Mediagazer: CPJ joins call for Rouhani to improve press freedom and human rights in Iran (Sherif Mansour/Committee to Protect …)

3:05 PM ET, September 24, 2014

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

New York Times retires managing editor title, promotes four to deputy executive editor — New York Times Promotes Editors, in Change of Leadership Structure — The executive editor of The New York Times announced broad changes to the newspaper's leadership Wednesday …

Discussion: Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, The New York Observer, WWD Media Headlines, Capital New York, MediaWire Daily, FishbowlNY, Politico, The Huffington Post, @romenesko and @mlcalderone

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports — White House press-pool reports are supposed to be the news media's eyes and ears on the president, an independent chronicle of his public activities. They are written by reporters for other reporters …

Steven Mufson / Washington Post:

Washington Post announces cuts to employees' retirement benefits — The Washington Post announced large cuts in retirement benefits on Tuesday, declaring that it would eliminate future retirement medical benefits and freeze defined-benefit pensions for nonunion employees.

Discussion: @curtwoodward, FishbowlDC, @ssdance, Politico, bizjournals, @sarahw, @chris__richards, @jamieson, @kansasalps, @aterkel, @carlzimmer, GeekWire, The Huffington Post and New York Times

Sherif Mansour / Committee to Protect Journalists:

CPJ joins call for Rouhani to improve press freedom and human rights in Iran — The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 25 human rights and civil society groups today in signing an open letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is due to address the United Nations General Assembly …

Discussion: Iranwire, @cpjmena and Washington Post

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Iranian President Says He Can't Do Anything To Free Detained Reporter

Discussion: Poynter and Washington Post

Pew Research Center:

How social media is reshaping news — The ever-growing digital native news world now boasts about 5,000 digital news sector jobs, according to our recent calculations, 3,000 of which are at 30 big digital-only news outlets. Many of these digital organizations emphasize the importance …

Discussion: @journalism2ls, @mickcote, @sarakgoo, @pewinternet and @niemanlab

The Independent:

Trinity Mirror ‘could face hundreds of claims’ from phone hacking victims — Trinity Mirror is facing potentially hundreds of claims from victims of phone hacking after the publisher admitted that some of its journalists were involved in the illegal practice.

Guardian:
Phone hacking: Trinity Mirror to pay out over 10 claims

Discussion: Reuters, RTTNews, ITV, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Press Gazette, @rachelstevenson, The Drum, London Evening Standard, @marksweney and BBC

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen's mobile ratings debut Monday without Comcast and other cable and satellite operators — Qualms Set In on Mobile-TV Ratings — Industry Shows Reluctance on Lumping Together Different Audiences — There is a whodunit dominating television as the fall season gets under way.

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Sirius XM found liable for copyright infringement for failing to pay royalties on pre-1972 recordings — Sirius XM Loses Lawsuit on Royalties for Oldies — In a case that could have wide implications for the digital music business, a federal judge in California ruled on Monday that Sirius XM …

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Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:

Publishers are sending less data to Facebook, as it increases user tracking for advertising — Websites Are Wary of Facebook Tracking Software — Some Businesses Block Sharing of Data, Fearing Social Network's Increased Clout — Online retailers and publishers are pushing …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, VideoNuze Analysis, AdAge, PandoDaily and SocialTimes

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Time Warner focuses on its growth strategy for HBO — HBO typically needs a wheelbarrow to haul all of the trophies it collects during awards season. — Top-tier Hollywood producers, directors and stars, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh and Matthew McConaughey …

Discussion: @richbtig and ParisLemon

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Knight Foundation announces new journalism division — The Knight Foundation will split its journalism and media innovation division into two separate teams, adding a vice president for journalism, the nonprofit announced Wednesday. — Under the new structure, the media innovation division …

Discussion: Knight Foundation, @poynter, @shazna and @lisawilliams

Rob Davis / Oregonian:

Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates — First Amendment advocates are alarmed by a U.S. Forest Service policy requiring journalists to get a permit to shoot videos in federal wilderness areas including those on Mount Hood.

Discussion: @amybwang, @myrmecos, The Newspaper Guild, @mortizuribe, @clydelewis, @agarciaphoto and @mjsphotog

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Starz meets with 21st Century Fox about possible acquisition — Executives with Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox and Starz met Tuesday to discuss a possible acquisition of the premium cable movie service, a deal that could expand Murdoch's reach into homes across the country.

Discussion: Variety, C21Media, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, Home Media Magazine, The Wrap and @irishfilmcritic

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Amazon launches Kindle unlimited subscription service in UK for £7.99/month with access to over 650K ebooks, 2K audiobooks — Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited - a Netflix-for-books - in the UK — Harry Potter, Hunger Games, audiobooks and more bundled in to £7.99-a-month subscription, following US debut in July

Discussion: Engadget, PC Pro, Telegraph, Bookseller news, PandoDaily, Silicon Republic, thinkbroadband, Digital Book World, AndroidHeadlines.com, PC Advisor, TechRadar.com, Amazon, Gizmodo UK, The Next Web and Pocket-lint

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Middle East has appetite for high quality news - and online video — There is a strong appetite in the Middle East for high-quality news content and a desire to see trustworthy reporting from a range of different perspectives, according to a new survey conducted for the Associated Press (AP).

Discussion: Associated Press, Advanced Television, THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE and Zawya

Cyril Julien / Agence France-Presse:

Iran photographer pays price for artistic freedom — 2 hrs ago — Tehran (AFP) - Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian was over the moon when she won a 50,000-euro prize from a French foundation. She never imagined she would lose it to “censorship” by her own benefactors. — “I am very sad, disappointed.

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard writer and Fox News contributor, makes DHS Terrorist Watchlist — Stephen Hayes, a senior writer at The Weekly Standard and a regular Fox News contributor, was informed Tuesday that he had been placed on the Department of Homeland Security's Terrorist Watchlist.

Discussion: FishbowlDC, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

Josh Stearns / Medium:

News orgs must lead privacy debate & acknowledge their role in open discussions with readers — It's Time for a Real Debate on Reader Privacy — Last week longtime local publisher Howard Owens, founder of the online news site the Batavian, launched a new publication covering Wyoming County in upstate New York.

Discussion: Forbes

Amy Schatz / Re/code:

Comcast Accuses Time Warner Cable Deal Opponents of “Extortion” — Netflix, Discovery Communications and other companies opposing Comcast's $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable are doing so after they failed in “extortion” attempts to get special favors, Comcast told federal regulators Wednesday.

Jon Fine / Inc:

What the Founders of Vice Media, Upworthy, and Aereo Have to Say About Media Innovation — The disruptors behind three of media's most fascinating companies talk about what they've learned and what's next. — Chet Kanojia (Left), Suroosh Alvi. … Vice began 20 years ago as a free publication, the Voice of Montreal.

Discussion: @drewkerr, @steveevo, @abeaujon, @jonfine and @inc, Thanks:@drewkerr

Matt Galligan / Medium:

Circa adds a search function and launches Wire, a personalized news briefing — Introducing Circa News 3 — Before Circa News first launched in late 2012 we had a conversation with one of our investors Scott Belsky about some inspiration for what we thought Circa could be:

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Capital New York, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, @pedrotp, Digiday, The Next Web and @circa

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign — Google Currents, Google's magazine-like news reading iOS app and a competitor to Flipboard, is rolling out a redesign and a handful of new features, including a way to subscribe to topics you're interested in …