Mediagazer: Guardian Media CEO calls on BBC to share breaking news video feed, open archives; criticizes Australia expansion (John Plunkett/Guardian)

5:55 AM ET, October 24, 2014

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Jon Swaine / Guardian:

News Corp mulls senior US post for former editor Rebekah Brooks — Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is considering a return to the payroll for Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the Sun and the News of the World, with a senior job in New York. — Cleared of phone hacking charges earlier this year …

Discussion: Capital New York, New York Times, @jayrosen_nyu, @morgancarlston and @matthewwells

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Guardian Media CEO calls on BBC to share breaking news video feed, open archives; criticizes Australia expansion — GMG boss calls on the BBC to open up its content to commercial rivals — Andrew Miller criticises the corporation's Australia expansion and urges it to share video feeds of breaking news stories

Discussion: @crbmidlands, Guardian and mUmBRELLA

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

After suing Imgur over copyright, photographer's archive of 20K+ images uploaded to Pirate Bay — Photographer Who Sued Imgur Now Has a Pirate Bay Problem — When it comes to online piracy most attention usually goes out to music, TV-shows and movies. However, photos are arguably the most-infringed works online.

Discussion: Business Insider

Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:

Why The New York Times built a tool for crowdsourced time travel — Flipping through old magazine and newspaper ads is like throwing the switch on the world's simplest time machine. Suddenly it's 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts have just made the round trip from the moon, Abbey Road just dropped …

Discussion: @zimbalist, @changeist, @niemanlab and @jayrosen_nyu

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

AMC Networks to Buy 49.9 Percent Stake in BBC America for $200 Million — BBC Worldwide has been looking to strengthen its channel in carriage talks with pay TV operators — AMC Networks has agreed to acquire a 49.9 percent stake in BBC Worldwide's BBC America for $200 million.

Discussion: The Wrap, Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable, Associated Press, AMC Networks Inc., Deadline, Variety and Digital Spy

Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Studios to Reap $6.8 Billion From SVOD Syndication in 2015 — Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime are going to be a godsend to Hollywood's major studios in the coming years, if projections issued Thursday from RBC Capital Markets are any indication. Analyst...

Adrian Chen / Wired:

The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed — The campuses of — the tech industry are famous for their lavish cafeterias, cushy shuttles, and on-site laundry services. But on a muggy February afternoon, some of these companies' most important work …

Discussion: @colininspace, @jderryberry, @digiphile, @ldallett, @zahidinnorcal, @taongaleslie, @kateo, Gawker and The FJP

Washpostpr / Washington Post:

Meet the Post's mobile leadership, A Q&A with Cory Haik and Julia Beizer — Cory Haik, Executive Producer and Senior Editor for Digital News, and Julia Beizer, Director of Mobile Product, make up the mobile leadership team at The Washington Post. They work in tandem and represent the partnership across news and technology.

Discussion: @coryhaik and @raju

Erik Sass / MediaPost:

Meredith Q3 earnings up 4% on broadcast advertising strength, offsetting magazine losses — Meredith Revenues Up On Broadcast Ads — Women's interest publisher Meredith Corp. announced that total revenues increased 4% to $371 million in the third quarter of 2014, thanks to strong advertising results …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck.com

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Blloon ebook service for iOS starts in UK, first 1K pages free, then 500 pages at £3.99/month — Non-friction: Blloon brings a novel approach to e-book subscriptions — There's no shortage of apps to help you read on the move, and we've seen a real rise in recent times …

Discussion: Publishers Weekly

Billboard:

Jimmy Iovine Talks Birth of Beats, ‘Cool’ Steve Jobs and Music's ‘Sterile’ Distribution Systems at Revolt Conference — Jimmy Iovine and Sean “Diddy” Combs attend the Revolt Music Conference at Fontainebleau Miami Beach on October 18, 2014 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Yahoo's new home page, rolling out next month, emphasizes mail, video, and big-name content — Wanna See the Latest New Yahoo Home Page, Rolling Out Next Month? Bokay! — I have been a little lax in lifting interesting tidbits out of Yahoo for some months now, mostly because it felt …

Discussion: @karaswisher and @jasonabbruzzese

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Cable television is dying, but cable companies are thriving — Cable television is dying. But if you look at the earnings report Comcast released today, it's clear that cable companies are thriving nonetheless. — Over the past year, the company reports that it lost about 155,000 pay television customers.