Mediagazer: Source Interlink Distribution to Shut Down (Bill Mickey/Folio)

12:00 PM ET, May 30, 2014

Top News:

David Folkenflik / NPR:

‘Period Of Turmoil’ Preceded Abramson Firing, Says Top Editor At ‘Times’ — Dean Baquet sat in his new office in midtown Manhattan, the very picture of composure and precision, as he described the top-level dysfunction that led to the firing of Jill Abramson as executive editor of The New York Times …

Bill Mickey / Folio:

Source Interlink Media Rebrands, Closes 12 Titles — New corporate identity: TEN: The Enthusiast Network — Major changes are happening at Source Interlink Media, publisher of Surfing, Motortrend and approximately 60 other enthusiast titles. Newly installed CEO Scott Dickey announced …

Discussion: Orange County Business … and Talking New Media

Bill Mickey / Folio:

Source Interlink Distribution to Shut Down — After losing Time Inc. business, all operations to cease. — As was widely speculated following the news that Time Inc. dropped its wholesale services, Source Interlink Distribution has announced that it's shutting down.

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, New York Post, The News-Press, @cayseyw and Canadian Magazines

Matt Hardigree / Jalopnik:

Automobile Magazine Cuts Staff And Fires Editor — Giving credence to yesterday's rumor, Automobile magazine's Michigan offices have been closed, much of its staff has been let go, and the Editor-in-Chief Jean Jennings has been fired. This comes along with Source Interlink …

Discussion: AdAge, Automobile Magazine, Jalopnik, @mattclarke_am, @nsfwlife, @steintrek, @sailthetethys, @stanceandspeed, @jalopnik, @dutch_mandel, @randyshayler, @pseudobread, @nytjamescobb, BMW BLOG, @zoomy575m, @mickimaynard, @damonlavrinc and Autoblog

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Apple Will Use Curation To Beat A Path To Mainstreaming Music — Ask the average person who their favorite musicians are and they'll struggle to name more than a few. That's one reason search-based streaming services haven't hit critical mass. They force users to know what they want to hear.

Discussion: Forbes, Mashable, 9to5Mac and Tech Trader Daily

Michael Vakulenko / Medium:

Beats is a platform, connecting artists with fans; Apple's users will enable network effects on it — To understand Beats you need to understand Lady Gaga — Look beyond headphones, play lists, music streaming, wearables and label deals — The news are finally out—Apple is buying Beats for 3 Billion Dollars.

Discussion: @mikeelgan, @danielpunkass, @cdixon, @richoakley, @tomgara, @monkbent, Guardian, @mryall, @pgiese, hypebot, Digital Media Wire, Forbes, VatorNews, The Verge, Re/code, ReadWrite and Cult of Mac

Ben Popper / The Verge:
Apple didn't want Beats, it needed Beats

Discussion: memeburn, MacStories and Re/code

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

One year after 28 Sun-Times photojournalists were laid off, where are they now? — One year ago today, the Chicago Sun-Times eliminated its photo staff, laying off 28 full-time employees. — Most of them have landed on their feet, according to email and phone interviews with many of the photographers.

Discussion: @jbenton, @abeaujon, @poynter and The Newspaper Guild

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

It's alive! What NPR learned from turning its @nprnews Twitter account from a bot into a human — May 22 was World Goth Day! To celebrate, NPR's main Twitter account, @nprnews, sent out a tweet to its 2 million-plus followers sharing a 2013 NPR story on Goth Barbie.

Discussion: @vivian and the npr social media desk

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Who's behind that tweet? Here's how 7 news orgs manage their Twitter and Facebook accounts

Discussion: @polina_marinova, @ericcarvin, @bydanielvictor, Cision and Talking Biz News

Rem Rieder / USA Today:

Rieder: Time to pass shield law for journalists — Last summer, supporters were confident that at long last the federal shield law for journalists would be enacted. — After a number of false starts, they were convinced that the stars were aligned and that a measure to ensure that journalists …

Reggie Ugwu / BuzzFeed:

Amazon Prime to offer music streaming service with songs six months old or older, coming June/July; Sony, Warner on board — Exclusive: Amazon Prime To Offer Music Streaming Service — With 6-Month-Old Songs — The internet giant has reached deals with major labels for a service to launch this June or July.

Discussion: VentureBeat, App Advice, Wall Street Journal, WebProNews, Music Week, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, Business Insider, Mashable, Gigaom, Gizmodo, AllAccess.com, @pigsandplans, The Verge, TechCrunch, MacRumors and hypebot

Agence France-Presse:

Turkey sentences Twitter user to jail for blasphemy — Istanbul (AFP) - A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday. — The court in the eastern city of Mus ruled that the man …

Discussion: Mashable and Daily Dot

Al Jazeera English:
Turkey's top court rejects YouTube ban

Discussion: USA Today, Gigaom, BBC, Reuters and Associated Press

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Probably not a surprise: Turns out your boss spends a lot of time in email — reading news — Do you work in a handsome corner office, one with a view? If so, you likely get a lot of your news in your inbox. — Of course, that's true for many non-captains of industry too.

Discussion: Medium, @tothevictor and @peteskomoroch

Kate Tummarello / The Hill:

National Association of Broadcasters plans second FCC lawsuit over shared resource agreements — Broadcasters to sue FCC on resource-sharing ban — The broadcast industry plans to sue the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its decision to crack down on resource-sharing deals between broadcasters.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Richard Prince / Richard Prince's Journal-isms:

How Maya Angelou learned on the job after landing an editor's job in Egypt with no experience — In 1960, Renaissance Woman Landed Editor's Job in Egypt — Maya Angelou, the Renaissance woman who assumed roles ranging from poet to calypso singer, for a brief time was also a journalist.

Discussion: @africandevjobs and @princeeditor

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

How Muck Rack's social media tool lets journalists track content sharing — Here's a handy social media tool you might not be aware of: Muck Rack's Who Shared My Link feature. Simply paste any link, and it shows you how many times it was shared on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more.

Discussion: @abeaujon, @poynter, @grrlscientist, bookforum.com and 10,000 Words

Bill Mickey / Folio:

MIT Technology Review Launches Tiered Subscription Plan — Latest effort to support digital-first brand strategy. — MIT Technology Review officially launched its tiered subscription plan today. Called Insider, it offers three pricing levels and has emerged from a long period of market testing and a two-month beta.

James Doleman / The Drum:

Phone-hacking trial: Managing editor ‘misled’ over contracts, court told — Jonathan Caplan QC begins closing argument — “Case cries out for some sense of proportion”, court told — Former managing editor's trust abused, barrister says — Proceedings resumed this morning shortly …

Discussion: @lisaocarroll, @lisaocarroll and @lisaocarroll