Mediagazer: Intel responds to pressure from anti-feminist campaign #GamerGate, pulling ads from Gamasutra (Rich McCormick/The Verge)

11:55 PM ET, October 2, 2014

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US freelance cameraman working for NBC in Liberia diagnosed with Ebola, will be flown to US — NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola — An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the United States for treatment.

Discussion: TVNewser, Gawker, The Wrap, Latest News & Headlines, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, The Week, CBS San Francisco, Mashable, Business Insider, Variety and Washington Post

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Piers Morgan talks about ratings race at CNN, his new column at MailOnline, and future plans — Exclusive: Piers Morgan dishes on CNN — BEVERLY HILLS, California — Piers Morgan swears he doesn't miss CNN — but the network is still very much on his mind.

Discussion: TVNewser, @piersmorgan, Salon, @blakehounshell, The Wrap, Mediaite and Inside Cable News

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions — There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. — Apple thinks that price is too high. — Sources say Apple is talking to the big music labels …

Discussion: SlashGear, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, @edbott, @jessevondoom, MacRumors, AppleInsider and App Advice

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

How The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig Broke Open The Secret Service Scandal — NEW YORK — With the Secret Service under fire for a series of security lapses in presidential protection, there is one journalist who seems to have all the information. The White House, Congress and even Julia Pierson …

Discussion: InsideSources, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, @carolleonnig, @otterbourg, @postroz, @cestlah, Slate, @markmemmottnpr, Gawker, US News, The New York Observer, Wall Street Journal, Mashable and Guardian

Robert Feder:

Robert Feder's media blog becomes part of Chicago Tribune's premium tier, with freemium model — A personal note about my blog — I have some important news to share with you about my blog. But as long as I have your attention, let me first thank you for your loyalty and support.

Discussion: @sennettreport, @ourmaninchicago, @martindave and AllAccess.com, Thanks:@martindave

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Deezer launches US partnership with Bose, at $5/month with lower quality audio than Sonos deal — Deezer launches in the U.S., again, this time partnering with Bose — Deezer is launching another paid tier of its streaming service in the U.S., this time through an exclusive partnership with Deezer.

Discussion: Billboard, AllAccess.com and VentureBeat

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

Facebook is more important to news distribution than you think, and journalists are freaked out — Facebook's Liz Heron answered for a litany of perceived sins and slights last week during a conversation with The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal and attendees at the Online News Association conference in Chicago.

Discussion: @thekarami

Peter Sterne / Capital New York:

Former Vice Media editor says company killed stories over ‘brand partner’ concerns — By all accounts, the brief tenure of Charles Davis as an associate editor working out of the Los Angeles bureau for Vice Media was not a happy one. — He showed promise when he was hired in July …

Discussion: Gawker, @ggreenwald, The New York Observer, @dorseyshaw, @eddlest, @ggreenwald, @eddlest, @petersterne, @eliasisquith, @scottpwaldman and The Baffler

Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Inc. Turns 35 Under Editor Jim Ledbetter — Jim Ledbetter in the Inc. offices at 7 World Trade Center (Photo by Adam Jones for The New York Observer) — Inc. celebrated its 35th anniversary this fall with a party that was markedly hipper than one would expect from a magazine once associated with buying yogurt franchises.

Discussion: @nathanheller and @moorehn, Thanks:@drewkerr

Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:

In The New York Times's new live news feed, tweets and updates from official sources trump those from ordinary people — In 1928, The New York Times installed a news ticker on the side of its building. The prologue to today's TV news tickers, the Times called it a “zipper” and displayed the headlines of the day on it.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Daniel Miller / Los Angeles Times:

Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger gets two-year contract extension — Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger's contract has been extended two years through June 2018, the Burbank-based company said Thursday. — The executive, who has been CEO of the world's largest …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and Variety

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Scribd's unlimited ebook service gets 15K new titles from romance publisher Harlequin — The market for ebook services is starting to get more exciting as major book publishers start accepting the idea that consumers want a “Netflix for books” to satisfy their voracious reading habits.

Discussion: Good E-Reader, Canada NewsWire Group, PC World and Publishers Weekly

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Intel responds to pressure from anti-feminist campaign #GamerGate, pulling ads from Gamasutra — Intel buckles to anti-feminist campaign by pulling ads from gaming site — #GamerGate supporters try to silence calls for video game equality — Intel has pulled an advertising campaign …

Discussion: @gamasutra, @icculus, @gimpnelly, @lizhenry, @mysterygrip, @jessethorn, Ars Technica, @icculus, @gabeduverge, @whiskeygrenade, @caseynewton, Re/code, Boing Boing and nichegamer.net

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Hulu makes peace with Apple's 30 percent cut, enables in-app billing in latest iPhone update — Hulu is giving Apple 30 percent of its Hulu Plus subscription fee for new users that sign up through the just-relaunched iPhone app. The company's business model may help with this significant bounty.

Discussion: MacRumors

Sarah Mitroff / CNET:

Evernote adds Context feature, automatically showing news stories from media partners like WSJ, TechCrunch, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine — Evernote brings chat and news stories to its note-taking app — At the company's developer conference, Evernote adds a few new features to its note-taking system …

Discussion: The Next Web, Dow Jones and The Verge

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Google threatened with $100M lawsuit for failure to remove nude images of hacked celebrities — Celebrities Threaten “Despicable” Google for “Facilitating” Hacked Nude Photos — In a letter that rips Google for acting “like the NFL” and turning a blind eye, a lawyer representing celebrities warns of consequences

Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter, MIT Create New Research Lab to Analyze Every Tweet — Twitter is giving every tweet ever made publicly to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the name of research. — With a $10 million investment from Twitter, data scientists at MIT's Media Lab are creating a new research group …

Discussion: newsoffice.mit.edu, Gigaom, Businessweek, International Business Times, bizjournals, Computerworld, Boing Boing, VentureBeat and The Next Web

National Union of Journalists:

NUJ calls for urgent investigation of RIPA's use to spy on journalists — The NUJ has condemned a further case in which police have misused the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) in order to secretly access material from journalists and their sources.

Discussion: Gravesend Reporter, Guardian and Guardian

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Ready for a Vice Talk Show? Vice News to Develop Scheduled Live Shows With Skype — Weighing Two Talk Show Formats to Involve Its Audience — Vice News has gained attention with long live feeds from Ferguson, Mo., but is now moving to also schedule live programming online. — Hispanic Fact Pack 2014

Discussion: Media Week and @elmodernisto