Mediagazer: Robo-cams go for Olympic gold (Fabrizio Bensch/Photographers Blog)

Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:

We're getting wildly differing assessments — The announcement of the Supreme Court's decision largely upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Thursday, June 28 precipitated a genuine media drama. Millions tuned in to get the result in real time, and were rewarded …

Discussion: Poynter, Politico, Forbes Real Time, @buzzfeedben, @jayrosen_nyu, The Huffington Post, @pbsgwen, JIMROMENESKO.COM and EdCone.com

David Carr / New York Times:

Newspaper Industry Is Running Out of Time to Adapt to Digital Future — While the rest of us were burning hot dogs on the grill last week, the newspaper industry seemed to be lighting itself on fire. — There have been cracks in publishing operations that are both hilarious and terrifying.

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune

Jim Romenesko:

Times-Picayune reporter: I can't keep my mouth shut and pretend everything is okay — “Sometimes I just want to scream about what is happening around me” at the newspaper, she writes. — “Those of us laid off still have jobs to do until the 30th of Sept, but it's going from bad to worse,” she tells Romenesko readers.

Joel Schectman / The CIO Report:

NBC, Google, Stage ‘War Games’ To Prepare for Olympic Disruptions — NBC and Google are conducting “war games” in at least three countries, to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online streaming of the Summer Olympics Games in London, which start this month.

Discussion: PC Magazine, Mashable!, The Next Web and Boing Boing

Fabrizio Bensch / Photographers Blog:

Robo-cams go for Olympic gold — Is it possible to get 11 photographers into a box and put them in a position where you could never place a photographer? Normally, it would be absolutely impossible. But nothing is impossible when it comes to the Olympic games.

Natan Edelsburg / Lost Remote:

Exclusive: NBC News launches ‘Dateline Chatline’ to make broadcast more social — When Dateline first launched on NBC News back in 1992, it was unclear whether this TV news magazine would fail after so many other NBC attempts had tanked. Now in it's 20th season, the network is launching …

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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

What's Wrong With CNN? (And What's Right) — You know the knocks on CNN: Its ratings are down. Its reputation for breaking news took a hit last week with an embarrassing mistake about the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling. Its nonpartisan approach to news denies it the built-in liberal audience …

Discussion: Adweek and TVNewser

Cyndi Stivers / CJR:

The sixth W — Who, what, when, where, why—and women. A bow to those who helped close the media gender gap, and a cheer for leaders of the future — Forty years ago in July, Ms. debuted as a stand-alone magazine. Thanks to the efforts of Gloria Steinem, Suzanne Levine …

Discussion: The Maynard Institute … and Slate

Walter Shapiro / CJR:

Why is ‘issue coverage’ so boring—and often wrong? — Slavish fidelity to campaign position papers and official statements short-changes voters — As we sipped red wine in Washington last week, Republican pollster David Winston suddenly asked me, “Why doesn't the media write more about issues …

Tracie Powell / Poynter:

How the digital divide developed in New Orleans & what that means for the future of news there — Come September when changes at The Times-Picayune take effect, not only will New Orleans become the largest city without a daily newspaper, its residents will likely become some of the most disconnected in the country.

Ben Adler / CJR:

Piecemeal existence — For today's young freelancers, what will traffic bear? — In 2009, an editor for a new website called The Faster Times, which sought to be “an edgier Huffington Post,” emailed to ask if I was interested in a part-time job. I didn't know it was possible to be edgier than HuffPo …

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

After much fanfare, Daily Mail's corrections column loses steam — Last October, Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre made a strong stand for transparency: “I believe corrections must be given more prominence,” he told the Leveson Inquiry that's looking into the phone hacking scandal and also examining …