Mediagazer: ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million (The Age)

10:40 PM ET, November 18, 2014

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Staci D. Kramer / Storify:

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says exec's remarks on targeting the press “a departure from our values” — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Responds — To Buzzfeed report on comments made by Uber exec Emil Michael about targeting press, particularly PandoDailyEiC Sarah Lacey, & the ensuing firestorm

Discussion: Uber Blog, Washington Post, New York Times, BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed, New York Times, @travisk, PandoDaily, USA Today, @monkbent, @kenlerer, Re/code, @b_fung and Vox

Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:

Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology — Uber CEO Posts 13-Tweet Apology Without Answering a Single Question — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just responded to privacy and ethics concerns about Emil Michael, after the top executive publicly suggested paying $1 million …

Discussion: The Wrap, Bloomberg View, TechCrunch, Guardian, @rohit_x_, @janedavis and @nitashatiku

Alex Hern / Guardian:
Uber executive apologises after suggesting the firm dig dirt on hostile journalists

Discussion: Vox, PandoDaily, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Talking Biz News, The Hill, Gizmodo, @mattdpearce, @alexhern, @jeffjarvis, @janole, @moorehn and BuzzFeed

The Age:

ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million — The Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has detailed a $254 million funding cut to the ABC in a move that could result in job losses and the closure of foreign bureaux. — Mr Turnbull on Wednesday announced …

Discussion: ABC, @bernardkeane, @stephenjonesmp, @byoungbris, @will_ock, @612brisbane, TheAustralian and sbs.com.au

Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Australian communications minister says ABC budget will be cut by 5%, or $50M/year, will result in loss of up to 500 jobs by year end

Discussion: mUmBRELLA, @albericie, @tonykevin, Business Insider, BBC, The Age, The Age, @ockhamsbeard and @meadea

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Outbrain strikes $100M deal with Time Inc. to become exclusive external provider of recommended stories — Time Inc. Locks in Outbrain's Headline Recommendations in $100 Million Deal — Content Recommendation Widgets Push Traffic Around the Web — An Outbrain box that appeared beneath an article on Time.com.

Discussion: @jeremysliew, @yarongalai, Media Wire Daily, mUmBRELLA, @mashplant, @j_feller, @raju, @msebastian and @jeffjarvis

Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:

Nielsen to Reportedly Measure Netflix and Amazon Viewership — Netflix originals ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘House of Cards’ could soon see their viewership outed — One of TV's bigger mysteries may soon be solved. Nielsen Media, the company with the standard measurement of U.S. TV ratings …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, Variety, @peterlauria3 and @seidman

Caysey Welton / Folio:

Meredith Increases Its Bet On Wedding Media — Company adds Mywedding.com to its portfolio. — A month after Meredith announced its licensing agreement with Martha Stewart Ominimedia-which included Martha Stewart Weddings-the company announced it has acquired Mywedding.com.

Discussion: Radio & Television … and WWD

Natalie Mortimer / The Drum:

Mashable opens UK site with Blathnaid Healy at helm — Mashable has officially launched its UK website as the latest step in its ongoing international expansion drive. — The new site, which launched today (18 November) will be run by former RTE journalist Blathnaid Healy as UK editor, along with Tim Chester as deputy UK editor.

Discussion: @nycjim

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

In Shakeup, Time Inc. Names New Publisher of InStyle — Nina Lawrence Succeeds Karin Tracy — Ad Spending for 100 Largest B-to-B Marketers Nears $5 Billion — InStyle magazine has hired Wall Street Journal executive Nina Lawrence to serve as its publisher. She succeeds Karin Tracy, InStyle's publisher since May 2013.

Discussion: WWD, TimeInc.com Official Website and FishbowlNY

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

ONA and Poynter announce leadership academy for women — The Poynter Institute and the Online News Association have announced a partnership to create the ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media. — The academy, which will be held at Poynter in April of next year …

Discussion: Online News Association, NetNewsCheck Latest and @poynter

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Serial podcast breaks iTunes records as it passes 5m downloads and streams — Apple says real-life murder mystery from This American Life is the fastest podcast ever to reach that milestone — Episodes of This American Life's Serial podcast have been downloaded and streamed more than 5m times …

Discussion: American Journalism Review, The Independent, The Verge, BuzzFeed and Marco.org

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Mashable editor Jim Roberts on how he approaches the news — Jim Roberts, who left the New York Times to become editor-in-chief of Mashable, told a group of journalists that the social element of journalism has become the most important factor in how news is distributed — and also in how it is created

Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:

With hires like Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg is trying to expand beyond its traditional audience — Can Joe Weisenthal Change Bloomberg Before Bloomberg Changes Him? — The hyperactive financial news addict made Business Insider a major destination for business news.

Discussion: @sapna, @mattzeitlin and @rafat