Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:30 PM ET, October 14, 2015

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Elizabeth Spayd / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism Review to move from bimonthly to twice yearly print schedule in digital refocus  —  A note to CJR's readers  —  In an effort to better align our resources with our mission, we have decided to significantly boost our investment in Columbia Journalism Review's digital operations …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Early ratings show 11% of US households watched Democratic primary debate, live streaming peaked at 980K  —  Overnight ratings point to Democratic debate record  —  Final ratings won't come in until later in the day.  But preliminary Nielsen ratings indicate that CNN's Tuesday night debate …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Q&A: Pitchfork Founder Ryan Schreiber on Conde Nast Sale, Indie Roots and Expansion  —  Ryan Schreiber was an indie music buff with no journalism experience when he launched the website Pitchfork out of his suburban Minneapolis home in 1996.  On Tuesday, Pitchfork Media joined the big leagues …
RELATED:
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast buys Pitchfork Media, the company behind the independent music site and quarterly magazine, for an undisclosed sum
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
New York Times creates digital newsroom to cover and add reporting, commentary on viral stories  —  The New York Times builds out digital rewrite team  —  The New York Times has created a new newsroom unit to tackle the types of stories that are going viral on the web.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Association of Magazine Media introduces money back guarantee for print advertisers with campaigns reaching 125M adults over 12 months if sales don't increase  —  Magazines Try New Tactic: Money Back if Ad Fails to Deliver  —  Industry trade group seeks to counter perception that magazines are losing clout with readers
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Channel 4 Chairman, Lord Burns, says BBC should become pay-TV service like Sky  —  Channel 4 chairman says BBC should become Sky-style pay-TV service  —  Lord Burns warns that replacing the licence fee with a household levy would be a ‘dangerous route’ for the corporation to take
Discussion: Guardian
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosts profits to £23m  —  Company reports 6% rise in pre-tax profits as top executives paid more than £5m  —  Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosted profits to almost £23m last year while paying out more than £5m to top executives at the magazine company.
Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal:
Relativity Television's Employees Expected to Remain After Purchase  —  Chief Executive Tom Forman will continue in that role  —  Relativity Television's employees, including chief executive Tom Forman, are expected to remain in place when senior lenders buy the TV studio from the ailing company later …
RELATED:
Brent Lang / Variety:   Buyers Pledge to Bolster Relativity Television With $60 Million Investment
Pedro Burgos / Medium:
As sites turn off comments, some are experimenting with new tools for curated conversations alongside articles  —  Goodbye, comments.  Hello, “conversations”  —  There are two seemingly incompatible trends going on in the publishing world right now.  On one hand, there is a growing number …
Discussion: @derfleck and @sjkmcnally
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Profile of Ali Rezaian, brother of imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason, as he campaigns for his brother's release  —  Jason Rezaian's brother logs many miles — and emotions — to free him  —  “Starting my 15th trip to DC this year,” Ali Rezaian tweeted early Monday morning.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC local press plan is ‘backdoor privatisation’, says NUJ chief  —  Michelle Stanistreet says regional newspaper bosses are seeking BBC funds to prop up ailing businesses they have run into the ground  —  The general secretary of the National Union of Journalists has slammed BBC attempts …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Poynter:
Newspaper reporter is on the list of most endangered jobs.  Again.  —  For the second year in a row, newspaper reporters have found themselves among uncomfortable company on CareerCast's annual list of endangered jobs: Right next to mail carriers, meter readers, farmers and other professions that have been disrupted by technology.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 12:30 PM ET, October 14, 2015.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Dish Petitions FCC to Deny Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
 Earlier Picks: 
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
Bloomberg TV Canada to launch Nov. 16
David W. Dunlap / New York Times:
Flooding Threatens The Times's Picture Archive
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page