Mediagazer: Colbert's fame rose with modular, shareable online video and Viacom-YouTube copyright battle (Tim Carmody/Medium)

5:35 AM ET, December 21, 2014

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Tim Carmody / Medium:

Colbert's fame rose with modular, shareable online video and Viacom-YouTube copyright battle — Stephen Colbert, First Star of the Age of YouTube — When The Colbert Report premiered nine years ago, Comedy Central tried something different. It made the first week of episodes available to download and watch online.

Discussion: @tcarmody, @lara_hogan, @tcarmody, @phillydesign and @tcarmody

BBC:

North Korea denies Sony hack, proposes joint inquiry with US, warns of “grave consequences” if Washington refuses — North Korea seeks joint probe with US on Sony hack — North Korea has offered to hold a joint inquiry with the United States into a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures …

Discussion: Deadline, Reuters, TechCrunch, youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily …, ReadWrite, BuzzFeed, Engadget, The Huffington Post, Telegraph, VH1 Celebrity Gossip … and BizPac Review

Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Sony CEO Michael Lynton to President Obama: ‘We Have Not Caved’ (Video)

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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Sony Hacking: Obama Says Sony Made ‘Mistake’ in Canceling ‘The Interview’

Discussion: The Wrap, @brianstelter, @monicacrowley, @awallenstein, @awallenstein, NBC News, Ars Technica, USA Today, Vox, Bloomberg.com, Associated Press and New York Times

Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

In sustainable news organizations, journalists need to understand the business model, so they can more effectively create value for the business — When to quit your journalism job — When the sales people are happy to sell what the newsroom is happy to make, there you have a well-run editorial company.

Discussion: @dankennedy_nu, @jayrosen_nyu, @stevebuttry, @jayrosen_nyu, @scottros, @jayrosen_nyu and @mathewi

Sam Biddle / Gawker:

Writer whose post helped kick off #HasJustineLandedYet mob recounts meeting and apologizing to Justine Sacco, reflects on his own fumble with Twitter irony — Justine Sacco Is Good at Her Job, and How I Came To Peace With Her — The internet is a mountain, and if you climb that mountain …

Discussion: @noahwg, @joemfbrown, @legalnomads, @acarvin, @nickbilton, @rafat, @eisingerj, @theferocity, @patrickruffini, @raju, @anildash, @moorehn, @glennf, @binarybits, @ryanlawler and FishbowlNY

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

NPR's digital success complicates its relationship with member radio stations — Public radio's complicated digital journey — One of the year's freshest new audio apps didn't come from a Silicon Valley tech company; it came from NPR. — The app, NPR One, is essentially a “Pandora for news” …

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

All Day, the company founded by creators of @HistoryInPics and @EarthPix, raises $2M — All Day Raises $2 Million To Be A Media Portal For The Twitter Generation — Would-be media moguls take heart: with nothing more than a Twitter handle and a dream, you can raise capital to become the next Vice or Vox Media Group, or Buzzfeed.

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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Social TV service TVtag, previously known as GetGlue, to shut down end of 2014 — GetGlue successor TVtag is shutting down — Social TV service TVtag, which was previously known as GetGlue, is shutting down at the end of the year. TVtag announced the shut-down in an email to users Friday afternoon …

Discussion: Multichannel News, App Advice and The Next Web

John McDermott / Digiday:

Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg talks about VC funding, focusing on a niche, and the danger of relying on Facebook traffic — Bustle CEO: Depending on Facebook is a mistake — If digital media is “drunk” on venture capital, then Bryan Goldberg has been overserved.

New York Times:

After Google suit, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood calls “time out”, says he'll try to make deal — Sued by Google, a State Attorney General Retreats — Attorney General Jim Hood of Mississippi on Friday agreed to call a “time out” in his fight with Google …

Discussion: Engadget, @ericliptonnyt, @conordougherty, @declanm, @marciahofmann and The Verge

Max Read / Gawker:

Gawker's 2015 goals: more focus on Kinja's sub-blogs, including Valleywag and Defamer, plus new sub-blogs on media, justice, Internet, true stories — Gawker 2015 — As part of our end-of-year process, all Gawker Media site leads were asked to submit planning memos for the next year.

Discussion: Poynter, @nbj914 and @hadas_gold

Jackson Connor / The Huffington Post:

Following Layoffs, NYT Culture Section Devoid Of Black Reporters — Following this week's layoffs at The New York Times there is not a single black reporter on staff at the newspaper's culture section, Journal-isms reported Wednesday. — Felicia R. Lee, previously the only black reporter at the section …

Discussion: @cjfarley and @justinnxt

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Bloomberg CEO Dan Doctoroff says farewell as Michael Bloomberg formally resumes leadership — Dan Doctoroff bids farewell to Bloomberg L.P. — Dan Doctoroff bid farewell Friday afternoon to Bloomberg L.P., where he had served as chairman and chief executive since 2008.