Mediagazer: Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles joins board of Snapchat (Alexandra Steigrad/WWD)

3:35 PM ET, January 26, 2016

Top News:

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Confirmed: Twitter Appoints Longtime American Express Executive Leslie Berland as CMO — Here's some positive executive news coming out of Twitter: It has found its new chief marketing officer. — Twitter has appointed longtime American Express executive Leslie Berland to CMO …

Discussion: @jack, TechCrunch, Ad Age, SocialTimes, Adweek, The Wrap, VatorNews, VentureBeat, @willstick, Variety, @gvitt, The Drum, Business Insider, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

Re/code:
Twitter's Nathan Hubbard Will Take Over Interim Media Job Amid Executive Changes

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, The Verge, @vivian, TIME, @mims, @bfly, New York Times, @raju, Slate, The Wrap, Variety and @pkafka

Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:

Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles joins board of Snapchat — Joanna Coles Joins Board of Snapchat — Joanna Coles is upping her tech cred. — The editor in chief of Cosmopolitan, who also serves as editorial director of Seventeen, joined the board of directors of Snapchat in early December.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Fortune, @pkafka, FishbowlNY and @mikeisaac

Reuters:

Sources: Apple building paywall system to let publishers offer subscription content through the News app — Apple plans to offer subscription content through News app — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is working to make subscription content available through its News app, giving publishers with paywalls …

Discussion: AppleInsider, The Next Web, The Verge and 9to5Mac

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google brings real-time responses from presidential candidates to search results in an experimental feature rolled out in partnership with the Fox News Channel — Google Takes On Twitter By Integrating Real-Time Responses From Presidential Candidates Into Search Results

Discussion: VentureBeat, Official Google Blog, @mathewi, USA Today and Search Engine Land

Chris O'Shea / Adweek:

Amanda Cox Named Editor of NY Times' Upshot — The New York Times has named Amanda Cox editor of its data-centric site The Upshot. — Cox was most recently the Times' graphics editor. She joined the company in 2004. — “Amanda Cox has a singular reputation among her colleagues …

Discussion: @dleonhardt, @jeremybowers, @derekwillis, @nate_cohn, @derekwillis, @gabrieldance and @dleonhardt

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Behind the launch of the new journalism school at Morgan State University — This is what it's like to launch a journalism school from scratch — If you had the chance to launch your own journalism school, how would you do it? If your mind starts to run wild, tack on some limitations …

Discussion: @niemanlab and @niemanlab

Christopher Heine / Adweek:

Interactive Advertising Bureau CEO calls Adblock Plus an “extortion racket” after denying company a spot at annual conference — IAB Chief Blasts Adblock Plus as an ‘Immoral, Mendacious Coven of Techie Wannabes’ — When Adblock Plus said it had been “disinvited” …

Discussion: Ad Age, MinOnline, IAB, Techdirt, MediaPost, Business Insider, @johnbattelle, @xor, @simoncrosby, @r2rothenberg, @om, @zseward, @dangillmor, @whatthebit and Ad Age

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Microsoft launches Bing-powered iOS news app, News Pro, and personalizes interests by using Facebook and LinkedIn sign-ins — Microsoft Launches A Bing-Powered News App For iOS Devices, News Pro — Microsoft today unveiled yet another application aimed at iOS users …

Discussion: Business Insider

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Interview with Nonny de la Peña, one of the pioneers of virtual reality journalism — Virtual reality pioneer Nonny de la Peña charts the future of VR journalism — Nonny de la Peña was the first person to bring modern virtual reality to Sundance, when she debuted Hunger in Los Angeles in 2012.

Amy Gahran / Knight Digital Media Center:

Philly's Billy Penn to be the first local independent publisher using Facebook Instant Articles, launching early February, also plans to use Google AMP — Could Facebook Instant Articles help hyperlocal news? — Community engagement and exposure isn't just about attracting traffic to your website.

Discussion: @newswhip, @eric_analytics, @ckrewson, @eric_analytics, The Huffington Post and Forbes

Jasper Jackson / Guardian:

EasyJet deputy chairman Charles Gurassa appointed as Channel 4 chairman, replacing Lord Burns — EasyJet's Charles Gurassa appointed as Channel 4 chairman — Broadcaster's incoming chair, who replaces Lord Burns, will have to deal with government review, which could result in privatisation

Discussion: Telegraph, Financial Times, Hollywood Reporter, Advanced Television and Express & Star

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Instagram is showing a lot more ads: one ad network served 50M in August, 670M in December — Instagram Is Showing You a Lot More Ads Than It Used To — You haven't been imagining it — Instagram is showing you more ads. A lot more ads, actually. — Instagram cryptically announced …

Discussion: Fast Company, Digiday, App Advice, @mvellank, @adamostrow, @dannysullivan, @shiraovide, Fortune, App Advice and SocialTimes

Archived Page Info:

This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 3:35 PM ET, January 26, 2016.

View the current page or another snapshot:

Who's Hiring in Media?

Senior Data Journalist, NY — WSJ

Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — Reuters

Oil Reporter, Singapore — Bloomberg

Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — AP

Business Reporter, SC — Post & Courier

State Government Reporter, WA — Seattle Times

Climate Crisis Columnist — Prospect UK

Multimedia Journalist, CA — Paramount

Community Engagement Mgr., DC — Freedom Forum

Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — SFGATE

Staff Writer - Business, NY — WIRED

Team Editor - Opinion, ON — Toronto Star

Assistant Correspondent, DC — Kyodo News

Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — Star Tribune

Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — The Verge

Lead Business Reporter, TN — Daily Memphian

Managing Editor, WA — Everett Herald

Private Credit Reporter, NY — Debtwire

City Correspondent, London — Financial News

Legislative Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee

Reporter, PA — Tribune-Review

Visual Editor, Remote — Rest of World

Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice

Senior Political Reporter, DC — The Lever

California Playbook Writer, CA — Politico

National Investigative Reporter, NY — HuffPost

Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — Las Vegas Sun

Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — Island Packet

Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — CT Mirror

Coordinating Editor, OR — OPB

Editor, Remote US — Daily Kos

Business Reporter, WA — Longview Daily News

Editor-in-Chief, AZ — Phoenix New Times

Add your company here

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:
Guardian hires UsVsTh3m founder Martin Belam to be social and new formats editor

Discussion: @matthewwells and @martinbelam

New York Times:
Chinese Journalist Seeking Refuge in Thailand Disappears

Discussion: Guardian, @herbertnyt, Committee to Protect … and Associated Press

Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Distributed news: The Vox way of getting stories out to 6 social platforms

Discussion: @elanazak, @elanazak, @loritodd and @markbriggs

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
200 Wikipedia editors call for removal of new foundation trustee, Arnnon Geshuri, due to his connection to anti-poaching case involving tech firms

Discussion: Fortune and @thewikipedian

Earlier Picks:

Terry Collins / CNET:
Facebook's Sports Stadium, billed as a hub for chats, stats and commentary, is hard to find and lacks user participation, for now

Discussion: @chicagoinno, @pvomps, John Ourand, Tech Times, Chicago Inno and SportTechie

Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Mizzou professor Melissa Click, who called for “some muscle” to block student reporter covering protest, charged with third degree assault

Discussion: Local News, CNNMoney, Hot Air, The TickerThe Ticker, TVNewser, The Daily Caller, @deborahblum, @byrontau, @jayrosen_nyu and @sacbee_joed

David Lieberman / Deadline:
Relativity Media says it has $100M+ in commitments from current and new investors needed to exit bankruptcy

Discussion: Vulture, Business Insider, Page Six, @beccamess, Deadline, @vulture, @patfitzgerald23, @mrjohnbutler, @max_read, @minakimes, @mattsinger, @darrenfranich, @epicureandeal and @m_c_klein

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify to roll out video to all Android users this week, iOS users next week, in US, UK, Germany and Sweden; content partners include BBC, Fusion

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @laurahazardowen, Tech Times, @iainmhepburn, Phandroid, Thurrott.com, @noahchestnut, SlashGear, The Verge, Wired.co.uk, Engadget, Fortune, Light Reading and Consumerist

From Techmeme:

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

The Information:
Sources: OpenAI considered making a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others

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