Mediagazer: NYT, AP and USA Today have no formal policies on how they cover themselves; Bloomberg's policy does not allow coverage of itself (Katie Takacs/American Journalism Review)

11:00 AM ET, November 4, 2014

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Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Digital to Overtake TV Ad Spending in Two Years, Says Forrester — U.S. advertisers' spending on digital advertising will overtake TV in 2016 and hit $103 billion in 2019 to represent 36% of all ad spending, according to Forrester's latest estimates based on its ForecastView model.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and @petersontee

Katie Takacs / American Journalism Review:

NYT, AP and USA Today have no formal policies on how they cover themselves; Bloomberg's policy does not allow coverage of itself — That Awkward Moment When Journalists Must Write About Their Employer — So this is awkward. — Journalists are told to avoid conflict of interest …

Discussion: @emilybell

Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:

Time Inc. earnings: digital ad revenue up 5% to $65M, print ads down 1% to $363M — Time Inc. Exceeds Earnings Expectations on Strong Digital Ad Growth — Time Inc. (TIME) reported earnings of $0.41 a share in the third quarter of 2014, down from $0.67 at this time last year.

Discussion: Variety, Capital New York, New York Times, Business Wire and Talking New Media

Lynn Neary / NPR:

Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's ‘Car Talk,’ Dies At 77 — Tom Magliozzi, one of public radio's most popular personalities, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 77 years old. — Tom and his brother, Ray, became famous as “Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers” on the weekly NPR show Car Talk.

Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

Steven Brill elaborates on the biz model of his longform journalism startup with Jill Abramson — Steven Brill-Jill Abramson startup comes into focus — Steven Brill, the journalist and media entrepreneur, shared some details with Capital about the longform journalism startup he's building …

Discussion: @mathewi, @jayrosen_nyu, @laurahazardowen, @jeremymbarr, @alexweprin, Guardian and The Huffington Post

Todd Spangler / Variety:

ESPN's FiveThirtyEight Launches Studio for 2014 Midterm Elections — Nate Silver and other FiveThirtyEight politics wonks will be holed up in a new, dedicated studio set located within ESPN's New York newsroom on election night to feed updates both online and on-air to ABC News.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @danielsilver11, ESPN MediaZone and Financial Times

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
How news orgs plan digital coverage of midterms

Discussion: TVNewser, TVNewser, TVNewser, Capital New York, @majorcbs, Variety and New York Times

Marc Graser / Variety:

Google Expands Reach of Disney Movies Anywhere Streaming Service on Android Devices — After launching Disney Movies Anywhere on Apple devices in February, Walt Disney Studios has partnered with Google to make the streaming service available on platforms that run on Android. The deal...

Discussion: The Wrap, Bloomberg, Reuters, AppleInsider, Hollywood Reporter, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, CNET and Los Angeles Times

Andrew Norton / TorrentFreak:

Pirate Bay founder Fredrik Neij arrested in Asia, all three founders now behind bars — Pirate Bay Founder Fredrik Neij Arrested in Asia — Following the criminal convictions of Pirate Bay founders Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, each went their separate ways.

Discussion: TechCrunch, BBC, Engadget, ABC News and Bangkok Post

M. Alex Johnson / NBC News:

Police Deny Media Were Target of Flight Rules During Ferguson Protests — A “no-fly zone” that was imposed over Ferguson, Missouri, amid protests after a white police officer killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Augus...

Discussion: Poynter and Committee to Protect …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Dish Drops 12,000 TV Subscribers in Q3, Misses Earnings Expectations — Dish Network shed 12,000 video customers during the third quarter of 2014 — whereas analysts had expected a modest net gain — and the No. 2 satellite TV broadcaster posted earnings below Wall Street projections.

Discussion: Multichannel News, The Wrap, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter and RTTNews

Hollywood Reporter:

Stacy Snider, former CEO and co-chairman of DreamWorks, joins 20th Century Fox as co-chairman — Stacey Snider Joins 20th Century Fox Today as Co-Chairman (Exclusive) — Snider was CEO and co-chairman of Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks — Film executive Stacey Snider has joined 20th Century Fox …

Discussion: New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, Variety and The Wrap

Ben Branstetter / The Daily Dot:

How Reddit ate the news media — If you're managing a website based on viral online content in in the model of BuzzFeed, Upworthy, or even the Daily Dot, there are few resources better than Reddit. The social content aggregator is among the top measures for mass appeal; it's a never-ending faucet of easy, palatable content.