Mediagazer: From Grumpy Cat to Ukraine: How Mashable is expanding beyond gadgets and apps (Joseph Lichterman/Nieman Journalism Lab)

11:10 AM ET, July 23, 2014

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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: bizjournals, RTTNews, Des Moines Register, NetNewsCheck Latest, CNBC, TVSpy, Broadcasting & Cable, Guardian, Radio & Television … and Wall Street Journal

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: The New York Observer, @fionaspruill, @jamescuff, @niemanlab and @lheron

Áine Kerr / Storyful Blog:

Mandy Jenkins joins Storyful as Editor of the Open Newsroom — We are proud to announce that Mandy Jenkins is joining Storyful as Editor of the Open Newsroom. — Jenkins, formerly of Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome and the Huffington Post, will help to oversee the highest standards …

Discussion: @jeffjarvis

Wall Street Journal:

WSJ Takes Some Computer Systems Offline After Cyber Intrusion — Publisher Investigating Hacker's Claims; No Evidence Customer Data Affected — Computer systems housing The Wall Street Journal's news graphics were hacked by outside parties, according to Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, ZDNet, Reuters, The Register, International Business Times, The Standard and Computing

Associated Press:

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, bizjournals, @tednesi, @tednesi and Poynter

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 …

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Fox's Debt Key in Time Warner Bid — Ever since his News Corp survived a bruising liquidity crisis in the early 1990s, Rupert Murdoch has been careful to avoid getting overextended financially. But his pursuit of Time Warner Inc. could test that philosophy.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Samantha Bookman / FierceOnlineVideo News:

UK scraps its ‘three strikes’ piracy plan, brings in softer guidelines — In a signal that heavy-handed anti-piracy tactics—and placing the burden of enforcement on ISPs—isn't working well, the United Kingdom is revising its “three strikes” plan which would boot illegal file sharers off their ISP after three warnings.

Discussion: PC Pro, Load the Game, The Independent, TorrentFreak and TorrentFreak

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?

Discussion: Poynter, Media & Entertainment and MediaWire Daily

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 …

Discussion: Central European News

John McCarthy / The Drum:

Daily Show's Jon Stewart launches joke $10bn 'Let's buy CNN' Kickstarter — TV host Jon Stewart launched a $10bn cash-drive to buy CNN live on Tuesday's Daily Show in a fake bid to save the 24-hour news channel which could be up for sale if Rupert Murdoch acquires parent company Time Warner.

Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, TIME, AceShowBiz.com, Hollywood Reporter and Splitsider

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: Agence France-Presse and @op_israel

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