Mediagazer: Washington Post eyes national scale for its events business (Ricardo Bilton/Digiday)

1:50 PM ET, September 5, 2014

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John McCarthy / The Drum:

Reddit and Pornhub among website collective to stage ‘go slow’ protest of US internet speed priority plans — A collective of the world's largest websites are to stage a “go slow” protest day next week to fight US internet ‘fast-lane’ plans which could reshape the internet irreparably …

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Netflix Supports FCC Chairman's Call for Increased Broadband Competition

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Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Politico, foremost practitioner of Washington's current courtier press, goes from mere triviality into outright obscenity — Politico, foremost practitioner of Washington's current courtier press, goes from mere triviality into outright obscenity … Tell you what, let's …

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

7 problems with Politico Magazine's hit piece on Glenn Greenwald — Politico Magazine's Michael Hirsh has written a hit piece on Glenn Greenwald. It is terrible, in precisely seven ways. — Problem No. 1: Wimpy, pusillanimous, cowardly headline-and-subhead combo. — Here's how the piece presents itself to readers:

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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:

Bloomberg Returns to an Organization Looking for a Vision — IN late 2007, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg rolled his chair over to Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff's desk inside the bullpen at City Hall and suggested that they go to a nearby table to talk. The mayor knew that Mr. Doctoroff …

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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Faces a More Competitive Marketplace, Strained Relations With Financial Institutions

Discussion: FishbowlNY and MediaWire Daily

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

GQ's Chris Mitchell Named Vanity Fair Publisher as Conde Changes Keep Coming — Wired Publisher Howard Mittman Moves to GQ — Castro Innovation — Conde Nast has named Chris Mitchell, VP-publisher of GQ, to the same position at sibling title Vanity Fair.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, MediaPost, WWD Media Headlines, The New York Observer, Capital New York and WWD

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

Washington Post eyes national scale for its events business — Jeff Bezos' crusade to make The Washington Post relevant to more than just D.C. insiders is extending to the newspaper's events business as well. — The newspaper announced on Thursday that it will be launching “America Answers …

Discussion: Gigaom and @digiday

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Diller's Vimeo makes push at Toronto Film Festival — Naked yoga videos, an Eminem boxing film and a unique collection of thought-provoking independent movies are helping Barry Diller's video platform Vimeo create a new distribution model for online content.

Discussion: Digital Journal and Variety

TheMediaBriefing:

German newspapers chase recognition and global conversation, rather than ad money, with English language products — Why German newspapers are publishing in English — Much of the internet-facilitated cross-border media expansion of recent years has come from English language publications …

Discussion: @kevglobal and @melaniehall, Thanks:@chrismsutcliffe

Edmund Lee / Re/code:

Ex-NYT exec editor Jill Abramson on the paper's future and on what she wants to do next — Former New York Times Editor Jill Abramson on the Paper's Future — Jill Abramson still doesn't know why she was fired as the top editor of the New York Times. — “I'm still trying to sort of figure that out.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @ismaelnafria, @bobbymacreports, @lucymarcus, @moorehn, @nbj914, @nelliebowles, @moorehn and The Huffington Post

Kenneth Li / Re/code:

Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp said he's taking cues from NatGeo; doesn't plan to “bleed Time Inc.” — Time Inc. to Take Page From National Geographic Playbook — Time Inc. will borrow a page from the National Geographic playbook to revive its declining print empire.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and Re/code

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Time Inc. Wants the Right to Outsource Most of Its Union Jobs

Discussion: The Drum, Reuters, Complete Music Update, @ishaantharoor, @mattsaccaro, @victoriamargaux, @hamiltonnolan and Guardian

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

The Guardian released a beta version of its new website to get reader feedback as it continues to tweak its design. — The complaints came rolling in shortly after The Guardian released a beta version of its new responsive website: The comments are too difficult to use. There isn't enough information on the homepage.

Discussion: @ajwshaughnessy and @niemanlab

Nick Vivarelli / Variety:

iTunes Seals Deal With Middle East Distributor Front Row — VENICE - Prominent Dubai-based independent Middle East film distributor, Front Row Filmed Entertainment has sealed a deal with iTunes under which it will act as an aggregator for independent Arabic and Bollywood distribution companies …

Discussion: Gulf News and The Huffington Post

Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

With $500 million war chest, what's next for Vice Media? — Vice Media is on the cusp of a major expansion. — The company has secured $500 million in funding, including $250 million from A+E Network, and $250 million from Silicon Valley investment firm Technology Crossover Ventures.

Discussion: Washington Post, PandoDaily, Yahoo! Finance and Variety

Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times:

Hachette author Janet Fitch asks Bezos to weigh impact on literature in Amazon dispute — Janet Fitch reveals her letter to Amazon's Jeff Bezos — Another writer has decided to speak up about the business dealings of Amazon: Janet Fitch, who after signing the Authors United letter, has gone a step further.

Discussion: Melville House Books, @carol_weston, @signepike and @signepike