Mediagazer: MTV, Comedy Central To Show Up on Sony's Internet-TV Service (Edmund Lee/Re/code)

12:00 AM ET, September 11, 2014

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

Guardian launching community events and voluntary membership programs from £15-£60 per month — Guardian Space & Guardian Membership, playing the physical/digital continuum — Can it be that the solution to newspaper companies' digital woes lies in the physical world?

Discussion: TheMediaBriefing, @jayrosen_nyu, @michaelfredman, Guardian, @redbrand, @akshatrathi, @lloydshep, @mattlearmouth and @gallaghereditor

Alan Rusbridger / Guardian:

welcome to Guardian Membership — The Guardian is much more than a business - for almost 200 years we have dedicated our resources to the kind of public service journalism that recently won a Pulitzer prize. By becoming a member you'll help support that ideal and, no doubt, have a great time in doing so

Discussion: @benstupples, Digiday, Guardian, The Drum, @jeffjarvis, @dangillmor, Poynter, @gunnar40, @cathomahony, @julieposetti, @vivian, @arusbridger and @jcstearns

Julian Reichelt / OZY:

How Steven Sotloff + James Foley Fell Prey to the Islamic State — teven Sotloff and I did not know each other. But I knew the country and the conflict he was trying to show to the world. Stay safe — don't wanna see you in some YouTube video. When Sotloff was kidnapped …

Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

N.Y.T. reporter: U.S. needs to pressure Europe on journalist ransoms — New York Times foreign correspondent Rukmini Callimachi told a crowd last night that the U.S. should be pressuring European countries to stop paying ransom to terrorist kidnappers. — The U.S. generally refuses to pay ransoms …

Discussion: The Wrap, FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Columbia Journalism Review, Latest News & Headlines, Gawker and @mlcalderone

Reuters:
White House doesn't believe slain U.S. journalist was ‘sold’ to Islamic State

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

IDG shutters Macworld Magazine, much of the editorial staff let go … International Data Group (IDG) is shutting down Macworld Magazine, the long time Apple periodical according to tweets by staff and conversations I've had with personnel. Dan Miller, Editor, Macworld tweeted the following:

Discussion: Jason Snell, Folio, @jsnell, Cult of Mac, Poynter, @danfrakes, @dangillmor, FishbowlNY, @marcoarment, Fast Company, @dsilverman, @zachhonig, Mashable and Daring Fireball

Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine:

The latest list of “media disruptors” spawns other, more diverse lists and a call for quotas — Why Disruptors Are Always White Guys — We don't think of women and minorities when we think of bosses and entrepreneurs. — Shares — It's happening again. There's a list of “media disruptors.”

Bill Mickey / Folio:

VentureBeat Beefs Up Edit Squad — Adds managing editor and staff writers to roster. — VentureBeat, the online business and tech publisher, has bolstered its edit team with a new managing editor and staff writers. The new hires come on the heels of a $2.6 million equity investment.

Discussion: @jordannovet

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

CNN Raids Politico For Growing Digital Politics Team — NEW YORK — CNN hired three Politico journalists Wednesday as part of the network's bid to expand its digital politics team. — Politico Congress editor Steven Sloan has joined CNN Politics Digital as assistant managing editor …

Discussion: FishbowlDC and @jmsummers

Associated Press:

Venezuela's oldest paper, El Impulso, shuts down amid newsprint shortage, failing advertising — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's oldest newspaper is shutting down because of a lack of newsprint and a difficult economic climate as the country grapples with chronic shortages.

Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

Live UK flood maps made available to all news outlets — Environment Agency contractor Shoothill provides embeddable interactive maps and Twitter accounts for over 2,400 river gauges ahead of flood season — Credit: By Bob Bowyer on Wikimedia Commons. Some rights reserved

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Nieman Lab:

News is now shaped by app designers, who often see themselves as separate from journalism — Designer or journalist: Who shapes the news you read in your favorite apps? — What are the ethics of platform design? One of the reasons that Facebook study on user emotions was so controversial …

Discussion: @vizworld, @lainnafader, @lauraelizdavis, @rachelnixon, @kreissdaniel, @amzam and @gabekahn

Alan D. Mutter / Editor and Publisher:

The price of Sunday newspapers should be reduced to attract new and former customers — Newsosaur: Selling Papers to the ‘Sub-Geezer’ Set — Why do Sunday newspapers cost so much? — As I picked up the Sunday New York Times at a Starbucks in a leafy neighborhood in Chicago …

Discussion: @johnrobinson

Edmund Lee / Re/code:

MTV, Comedy Central To Show Up on Sony's Internet-TV Service — Sony just got one step closer to selling live television over the Web. — The hardware and entertainment company cut a deal with Viacom to sell 22 of its cable networks over the Internet, the first programmer to come on to Sony's still-theoretical service.

Discussion: Press Release, The Wrap, New York Times, Multichannel News, Bloomberg, AdAge, RTTNews, FierceCable, New York Post, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, Deadline and Boston Herald

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom Closes $725 Million Acquisition of U.K.'s Channel 5

Discussion: Licensing.biz, WorldScreen.com, TVWise, MediaTel, ATV Today, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, Variety, Guardian, MarketWatch and Broadcast

Aoife White / Bloomberg:

Google Right-to-Be-Forgotten Roadshow Rebuffs Questions — Google Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks during an advisory council about The Right to be Forgotten at Casa de America on Sep. 9, 2014 in Madrid — Google Inc. (GOOG:US) promised a “robust” debate on a European Union court ruling …