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Columbia Journalism Review - This likely won't come as a surprise to anyone who has been following the same-sex marriage battle as it rolls out across the country: Media have published more positive opinions about gay marriage than negative ones. A new study from Pew Research Center that looked at stories from March 18 through...

Columbia Journalism Review - Eduardo Porter, the New York Times economics columnist, deserves a shout-out for his column last Wednesday challenging a meme that's been circulating for some time in health policy circles--and echoed in the media. As the meme goes, the chief villains responsible for the high cost of American...

AllThingsD - Twitter is linking up with Viacom in an ad partnership; the cable giant joins a list of media partners, including ESPN, Fox and Discovery, in Twitter's TV/video push. Twitter users should first see the first set of Viacom video ads in August, during MTV's Video Music Awards, which has become a...

PBS MediaShift - 1. Rolling Stone contributing editor and Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings dies in crash (Rolling Stone) 2. Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment (Washington Post) 3. Looking deeper into the MPAA’s copyright agreement (Electronic Frontier Foundation) 4. Study: Facebook third most...

ReadWrite - After last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, the console war drums are now beginning to beat in a frenzy. Microsoft and Sony have unveiled details of their next-generation video-game consoles, the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. Which one should you buy? We have a radical proposal: neither....

MediaPost - Omnicom's OMD Worldwide was the most medaled media network at the Cannes ad festival this year, winning a total of 10 Media Lions (2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze), as well Media Agency of the Year honors for OMD Australia.

The Financial Times - Shares of publishing company fall 3 per cent, valuing the newspaper-focused business at A$8.3bn (US$7.9bn), following split of Rupert Murdoch’s group

PBS MediaShift - 1. Rolling Stone contributing editor and Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings dies in crash (Rolling Stone) 2. Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment (Washington Post) 3. Looking deeper into the MPAA’s copyright agreement (Electronic Frontier Foundation) 4. Study: Facebook third most...

ReadWrite - Facebook is widely expected to announce Thursday a video feature for Instagram, the photo-sharing service it bought for $1 billion last year. Some are speculating that this is a competitive response to Vine, Twitter's clever short-video app. But what if Facebook had a broader purpose in...

Global Voices - Edward Snowden, the whistleblower behind the revelations of the United States massive Internet spying program, turned to the Guardian newspaper once again, this time for an online Q&A, shortly after China broke its silence over the leaking scandal and said Snowden was not a spy for the country....

Columbia Journalism Review - The Oregonian is about to get Newhouse'd. As the billionaires' Advance Publications has rolled out its newspaper-liquidation plan across the country, it has engaged in a curious bit of corporate name-shuffling. The Times Picayune company yielded to NOLA Media Group (and Advance Central Services)....

The Financial Times - Move increases risk industry will not join self-regulatory body, as most newspapers refuse to back current cross-party proposals without amendments

MediaPost - In connection with reporting second-quarter results on Tuesday, Adobe said it has delivered 100 million digital downloads of magazines, newspapers, corporate publications and apps created with its Digital Publishing Suite (DPS). Magazine publishers using the system for digital editions include Fast...

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MediaPost - Your Web series just got upgraded to a full, TV-length-episode series. A nice sign you are growing up, for sure. The Julia Stiles-starring YouTube series "Blue" just got that good news. It is now moving to Hulu, the more mainstream venue for live streaming video.

AllThingsD - Twitter is linking up with Viacom in an ad partnership; the cable giant joins a list of media partners, including ESPN, Fox and Discovery, in Twitter's TV/video push. Twitter users should first see the first set of Viacom video ads in August, during MTV's Video Music Awards, which has become a...

MediaPost - Music and entertainment app Shazam has started a new service to measure the impact and effectiveness of TV campaigns. Shazam says it combines third-party industry data for people viewing a particular ad with the people who engaged with that same ad through its service.

PBS MediaShift - 1. Rolling Stone contributing editor and Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings dies in crash (Rolling Stone) 2. Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment (Washington Post) 3. Looking deeper into the MPAA’s copyright agreement (Electronic Frontier Foundation) 4. Study: Facebook third most...

Advanced Television - The Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) is considering filing a complaint to the European Union against the joint control of Sport TV by Portugal Telecom and Zon Multimedia. The move was announced by LPFP president, Mário Figueiredo, during a Parliamentary hearing with the members of the...

Econsultancy - The hash has been around for a very long time, it's always riding the zeitgeist, a trendy so and so. One small symbol has come to represent instant access to topics of interest, in the here and now. Utilised by Twitter for years, Facebook have now introduced it. This is no small addition to...

Advanced Television - Netflix has confirmed it will expand into the Netherlands later this year. Subscribers will be able to stream Hollywood fare, local TV series and Netflix originals like “House of Cards” and “Arrested Development” on TVs, game consoles, computers and mobile devices. Netflix says it currently has more...

MediaPost - The senior age group is now, for the first time, the largest in terms of percent of population in the U.S. And this age group continues to grow. And what is the most advantageous way to sell to this large TV-watching audience? Producing ads that motivate, tell a story and prompt a response.