Top News:
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Google announces ad partner support for Accelerated Mobile Pages, its version of Facebook's Instant Articles, launching early next year — Google Announces New Advertising Support For AMP Pages — Fast-loading pages may also mean fast-loading ads, with advertising platform support for AMP that's been announced.
Discussion:
Accelerated Mobile …, Re/code, Poynter, Search Engine Land, @richardgingras and The Verge
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Among LA Times buyouts, two assistant managing editors and six bureau chiefs leaving — Buyout list at LA Times ‘makes you want to cry’ — An LA Times newsroom pod. — With dozens of veteran Los Angeles Times journalists cleaning out their desks this week, the magnitude of the experience leaving …
Discussion:
@qhardy, @mccarthyryanj, The Wrap, @cmonstah, FishbowlNY, @theharryshearer and @davidjoachim
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Probing Comcast's Role in ‘Spot’ Cable Ad Sales Market — DOJ investigating whether Comcast hinders competition in cable ad sales — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Comcast Corp. 's business practices in the $5 billion cable advertising-sales market …
Discussion:
Multichannel News, FierceCable, Consumerist and Deadline
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican Court rejects journalist's bid to drop charges in case over leaked documents — Vatican court rejects journalist's bid to drop leaks charges — VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Tuesday rejected a journalist's request to dismiss charges against him for publishing confidential documents …
Discussion:
Poynter, Agence France-Presse, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Voice of America, ncronline.org and Reuters
Bruce Livesey / National Observer:
Postmedia, with nearly 200 Canadian newspapers, faces a declining editorial reputation as it pays off $646M in long-term debt, primarily to two US hedge funds — The tawdry fall of the Postmedia newspaper empire — Right: Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey (Canadian Press)
Discussion:
@mathewi, @arikligeti, @natobserver, @livesey416, @joshvisser, @natobserver and @janewordsmith
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails to and from State Department aide Philippe Reines show negotiations by Politico's Mike Allen for access to Chelsea Clinton and more — Emails Show Politico's Mike Allen Promised Positive Coverage of Chelsea Clinton — Few journalists are more thoroughly connected to Washington's power elite …
Discussion:
@jim_newell, @buzzfeedandrew, @whpresscorps, @ggreenwald, @byronyork, Mediaite, @hamiltonnolan, @dangillmor and @jktrotter
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube Kids Faces Further FTC Complaints Related To Junk Food Ads Targeting Young Children — Consumer watchdog groups announced today they've filed additional complaints with the FTC over the advertising content in the YouTube Kids application, this time focused on how the app allows food …
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New York Times, Wired, Adweek and bbb.org
Austin Siegemund-Broka / Hollywood Reporter:
MPAA Wins $10.5 Million and Injunction in MovieTube Lawsuit — The member studios now will try to figure out who operated the streaming sites. — The Motion Picture Association of America has won final default judgment for $10.5 million against the MovieTube websites they claim have streamed pirated movies.
Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:
Social media drove more referrals than search for 2015's biggest news stories — Publishing analytics provider Parse.ly wanted to find out where web traffic for 2015's top news stories came from — search engines or social networks. — The company found that social media continues to account …
Discussion:
@dannysullivan and American Press Institute
Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
Dolan named executive editor at The Washington Times — The Washington Times announced Tuesday that Christopher Dolan has been promoted to the role of executive editor, effective immediately. — A veteran newsman with hands-on experience and calm demeanor, Mr. Dolan was previously managing editor …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Jeff Bezos says The Washington Post's goal is to become the “new paper of record” — Jeff Bezos did something with a rocket Tuesday morning, tweeted for the first time ever, and, more importantly for our purposes, spoke briefly on CBS This Morning about his vision for The Washington Post, which he bought in 2013.
Discussion:
The New York Observer, @juliabeizer, The Next Web, Telegraph, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Mashable, The Verge, Inc.com and kottke.org
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Readbug app for iOS offers content aggregated from select independent magazines for £9.99/month — Readbug Wants To Be Spotify For Indie Magazines — Anyone who's worked for any length of time in the publishing industry will, given the slightest amount of alcohol …