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1:55 PM ET, September 17, 2014

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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Trust in Mass Media Returns to All-Time Low  —  Six-percentage-point drops in trust among Democrats and Republicans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — After registering slightly higher trust last year, Americans' confidence in the media's ability to report “the news fully, accurately, and fairly” has returned to its previous all-time low of 40%.
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Journalism curator Longform launching first iPhone app  —  Longform.org, which spotlights quality non-fiction writing on the Web, is rolling out its first app for iPhones on Wednesday, timed to the release of Apple's iOS 8 operating system.  —  The journalism curator's debut app launched in 2012, but was available only on iPads.
Gautam Naik / Wall Street Journal:
‘Poop & Pooches,’ a Magazine Devoted to Dog-Haters, Is a Hit in Germany  —  Biting Satire Makes Readers Sit Up, Roll Over, Beg  —  HAMBURG—In 1992, four journalists sat at a local pub and played a drunken game: What's the most absurd magazine title you can come up with?
The New Republic:
Chris Hughes steps down as Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic, former Yahoo News GM Guy Vidra named CEO  —  The New Republic names Guy Vidra, General Manager of Yahoo News, as Chief Executive Officer  —  Washington, DC and New York, NY (September 17, 2014) - The New Republic today announced …
Jihii Jolly / Columbia Journalism Review:
How to teach news literacy when the government is watching  —  The news literacy movement reaches Vietnam, but not without difficulties  —  Two years ago, Vietnamese journalist and lecturer Huyen Nguyen went with some colleagues to a news literacy workshop in neighboring Cambodia after applying …
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Journalists in Vietnam prevented from reporting on police brutality
Discussion: hrw.org
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
Scottish independence referendum: news organisations step up security  —  Scottish independence: the BBC's Nick Robinson came under fire over his Alex Salmond interview.  Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian  —  As security is stepped up by the BBC and the Scotsman in the runup …
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Channel 4 News to use Snapchat and WhatsApp in #indyref coverage
Discussion: Lost Remote and @catalinacma
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Parade magazine about to be sold to Athlon Media  —  Parade magazine, the 73-year- old Sunday magazine owned by the Newhouse family's Advance Publications for the past 38 years, is about to be sold to Athlon Media, Media Ink has learned.  —  Athlon, whose American Profile is the No. 3 player …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Mail Online's ad revenues rise nearly 50% year on year  —  Website's success offsets continuing decline in print advertising at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday  —  Mail Online: total ad revenues of £53m in the 11 months to the end of August  —  Mail Online's advertising revenues increased …
Jordan Zakarin / The Wrap:
Arianna Huffington on HuffPost's Upcoming Middle East Edition, Doc Ambitions and 115 Million Unique Visitors  —  Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington emailed her entire staff Monday with an important message: HuffPost had hit 115 million unique visitors on ComScore for the month of August …
Discussion: Digiday and @niemanlab
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
In Brutal Year for News Media in Afghanistan, a 7th Journalist Is Killed  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan woman has become the seventh journalist killed in Afghanistan so far this year, an Afghan media group said Wednesday, adding to a toll that has already made 2014 by far the deadliest year …
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
How linking to knowledge can help attract a solvent audience for news publishers  —  How Linking to Knowledge Could Boost News Media  —  A key way to differentiate value-added news from commodity contents is to rework the notion of linking.  Thanks to semantics and APIs, we could move from dumb links to knowledge linking.
Discussion: @mjbroersma
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Facebook launches a new ‘best of’ page for media companies  —  Facebook has launched a new “Facebook Media” page today that's intended to show off media companies and public figures that use the social service most effectively.  —  The move shows that Facebook definitely puts value …
Mark Scott / New York Times:
Sky Deutschland Tells Investors to Reject BSkyB Offer  —  LONDON — The European expansion plans of the pay-television giant British Sky Broadcasting Group have hit a snag.  —  The executive board of Sky Deutschland told investors on Wednesday to reject BSkyB's multi-billion dollar takeover approach for the German broadcaster.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
With New Ad Measure, The Economist Emphasizes Quality Over Quantity  —  The Economist is rolling out new set of audience measurements for advertisers on its mobile applications and website, hoping to lure more digital ad dollars by highlighting how much time readers spend with its content.
Knight Foundation:
American Society of News Editors to help newsrooms adopt more digital tools and techniques with $85,000 from Knight Foundation  —  American Society of News Editors to help newsrooms adopt more digital tools and techniques with $85,000 from Knight Foundation
Max Mason / Sydney Morning Herald:
Netflix secures Australian streaming rights to Batman prequel series ‘Gotham’  —  Providing the biggest hint yet that Netflix is preparing to launch locally, the US-based company has secured exclusive Australian subscription video on-demand rights to the highly anticipated superhero television series Gotham.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Hollywood Thinks Journalists Are Sexy Again  —  Three big and small screen projects about journalism are in the works.  Viewers' hunger for deadlines, scoops, hungry reporters, and ruthless editors appears insatiable.  —  Earlier this year, Sarah Jessica Parker was on a flight …
Discussion: @vivian
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
How Much Television Can the TV Biz — and Viewers — Handle?  —  As a new television season begins this month, even the most devoted couch potatoes may be overwhelmed by the deluge of new and returning series premieres that will unspool over the next year.  And they're not the only ones.
Discussion: Quartz and @teelajbrown
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
InboundWriter helps editors find clickable story ideas  —  InboundWriter helps editors find clickable story ideas  —  Usually writers and editors depend on their wealth of knowledge and instincts when it comes to picking what to write about.  InboundWriter, however, believes that the fine art …
 
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Seeking clicks rather than truth, NY Meta is a mix of real and fake viral stories
Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
GoPro became more than just another camcorder by riding the wave of broad video distribution
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
CD-Loving Japan Resists Move to Online Music
Discussion: The Verge and TelecomTV
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
At newspapers, putting the squeeze on an elite subscriber corps
Discussion: @niemanlab
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Roger Fidler / Reynolds Journalism Institute:
More newspaper subscribers embracing mobile media while retaining their attachment to print
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Top editor exits digital version of Spin
Discussion: MediaWire Daily
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Filmmaker Ken Burns shows the value of public television and funding challenges it faces in US
Discussion: @iburrell
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Tribune Publishing takes stake in content marketing firm Contend