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5:25 AM ET, October 10, 2014

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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
A tip for media companies: Facebook isn't your enemy, but it's not your friend either  —  Facebook seems to produce a kind of existential dread in news organizations and journalists, since it plays an increasingly large role in whether anyone sees their content.
Discussion: metamedia, @stevebuttry and Mashable
Barry Levine / VentureBeat:
Online magazine StoryBy launches, will share two-thirds of its revenue from affiliate links and advertorials with contributors  —  New StoryBy online magazine shares most of its revenue with storytellers  —  Above: A sample screen from the system-generated Travel section in the StoryBy online magazine.
Karen Lee Ziner / Providence Journal:
Providence Phoenix to cease publication after 36 years  —  PROVIDENCE, RI — The Providence Phoenix, which has served for 36 years as Rhode Island's alternative news and arts weekly, is ceasing publication, Phoenix Media/Communications Group owner and publisher Stephen M. Mindich announced Thursday.
Discussion: Poynter
Billboard:
Apple says U2's free “Songs of Innocence” had 26M complete downloads since September 9  —  The Download Heard 'Round the World: iTunes Numbers Show 81 Million ‘Experienced’ U2 Album
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon opening first physical store this year in Manhattan, will handle pickups and returns  —  Amazon to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Location  —  The New York City Site to Handle Same-Day-Delivery Inventory, Product Returns  —  Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. plans to open its first brick …
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Yahoo still wants to poach YouTube stars, hopes to host their new channels on Tumblr  —  Marissa Mayer's Secret Plan For Tumblr Revealed: Make It YouTube  —  Just after Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in the spring of 2013, several of Marissa Mayer's top product and media executives presented …
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Unsealed court documents show Fox reporter's battle against DOJ subpoena in Somalia leak probe  —  Fox News Reporter Fought Subpoena in Justice Dept. Leak Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department was hunting for government leakers in 2011, it said that Mike Levine …
Discussion: @mattapuzzo
Michael Carney / PandoDaily:
StubHub hires its first Editor-in-Chief, looks to become a destination for sports and music fans  —  StubHub has an image problem.  Consumers think of the ecommerce platform as a place to find tickets to events that they know about.  But rarely do they visit the site to discover and browse …
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
President Erdogan's new style of media censorship is less brutal—and much more effective  —  As recently as last year, Turkey ranked as the world's top jailer of journalists, ahead of even Iran and China.  On a mission last week with the Committee to Protect Journalists …
Claire Suddath / Businessweek:
The Weather Channel's Secret: Less Weather, More Clickbait  —  The writers and editors at the Weather Channel's weather.com don't often talk about the weather.  They're not meteorologists.  They don't mention the forecast or debate whether New York's overcast sky means it's going to rain.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Scripps expands digital investment by buying Weathersphere, with apps RadarCast, Hi-Def Radar  —  Scripps Acquires WeatherSphere, Publisher Of 3 Top 10 Weather Apps On iTunes  —  WeatherSphere, the company behind the #1 Paid weather application on iOS, and maker of three of the Top 10 Paid weather apps …
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Haters gonna hate: A guide to the backlash against Vice  —  The hype cycle for publishers is a cruel thing.  One day the darling, the next you're getting a Code:Red.  —  Just look at Vice.  In 20 years, Vice has gone from being a small counterculture magazine to becoming …
 
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memeburn:
Deezer partners with Vodacom in South Africa: one-month free Premium+ service, bundled billing
Discussion: Bloomberg, ITWeb, TechCentral and Billboard
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Christian Science Monitor plans Passcode, a cybersecurity vertical
Brady Dale / Technically Brooklyn:
Alex Blumberg's podcast network just raised $675K
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon Studios Wants Big Comedies, Ready to Pay $4 Million for Pilots: Sources
Discussion: Business Insider and Digital Spy
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hispanic Digital-Media Company ‘Latin Everywhere’ Formed via GoTV, Latin Anywhere Merger
Discussion: ScreenDaily and Hollywood Reporter
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Music Industry Pushes for New York Tax Credits Like Film Industry's
Discussion: Billboard, FDRMX and NCPR Daily News
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Hearst UK sees pre-tax profits fall by more than a quarter
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Last.fm made loss of £2.1m last year
Discussion: Complete Music Update
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Cartoon Network Launches Micro-Network for Smartphones (Exclusive)
Discussion: Engadget and @ischafer
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
At Condé Nast Entertainment, marketing digital video costs as much as making it
Discussion: WWD Media Headlines
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ex-News Corp lobbyist Frédéric Michel to work for Sky Italia
Discussion: Poynter