Mediagazer: Graham Holdings Q3 report: $76.4M net income; cable revenue down 3%, broadcast up 19% (Graham Holdings Company)

9:50 AM ET, October 31, 2014

Top News:

It's About To Get Ugly in Media Startupland — As I look out to 2015, so much froth in the media-tech market, and it is still all on the up, mostly Newton's law, but the cracks are beginning to show in medialand, and it will likely get ugly. The big-funded sub-standard media startups & brand …

Discussion: @kantrowitz, @chrisseper, @dangillmor, @rafat, @kevglobal, @jen_mcfadden, @anildash and @dwayneroper

Gawker:

What Are The Odds These New Media Brands Will Survive? A Power Ranking — It was a sunny morning like any other (it was yesterday) when the shocking news fell on Mediatown: The future of a much-ballyhooed web startup, Racket, was in Limbo's grasp, due to warring egos, shifting amounts of start-up capital …

Discussion: @kavithadavidson, @franciediep, @ejpfauth, @nitashatiku, @joepompeo, @charlottelytton, @anildash, @palafo, @max_read, @mathewi, @om, @newsmary, @ravisomaiya, @majorcbs, @rafat, @zachprague, @edbott, @versharma and @fmanjoo

The Intercept:

First Look Media opens up about Matt Taibbi's departure, details months of internal turmoil — The Inside Story Of Matt Taibbi's Departure From First Look Media — Matt Taibbi, who joined First Look Media just seven months ago, left the company on Tuesday.

Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:

New York Times-Texas Tribune content partnership to end Dec. 31, after four years — T-Squared: Trib, Times Will End Partnership … This was supposed to be a proud and grateful acknowledgement of the anniversary of our content partnership with The New York Times, which began four years ago today.

Discussion: Poynter, New York Times, @eramshaw, @jakesilverstein, @lexinyt and @evanasmith

Chris Johnston / Guardian:

BBC now has more staff outside London than in the capital — Corporation has hits target set in 2004, with 8,169 based in capital after relocation of more than 2,000 posts to Salford — The BBC now has more staff outside London than in the capital for the first time following the relocation …

Graham Holdings Company:

Graham Holdings Q3 report: $76.4M net income; cable revenue down 3%, broadcast up 19% — Graham Holdings Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings — Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) today reported income from continuing operations attributable to common shares of $83.3 million …

John Ribeiro / Computerworld:

FCC's Wheeler mulls hybrid approach to net neutrality — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency's authority, but without explicitly prohibiting special access deals between broadband and content companies, according to a news report.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, National Journal, Ars Technica, DSLreports and Verizon Public Policy

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Washington Post will soon have an all-male masthead — The Washington Post announced today that Usha Chaudhary, its chief financial officer and vice president for finance and administration, would depart Nov. 21 to take a leadership post at the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Discussion: @jillfilipovic, @michelledean, @grouchybagels, @emptywheel, @zielina, @doreeshafrir, @mshannabrooks, @nycjim, @clarajeffery, @weymouthk, @culturegrrl and The Huffington Post

Tracey Xiang / TechNode:

Chinese Users Now Can Shop Alibaba When Watching Videos on Youku — Alibaba Group and Youku Tudou, the leading Chinese video site (in which the former has a 16.5% stake), have jointly announced two programs for retailers on Alibaba marketplaces to market themselves on the video platform.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Seattle Sports Nut …, Variety, VentureBeat and Advanced Television

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

9 takeways from the New York Times Co. 3rd quarter earnings call — The New York Times Co. joined McClatchy yesterday in booking a rare operating loss for the third quarter, $9 million or about 2.5 percent on revenues of $364.7 million. — But the many moving parts of the Times digital …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, New York Times, Digiday, Bloomberg, Reuters, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, AdAge, Media & Entertainment, @poynter, @whatthebit and @byheatherlong

David A. Schulz / Washington Post:

Eric Holder still has wrongs to right before he leaves office — David A. Schulz is a First Amendment lawyer and co-director of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School. He has provided counsel to the Associated Press regarding the seizure of its phone records by the Justice Department.

Discussion: Politico, @jesselynradack, @kgosztola, @brianefallon, Mediaite, Fox News and Techdirt

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

With nontraditional contributors and strong luxury market, NYT's T mag shows value of print — T at 10 — On a recent Tuesday night, Thom Browne, Diane von Furstenberg, Francisco Costa and other fashion luminaries were snaking through a Christie's gallery that had been transformed …

Discussion: @jacobwe

Carol Morello / Washington Post:

Family of jailed Washington Post journalist, held for 100 days, asks Iran to free him — The family of a Washington Post reporter held without charge in Iran for more than three months called Wednesday on the authorities in Tehran to free him. — An open letter signed by Jason Rezaian's brother …

Discussion: New York Times, @rezamarashi, @jasminramsey, @thekarami, Agence France-Presse, #JasonAndYegi and Associated Press

Rod McGuirk / Associated Press:

New Australian law targets leakers, not reporters — CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A contentious new law that carries a prison term for anyone who reveals information about certain secret security operations was aimed at Edward Snowden-like leakers rather than investigative reporters, Australia's attorney-general said on Thursday.

Discussion: Guardian, @crowedm, @gmegalogenis and Sydney Morning Herald

Pamela Rolfe / Hollywood Reporter:

Spain passes LPI law allowing publishers to charge aggregators that link to news stories; effective January 2015 — Spain Passes Much-Debated Intellectual Property Law — Critics complain of an unenforceable Google tax and missed opportunity for clear anti-piracy law