Mediagazer: Netflix Sues a Former Exec — Now Yahoo's CIO — For Allegedly Collecting Kickbacks (Peter Kafka/Re/code)

2:35 PM ET, November 27, 2014

Top News:

A raid by US troops in Yemen sought to rescue an American journalist being held hostage by Al Qaeda — Rescuers in Yemen Sought American, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — An American journalist held hostage in a remote part of eastern Yemen by Al Qaeda's affiliate there was one of the main targets …

Discussion: Associated Press

Michelle Castillo / Adweek:

BitTorrent Goes Legit With Its First Original Web Series — Peer-to-peer file sharing platform BitTorrent wants to change what the public thinks it does. Instead of being associated with all the illegal TV shows, movies and illicit content it can store, the tech company wants to be seen as a provider of premium legal content.

Discussion: Guardian and Tubefilter

David Meyer / Gigaom:

EU Parliament calls on Commission to consider Google break-up — As expected, the European Parliament has passed a resolution that calls on the European Commission to consider a break-up of Google as a potential solution to its dominance in the European search market.

Discussion: European Parliament, PC Advisor, New York Times, The Register and Reuters

Danny Hakim / New York Times:
EU Parliament member calling for breakup of Google works for law firm that represented publisher in antitrust case against Google

Discussion: Forbes, TechCrunch, Gawker, Financial Times, Search Engine Land, The Loop and Wall Street Journal

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Netflix Sues a Former Exec — Now Yahoo's CIO — For Allegedly Collecting Kickbacks — Netflix says a former executive collected kickbacks from vendors he helped connect to the streaming video company. — Now Netflix is suing its former employee, who is currently Yahoo's chief information officer.

Discussion: Tech Times, Business Insider, Gigaom and Forbes

Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:

BuzzFeed media trends: homepage out, social and video in — More people now come to media sites from social networks than from search engines, reveals BuzzFeed's industry trends report — Social media feeds could replace the homepage for media organisations as more people find stories …

Discussion: Gigaom, The Whip, Business Insider and The Drum

B&T:

Fairfax Subscribers Get Access To New York Times In New Partnership — Fairfax Media and The New York Times have formed a collaboration which will see current subscribers of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age offered six months of free, unlimited access to The New York Times website and some smartphone apps.

Discussion: Fairfax Media Adcentre and The Newspaper Works

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

NAPA boss says BBC should buy news from agencies rather than ‘call centre’ local newspapers — The National Association of Press Agencies has urged the BBC to start buying in local content from its members. — The suggestion follows news from BBC head of news James Harding earlier this month …

Chris Lehmann / In These Times:

Reports from Inside First Look Media Suggest That Maybe Silicon Valley Shouldn't Manage Journalists — Journalists on the Left have always had problems with institutions. I'm not referring here to these scribes' honorable muckraking pedigrees, or their principled distrust of the national security state and the corporate boardroom.

Discussion: Gigaom, bookforum.com, @clarajeffery, @albertocairo, @nero, @rancidtarzie, @thomas_drake1, @rafat, @lpolgreen, @shaneferro and @jnaureckas

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

New Yorker cover artist says resemblance to August cartoon is unintentional — The New Yorker's new cover is a beautiful, understated take on the unrest in Ferguson this past week. — It also bears a strong resemblance to an Aug. 21 editorial cartoon by R.J. Matson. (courtesy Cagle)

Discussion: New Yorker, Washington Post, FishbowlNY, @abeaujon, @dksheets, @samkirkla and Washington Post

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

British YouTubers videos banned by Advertising Standards Authority for not disclosing paid marketing — YouTubers ads for Oreo banned for not making clear purpose of videos — Advertising watchdog rules that videos where British stars took part in ‘Oreo Lick Race’ on their channels did not clearly state they were adverts

Discussion: asa.org.uk, @chrissice, @leveltheory, Mashable, TheGrocer.co.uk, TBI Vision, Telegraph and Press Association

Peter Holley / Washington Post:

Has Don Lemon perfected the art of making everyday interviews controversial? ‘Obviously.’ — The streets of Ferguson were calm Tuesday morning, aside from another round of angry verbal sparring between CNN's Don Lemon and his favorite on-air punching bag, Van Jones.

Discussion: @matthewkeyslive, @northsidelou, Mediaite, @ruralj, @escarry, @tedhartii, @jswatz and TVNewser

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Mail Online revenues grow 41% to £62m in 2014 — Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday's continuing decline in advertising and sales offset by digital platform's increases — Mail Online has grew revenues by more than 40% to £62m in 2014, almost completely offsetting the advertising …