Mediagazer: Tumblr Rolls Out Mobile App Install Ads In The Form Of Shareable Sponsored Posts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

1:45 PM ET, November 25, 2014

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The team Matt Taibbi hired at First Look Media is being let go — Update — Since Matt Taibbi's departure, we've been working with the team he hired to consider various options for launching a project without him. After multiple explorations, we've decided not to pursue the project.

Discussion: The New York Observer, Talking Points Memo, @nickbaumann, @felixsalmon, @elongreen, @invstg8net, @ericlach, @daveweigel, @drgrist, @lauraolin, @albertocairo, @mlcalderone, @mattbuchanan and New York Magazine

Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

First Look Media ends ‘Racket’ project, fires staff — First Look Media has decided to pull the plug on “Racket,” its would-be digital magazine, and to fire the staff that had been hired for the project. — “Racket,” which was to train a humorous eye on political and corporate corruption, never got off the ground.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Flipboard Adds The Wall Street Journal To Its News Discovery Apps — Flipboard has spent the last several years tying to convince publishers the value of having their content show up in its apps. Today the Wall Street Journal, one of the last major holdouts in the U.S., will allow Flipboard users to view its news stories there.

Discussion: MediaPost and Talking Biz News

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Tumblr Rolls Out Mobile App Install Ads In The Form Of Shareable Sponsored Posts — Tumblr this morning is rolling a new mobile-only ad unit called “Tumblr Sponsored Apps” which will allow app publishers to target the social blogging service's largely Millennial (and heavily mobile) …

Discussion: @mb

New York Times Company:

New York Times names former senior NPR exec Kinsey Wilson as editor, innovation and strategy — The New York Times Names Kinsey Wilson Editor for Innovation and Strategy — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times announced today that Kinsey Wilson will become Editor for Innovation and Strategy …

Discussion: New York Times, Capital New York, Politico, @vivian, @vivian, @kinseywilson, @jimbradysp, @jcstearns, @amyoleary, NPR, @sfiegerman, @jeffjarvis, @digiphile, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik and Poynter

Edward Wyatt / New York Times:

Bidding in Government Auction of Airwaves Reaches $34 Billion — WASHINGTON — A government auction of airwaves for use in mobile broadband has blown through presale estimates, becoming the biggest auction in the Federal Communications Commission's history and signaling that wireless companies expect demand …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Delhi Daily News, HotHardware.com News, Tech Times, @nytimesbusiness, Tech Times, FierceCable, FierceWireless, The Hill, Light Reading and DSLreports

Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:

Former AP social media and UGC editor Fergus Bell joins verification startup SAM — Fergus Bell to head up London team for UGC verification startup — Bell, former social media and UGC editor at AP, will begin his new role as SAM's head of newsroom partnerships and innovation in January 2015

Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

Former Gawker Editor AJ Daulerio launches Ratter, a network local tabloid network, on Gawker's Kinja platform — A.J. Daulerio's ‘Ratter’ officially launches — Ratter, the new “network of local city tabloids” from former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio, launched a homepage on Monday.

Richard Nieva / CNET:

Sale of Flickr images upsets some photographers despite Yahoo acting within CC license rules — Some photographers bristle over Flickr's selling of photos — According to the Wall Street Journal, some photographers are upset the Yahoo-owned site is selling prints of photos they meant to give away for free.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Amateur Photographer, Ars Technica, PetaPixel and TechCrunch

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Newsquest's pro-independence Scottish daily sells all 60,000 copies of debut edition as title looks to recruit more staff for pilot period — Newsquest's pro-independence Scottish daily sells all 60,000 copies of debut edition, with 10,000 digital subscriptions sold

Discussion: The Drum, Guardian, RT, The Drum, allmediascotland and Press Association

Scott Lewis / Voice of San Diego:

Voice of San Diego to launch new site, change internal process to focus on in-depth work on compelling stories — We're Going to Re-Launch and Re-Organize VOSD — In 2005 when Andrew Donohue and I took over Voice of San Diego, we settled a lot of issues.

Discussion: @vosdscott, @jayrosen_nyu, @rosental and @jeffjarvis

Katherine Bindley / New York Times:

Fellowship or Internship? In Media, the Definition Has Become Fluid — Since graduating from Wesleyan University last year, Rachel Pincus has completed two journalism internships and one in publishing. But now Ms. Pincus is pursuing fellowships. — “I'm trying at this point …

Discussion: @thebgates, @andreaschwalm, @manasivaidya22 and @tylerborchers