Mediagazer: Gatehouse Media parent agrees to buy Providence Journal from Belo for $46M in cash (Associated Press)

9:15 AM ET, July 23, 2014

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Gatehouse Media parent agrees to buy Providence Journal from Belo for $46M in cash — GATEHOUSE MEDIA PARENT TO BUY PROVIDENCE JOURNAL … PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The parent company of Gatehouse Media LLC on Tuesday announced an agreement to buy The Providence Journal and related print …

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:

From Grumpy Cat to Ukraine: How Mashable is expanding beyond gadgets and apps — Within minutes of the first reports that a Malaysia Airlines plane had crashed over eastern Ukraine Thursday, Mashable had live coverage up and running. Its real-time news staff in New York was updating the post …

Discussion: @lheron

Capital New York:

The 60-second interview: Alan Murray, incoming editor of Fortune, outgoing president of Pew Research Center — CAPITAL: Talking to insiders, one gets the sense that Fortune could use a bit of a refresh. What do you see as Fortune's mission and how will it be different in 12 months from what it is today?

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Pew's Alan Murray will edit Fortune

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

If Gannett is a bellwether, 2014 will be another tough year for newspaper advertising — Since the Newspaper Association of America stopped reporting quarterly revenue results last year, I have looked at Gannett's numbers as a reasonable proxy for the industry.

Discussion: USA Today, Guardian and Wall Street Journal

Vladimir Kozlov / Hollywood Reporter:

Ukraine: Tycoon to Launch English-Language News Network — Funded by Igor Kolomoisky, Ukraine Today, the country's only English-language network, wants to be Ukraine's answer to Russia Today. — MOSCOW - Ukraine will see the launch of its first and only English-language TV network …

Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:

PBS Chief Paula Kerger Talks ‘Sherlock,’ Streaming and Cable's Exit From Education — “I'm the only person who will stand on this stage and say I hope people steal our ideas,” the president and CEO tells the TCA crowd, “because that means more good television for the public. — Paula Kerger

Discussion: The Wrap

Agence France-Presse:

Egypt court says ‘devil guided’ jailed Jazeera journalists AFP 5 hrs ago — Cairo (AFP) - An Egyptian court that jailed three Al-Jazeera journalists for alleged ties with Islamists said on Tuesday that “the devil guided” the group to spread false news defaming the country.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Guardian and @op_israel

Lene Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:

Minus proper archives, news outlets risk losing years of backstories forever — Experts say journalism outfits are naive about the safety of digital content and underestimate the value of archives — Print stories can be lost, but digital stories last forever, captured for eternity …

Reuters:

Some WSJ computer systems taken offline after cyber attack -Dow Jones — (Reuters) - Computer systems containing the Wall Street Journal's news graphics were hacked by outside parties, according to the paper's publisher Dow Jones & Co. — The systems have been taken offline to prevent …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and ZDNet

BuzzFeed:

39 Pieces Of Advice For Journalists And Writers Of Color — Established writers of color offer priceless advice for those just starting out. — For people of color, the writing industry can seem an especially challenging space, particularly for those just starting out.

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Andrew Flanagan / Billboard:

Spotify, MTV Partner on Playlists, Editorial — “Spotify and Viacom have announced an editorial partnership that will bring MTV, VH1 and CMT's apps and curatorial voice to the Spotify platform in the U.S. The partnership will be U.S.-focused at the outset, with it likely to expand to Europe and beyond in the future.

Discussion: @spotifyads and VentureBeat

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Eighteen months after dropping AP, Tribune happy with Reuters — When newspaper ad revenues were in free fall in 2008, there was much angry complaining among editors about the high cost and inflexibility of the Associated Press service. At a gripe session in Washington, one editor compared the cooperative to the USSR's politburo.