Mediagazer: Global Post staff pay tribute to slain colleague, journalist James Foley (David Case/GlobalPost)

8:35 PM ET, August 28, 2014

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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: @karenleez, @corinnepurtill, @thomaswmucha, @markscheffler, @cegoldbaum, @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: @sfiegerman, @katyfinneran, @bradstone, @bw, SocialTimes, @koblin, @sub8u, @pkafka and @felixgillette

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: @ryanchittum, @susannahnesmith, @tiffinit, @cjr and @jbenton

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

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: @bankoff, @reckless, @lock and @voxmediainc

John McDermott / Digiday:

Turns out traditional publishers do just fine with millennials — The conceit of a raft of new publishers is that traditional media companies have lost their way with young audiences. — And while it turns out many of the self-proclaimed millennial publications do attract proportionally …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @moksha_f, @mathewi, @n_c_b, @daniellenuss, @digiday and @avantguild

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, @peterlauria3 and MediaWire Daily

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

Playboy rebrands its digital content with a SFW look and editorial focus, to encourage content sharing — Playboy goes (mostly) smut-free for a digital rebrand — “I read Playboy for the articles” used to be an excuse for guys to pick it up at newsstands. Starting today, it's core to the magazine's digital strategy.

Discussion: Adweek, Salon, @jaredbkeller and @digiday

Eric Blattberg / Digiday:

Mashable turns to YouTube as branded video becomes the main focus of its monetization strategy — Why Mashable centers its video strategy on YouTube — Most publishers pushing into video try get people to their sites and then use YouTube for marketing. Not so for Mashable …

Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:

Ukraine Today, a 24-hour news channel, is now available online and via satellite; aims to clarify Russian media misinformation — Ukraine Today aims to clarify Russian media misinformation — Media mogul Igor Kolomoisky has his sights set high for the 24-hour news channel

Discussion: Latest News & Headlines, Forbes, Aljazeera and @cjr

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

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

As traditional media outlets scale back foreign bureaus, new media fills the void — How the news upstarts covered ISIS — The rallying cry for those bemoaning the demise of newspapers was, “Without The New York Times, who would cover Iraq?” Well, quite a few places, it turns out.

Discussion: @kevglobal, @moneyries, @buzzfeedben and @apompliano