Top News:
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Turner leads $15M investment in Mashable, will work together to develop digital and linear content and collaborate on advertising — Turner Leads $15 Million Investment in Mashable — Media companies plan to collaborate on TV content creation, ad deals — Turner has led a new $15 …
Discussion:
Multichannel News, Variety, FishbowlNY, Broadcasting & Cable and PRWeb
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Analysis of stories on news aggregator Memeorandum shows how Trump dominates media beyond just cable TV — How Trump Hacked The Media — Trump's dominance on cable news isn't the whole story. — Donald Trump took over the news cycle on Feb. 26, as he had so many times before.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Fox News, Washington Post, @brendannyhan, Politico, @natesilver538, @ericboehlert, @mlcalderone, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @natesilver538, @theromit, @dandrezner, @natesilver538, @jodyavirgan, @digiphile, @natesilver538, @natesilver538, @thefix, The Baffler and Inside Cable News
RELATED:
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Annotation startup Genius hires its first revenue chief, Ronen Shapiro, formerly of Pandora and Vice Media, as it preps to build ad business — Annotation Startup Genius to Launch Advertising Business — Company known for its music lyric database hires first revenue chief
Philip Oltermann / Guardian:
Historian shows how AP cooperated with Nazis to retain access, allowed regime to use photos for propaganda; AP rejects idea it “collaborated” — Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis — Exclusive: German historian shows how news agency retained access …
Discussion:
The Definitive Source, @margieintelaviv, @tjquinnespn, The Wire, @tessamuggeridge, @ny1david, TheBlaze.com, International Business Times, New York Times, Mashable, Mediaite, @museums365, The Wrap, @niemanlab, @jmcolberg, CNNMoney, @craigcalcaterra, @davidkenner, @harryslaststand, JNS.org, The Times of Israel, Jspace News, @nickmartin, @williamsjon, Newsweek, @harrysiegel, @hennesseyedit, @jmcolberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, World Jewish Congress, Honest Reporting, New York Daily News, Sputnik International, @markamesexiled, Arutz Sheva, The Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post
New York Times:
Facebook Live video entices media outlets as it draws big audiences, but revenue options remain unclear despite Facebook assurances — Facebook's Live Video Effort Entices Media Companies — When severe weather passed through the Atlanta area early this month, Brad Nitz …
Discussion:
the Econsultancy blog, @stevekaplanpa, @bradnitzwsb, @lheron, @mattnavarra, @mikeisaac and @jgrovum
Wall Street Journal:
Video Creators Are Frustrated With Pace of Facebook's Antipirating Efforts — Copyright infringement hits them in the pocketbook and the company often is too slow to respond, they say — Filmmaker Brady Haran uploaded a video to his science-focused YouTube channel showing what happens when you drop Lithium metal into 7 Up soda.
Rachel Browne / VICE News:
Canadian judge rules Vice reporter Ben Makuch must hand over instant messages with Canadian accused of terrorism and joining ISIS Farah Shirdon — Canadian Judge Orders VICE News Journalist to Hand Over Digital Messages — An Ontario court has ruled that a VICE News reporter must hand …
Discussion:
@jessebrown, @joshvisser, @jessebrown and @jessebrown
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Inside the Telegraph's move to in-house developed CMS, Telegraph Authoring, after having used five different versions of off-the-shelf CMS Escenic — How The Telegraph built its new CMS by focusing on simplicity — Starting Wednesday, about 95 percent of content the British newspaper …
Discussion:
@niemanlab, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Alex Spence / Politico:
Financial Times print and online circulation up 8% this year to 780K, digital subscriptions up 12% to 566K — Financial Times circulation rises 8% on digital sales — LONDON — The Financial Times' paying audience in print and online increased by 8 percent this year to 780,000, the media company said in a statement Wednesday.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Quora acquires Parlio, Wael Ghonim's Q&A and conversation site, in first acquisition — Quora's first acquisition is Arab Spring instigator's Q&A site Parlio — “Ex-con” isn't normally something you find on a founder's resume. But Google employee Wael Ghonim went to jail for sparking the Egyptian Revolution.
Discussion:
Quora, @ghonim, VatorNews and The Next Web
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
In the U.K. and Finland, public media is thriving on digital; in other European countries, not so much — The BBC reaches 68 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.K., both online and offline, in a given week. The German public media organization ZDF, meanwhile, reaches just 24 percent of that age group.
Discussion:
Guardian and Reuters Institute …
James Rufus Koren / Los Angeles Times:
Federal bankruptcy judge approves $49.8M deal for Digital First Media to buy Freedom Communications, owner of OC Register, others, $2M less than original bid — Judge shaves $2 million off sale price for Orange County Register owner — The assets of Freedom Communications Inc. …
Discussion:
Orange County Register and Associated Press
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
