Top News:
Tim Peterson / Ad Age:
IAB Explores Its Options to Fight Ad Blockers, Including Lawsuits — Trade Org Has Held Two Summits This Summer to Map a Course of Action — As the digital media and advertising industries come to grips with the rise of ad blocking, so is one of the industry's more prominent organizing bodies.
Discussion:
Consumerist, @bluechoochoo, Fortune, @jason_kint, Reynolds Center, @profcarroll, @aripap, @michelemclellan and @tomewing
Les Hinton / British Journalism Review:
Former Dow Jones CEO and News International executive chairman responds to Rupert Murdoch's critics — Life with Murdoch, Les Hinton — Rupert Murdoch's longest-serving lieutenant staggers under the weight of books written about his old boss More than half a century ago …
Discussion:
@davidfolkenflik, @peterjukes, @jamesrbuk, @peterjukes, @leshinton, @peterjukes, @jackshafer, @leshinton, @waynesmith1971, @piersmorgan and Guido Fawkes
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: difficulty of making deals with CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox has delayed Apple TV's launch — Local TV Creates Hurdle to Streaming — The difficulty of lining up deals to offer CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox programming is one reason Apple has decided to push back its Web-TV service
Discussion:
Public Knowledge and @gerryfsmith
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone files motion for protective order in Virginia dean's defamation case — Lawyers for Rolling Stone magazine yesterday entered a motion aimed at limiting the amount of information and documents disclosed in the ongoing defamation case filed this year by Nicole Eramo …
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, and Simon & Schuster report declining revenues on ebooks after winning the right to set prices in deal with Amazon — E-Book Sales Fall After New Amazon Contracts — Prices rise, but revenue takes a hit — When the world's largest publishers …
Discussion:
Consumerist and Bookseller News
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Rights groups call on Twitter to reverse its ban on Politwoops accounts — A coalition of rights groups from more than a dozen different countries have posted an open letter to Twitter TWTR , asking that the company restore access to more than 30 Politwoops accounts it recently blocked …
Discussion:
accessnow.org, TechCrunch, The Hill and Business Insider
Celeste Lecompte / Nieman Reports:
How automation helps reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Automation in the Newsroom — How algorithms are helping reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news — Philana Patterson, assistant business editor for the Associated Press …
Discussion:
MediaShift, @tedgioia and @ap_corpcomm
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon buys web and mobile video conversion company Elemental Technologies for a reported $500M — Amazon to Buy Video Reformatter Elemental Technologies — Deal could help Amazon become central player in rush to provide consumers video on all types of devices
Discussion:
TechCrunch, KGW-TV, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, VideoInk, GeekWire, Business Insider, Forbes, Variety and VentureBeat
Marissa Newman / The Times of Israel:
Israel bans journalists at public broadcasting organization from expressing opinions in newscasts as broadcaster reorganizes, dropping TV tax — State broadcast journalists condemn ban on expressing political opinions — Reporter slams ‘shameful’ clause in new law; Press Council …
Discussion:
Guardian, Associated Press, Haaretz and Jerusalem Post
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Spotify updates privacy policy with clearer language after backlash — Spotify is overhauling its privacy policy today with plainer language that should be readable to the average human — not just lawyers. The streaming service found itself amid a furor last month after its users complained …
Discussion:
Spotify Blog, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, PCWorld, BGR, Mashable, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Consumerist, Fortune and Engadget
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Mail Online sues Gawker and former employee for defamation for publishing writer's first-person account of workplace practices — Mail Online sues Gawker for defamation over first-person piece — On March 4, Gawker published a first-person piece by James King, a former worker for the Mail Online …
Discussion:
Gawker, The New York Observer, Business Insider, Adweek, @learmonth, New York Post, bookforum.com, Mediaite and @nickconfessore
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Journalists ‘pushed away’ from ‘distressing scenes’ involving migrants at Hungarian train station — about Journalists ‘pushed away’ from ‘distressing scenes’ involving migrants at Hungarian train station- Comments — Journalists have reported being “pushed away” by police from …
Discussion:
@lindseyhilsum, @lindseyhilsum and @skynewsbreak