Mediagazer: 39 Pieces Of Advice For Journalists And Writers Of Color (BuzzFeed)

7:15 AM ET, July 23, 2014

Top News:

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 …

Discussion: WPRI-TV, @tednesi, @tednesi, bizjournals and Poynter

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: Guardian

Tess Stynes / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Profit Rises 84% on Broadcasting Unit Growth

Discussion: USA Today, @abeaujon and Reuters

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

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 …

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.

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.

Discussion: @mackenzian, @beatonna, @mjenkins, @mitrakalita, @aprilleticia, @jayrosen_nyu and Poynter

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

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: @op_israel

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

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

‘Not the Time for Antiseptic Coverage’: Dean Baquet on Covering Violence Abroad — Although it resulted in protests from some readers, a photograph of a victim's body covered in clear plastic — the main image on Saturday's front page — was both important and “one of the most beautiful pictures …

Discussion: BAGnewsNotes, @lpolgreen, @feldmaniac, @deanpwright, Pressing Issues, @jswatz, @jennydeluxe, @abarnardnyt, @sulliview and Mediaite

Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:

‘Right to be forgotten’: Publishers rebel against Google's hidden results — Local news sites in the UK are publicising the fact that links are being hidden from the search engine - and attracting thousands of page views to the original stories as a result — Credit: By Carlos Luna on Flickr.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

FoxNews.com falls, USAToday.com rises in consumer satisfaction survey — Fox News' website dropped 7 percent in American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual survey of consumer satisfaction, while USA Today's rose by 4 percent. — It's the first time in five years that …

Discussion: Softpedia News and Search Engine Land