Mediagazer: The 60-second interview: Andrew Sullivan, founding editor, The Dish (Capital New York)

10:15 PM ET, October 7, 2014

Top News:

Jennifer Preston will join Knight Foundation as vice president for journalism — New York Times digital and print veteran will lead team supporting adoption of innovative digital practices — Jennifer Preston, an award-winning New York Times journalist and digital innovator …

Discussion: Poynter, @jcstearns, @craigsilverman, Capital New York, @aadamglenn, @vivian, @sdkstl, @nycjim, @sulliview, @dangillmor, @jeffjarvis, @jenniferpreston, @ibarguen, @louiegilot and @digiphile

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Cable network Fusion hires Alexis Madrigal, deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com, to cover tech, TV and digital media — Fusion Hires Alexis Madrigal of Atlantic.com to Bolster Tech Coverage — Alexis Madrigal, deputy editor of Atlantic.com and a prominent online voice on technology and culture …

Discussion: @mathewi, @deilemberg, @fruzse, @pkedrosky, @noahshachtman, @phillydesign, @digiphile, @megangarber, @nandorvila, @nbj914, @alexismadrigal, @stevesilberman and MediaWire Daily

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Politico to add new policy shop: ‘The Agenda’ — We already have The Upshot, Vox.com, Wonkblog, FiveThirtyEight and other policy-heavy news sites. This news space will get a touch more crowded early next year, when Politico launches “The Agenda.” — In a memo to Politico staffers …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @erikwemple, Prof Chris Daly's Blog and Politico

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico Sees Big Money In Expanding Its Labor Coverage

Discussion: Washington Post and American Press Institute

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Adobe's e-book reader sends your reading logs back to Adobe—in plain text — Digital Editions even tracks which pages you've read. — Adobe's Digital Editions e-book and PDF reader—an application used by thousands of libraries to give patrons access to electronic lending libraries …

Discussion: The Digital Reader, RT, Techdirt, The Register, Consumerist, @maira, @ricketyoldshack, Inquirer, @virtadpt, Network World, LJ INFOdocket, @dangillmor, @thepacketrat, Gigaom and Brave New World

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Twitter sues U.S. government over limits on ability to disclose surveillance orders — Twitter, the world's largest microblogging platform, on Tuesday sued the U.S. government, alleging that the Justice Department's restrictions on what the company can say publicly about the government's …

Emiko Jozuka / Wired:

Vice Media's creative services division will curate Collectively, a sustainability site launched by firms like Unilever, Google, Microsoft, and BT Group — Google, BT and more launch sustainability platform ‘Collectively’ — Issues of global climate change, food shortages …

Discussion: Gawker, MediaPost, Guardian, GreenBiz, PandoDaily, @sustability, @crowd_intel, @forum4thefuture and The Drum

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Longer articles don't necessarily imply extra time spent viewing ads, says Chartbeat — Longer stories draw more attention, but with diminishing returns — There's a growing narrative that long-form articles drive more attention time, which some are touting as the new metric of choice for digital publishers.

Discussion: @jodiontheweb, @lmoses, BusinessJournalism.org … and American Press Institute

Joseph Ax / Reuters:

Dow Jones wins $5 million judgment against ‘hot news’ provider Ransquawk — (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co on Tuesday won a $5 million (3.11 million pounds) judgement against the London-based service Ransquawk, which it accused of pirating its content by broadcasting news within seconds of publication to traders and other subscribers.

Discussion: MediaPost and Law360

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Storify adds a way to collaborate on breaking news — Storify now has a way for journalists to collaborate on breaking news, Livefyre announced Tuesday. Storify Enterprise, which was previously Storify VIP, lets several people “simultaneously add text or content in real-time …

Discussion: Storify, TechCrunch and The Next Web

David Cohn / Poynter:

Enough with the manifestos about the future of news, let your product do the talking — Nikki Usher had a great Columbia Journalism Review article “Startup site manifestos are press criticism” where she notes that startup news orgs like PandoDaily, Vox, FiveThirtyEight and more have gotten …

Discussion: @eyeseast, @morisy, @kimbui and @abeaujon

Yasser Allawi / Syria Deeply:

Journalists in Deir Ezzor province forced to abide by draconian set of rules dictated by ISIS — ISIS Issues 11 Rules for Journalists in Deir Ezzor — Many local journalists fled Deir Ezzor when ISIS arrived - and the ones who stayed behind are forced to abide by the extremist group's draconian rules …

Discussion: TVNewser, @phil_torres, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, @benweinthal, @khinman, @alexiseast, @fleetstreetfox and @stigabell

Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet responds to criticism that he doesn't tweet enough, says new “journalism priesthood” being created — Dean Baquet's response: Beware creating a new journalism ‘priesthood’ — New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet has responded …

Discussion: McGuire on Media, FishbowlNY, @sulliview, @chrisottolnp, @fmanjoo, @lpolgreen, @jeffjarvis, @nytnickc, @mathewi and @moneyries

Christopher Williams / Telegraph:

Netflix chief Reed Hastings takes on telcos, cinemas and global expansion — In The Telegraph's Sunday Interview, CEO exclusively discusses Netflix first original films, its plans for British productions and its battles over ‘net neutrality’ — Reed Hastings, the chief executive and co-founder of Netflix …