Mediagazer: Brands approach messaging apps and chat bots cautiously to avoid antagonizing users (Robert D. Hof/New York Times)

9:05 AM ET, April 6, 2016

Top News:

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Facebook confirms it is paying media companies to use Live Video, sources say New York Times, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, among those getting paid — It's Not Just Celebrities — Facebook Is Paying Media Companies to Make Live Video, Too — Facebook wants big media companies like BuzzFeed …

Discussion: Ad Age, Fast Company, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, BBC, Tech Insider, Los Angeles Times, The Verge and Fortune

Fidji Simo / Facebook:

Facebook overhauls Live Video with support for groups and events, reactions, comments, filters, and a global map — Introducing New Ways to Create, Share and Discover Live Video on Facebook — With Facebook Live you can use your phone to share a moment instantly with the people you care about.

Discussion: Digiday, CNET, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Re/code, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, euronews, WTOP and Mashable

Reuters:

Founding partner of Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian firm at center of data leak, says company was hacked from outside, files complaint with state prosecutors — Panama law firm says data hack was external, files complaint — The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal …

Discussion: Guardian, International Business Times, International Business Times, The Economic Times, BBC, The Hill, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Register, RT and The Week

Wall Street Journal:

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Steps Aside After Release of ‘Panama Papers’ — Leader is first major casualty of scrutiny into offshore accounts sparked by release of millions of documents from Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca — Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David …

Discussion: CNN, BBC, DW.COM, New York Daily News, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Mother Jones, Fortune and NPR

Robert D. Hof / New York Times:

Brands approach messaging apps and chat bots cautiously to avoid antagonizing users — As Messaging Apps Boom, Brands Tiptoe In — Gatorade owns one of the iconic television moments of the Super Bowl, the dousing of the winning coach with a huge bucket of the sport drink, ice included.

Discussion: Digiday, Re/code, Co.Design, Adweek, TechCrunch and VentureBeat

Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:

Judge in lawsuit against Rolling Stone says woman at center of story, “Jackie”, must testify, allows for a five hour deposition — ‘Jackie’ must testify in lawsuit over Rolling Stone rape story — A Virginia judge has ruled that the woman at the center of Rolling Stone's discredited story …

Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

BBC digital expert Tony Ageh poached by New York Public Library — Technologist, who has been with the corporation for 14 years, was part of the team that created the iPlayer — Tony Ageh, one of the architects of the BBC iPlayer, is to leave the corporation after 14 years to join …

Discussion: @janemartinson and @charliebeckett

Thomas Seal / Press Gazette:

Treasury saves £157k a year by reading newspapers online — George Osborne has cut Treasury spending on national titles by 85 per cent since taking office in 2010, according to Freedom of Information figures. — The Treasury spent £28,000 on buying national newspapers …

Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:

How Atlas Obscura is expanding its business with events like upcoming Obscura Day: 150 events in 35 states and 25 countries — How Atlas Obscura helps its web audience discover the real world — For Atlas Obscura, the reader journey begins on the web and ends at The Great Wall of China …

Discussion: MediaShift

Nicholas Jackson / Pacific Standard:

Pacific Standard EIC Nicholas Jackson explains why the magazine migrated its site to Medium: improved audience reach, commenting system, more — Introducing the New PSmag.com — We want to bring the kinds of stories we tell—stories that matter—to the widest possible audience.

Discussion: @jaredbkeller, @jayrosen_nyu, @ryanj899 and @niemanlab

Medium:
Medium launches Medium for Publishers, a suite of branding and customization tools, aiming to entice publishers away from their CMS

Discussion: Femsplain, CNBC, The Story, The Verge, The Story, @mulligan, @ryan, Engadget, NewCo Shift, The Awl, Talking New Media, Electric Literature, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, @jayrosen_nyu, @derekwillis, @codybrown, @anildash, @jeffjarvis, The Next Web, @mathewi, @jandawson, @caramev, @mathewi, The Wrap and FishbowlNY

Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Eight independent sites fully migrate to Medium, including Pacific Standard; four others in pipeline, including Monday Note

Discussion: New York Magazine, Ad Age, @theblcklst, Forbes, @joelcifer, @lauraolin, @choire and @alanalevinson

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Comcast now selling Disney movies through Xfinity and will be a retailer for Disney Movies Anywhere to store movies in the cloud — Disney Inks Deal With Comcast to Sell Digital Movies — Cable operator also will join Disney Movies Anywhere as a participating retailer

Discussion: Inside the Magic, Los Angeles Times and Business Wire

John Archer / Forbes:

Sony's Ultra streaming service with $30 titles launches, but is only available in US, and for 2015 and 2016 Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs — Sony Launches Frustrating New 4K Ultra HD Movie Streaming Service — While 4K/Ultra HD TVs are everywhere these days, true 4K sources are still relatively rare …

Discussion: Pocket-lint, 4k.com and Variety

Eugene Kim / Business Insider:

Yahoo Sports to stream one MLB game every day, 180 games in total, this season for free — You can now watch Major League Baseball games on Yahoo — for free — Yahoo is offering free live streams of one Major League Baseball game every day this season, the company announced on Monday.

Discussion: Multichannel News, Engadget, Consumerist, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, Wired, Yahoo Sports and Engadget, Thanks:@ravichandrans25

Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:

Gawker Seeks New Trial Against Hulk Hogan, Asks Courts to Relieve Nick Denton of Punitive Damages — Lawyers for Gawker Media filed paperwork for an appeal against Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, as well as a motion to reverse the $25.1 million in punitive damages awarded to the former wrestler by a St. Petersburg, Fla., jury last month.

Discussion: Business Insider, FishbowlNY, @jasonabbruzzese, @petersterne, @petersterne and @petersterne

Charles Harder / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulk Hogan's lead lawyer, Charles Harder, reveals how they beat Gawker in sex tape case and says site's counsel did not adequately prepare witnesses

Discussion: Wired, Ars Technica, Lawyer Herald, The Daily Beast, Adland, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, LawNewz, Politico, pwtorch.com/site and @thrmattbelloni

Archived Page Info:

This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 9:05 AM ET, April 6, 2016.

View the current page or another snapshot:

Who's Hiring in Media?

Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — Reuters

Energy Markets Reporter, London — WSJ

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

Staff Writer - Business, NY — WIRED

Editor, MA — Nieman Reports

Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — Toronto Star

Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — Newcomer

Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — Star Tribune

Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — The Verge

News Reporter, MA — Berkshire Eagle

Multimedia Journalist, PA — Observer-Reporter

Managing Editor, WA — Everett Herald

Private Credit Reporter, NY — Debtwire

Legislative Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee

Reporter, PA — Tribune-Review

Visual Editor, Remote — Rest of World

Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice

California Playbook Writer, CA — Politico

Senior Media Editor — Digiday

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

Staff Reporter, CA — Daily Kos

Data Editor, NY — ProPublica

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:

Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Hilde Kate Lysiak, 9, breaks crime news before grownups do, fires back at critics, saying “some adult-run papers were reporting wrong news, or no news at all”

Didi Kirsten Tatlow / New York Times:
Owner of China's The Paper, overseen by Communist Party, launches English-language digital news site Sixth Tone to seek audiences abroad

Discussion: @dktatlow and @colum_m

Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Apple News launches a Twitter account to promote stories on its service, curated by its US editors

Discussion: The Next Web, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac

Alexander Spangher / Columbia Journalism Review:
NYT response to Paris attacks shows efficiency in foreign news coverage; within 48 hours, 39 contributors filed from 12 countries and 6 US states to 21 editors

Ken Doctor / Politico:
A look at mobile-focused digital sites Charlotte Agenda and Charlotte Five, and whether their strategy can grow local news

Discussion: @kdoctor and @katie_levans

Earlier Picks:

Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
A review of Chicago's news startups, including The Athletic, launched by ex-ESPN Chicago writer Jon Greenberg

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico's president, co-founder Jim VandeHei likely to leave site in spring, months earlier than planned

Discussion: Washington Post, CNNMoney, Newsmax, The Information and FishbowlNY

Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Emily Ramshaw becomes editor-in-chief of Texas Tribune, as Evan Smith steps away from editorial responsibilities to focus purely on CEO role

Discussion: @wayneslater, @jeremybowers, @eramshaw, @derekwillis, @evanasmith, @roberttgarrett and @eramshaw

Yonden Lhatoo / South China Morning Post:
Following acquisition by Alibaba, South China Morning Post drops its paywall, says its subscription service had 2.5M users a month

Discussion: Tech in Asia, Mashable, The Drum, The Stack, @george_chen, @thestalwart and @benjaminbland

Emily Steel / New York Times:
Starz launches standalone streaming service with apps for Android and iOS at $9/month, less than Showtime's $11/month offering

Discussion: Variety, CNET, @shiraovide, @ktbenner, @theanonyc and @emilysteel

From Techmeme:

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

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