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Om Malik:
Google could help the news industry by building a search tool with better historical context — How Google can really help news & media — Earlier this month, folks from Google invited me along with Kara Swisher and Audrey Cooper for a conversation about the future of news.
Discussion:
@jason_kint
David Case / GlobalPost:
Global Post staff pay tribute to slain colleague, journalist James Foley — Here's what James Foley meant to us — GlobalPost's editorial team pays tribute to our slain colleague and friend. — BOSTON — The scene is pure adrenaline. — First, you hear panicked rebels crying “Allahu Akbar” — God is great.
Discussion:
@corinnepurtill, @cegoldbaum, @thomaswmucha, @markscheffler, @karenleez, @bradycarlson and St. Louis Public Radio
Felix Gillette / Businessweek:
An entire Hollywood-like industry has grown around YouTube creators; MCNs, agents and advertisers — Hollywood's Big-Money YouTube Hit Factory — When Brian Robbins first told people he was going full time into the YouTube (GOOG) business, his colleagues in Hollywood were incredulous.
Discussion:
@longform, @mscott, @bw, @katyfinneran, @sfiegerman, @bradstone, @sub8u, @koblin, SocialTimes, @pkafka and @felixgillette
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Huffington Post hosting its first political debate, between Californian democrats — Huffington Post to host inaugural political debate — The Huffington Post is getting into the debate game. — The website will host an Oct. 6 showdown at California's San Jose State University between …
Discussion:
@niemanlab and @huffpostmedia
Bloomberg:
California Lawmakers Strike Deal to Boost Film Tax Credit — California Governor Jerry Brown and lawmakers struck a deal to more than triple the tax credit for Hollywood studios to stem the flight of film and TV production to other states. — The $330 million annual subsidy …
Discussion:
LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap and Variety
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
China's biggest online video company, Youku Tudou, launches film division — China's Youku Tudou Launches Film Division — Internet video giant's newly formed Heyi Film Inc. is described as the “first online and offline film company” — China's biggest online video company Youku Tudou …
Discussion:
Variety
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Former NYT communications chief Robert Christie joins Alibaba as VP of International Media — Former Times comms chief heads to Alibaba — Robert Christie, the former communications chief of The New York Times Company, is joining the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group as vice president …
Discussion:
@bobtheprguy
Agence France-Presse:
Anti-graft officers raid Hong Kong media tycoon's home — Hong Kong anti-corruption officials early Thursday raided the home of Jimmy Lai, an outspoken mogul whose media empire is often fiercely critical of Beijing. — The swoop comes at a time of growing disquiet in Hong Kong over the erosion …
Discussion:
McClatchy Washington Bureau, TIME, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Guardian
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Vice Director of global marketing Jonathan Hunt joins Vox as VP for marketing & partnerships — Vice's Director of Global Marketing Jonathan Hunt Heads to Vox — Will help company expand — Jonathan Hunt, who led Vice's global marketing efforts, is leaving his post to help Vox Media expand …
Discussion:
@reckless, @bankoff, @lock and @voxmediainc
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Report: Guardian maintains lead with most monthly web-only UK readers — The Guardian website is again the most widely read newspaper site in the UK according to new figures from the National Readership Survey (NRS), recording just under 8 million web-only readers in June 2014.
Discussion:
Press Gazette and @wblau
Susannah Nesmith / Columbia Journalism Review:
Florida's monthly paper The Coastal Star sees more success with print than digital — Florida news outlet sees more success with print than digital — For one news monthly, a perfect confluence of demographics has led to a successful newsprint publication
Discussion:
@susannahnesmith, @cjr, @ryanchittum, @tiffinit and @jbenton
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
At Condé Nast, editors clash with growing video division — Since early 2013, Condé Nast has been sinking resources into digital video via Condé Nast Entertainment, a division that creates web series and other video content for its magazine brands like Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ and Wired.
Discussion:
The New York Observer, @felixsalmon, MediaWire Daily and @peterlauria3
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