Mediagazer: New Inquiry publisher says building cultural significance is easy, building a sustainable business is hard (Caroline O'Donovan/Nieman Lab)

4:40 AM ET, September 19, 2014

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

New Politico Editor Susan Glasser praises newsroom's clear-cut mission, acknowledges need to adapt constantly — New Politico Editor Susan Glasser Wants To ‘Win The Morning’ — And The Afternoon And Evening — NEW YORK — On Thursday morning, Politico cofounders John Harris …

Discussion: @jonathanchait, @sbg1, @carloslozadawp, @mlcalderone and FishbowlDC

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Susan Glasser named Editor of POLITICO

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

YouTube will spend millions to fund & promote new shows from popular creators — YouTube Takes Out Checkbook Again, Pays Its Stars to Make Videos — The world's biggest video site is paying people to make videos. Again. — YouTube is planning to invest millions in some of its biggest stars …

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Associated Press:

3 Guinean radio journalists among those killed in an attack on a team fighting Ebola in Guinea — 7 Killed While On Guinea Ebola Education Campaign … CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The prime minister of Guinea says seven bodies have been found in rural Guinea after a group …

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Tamara Baluja / J-source:

Winnipeg Free Press adds social media element to letters to the editor — Letters to the editor are a dying breed. Although a long-standing tradition at newspapers, they just don't jibe with today's media landscape of immediacy and urgency. The Winnipeg Free Press is changing that by bringing social media to snail mail.

Discussion: @tamara_baluja and @quinparker

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Twitter's New US Media Boss is Kirstine Stewart — Twitter has named Kirstine Stewart to head up its U.S. media unit, filling a vacancy left by Chloe Sladden in June. Stewart, who had previously run Twitter's media group in Canada, will report to Katie Stanton, who now runs Twitter's global media group.

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

BMI Reports a Record $977 Million in Revenue — BMI and Ascap, two of the music industry's oldest and biggest licensing organizations, are struggling to adapt to the digital age. But both groups are also collecting more and more money as their songs are played on all kinds of media.

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Mike Wallberg / IVOH:

New Washington Post newsletter delivers optimism to readers' inboxes — Washington Post photo of Whitney Paxson and daughter Madeline, 6, who were featured in a story about the transformation of alleyways in D.C. The story appeared in the Post's new newsletter, The Optimist.

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Tampa Bay Times:

Tampa Bay Times cuts employee pay 5% starting Sept. 29, warns of job losses, reduces severance after Oct. 1 — Times cuts employee pay 5 percent, reduces severance payments — Pay for full-time employees at the Tampa Bay Times will be cut by 5 percent under a new cost-savings plan implemented by the newspaper starting Sept. 29.

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

New Inquiry publisher says building cultural significance is easy, building a sustainable business is hard — For New Inquiry publisher Rachel Rosenfelt, building cultural significance was easy — building a sustainable business is the hard part — The New Inquiry started as a Tumblr in 2009.

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Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:

Twitpic says it was acquired and will no longer be shutting down, but doesn't name buyer — Twitpic says it's getting acquired but it won't say by whom — The official Twitpic account just tweeted that the company isn't shutting down after all. It's being acquired, although the tweet didn't specify what company is saving the day.

Discussion: @twitpic, The Next Web, Gizmodo, @8bsn, @textfiles, @yannikouts, Engadget, PandoDaily and The Verge

Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:

In the European Union, reporters are being hampered from doing their work — A group of media rights activists have set out to map free expression violations within the European Union to make a visual statement about how it's increasingly difficult for journalists to do their jobs there.

Discussion: @janebsinger and @cjr

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

YouTube is a big success on cable boxes in Hungary. So when will it launch elsewhere? — Cable subscribers in Hungary have been watching a million minutes of YouTube every day since the video service became available on their set-top boxes. — TV viewers love YouTube …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Twitter Quantifies Impact Of Live-Tweeting On TV Engagement — Everyone in the TV business knows the story of how the enthusiastic embrace of Twitter by Shonda Rhimes and Kerry Washington helped “Scandal” go from living on the cancellation bubble to being a ratings hit.

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Rem Rieder / USA Today:

Fighting back against government secrecy — CHICAGO — It's come to this. — A transportation reporter for the Associated Press was told by federal government sources that they would be fired if they provided information to the journalist, AP Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee says.

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