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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
After 80 per cent circulation drop in ten years, NME print edition to go free — NME is to be made into a free weekly magazine from 18 September, publisher Time Inc. has announced. — According to ABC, the music magazine - which current costs £2.60 - recorded an average weekly circulation of 15,384 in the second half of 2014.
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Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
Relaunched NME will downgrade music coverage, focusing on fashion, politics, film, fashion, television, politics, gaming, and technology — NME to go free and expand from music into ‘brand reinvention’ — Indie music bible the NME is to be given away free after circulation …
Discussion:
Guardian, NME, Mediatel, Music Week and @mark_samuels
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How research (and PowerPoints) became the backbone of National Journal's membership program — In fall 2011, Atlantic Media chairman David Bradley wrote an memo about his career, leading right up to when he bought National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly. It was a roadmap wrapped around …
Severin Carrell / Guardian:
Scottish investigative site The Ferret to launch Indiegogo campaign for £3.8K for first investigation, plans to generate revenue via subs, crowdfunding — Crowd-funded investigative journalism site the Ferret to launch in Scotland — Site needs 2,000 backers to begin tacklingdecline …
Discussion:
@patronsaintofca, @edibreakingnews, @irvinewelsh and allmediascotland
BBC:
UK Chancellor to announce that BBC will have to meet cost of license fee for over-75s, costing £650m; govt also considering allowing BBC to charge for iPlayer — BBC ‘must pay for free TV licences’ for over-75s — Free TV licences for over-75s are currently paid for by the government
Discussion:
Music Week
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Egypt journalists face jail for reporting non-government terrorism statistics — New law awaiting presidential approval outlaws the publication of ‘false news or data about any terrorist operations that contradicts official statements’ — Egypt was accused of making a savage assault …
Discussion:
@reportedly
Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:
News organizations need to do a better job of creating dashboards to analyze data visually, highlighting potential stories — Dashboards and journalism: why we need to do better — Confused? Knobs and dials image by anataman — Last month I watched the founder of OpenOil, Johnny West …
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
John Malone's Liberty Global buys Irish broadcaster TV3 for $96M — John Malone's Liberty Global Buys Ireland's Commercial Broadcaster TV3 — John Malone's international cable company Liberty Global has bought Ireland's commercial broadcaster TV3 in a deal worth up to Euros 87 million ($96 million).
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, IP&TV News, Digital TV Europe and Independent.ie
Tom Rosenstiel / Brookings Institute:
How journalism has changed since the advent of the public web: what is better, what we're losing, and what we can do about it — News as collaborative intelligence: Correcting the myths about news in the digital age — The shift to online news is increasing engagement, adding more perspectives …
Discussion:
@brookingsgov and @moniguzman
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Judge dismisses suit by a New Jersey township against a citizen who requested public records — When governments sue public-records requesters — When you send a public records request to a government agency, you might expect a delayed response or high costs to fulfill it, even a denial …
Greg Nichols / The California Sunday Magazine:
Netflix and Amazon seek to hook viewers early with high-quality content for kids — Hooked … Luke Matheny keeps getting pulled away. We are on a rented soundstage on the outskirts of Los Angeles's Koreatown, sitting in director's chairs in front of a television monitor.
Discussion:
Gawker
Aida Alami / New York Times:
Paris-based Bondy Blog gives a voice to groups underrepresented in French mainstream news media coverage — Paris's Voiceless Find a Megaphone Online — BONDY, France — They gather every Tuesday for a staff meeting, bloggers, journalists and young people from the impoverished Paris suburbs …
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Nearly all major subreddits are set to public again after going private in protest — Nearly all major subreddits are back online following Reddit protests — Just a day after a massive revolt tore down parts of Reddit, the site now appears to be mostly back to normal.
Discussion:
bookforum.com, NPR and metamedia
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
After moderators protested dismissal of a key employee by taking down popular subreddits, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao apologizes for how the transition was handled
Discussion:
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