Mediagazer: Charting a locally owned, for-profit future for community news (Dan Kennedy/Nieman Journalism Lab)

11:30 PM ET, July 9, 2013

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Newsroom Diversity: A Casualty of Journalism's Financial Crisis — New numbers from the American Society of News Editors show that the progress of women and minorities in media has halted. — The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) recently released its annual study of newsroom diversity.

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Politico, @macdiva, @michaelluo, @b3_cc4, @northstarnews, Poynter, @polinjun, @anupkaphle, @seungminkim, @propublica, @juliaioffe, @gwenifill and @amydownsouth

Bill Mickey / Folio:

Report: Number of Magazine Launches Continues to Decrease — New title total down again for first half, to 97, says MediaFinder. — In its quarterly survey, MediaFinder reported that 97 magazines launched and 29 closed in the first half of 2013. — Once again, the categories most likely …

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

Maxim Magazine Said to Fetch Bids of About $20 Million — Maxim magazine, the bawdy men's title that went up for sale in March, is seeing some bids of about $20 million, less than a 10th of the price its owners paid six years ago, according to people familiar with the situation.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Guggenheim Exit Leaves Hulu a Pay-TV Pawn — Three bidders remain: DirecTV, AT&T, Time Warner Cable — The pay-TV biz is going to get its hands on Hulu. — With Guggenheim Digital Media and KKR opting out of the hunt for Hulu, as CNBC reported Tuesday, that leaves three bidders …

Discussion: CNBC

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly? — Most of what you need to know about the soon-to-conclude negotiations to sell Hulu can be summarized in two numbers: $2 billion and $1 billion. — The first is how much Hulu's owners — Disney, News Corp . and Comcast …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Variety

Wall Street Journal:
Hulu Attracts at Least Three Bids

Discussion: @jboorstin, @jboorstin, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline.com and Bloomberg

Sydney Brownstone / Co.Exist:

Twitter Vs. Mainstream Media: Science Proves Which Breaks News Faster — The revolution will not be televised, but it might be tweeted. A new study shows that Twitter has a lead time on newswires for certain stories—including sports, disasters, and sometimes riots.

Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Charting a locally owned, for-profit future for community news — For those of a certain age, perusing the ads posted at The Batavian, the for-profit news site in Batavia, New York, can seem a lot like flipping through the pages of a weekly community newspaper a generation or two ago.

Discussion: Street Fight, FishbowlNY and The Batavian

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Rupert Murdoch Summoned To Parliament Again — Rupert Murdoch has been summoned to appear before a British parliamentary committee for the second time in three years. — The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee announced Tuesday that it had voted to ask Murdoch to face new questions …

Discussion: Guardian, The Wrap, @lisaocarroll, The Independent, Bloomberg, @edgecliffe, @jackofkent, @rosschawkins and Press Gazette

Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:
Exaro to hand over Murdoch tape to Elveden officers as Met launches probe into Sun chief's comments

Discussion: Channel 4, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Exaro

Bloomberg:

Moguls Flying to Sun Valley With $53 Billion Deal Revival — Media dealmakers digesting $53 billion of mergers, spinoffs and acquisitions announced so far this year head to Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley conference this week to lay the groundwork for more. — So far, more than 240 media deals …

Discussion: Media Money …, The Wrap, @jboorstin, @claireatki, @peterlauria3, @lianabaker, jessica lessin, @lianabaker, @edmundlee and bizjournals

Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

Criticizing CNN: Goodbye to that. — I used to say: I criticize because I care. But I no longer do. … As of today, I have retired from criticism of CNN for falling short of some sort of journalistic standard that news providers should maintain. That activity no longer makes sense.

Discussion: Mediaite, @aseitzwald, @dankennedy_nu and @jayrosen_nyu

Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:

Netflix CEO Raises Hackles With Earnings Videocast Plans — Netflix Inc. (NFLX) Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings, who drew regulatory scrutiny with Facebook posts on subscriber gains, is raising hackles again with plans for a moderated videocast instead of a quarterly earnings call.

Michael Rondon / Folio:

The Dolan Company Sells Two Business Services Assets — B-to-b publisher, services provider sells legal properties for $17 mil. — B-to-b publisher and professional services provider The Dolan Company has announced agreements to sell off two of its legal services businesses to affiliate groups.

Amar Toor / The Verge:

Without the web, Syrian journalists turn to pirate radio — As civil war rages, a Paris-based station tries to undermine Syria's propaganda machine — Lina Chawaf has spent the past two years watching her friends disappear in Syria. Some were killed, others imprisoned. Many, like Chawaf, were journalists.