Advertising: Magazines Coordinate Their Content in Version of TV’s Crossover Episodes

HGTV Magazine and Food Network Magazine have teamed up for a party issue and to promote Pure Leaf Tea.

Machine Learning: Review: The Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Set-Top Box

An entrant in the growing field of devices and services to stream media, the Fire TV is likable but falls short of some rivals, a reviewer says.



Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level

The new site, led by Ezra Klein, the founder of Wonkblog, features a next-generation content management tool that greatly enhances digital storytelling.



Discovery to Make Scripted Online Videos With Oscar Winners

The cable giant will join forces with the director Ron Howard and the producer Brian Grazer to found New Form, which will create video programming.

    



Media Decoder: Start-Up Ozy Media Adds Axel Springer as a Backer

Axel Springer of Germany is poised to announce an investment in Ozy Media, an online news site whose target audience is what it calls “the change generation.”

    



WWE Network Is Loud Introduction to the Video Streaming Ring

World Wrestling Entertainment has positioned itself on the cutting edge of Internet television with its new subscription-only streaming video service.

    



Advertising: At Big on Mars, Trying to Get a Handle on Tomorrow’s Tech

Digitaria is starting a unit devoted to mobile technology in another example of efforts on Madison Avenue to keep up with the fast-changing landscape.

    



Patrick McGovern Dies at 76; Founded Publishing Empire

The company he founded in 1964, now called International Data Group, or IDG, developed the “For Dummies” instructional reference books and organized technology events, including the Macworld trade shows.

    



The Media Equation: Risks Abound as Reporters Play in Traffic

The availability of ready metrics on content is not only changing the way news organizations compensate their employees, but will have a significant effect on the news itself.

    



Turkish Officials Block Twitter in Leak Inquiry

Recordings and leaked documents appeared to implicate high-ranking officials and some of their relatives and associates in a widespread corruption investigation.

    



Advertising: Like That Vase on the TV? Click Your Phone to Buy It

The moment that products appear on television screens, viewers are encouraged to purchase them on their second screens.

    



Media Decoder: Marlo Thomas Carves a Niche on Internet TV

“Mondays With Marlo,” a talk show hosted by Marlo Thomas, the actress and activist, has built an audience by addressing the concerns of women over 35.

    



Russia Blocks Web Content Amid Tension Over Ukraine

Russia’s general prosecutor ordered three websites and a blog closed, saying they encouraged “illegal activities and participation in public events held in violation of the established order.”

    



A Kiss Is Just a Kiss, Unless It’s an Ad for a Clothing Company

Some experts suggest that a video sensation showing 10 pairs of strangers kissing for the first time could force major fashion designers to rethink how they advertise.

    



Op-Ed Contributors: The Future of Internet Freedom

We have the technology to defeat censorship. Do we have the will?

    

Media Decoder : Canada Challenges Erotic TV on Level of Domestic Content

The regulator contends AOV Adult Movie Channel, AOV XXX Action Clips and AOV Maleflixxx have not ensured that 35 percent of their programming is Canadian, as required.

    



The Sweet, Streaming Sound of Data

With the music industry turning digital, music companies can now understand their customers’ listening habits in greater depth than ever before.

    



The Media Equation: Foreign Buyers Eyeing Forbes Magazine, a Chronicler of the World’s Wealthiest

All good things come to an end, even for the rich, and sometime this month, Forbes will probably pass out of family control and into the hands of a foreign owner.

    



Disney Throws Open the Gates to Its Own Digital Movie Service

The Disney Movies Anywhere online service will link to consumers’ iTunes accounts and is intended to encourage digital movie sales, rather than rentals.

    



Seeking a Lead on News, Network Turns to Data-Mining Media Group

News organizations are rushing to form alliances with new companies they hope can give them an edge in finding stories and attracting younger viewers.