Mediagazer: Yahoo's Image Search Now Pulls Personalized Results from Flickr (Michael Zhang/PetaPixel)

3:40 PM ET, November 6, 2015

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Alex Weprin / Politico:

ESPN names Jim Brady public editor — ESPN has named Jim Brady its new public editor. — Brady, the founder of Spirited Media (parent company of Philly news site Billy Penn), previously served as editor in chief of Digital First Media, and as the sports editor and later executive editor of The Washington Post's website.

Discussion: ESPN MediaZone, Poynter, @ckrewson, bizjournals, USA Today, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Radio, The Big Lead, FishbowlNY, Awful Announcing, @tyduffy and @raju

Corinne Reichert / ZDNet:

TPP: ISPs will hand over copyright infringer details — The full text of the TPP ties in with WikiLeaks' leaked document last month, stating that ISPs must hand over copyright infringer details to rights holders when legally compelled. — Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) …

Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:

Yahoo's Image Search Now Pulls Personalized Results from Flickr — Yahoo is rolling out a revamped image search engine today that now includes photo results from its Flickr service. As long as you're signed in, the personalized Flickr results will include your own collection of Flickr photos …

Discussion: Yahoo Search, TechCrunch, Flickr Blog, VentureBeat, Search Engine Land and The Next Web

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

BuzzFeed changes editorial standards to allow sponsorships in entertainment programming — BuzzFeed's editorial standards were modified earlier this week to allow for greater collaboration between the newsroom's editorial and advertising staffers, a move the company's editor in chief …

Discussion: @niemanlab

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Activision Blizzard Launches Production Arm For Video Game-Based Film, TV Projects — Video game giant Activision Blizzard is continuing its expansion push with the launch of a production arm to develop film and TV properties based on “Call of Duty” and other game titles.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, New York Times, The Wrap, Deadline, VentureBeat, Pocket-lint, Consequence of Sound, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, CNET, Mashable, Kotaku, The Verge, Engadget and Tech Trader Daily

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

Interview with First Look general counsel Lynn Oberlander on the firms Litigation Fund, and how it's looking to do more for free speech cases — First Look's Press Litigation Fund wants to support news outlets stuck in expensive free speech cases — Last month, Mother Jones won …

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Alibaba acquires Chinese streaming service Youku Tudo, in a deal valuing the company at $4.2B — The e-commerce powerhouse already owns a minority stake in the “YouTube of China.” — Chinese online video giant Youku Tudou, known as China's YouTube, said Friday it has agreed to be fully acquired …

Discussion: Ad Age, Forbes, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, Benzinga, Reuters, StreetInsider.com, 24/7 Wall St., Variety, Bloomberg Business, City A.M. and Deadline

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Hearst Corporation Drops ‘Corp.’ — In a shocking twist that no one saw coming, Hearst Corporation will from now on be known simply as “Hearst.” — Why would Hearst take such a drastic, dangerous step? You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties …

Discussion: Media Wire Daily

Richard Nieva / CNET:

YouTube makes all of its videos viewable on Cardboard VR headset through its Android app, iOS support coming soon — YouTube bolts into next phase of virtual reality with 3D video — The world's largest video site dives further into VR in a big way. It's letting you step into new 3D worlds …

Discussion: routenote.com/blog, Trak.in, Tech Times, Pocket-lint, Tubefilter, YouTube Creator Blog, Mashable, Multichannel News, Variety, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, The Verge, TechCrunch and Wired

Jane Friedhoff / Source:

How the New York Times created Membrane, a tool that allows readers to send questions to authors from within the story — Membrane: An Experiment in Permeable Publishing — Introducing a New Reading Experience from the New York Times R&D Lab — Over the last several months …

Discussion: @structstories, @profcarroll and @juliettedm

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Music Industry Waits Anxiously to See if Adele Streams Her New Album — For Adele's millions of fans, perhaps the biggest question about her next album is whether its songs will pack the same emotional wallop that helped make her last record a global smash.

Discussion: Mashable

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Newspaper Guild offers to buy Philadelphia Daily News to avoid layoffs; owner Gerry Lenfest quickly rejects offer — Newspaper guild offers to buy Philadelphia Daily News to avoid layoffs — Lawyers representing the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia on Thursday expressed interest …

Discussion: Philadelphia Magazine, Philly.com and New Jersey Online