Mediagazer: BBC rejects complaint over controversial Rwanda genocide documentary (Dugald Baird/Guardian)

11:45 AM ET, April 10, 2015

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Clay Shirky's advice to the New York Times: demystify the end of print, cut costs, emphasize mobile ad dollars, and get loyal readers to pay more — A ‘Darker Narrative’ of Print's Future From Clay Shirky — A column I wrote last month on the enduring importance of the printed newspaper …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @emjbanks, @michaelroston and @jayrosen_nyu

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 …

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: New York Times, Talking Biz News and Guardian

Mike Krings / KU Today:

Study shows journalism burnout affecting women more than men — Study shows journalism burnout affecting women more than men … Study shows journalism burnout affecting women more than men — LAWRENCE — The field of journalism has changed greatly over the last decade …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and FishbowlNY

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

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

Dugald Baird / Guardian:

BBC rejects complaint over controversial Rwanda genocide documentary — Academics and journalists plan appeal to BBC Trust over film questioning official accounts of 1994 mass killings — The BBC's editorial complaints unit has rejected a complaint about a controversial documentary on Rwanda …

Discussion: BBC

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Amazon reveals HDR-quality video-streaming is coming to Prime this year, kicking off with Amazon Originals — Amazon has announced that it's introducing support for high dynamic range (HDR) quality videos, kicking off later this year with Amazon's own “Originals” programming.

Discussion: Amazon.com, Variety, TWICE, Pocket-lint, What Hi-Fi? and The Next Web

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Hillary Clinton Team Holds Off-The-Record Journalist Dinner Ahead Of 2016 Announcement — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton's campaign team held an off-the-record dinner Thursday night in Washington, D.C., for roughly two dozen journalists and staff members at John Podesta's house, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Discussion: CNN, The Wrap, Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine

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: @mathewi and Poynter

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, @sunlorrie and @01lbrown

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, @n3pro and Poynter