Mediagazer: Fusion to Turn Its Snapchat Channel Into a Network With Five New Shows (Tim Peterson/AdAge)

3:15 AM ET, April 19, 2015

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

BuzzFeed review itemizes reasons for post deletions; ad pressure led to three in 2013 and 2014 — BuzzFeed Deleted Posts Under Pressure from Its Own Business Department — Earlier this week, BuzzFeed launched an internal review of any posts that its editors or writers had deleted …

Discussion: New York Times, @farrellpf, @crushingbort, @pareene, @mikeaschneider, @rilaws, @scotteweinberg, @adamweinstein, @spignal and Mediashift

Sarah Jeong / Forbes:

New York Times gets fair-use rules wrong in story about cop-shooting video, and multiple outlets reblog without questioning premise — The News Media's Use of the Walter Scott Video Is - Surprise! - A Newsworthy Use — The New York Times reports that publicity and celebrity management …

Discussion: @alisternburg, @mmasnick, @xor, @sarahjeong, @mccanner, Techdirt, New York Magazine, Business Insider, News One, @levendowski, WCIV-TV, Gawker and BuzzFeed

David Kravets / Ars Technica:
News outlets can defend against copyright claims to cop shooting video using fair use, but the issue would need to go to court

Discussion: Poynter, @jeffjohnroberts, @mmasnick, Mediaite, @sarahjeong, UPTOWN Magazine, The Daily Caller and New York Times

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

How the New York Times is adjusting to writing headlines optimized for search engines — Hey, Google! Check Out This Column on Headlines — THE headline was perfect: “China's Tensions with the Dalai Lama Spill Into the Afterlife.” Engaging, informative and clever …

Discussion: @sulliview

Hadley Freeman / Guardian:

Jon Stewart: why I quit The Daily Show — Stewart's decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning. So why is he leaving just before an election - and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk?

Discussion: @pkafka and Mediaite

David McLaughlin / Bloomberg Business:

Sources: US Justice Department lawyers leaning against Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable, could submit recommendation next week — U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said to Be Leaning Against Comcast Merger — Staff attorneys at the Justice Department's antitrust division are nearing a recommendation …

Discussion: New York Times, Quartz, CNNMoney, @waltbtig, Engadget, Daily Mail, Ars Technica, Reuters, @mgsiegler, Hollywood Reporter, The Week, The Huffington Post, Free Press Blog, USA Today, Variety, The Hill, Business Insider, The Wrap, The Verge, Deadline, BGR, Consumerist and @brianstelter

Bloomberg Business:
If Comcast-TWC deal collapsed, related Charter and Bright House deals would be affected

Discussion: The Week

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Fusion to Turn Its Snapchat Channel Into a Network With Five New Shows — All Five Series Will Air Vertically in Fullscreen, Which Is Unique to Snapchat — The second season of Fusion's Snapchat series ‘Outpost’ will premiere on April 22. — Four International News Publishers Team Up for Programmatic Offering

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Marketers and publishers still trying to find a way to measure native advertising success and return-on-investment — Native Advertising Measurement Is All Over The Map — So-called native advertising is the shiny new object in digital media. Publishers love selling it, and marketers are increasing their investments in it.

Mark Duffy / Digiday:
Native ads don't sell products or influence consumers but do compromise editorial content

Discussion: @copyranter

Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

New York Times' experiment in curated aggregation finds an audience who returns to homepage after clicking links — Six months of front-page aggregation for the Times — In September 2014, The New York Times began an ambitious experiment in aggregation, and did it in a very public way …

Discussion: @wblau

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

YouTube is Once Again Marketing Its Stars, Including Talk Show Host Grace Helbig — Last year, YouTube pleased many a Web video creator and ad buyer by running a national ad campaign promoting some of its biggest stars. — And this year, with the digital NewFronts right around the corner, the Web video giant is back at it.

Discussion: @susanwojcicki

Brian Lambert / MinnPost:

The strange saga of John Rogers, the man who bought the Star Tribune's vintage photo archive — Whatever else you might say about him, John Rogers was clearly one hell of a salesman. — After first buying up several high-profile collections of sports memorabilia, the Little Rock entrepreneur hit …

Discussion: @mccanner, @saniac, @colvinius and @stevebuttry

Jordan Sargent / Gawker:

A New York Times front-page story on teen vaping used a false anecdote from a Twitter user who made up his name and other details — Twitter Guy Says He Hoaxed NYT In Teen Vape Article — Yesterday's New York Times features an A1 article written by science correspondent Sabrina Tavernise …

Discussion: @drugleaf, @anthonyquintano, @rga, @bjacobel, @weskrantz, @kevinroose, @pbump, Imedia Ethics and Gizmodo UK

Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:

Japan's ruling party questions execs from two TV networks about programs containing “distorted materials”, raising questions about press intimidation — Summons of Japanese media raises complaints of interference — TOKYO (AP) — Japan's ruling party summoned executives …

Discussion: Guardian