Mediagazer: 12 Years After Its Debut On Hacked Xboxes, XBMC Changes Its Name To Kodi (Greg Kumparak/TechCrunch)

2:05 PM ET, August 3, 2014

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Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:

Four reasons why TV Everywhere isn't ready for prime time: A simple look at a complex problem — More than five years after its bold introduction, U.S. pay TV's highly complex multiscreen initiative, TV Everywhere, remains a work in progress. — There have been major breakthroughs recently …

David Cohn / Medium:

There's no need to defend “entrepreneurial journalism” because it doesn't exist — There's no need to defend “entrepreneurial journalism” because it doesn't exist — Is anyone else tired of pointless journalist on journalist attacks? They persist because of the labels/divisions we create amongst ourselves.

Discussion: @digidave

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

12 Years After Its Debut On Hacked Xboxes, XBMC Changes Its Name To Kodi — Back in 2002, a small group of developers whipped together an app that was meant to turn a hacked Xbox into a full-fledged media player, capable of playing all sorts of video and music content that the Xbox couldn't handle out of the box.

Discussion: XBMC, PC Magazine, Engadget, Android Police, Gigaom, Lifehacker, BetaNews and Softpedia News

Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:

Media People: Q&A With Time Inc.'s Norman Pearlstine — Norman Pearlstine, 72, is executive vice president and chief content officer of Time Inc., where he is charged with the development of new content experiences, consumer products and lines of business across the company's titles.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and MediaWire Daily

Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:

Times Of Israel Publishes Op-Ed About ‘When Genocide Is Permissible’, Then Deletes It — The Times of Israel published, and then deleted, a piece Friday by a blogger suggesting that genocide was a “permissible” way to solve the conflict in the Middle East.

Discussion: The 5 Towns Jewish Times, The Times of Israel, The Daily Beast, Gawker, Vocativ, Ops & Blogs, Slate, International Business Times, Vox, The Independent, BuzzFeed and Mediaite

New Orleans Times-Picayune:

During football season New Orleans Times-Picayune will print bonus Saturday and Monday papers — The Times-Picayune will home-deliver bonus Saturday and Monday newspapers to three-day subscribers during the fall — To our readers: — As the fall football season and holiday shopping season swing …

Discussion: @jeffamy, @jkrolldigital and John Kroll Digital

Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:

Remembering War Correspondent Jim Frederick, 42 — Jim Frederick (via Facebook). — On my first day at Money magazine in January 2001, this guy I kinda knew named Scott Medintz was assigned to walk me around the office and introduce me. Everyone had these large offices with a window …

Discussion: TIME, @moorehn, Technologizer, @mattgallagher83, @ghoshworld, @jimaley, @gary__bass, @acarvin, @katz, @jledbetter and @craigwduff

Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

More Online Publishers Let Readers Fill the Space — To most English speakers, “platform” is a noun. But among news organizations, it is quickly becoming a verb. — For publishers, the new meaning of “to platform” is something akin to: Take a traditional media company and add technology …

Discussion: @journalism2ls, Thanks:@steverubel

Lee Fang / Republic Report:

Comcast Affiliated News Outlet Censored My Article About Net Neutrality Lobbying — Minority Media and Telecommunications Council president David Honig — In a move that smacks of censorship, Republic Report has discovered that a telecom industry-affiliated lobbying group successfully persuaded …

Discussion: @millicentsomer, @culturejedi, @samgustin, @lhfang and @fightfortheftr

Kelly McBride / Poynter:

The NPR One app has the potential to be a major platform for audio content — NPR One app potential is huge — Public radio and podcasts have taken on an increasing role in my life. I listen while running, cleaning, cooking, driving long distances or taking public transportation …

Discussion: @superjaberwocky and @kellymcb

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

On David Frum, the New York Times, and the Non-Faked “Fake” Gaza Photos — What they reveal about the three words that are journalists' only source of self-respect — 1. A colleague at the Atlantic made a major journalistic error this week. As he has himself admitted, in the first half of a post on our site.

Discussion: Mondoweiss, TheJournal.ie, @lovelljoel, Forbes, @johnmcquaid, @kissane, @jayrosen_nyu, The Dish, The Corsair, Columbia Journalism Review and Pressing Issues

Federica Cherubini / Mediashift:

When Data Drives the News: A Look at Analytics Beyond the Page View — Below is a report on analytics and their role in the newsroom, one part of a continuing World Editors Forum blog series on the Trends in Newsrooms 2014 report. Read the other installments here: Part one, part two, part three and part four.

Discussion: @chartbeat

Andrew Flanagan / Billboard:

Source says no immediate layoffs at Beats, but a large number of positions could be eliminated in the next 3 to 12 months — Beats and Apple Dispute Reports of Layoffs — Apple and a source close to Beats are disputing the characterization in recent reports that a significant round …

Discussion: AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Electronista and Music Week