Mediagazer: AT&T launching programmatic ad marketplace in partnership with ad tech firm Videology for its U-Verse and DirecTV platforms (Mike Shields/Wall Street Journal)

7:55 AM ET, March 6, 2016

Top News:

Nate Schenkkan / Foreign Policy:

How a soured relationship between former allies Erdogan and Gulen led to government's takeover of Zaman, a possibly fatal blow to a free press in Turkey — The Death Blow to Turkey's Media — Earlier today, a Turkish court gave the green light to a government-approved takeover of media group Feza Journalism.

Discussion: @mesutinci_, @abdbozkurt, @abdbozkurt and Reuters

Agence France-Presse:

Zaman defiant in a latest issue printed despite takeover; EIC Abdulhamit Bilici fired by new government administrators, protests and clashes resume on Saturday — Turkey newspaper defiant after raid as police disperse protests — Agence France-Presse By Stuart Williams with Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara 16 minutes ago

Discussion: @martinschulz, @martinschulz, @carlbildt, The Independent, @abdbozkurt, @abyasun, @todayszamancom, TodaysZaman, Associated Press, Reuters, TodaysZaman, TodaysZaman, @todayszamancom, @abdbozkurt, @sevgiakarcesme and @sevgiakarcesme

Agence France-Presse:
Istanbul court orders anti-Erdogan daily Zaman into administration amid alarm over freedom of expression

BBC:
Turkish police raid offices of anti-Erdogan daily paper, Zaman, after court ruling placed it under state control

Oliver Roeder / FiveThirtyEight:

New database helps reveal that more than 60 crossword puzzles edited by Timothy Parker for USA Today and syndicated Universal Crossword copy elements from NYT — A Plagiarism Scandal Is Unfolding In The Crossword World — A group of eagle-eyed puzzlers, using digital tools …

Discussion: @megan, @john_overholt, @fstonenyc, Fusion, @stevebuttry, @dankois, @jonathan_yales and The Week

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

AT&T launching programmatic ad marketplace in partnership with ad tech firm Videology for its U-Verse and DirecTV platforms — AT&T Plans to Sell Linear TV Programmatically — Through partnership with Videology, brands will be able to use software and data to place TV ads

Discussion: Engadget

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead — Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company's 48 investors laying bare an observation that he'd made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the role …

Discussion: @jeremysliew, Mashable, Medium, @digiphile, @scottmaustin, @marissa, VentureBeat, Business Insider, @pkafka, The Next Web and Engadget

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal — Samsung Says It Won't Buy Tidal (EXCLUSIVE) — Samsung has no plans to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service, the company told Variety Friday. — “The rumor of Samsung acquiring Tidal is not true,” said Samsung spokesperson, breaking the company's silence on the matter.

Discussion: BetaNews, hypebot and The Wrap

Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Samsung has reduced jobs at Milk Music, likely to shut down service soon

Discussion: The Next Web, Business Insider and AppleInsider

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Twitter Editorial Director Karen Wickre Is Leaving the Company — Twitter's editorial director, Karen Wickre, is leaving the company after more than four years. — Wickre made the announcement in a Medium post Friday. She ran Twitter's editorial teams, which includes overseeing …

Discussion: @kvox, @magicandrew, Karen Wickre and @zamosta

Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:

Young reporters, steeped in social media, accustomed to digital speed and always-on world, grab spotlight on US campaign trail — Millennial Reporters Grab the Campaign-Trail Spotlight — When the last presidential race was in its early stages, Katie Glueck was a senior at Northwestern University.

Yaqiu Wang / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Anonymous former Weibo censor discusses off limit topics, sensitive words, and methodology — Read and delete: How Weibo's censors tackle dissent and free speech — The Chinese microblogging site Weibo has a huge following, with around 100 million users posting every day.

Discussion: @pressfreedom, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal and China Digital Times

Gawker:

Voicemails that appear to be from Trump phone show friendship with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Tamron Hall — Voicemails Appear to Reveal Donald Trump's Cozy Relationship With the Liberal Media — Early Thursday morning, Gawker received an anonymous email with an attachment …

Discussion: BetaNews, @jamiefolk45, @dollarocracy, @mlcalderone, @gawker, @ywxwy, @ivanthek, Mediaite, @poynter, Poynter, @johnjcook, @poniewozik, @alexweprin, @asankin, @jktrotter, @ericgeller and @mhbergen

Alex Weprin / Politico:

SEC filing: New Media Investment Group agreed to keep buyer of Las Vegas Review Journal secret indefinitely — Las Vegas newspaper sellers agreed to keep buyers a secret ‘indefinitely’ — Gatehouse/New Media Investment Group agreed to keep the new owner of the Las Vegas Review Journal secret …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and @davidfolkenflik

Owen Thomas:

Owen Thomas, former editor-in-chief of ReadWrite and Daily Dot, named business editor of San Francisco Chronicle — Chron Job — So I have some news. — I'm starting Monday as the business editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, directing the 151-year-old newspaper's business and technology coverage.

Discussion: Talking Biz News, San Francisco Chronicle, @thekenyeung, @jenkinxia, @kvox and @owenthomas

Archived Page Info:

This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 7:55 AM ET, March 6, 2016.

View the current page or another snapshot:

Who's Hiring in Media?

Deputy Ed. - Gen. Assignment Desk, DC — WaPo

EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — Bloomberg

Breaking News Reporter, NY — Guardian US

Harrisburg Reporter, PA — PCBC

Senior Editor - Styles, NY — NYT

Part-time Editor, Remote — Techmeme

Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — Newsweek

Assistant Digital Editor, MA — Boston Globe

Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — NPR

Copy Editor, Remote US — ProPublica

Markets Reporter, NY/CA — Sherwood Media

Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice

Food Reporter, CA — SF Standard

Staff Writer, NV — Las Vegas Weekly

Pharma Editor, Remote — Endpoints

Higher Ed. Reporter, Remote CA — EdSource

Politics Reporter, Brussels — Politico

Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — Cap Times

Social Strategy Editor, NY — WSJ

Senior Narrative Editor, CA — Cloud Chamber

Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — The 74

Housing Reporter, OK — The Frontier

Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — Outlier

Writer/Editor, Remote — Mediaite

Multi Media Reporter, NC — Cardinal & Pine

Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — Keene Sentinel

Education Lab Editor, WA — Seattle Times

Senior Editor, Remote US — PCWorld

State Worker Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee

Executive Editor, NM — Searchlight

News Assistant, NY — Quanta Magazine

Local Editor, NJ (Remote) — Patch

News Writer, CA — Hollywood Reporter

News Editor/Reporter, KS — Blade-Empire

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:

Sonya Song / MediaShift:
Chartbeat study of 700 sites and Google, Facebook, and Twitter referrals: when big news breaks, people head for a few brand-name media outlets for updates

Discussion: @jimmacmillan

Alastair Sharp / Reuters:
Toronto Star to invest C$10M into Star Touch tablet edition in 2016, expects it to break even in 2017, posts Q4 loss of C$233M with revenue down 8% to C$213.7M

Discussion: @jembradshaw, @joeycoleman, Toronto Star, The Huffington Post, Financial Post and Globe and Mail

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google will extend right-to-be-forgotten to all Search domains for searches from EU country where request was filed beginning next week

Discussion: Google Europe Blog, The Hill, The Verge, Search Engine Land, Engadget, TechCrunch and BetaNews

Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
La Presse+ app generates more than 75% of La Presse's advertising revenue, is accessed by 250K unique devices per weekday, average 40 minutes in the app

Discussion: @niemanlab and @mathewi

John Reynolds / Press Gazette:
Time Out editor says title makes a profit and predicts that more magazines will go free

Earlier Picks:

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Investor's Business Daily to become a weekly, 20 news jobs to be cut

Discussion: @harrymccracken and @raju, Thanks:@talkingbiznews

Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Business Insider generated €9.4M revenue with a net loss of €1.1M in Q4, revenue increased 41% in 2015

Discussion: Re/code, @trengriffin, @deanstarkman, @pkafka, @n8brown, Fortune, @edmundlee and @henrymance

Jane Martinson / Guardian:
BBC white paper may be delayed until after EU referendum

Discussion: @meaglemp and BBC

Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Outbrain Acquires Revee, Time Inc To Utilize Its Real-Time Tech

Discussion: @outbrain, AdExchanger, Jewish Business News, Globes Online and Exchange4media

From Techmeme:

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

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