Mediagazer: IAB report says 26% of desktop and 15% of mobile users turn on ad blockers; about 32% of ad blockers are 18-34 year-old males, 22% are females of the same age (Lauren Johnson/Adweek)

11:50 AM ET, July 28, 2016

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Melissa Bell named publisher at Vox Media, will lead brand development and help build its audience across platforms — Vox Media announced on Thursday that Melissa Bell will be appointed to the recreated job of publisher. — Bell, who is a member of Poynter's National Advisory Board …

Discussion: New York Times, @amlwhere, FishbowlNY, @karaswisher, @katiehawk, @lpolgreen, @ezraklein, @laurenrabaino, @derekwillis and Adweek

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Washington Post reporter Jose DelReal was barred and patted down by police at rally for Trump running mate Mike Pence — Donald Trump's campaign has denied press credentials to a number of disfavored media organizations, including The Washington Post, but on Wednesday, the campaign of his running mate …

Sydney Ember / New York Times:

NYT reports net loss of about $500K for Q2 on revenue of $373M, down 3% YoY, digital-only subscription revenue up 15% to $56M, ad revenue down 7% to $45M — The New York Times Company had a slight net loss in the second quarter, in part because of severance costs related to the closing …

Discussion: The New York Times Company, @michaelmossc, @marcprecipice and TechCrunch

Lauren Johnson / Adweek:

IAB report says 26% of desktop and 15% of mobile users turn on ad blockers; about 32% of ad blockers are 18-34 year-old males, 22% are females of the same age — The Interactive Advertising Bureau has been vocal about the ongoing ad-blocking war between publishers and blockers, and now it has data to back up its position.

Discussion: Nieman Lab

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

British tabloid 24, “national newspaper for the north,” will cease publication tomorrow after just five weeks because it couldn't find an audience — The 24 newspaper couldn't find an audience, which isn't much of a surprise because titles founded solely on market research and a hunch rarely work

Discussion: Business Insider, @adamclarkers, @thatdanstewart, @oliversmitheu, @niemanlab, @auroracopyedit, @jamesmanning and @vas_ldn

Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal:

Florida judge grants temporary stay protecting Gawker's Denton and Daulerio from payment to Hulk Hogan, giving Denton reprieve from personal bankruptcy — Denton claimed he would have been forced into personal bankruptcy — A Florida appeals court temporarily lifted the threat …

Discussion: Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, @petersterne and Bloomberg

Victoria Craw / NEWS.com.au:

Researcher: to avoid creating copycats, media outlets should treat terror attacks like suicides, scaling back coverage — MEDIA should treat terrorist attacks the same way as suicide when it comes to reporting in order to reduce the threat of copycat attempts, a leading expert has warned.

Discussion: Mother Jones

Alex Spence / Politico:
French newspaper Le Monde says it won't publish pictures of terror attackers to avoid giving perpetrators “posthumous glorification”

Discussion: Washington Post, Press Gazette, iMediaEthics, FishbowlNY, Guardian, @nilanjanaroy, @czechboy0, Washington Times and Yahoo

Jasper Jackson / Guardian:

Sky total revenues up by 7% YoY to £11.96B as it adds more than 800K new customers across Europe — Broadcaster reports record revenues in UK and Ireland as it adds more than 800,000 new customers a cross Europe — Sky has said the UK's Brexit vote is unlikely to hurt it financially …

Discussion: Sky, WIRED UK, Bloomberg, Telegraph, Author stories, International Business Times, Hollywood Reporter and City A.M.

John Herrman / New York Times:

How Marissa Mayer's 2009 statements to Senate on state of media foreshadowed dominance of social distribution and challenges faced by Yahoo, and now Verizon — In the end, the deal that Yahoo announced on Monday, that Verizon Communications would buy its internet business for $4.8 billion, looked more like an escape than an exit.

Manuel Baigorri / Bloomberg:

Sources: owners considering selling SoundCloud, hoping for a $1B valuation of the company — Founders and investors are weighing options, including a sale — German firm so far hasn't found buyer at sufficient price — SoundCloud Ltd.'s owners are considering a sale that could value …

Discussion: Forbes, Digiday, RAIN News, @shiraovide, Digital Music News and Engadget

Reuters:

Turkey detains 47 journalists, after issuing arrest warrants for 42 others in crackdown on suspected allies of Muslim cleric accused mastermind of failed coup — Turkey ordered another 47 journalists detained on Wednesday, part of a large-scale crackdown on suspected supporters …

Discussion: Poynter, @sulliview, @amberinzaman, @kristenhare and @ap

The Times of Israel:
Turkey closes three news agencies, 16 TV stations, 23 radio stations, and 45 newspapers in post-coup purge

Discussion: @afp, @andrewmarr9, Mashable, Mediaite, Associated Press, @mahirzeynalov, @mahirzeynalov, @sanliufuk, @sevgiakarcesme, @mahirzeynalov, @mahirzeynalov, The Independent, @sakaerka and CBS News

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Tumblr launches ads on all users' blogs Thursday, will unveil revenue program for partners later in 2016; users can opt out of ads on their blogs — Tumblr this week quietly announced plans to roll out a new advertising program across its site which will see it implementing ads across users' blogs.

Discussion: The Verge, Adweek, Tumblr Staff, SocialTimes, @petersontee, Engadget, Tumblr Support, Fortune, Mashable and The Next Web

Todd Spangler / Variety:

NBC partners with social media stars in an attempt to draw TV-averse millennials to its Olympics coverage — NBC's headaches in rio include well-publicized hazards like the Zika virus and shaky infrastructure. But the network faces another conundrum with this summer's Olympics …