Mediagazer: The history of the Styles section of the New York ‘Times’—and the real New Journalism (Jacqui Shine/The Awl)

3:30 AM ET, November 17, 2014

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Jacqui Shine / The Awl:

The history of the Styles section of the New York ‘Times’—and the real New Journalism — Bonfire of the Inanities — The story arrived in November of 1992—more than a year after the video for Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit” premiered on MTV's “120 Minutes.”

Discussion: @moorehn, @mattdpearce, @jamesestrin, @lpolgreen, @prisonculture, bookforum.com and @danjonesnyt

Grady Smith / Guardian:

Forgoing streaming and iTunes sales, Garth Brooks sees meager sales for his comeback album — How Garth Brooks took on the internet - and lost — The poor sales of his comeback album Man Against Machine show that taking a stand against the modern music business only works if you're Taylor Swift

Discussion: @guardianus, Associated Press and ParisLemon

Jane L. Levere / New York Times:

Airbnb Introducing Print Magazine, Pineapple — Following in the footsteps of other digital brands like CNET and WebMD, Airbnb is getting into the print magazine business. — At a convention in San Francisco on Friday for its hosts — people who rent rooms or apartments to travelers …

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

ESPN's new mobile strategy: fewer apps on more screens — Take a first look at ESPN's upcoming mobile app, and the responsive website the sportscaster plans to launch in a few months. — ESPN's new mobile strategy: fewer apps on more screens originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, MediaPost, New York Times and @jank0

Bill Keller / The Marshall Project:

Nonprofit news site The Marshall Project, edited by Bill Keller, launches to cover America's criminal justice system — A Letter from Our Editor — In March I left The New York Times after 30 years there as a reporter, editor and columnist to help launch something new …

Discussion: New York Times, @jayrosen_nyu, @lilianasegura, @lexinyt, @marshallproj, @danagoldstein and @nxthompson

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff to leave at the end of the year, CFO will take over during CEO search — Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff Heads for the Door. (Memo) — Rio Caraeff, who has run the Vevo music video service since its creation in 2009, is leaving at the end of the year.

Discussion: New York Post, @pkafka, New York Times and Variety

Michael Rondon / Folio:

How magazines like Scientific American, The Atlantic, and Vogue are monetizing their archives — How America's Oldest Magazines Are Modernizing (And Monetizing) Their Archives — Iconic magazines have different strategies for surfacing their pasts. — TIME launched its digital archive …

Discussion: @foliomag

John Herrman / The Awl:

A comparison of the number of social interactions on web sites embedding John Oliver videos — The John Oliver Video Sweepstakes: Finale — Each week, the Content industry observes a sacred ritual: Together, but not quite in sync, dozens of websites embed and then post the longest segment …

Discussion: New York Times

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

With theBomb, The Makers Of theChive Aim To Create A Viral Video Hub — Resignation Media, the startup behind the popular photo site theChive, is moving into the viral video business with the launch of a new property, theBomb. — Even if you're not a regular Chive visitor (or …

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Why Is Investor Shervin Pishevar Amassing a Stake in Demand Media? He Likes the CEO. — Shervin Pishevar, the Silicon Valley investor who has put early money in hot startups like Uber, is making an unusual play of late by buying up shares of much beleaguered content and e-commerce company Demand Media.

TechCrunch:

Uber Integrates With Spotify To Let Passengers Become Backseat DJs — Uber is adding a new feature to its mobile app that could allow passengers to play DJ while they take a ride with one of its drivers. Thanks to an integration with Spotify, Uber will soon make music a central part of its ride-hailing service.

Discussion: hypebot, VentureBeat, New York Times, Mashable, VatorNews, @mikeisaac, @tomgara, @megan, @dmac1, The Verge, @startupljackson and Business Insider

David Lieberman / Deadline:

CBS Warns That Its Stations Might Go Dark On Dish Network — Here we go: CBS introduced a web site today warning Dish Network customers that when its carriage deal expires this month the No. 2 satellite company “may drop” the network-owned stations in 14 cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit.

Discussion: Deadline, @tv_agent, Variety and Los Angeles Times