsung gives up on its homegrown Music and Book Hub services — Just like HTC with its doomed movie service, Samsung is apparently starting to realize that its in-house efforts can't compete with specialist alternatives. While Spotify has been busily publicizing its rapid growth …

Discussion: Gigaom, CNET, The Verge and BGR

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Mail Online's soaring revenues offset publisher's print ad decline — Website's revenues up 45% to £28m in six months to end of March, as DMGT highlights reshaping of its media business — Mail Online: revenues up 45% to £28m in six months to end of March

Discussion: TheMediaBriefing, Guardian, Press Gazette and The Drum

Paul Linford / HoldTheFrontPage:
Local World makes £18m half-yearly profit says DMGT

Discussion: Interactive Investor, Life Style Extra, RTTNews and RTTNews

Angela Haggerty / The Drum:

Financial Times kicks off trials to sell advertisers ‘blocks of time’ to tackle industry's viewability issue — The Financial Times is set to begin a new method of digital trading, selling blocks of time to advertisers in a bid to tackle the industry's ad viewability problem.

Discussion: @jason_kint, @jburnmurdoch and @chartbeat

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Knight funds innovation and a push for media diversity at Hampton University — Knight Foundation is awarding $245,000 to Hampton University to help prepare journalism students at the historically black college to work in digital newsrooms. Knight has long been in the habit …

Discussion: Poynter and Knight Foundation