Mediagazer: How The Christian Science Monitor is helping readers bridge the gap between content & action (Kara Newhouse/ivoh)

4:10 PM ET, August 24, 2015

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A Three-Way Mostly Civilized Family Contest To Become The Next Publisher Of The Times — The issue of succession is a difficult matter not just for family-run businesses but for the families that run them. Take the Murdochs, for instance. Or the Binghams, the Kentucky newspaper clan that imploded in the 1980s.

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Post-UVA scandal and amidst falling newsstand sales, Rolling Stone tries to expand further into digital — Rolling Stone Moves Beyond the Fray — Gus Wenner is 25, not much older than his father, Jann S. Wenner, was when he started Rolling Stone in 1967.

Discussion: Media Wire Daily, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, CNNMoney, @felixsalmon and Poynter

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Despite upsurge in mobile traffic, publishers say mobile ad dollars are lagging — Mobile Readers Abound; the Ads, Not So Much — Traditional and online publishers are struggling to cash in on their surging mobile traffic, raising questions about their future growth as consumers increasingly turn …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and Poynter

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Audience for New York Times newsletters ranges from tens of thousands to millions — How The New York Times gets a 70 percent open rate on its newsletters — The New York Times has caught the newsletter fever. In the past year, it has launched a dozen of them — it now has a total of 33.

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Following US shutdown in June, Twitter blocks 31 Diplotwoops and Politwoops accounts archiving deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats, and embassies globally — Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops — Group that archives deleted tweets from legislators has its access to social network shut off

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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:

Flipboard launches short silent Cinema Loop video ads — Flipboard is expanding its promoted stories program to now include videos. Starting today, brands can submit their television-quality commercials and bring them to the digital magazine app. These video ads will feature Cinema Loops …

Discussion: The Next Web

Kara Newhouse / ivoh:

How The Christian Science Monitor is helping readers bridge the gap between content & action — Screengrab from The Christian Science Monitor's “Take Action” website. — By Kara Newhouse — Kara is an education reporter for Lancaster Newspapers, a creator of the Faces of Mental Health Recovery project …

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Farnaz Fassihi / Wall Street Journal:

A Wall Street Journal reporter discusses her experience being labeled an American spy by Iranian state-run media — Smeared by Iran's State-Run Media: A Journal Reporter's Story — Veteran Iranian-American foreign correspondent Farnaz Fassihi now finds herself targeted as a spy by mouthpieces for Tehran's regime

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Behind Neetzan Zimmerman's Facebook strategy at The Hill, which has contributed to the huge rise of social engagement and traffic over the past six months — ‘I am the social’: Neetzan Zimmerman brings a little bit of Gawker to The Hill — Neetzan Zimmerman is having his comeback moment.

Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:

In U.S stock market fall, media companies including CBS and Time Warner drop 2.3% and 2.8% respectively — U.S. Media Stocks Tumble Amid “Black Monday” Carnage — Disney, CBS, Time Warner and Sony were among the entertainment stocks taking a big hit on Monday.

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, CNNMoney, Mediaite and ThinkProgress

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Netflix Hitches With SoftBank For Japan Launch — Next week's launch of streaming video service Netflix in Japan will be boosted by a major partnership with Softbank Corp. The two companies may also be involved in local content. — With 37 million cellphone customers …

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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:

European media giant investments in online video networks are growing fast — European media join push to support online video groups — Online video networks are receiving an influx of capital from European investors as the companies behind some of the most popular content on YouTube seek to reach bigger global audiences.