Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:35 PM ET, December 19, 2015

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
GateHouse ordered Las Vegas Review-Journal to scrutinize local judges before sale of paper; one judge is involved in Adelson casino wrongful termination suit  —  Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale  —  Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson's family …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times needs systemic changes to fix problems that led to errors in San Bernardino shooting story  —  Systemic Change Needed After Faulty Times Article  —  Mistakes are bound to happen in the news business, but some are worse than others.  —  What I'll lay out here was a bad one.
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Washington Post “What was fake on the Internet this week” column ends because readers who share hoax stories aren't convinced by debunking  —  What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column  —  There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NYT Public Editor Margaret Sullivan will depart in 2016  —  Margaret Sullivan will conclude her tenure as public editor of The New York Times when her four-year contract expires in eight months, she told Poynter today.  —  “Yes, I am headed into the home stretch of my four-year term,” she said in an email.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Star Wars sets a record with $57M in opening-day sales, but Disney stock falls about 4% amid analyst concerns about ESPN sports rights, other TV licensing deals  —  Walt Disney Stock Tumbles as ‘Force Awakens’ Soars  —  “Even The Force cannot protect ESPN,” says BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield as he downgrades the stock to “sell.”
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Knight Foundation to donate $140K to PolitiFact to fact-check political posts on Medium during presidential election  —  The Knight Foundation Funds PolitiFact to Fact-check Political Posts on Medium  —  The publishing platform Medium is getting a cash infusion from the John S …
Rex Sorgatz / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting will continue to push into the mainstream with better experience, content, and revenue  —  The podcasting scene will explode  —  Some media analysts see a bubble poised to burst; others, incremental growth.  I see something more radical: a complete regime change in the audio landscape.
Discussion: @drew, @jeremysliew and @gnarmac
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Relaunches as Amblin Partners  —  Studio signs multiyear distribution deal with Universal Pictures  —  Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios has found its fourth lease on life.  —  The company, which has struggled financially since its last relaunch in 2009 …
Stephen Heyman / Slate:
UK's Waterstones, which reached profitability again after cutting staff and increasing autonomy, could serve as a model to save Barnes & Noble  —  Big-Box Bookstores Don't Have to Die  —  This large chain in the U.K. made a shocking turnaround by doing something surprising: trusting its booksellers.
Discussion: @mariskreizman and Bookseller News
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Michele Norris leaving NPR, expanding her Race Card Project  —  Michele Norris, a mainstay of NPR for the past 13 years, is saying farewell to the public radio powerhouse.  —  Norris said in an interview that she will devote more time to The Race Card Project, her award-winning effort …
Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:
MediaFinder report: in US and Canada, only 96 magazines launched in 2015, down 35% from 148 in 2014  —  Magazine launches plunge in 2015  —  A cautious industry unveiled few new magazines in 2015.  The good news: Not many folded  —  The year in print is ending on a down note …
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Facebook opens its live video-streaming tool to verified Pages  —  First there were celebrities, then influencers, then nonverified individuals.  Today, Facebook is opening up access to its live-streaming service to brands on the social network.  Now T-Mobile, Nike, Ford, NBC …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 10:35 PM ET, December 19, 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: 
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre's 2015 pay falls nearly 40% to £1.48M as he moves to long-term incentive pay scale
David Wallis / The New York Observer:
Q&A with Hearst president David Carey on cross-cultural challenges, media startups, and rivalry with Condé Nast
Stefano Esposito / Chicago Sun-Times:
Source: after three-month run, New York Post to end distribution in Chicago at the end of 2015
Discussion: FishbowlNY
 Earlier Picks: 
Ben Fox / Associated Press:
US military to limit media access to Guantanamo Bay prison
Discussion: Sputnik International
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook expands its Music Stories in News Feed to the web, coming to Android in late January, adds Deezer, Rhapsody, KKBOX, plus audio clips for NPR
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Cox found liable for copyright infringements of its customers, must pay music publisher BMG $25M in damages
 

 
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

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency

 
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