Mediagazer: How a Self-Help Blog Generated 100,000 Email Subscribers (Simon Owens/Mediashift)

7:35 AM ET, January 13, 2015

Top News:

Sophie Louet / Reuters:

First print run of this week's Charlie Hebdo will be 1M copies, compared to normal 60K; 2M more possible — Charlie Hebdo print run could hit three million after attack — (Reuters) - Up to 3 million copies of Charlie Hebdo could hit newsstands this week, dwarfing its usual print run of 60,000 …

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, Wall Street Journal, @timobrien, Associated Press, The Wrap, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Austin Hunt / BuzzFeed:

Here's Who Is And Isn't Publishing The New Charlie Hebdo Cover Image — Libération, the newspaper where Charlie Hebdo staff have been working since the attack, unveiled the cover of the magazine's next edition on Monday. Some news outlets have been censoring themselves when it comes …

Discussion: Flatworld, Mashable, @mlcalderone, @tomgara, @passantino, @miriamelder, mUmBRELLA and Poynter

Henry Samuel / Telegraph:

Charlie Hebdo's Wednesday edition to include Prophet Mohammed cartoons — Wednesday's edition of Charlie Hebdo will ‘naturally’ contain cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, the magazine's lawyer has announced — The next edition of Charlie Hebdo, out on Wednesday with a million-copy print run …

Discussion: New York Times, USA Today, Latest News & Headlines, The Huffington Post, @imbimallick, @mirandachale, @ericuman, @raju, Hit & Run, Gawker, CNNMoney.com and Guardian

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Most of The New York Times' most popular items last year weren't news stories — The New York Times — Last year's most popular item in The New York Times was this interactive, an image gallery of sorts that showed the photographic evolution of four sisters over 40 years.

Discussion: @moorehn, @bydanielvictor, @benmullin, @cwarzel and The New York Times Company

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:

Washington Post Folds Storyline into Wonkblog — A rare contraction in the ever-expanding Bezos era. — The Washington Post will combine Storyline, a data-driven storytelling site it launched last July, with Wonkblog. Both verticals cover public policy.

Discussion: @abeaujon, @washingtonian and @rachel_sadon

Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:

Neil Young's PonoPlayer promises high-res audio, but with no discernible sound improvement and massive file sizes, it's not worth the $400 price tag — Don't Buy What Neil Young Is Selling — Neil Young's “high resolution” PonoPlayer goes on sale for $400 today. You shouldn't buy it.

Discussion: New York Post, @stevesilberman, @edbott and @splitsurround

Jim Romenesko:

San Francisco Bay Guardian to publish a commemorative edition next week — The 48-year-old San Francisco Bay Guardian was abruptly closed in October, a day before its “Best of the Bay” issue hit the streets. Three months later, staffers are putting out a final issue, which they're calling the …

Simon Owens / Mediashift:

How a Self-Help Blog Generated 100,000 Email Subscribers — If you were to go back and interview James Clear's high school English teachers, none of them would identify him as a particularly talented writer. — “It was never top of mind for me that, oh, I should make money from my words …

Discussion: @pbsmediashift

Los Angeles Times:

Home, office of controversial Hong Kong media mogul attacked — Unidentified attackers hurled Molotov cocktails at the home and office of a vocal anti-Communist media mogul early Monday, the latest in a string of attacks aimed at media figures in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

Discussion: New York Times, Associated Press, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, @pressfreedom, @cpjasia, Wall Street Journal, @nytimesworld and New York Times

Max Read / Gawker:

Gawker splits site into verticals, adds sections for politics, media, news and more — How to Read Gawker in 2015 — Hi there. We're trying something new out for the new year, which means Gawker's going to be publishing things a little differently. Let me explain.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @brizzyc, The Politburo, @barjack, @jayrosen_nyu, @tcarmody, @msebastian, @chrismegerian, @max_read, @laceydonohue, @barryap1 and @jeremymbarr

Josh Felser / Re/code:

Founder of Grouper, now Crackle, tells the story of the company from founding to sale to Sony — The True Story of Grouper, a.k.a. Crackle — Sony's effort to release “The Interview” on the Web last month ended up shining a spotlight on Crackle, the company's streaming video service.

Discussion: @rosskimbarovsky, @joshelman, @dsb and @joshmedia

Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

Stephen Colbert's ‘Late Show’ will debut Sept. 8 — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will debut Tuesday, Sept. 8, CBS said in an announcement Monday morning at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. — Colbert will replace David Letterman, who will host his last “Late Show” on May 20, 2015.