Mediagazer: Q&A: Pakistan's Hamid Mir speaks about climate for press freedom following attack (Bob Dietz/Committee to Protect …)

5:45 AM ET, August 7, 2014

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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:

Google partners with Barnes & Noble for same-day book deliveries from stores in West LA, SF Bay Area, and Manhattan — Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon — Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service …

Discussion: @levie, Bookseller news, GeekWire, @robneyer and The Next Web

Adam Epstein / Quartz:

HBO Go is poised to become more like Netflix — Time Warner is finally admitting that Netflix is a competitor to HBO. And now, it might create a Netflix of its own. — CEO Jeff Bewkes acknowledged the rise of his company's competitor on this morning's quarterly earnings call.

Discussion: Deadline.com, @qz and @zseward

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
On earnings call, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes refuses to comment on Fox takeover bid

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Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:

The job market tightens, but new journalism grads remain upbeat — Job growth for recent journalism and mass communication grads stalled in 2013 with minority students hit particularly hard by the slowdown, according to a new University of Georgia survey of nearly 1,800 bachelor's and master's degree recipients.

Discussion: @pewjournalism and @macloo

Heidi Moore / Guardian:

Spin-offs, break-ups and dropped bids: can big media survive without moguls? — As news conglomerates break apart, the Rupert Murdochs of the world need to look further down the food chain for the next great money-makers — If Time Warner was hoping for a major league suitor, Rupert Murdoch just dropped Fox's acquisition offer.

Discussion: New York Times, @nickwoltman, @dfnewscat, @kdoctor, @galenmoore, @socialkimly, Businessweek, @carr2n, The New York Observer and Adweek

Michael McWhertor / Polygon:

Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyrighted audio — Twitch users now need to be more vigilant about the music they play while making gameplay videos. Starting today, Twitch is now scanning videos for unauthorized third-party audio — in-game and ambient music — and automatically muting that content.

Discussion: The Official Twitch Blog, The Official Twitch Blog, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, Re/code, Engadget, Electronista, GameSpot, The Next Web, The Verge, @chicago_lollie and Boing Boing

Bob Dietz / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Q&A: Pakistan's Hamid Mir speaks about climate for press freedom following attack — In April, Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir was shot multiple times shortly after a CPJ delegation met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who pledged to take several steps to improve journalist security.

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google's YouTube Buys Mobile Video Startup Directr — In its latest effort to boost advertising by small businesses, Google said its YouTube unit had acquired Directr, a mobile-video app used by small businesses to create marketing videos. — No purchase price was disclosed.

Discussion: AndroidHeadlines.com

Myles Udland / Business Insider:

Fox earns $0.42 per share on $8.42B revenue in Q4, beating estimates — Fox Earnings Beat Expectations — 21st Century Fox reported fourth quarter adjusted EPS of $0.42 on revenue $8.42 billion. — Analysts were looking for adjusted earnings per share of $0.38 on revenue of $8 billion, according to data from Bloomberg.

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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:

Russell Simmons' All Def Digital Closes $5M in Series A Financing — All Def Digital, Inc. (ADD) has closed $5 million in Series A financing, the company said on Wednesday. — The investment is led by new media venture capital firm Greycroft Partners, with participation from Advancit Capital, Nu Horizons Investments and e.ventures.

Discussion: Variety

David Cuen / BBC:

BBC launches first social media-only news service - for Thailand — On 22 May, the Royal Thai Armed Forces staged a military coup and soon after international channels including BBC World News TV were taken off air temporarily. It was clear then that, to fill the international news void …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, MediaNama, @davidcuen and The Desk

Danna Walker / American Journalism Review:

Women News Managers Reflect on Leadership Styles in a Changing Industry — Women News Managers Reflect on Leadership Styles in a Changing Industry — Carolyn Ryan of The New York Times told an anecdote recently that helped me think more clearly about this moment in time for women leaders in journalism …

Discussion: @leswalker, @amjourreview, @pennyriordan1, @poynter and Poynter

Deb Aoki / Publishers Weekly:

Japanese Manga, Anime Firms Debut Latest Antipiracy Project — A consortium of Japanese government organizations, manga publishers and anime production and game companies, announced that they have formed the Manga-Anime Guadians Project, a combined effort to crack down on online piracy.

Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Why the ad technology revolution that was supposed to help publishers actually devastated so many of them — Why the ad technology revolution that was supposed to help publishers actually devastated so many of them — Back in antiquity (five years ago), when I ran a popular Web 1. content …

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Dish's Charlie Ergen: In the future, most TV viewing won't happen on TV — TV viewing is shifting form televisions to mobile devices, which is one reason why Dish plans to launch an internet TV service by the end of this year. — Dish still wants to launch its internet TV service by the end of this year …

Discussion: Variety