Mediagazer: Global News to consolidate production across Canada, with the same national and international segments airing nationwide, freeing up resources for local output (Global News)

7:15 AM ET, April 10, 2015

Top News:

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

BuzzFeed deletes post critical of Dove, a BuzzFeed advertiser; editors said post wasn't in line with tone and editorial mission of BuzzFeed Life — BuzzFeed Deletes Post Critical of Dove, a BuzzFeed Advertiser — Wednesday afternoon, BuzzFeed published a post by staff writer Arabelle Sicardi …

Amanda Hess / Slate:

Apps CopWatch and Mobile Justice offer assistance, protections, and advice for citizens filming police encounters — Justice Through a Lens — A new wave of apps offers assistance—and advice—for citizens capturing police wrongdoing on camera. — About 10 times a day …

Discussion: New York Times

David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:

How smartphone video changes coverage of police abuse — Smartphones tether us to the digital universe. They allow us to take our work wherever we go, to photograph our meals and exchange fleeting videos, and to navigate streets while listening to our favorite music.

Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite, Latest News & Headlines, National Review, Washington Post and New Yorker

Doc Searls Weblog:

Like newsstands that sold single copies, newspapers online should offer à la carte options to complement subscriptions — Newsstands are à la carte. How about online as well? — I travel a lot, and buy newspapers wherever I happen to be. That would be true online as well, if I could do it.

Discussion: Poynter and @mathewi

Felix Salmon / Fusion:

Why being a newswire media CEO is an impossible job — The surprise media news of the day is that Andrew Rashbass has quit his job as CEO of Reuters Media to become executive chairman of UK business publisher Euromoney. — The news is surprising because Rashbass only joined Thomson Reuters in July 2013 …

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Reuters chief Andrew Rashbass to become executive chair of Euromoney

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Yahoo! Finance, Business Standard, Reuters and Reuters

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Wall Street Journal takes an understated approach to native ads with campaigns reviewed by an internal ethics board — The Wall Street Journal's native approach: 'If it looks like a puff piece, nobody's going to read it.' — A lot of publishers are looking to native ads as the cure of all that ails them …

Discussion: AdAge

David Ramli / The Age:

Australian ISP lobbyists propose “three strikes” anti-piracy rule that could land illegal downloaders in court — ‘Three strikes’ anti-piracy scheme launched in wake of Dallas Buyers Club threat — ‘Three strikes’ rule after Dallas Buyers Club case

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald and Variety

Global News:

Global News to consolidate production across Canada, with the same national and international segments airing nationwide, freeing up resources for local output — Global News announces significant changes to how news is produced — TORONTO - Global News' parent company, Shaw Media …

Discussion: @brennanleffler, @01lbrown and @sunlorrie

Jack Shepherd / Journalism.co.uk:

Afghan citizen journalism site Paiwandgah vets, translates, and publishes submissions sent via SMS — News, mobile and citizen journalism in Afghanistan — Citizen journalism website Paiwandgah has recently relaunched, offering Afghans the ability to send in stories via SMS — Credit: By isafmedia on Flickr.

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

The global ad-blocking user base is now 144M active monthly users — Ad blocking is every publisher's problem now — The conventional wisdom around ad blocking was that it was a problem exclusively for sites covering topics like technology and video games, or those in European markets.

Discussion: AdExchanger and Wall Street Journal

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Chew hopes to entice superstars to its ‘Twitch for DJs’ live-streaming service — But the British startup will still focus on grassroots, insisting real power in global community is with bedroom DJs — Watching a DJ at work close-up isn't always the most riveting viewing experience.

Nikki Usher / Columbia Journalism Review:

The New York Times' coverage of the super-rich risks alienating new millennial readers — Is the Times' coverage of the super-rich alienating millennials? — It's no secret that The New York Times probably runs more stories than it should that feature tantalizing material goods and experiences available only to the 1 percent.