Mediagazer: The failed ebook experiment at Canadian newspapers (Evan Radford/J-source)

8:45 AM ET, November 22, 2014

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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:

Aereo May Be Dead, But Internet TV Will Live On — It's a sad day for Aereo and all those who believed in it. The startup, which allowed people to stream live broadcast television to their computers and mobile devices, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, just months after shutting down operations.

Discussion: Mashable and bizjournals

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Aereo CEO: Court Made Incredibly Wrong Decision, Cord-Cutting Is Inevitable

Discussion: ZDNet and Radio & Television …

Chet Kanojia / All Aereo:
Aereo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, says “challenges have proven too difficult to overcome”

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Andrew Beaujon heading for Washingtonian — Poynter's news editor, Andrew Beaujon, announced to staff Friday that he's leaving for Washingtonian, where he'll be a senior editor. — “I'm grateful that Poynter gave me a shot as a media blogger,” Beaujon said. “I've loved my time here and care deeply about my coworkers.

Discussion: @davidfolkenflik, @abeaujon, @hadas_gold and @poynter

Lane Wood / Medium:

Pando founder Sarah Lacy's allusions to physical threats distort narrative on Uber scandal — Here ego again. — There's something unsettling about all this Uber stuff. — Maybe it's the fact that I have to wade through all the technorati tweets about “#Ubergate” …

Nate Raymond / Reuters:

Apple $450 million e-book settlement gets final court approval — (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday gave final approval to Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) agreement to pay $450 million to resolve claims it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices.

Discussion: AppleInsider, The Verge, 9to5Mac and App Advice

Evan Radford / J-source:

The failed ebook experiment at Canadian newspapers — By Evan Radford — Ebooks have failed to live up to their promise as a new revenue stream for newspapers. That's the lesson from experiments at at least three dailies across the country. — The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail …

Jim Romenesko:

Tribune Publishing rescinds its Discretionary Time Off policy — The Discretionary Time Off policy that Tribune Publishing unveiled last Thursday has been rescinded, “based on valuable input from employees.” — A Los Angeles Times employee says in an email that “a group of Times employees …

Parmy Olson / Forbes:

Cloudflare: 500 Gbps DDoS attack, largest in history, carried out against independent Hong Kong news sites — The Largest Cyber Attack In History Has Been Hitting Hong Kong Sites — The intense skirmishes inside Hong Kong's Occupy Central protests haven't just taken place on the streets, but online too.

Discussion: The Verge, The Week and TIME

Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:

Viacom Draws Lawmaker's Rebuke for Blocking TV Streaming … Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, expressed concern that media giant Viacom Inc. is blocking cable operator Suddenlink Communications's customers from streaming TV shows on Viacom websites …

Associated Press:

Judge: Missouri police can't stop media recordings — ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has issued court orders that prevent Missouri police from stopping media and others from recording officers. — The court order follows a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union that said police tried …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Bloomberg:

FCC Barred From Disclosing TV Contracts in Comcast Review — A federal appeals court blocked the Federal Communications Commission from ordering the disclosure of programming contracts as part of the U.S. government's review of Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)'s takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC)

Discussion: Philly.com, Re/code, Deadline and Multichannel News

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

Here's some remarkable new data on the power of chat apps like WhatsApp for sharing news stories — How news sites think about social platforms changes with time. — Five or six years ago, it wasn't uncommon to see the bottom of a blog post chicken-pocked with a gazillion tiny icons …

Discussion: Seven League, @jasonwstein, @aaroscape, @doctorboehmer, @christhilk and SocialTimes

Andrew Hampp / Billboard:

Vevo Faces an Uncertain Future With the Departure of CEO Rio Caraeff and a Failed Sale — Rio Caraeff's departure as CEO of Vevo at the end of 2014 — officially announced Nov. 17 after an internal memo had leaked — leaves the music-video service at a crossroads.