Mediagazer: NAHJ Defends Ban on Social Media (Richard Prince/The Maynard Institute …)

12:50 PM ET, August 3, 2012

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Nadia Khan / Unity News:

Student journalist ejected from open NAHJ board meeting — The president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Michele Salcedo, refused to allow media coverage of its open board meeting Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Salcedo barred use of social media and video recording in the meeting …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Tanzina Vega / New York Times:

Division Threatens Unity as Minority Journalists Meet — LAS VEGAS — Nearly every four years since the mid-1990s, hundreds of journalists like those gathering here this week have come together under the banner of “Unity: Journalists of Color,” a nod toward the conference's efforts to increase …

Discussion: Poynter, The Maynard Institute …, Unity News and The Newspaper Guild

Richard Prince / The Maynard Institute …:

NAHJ Defends Ban on Social Media — “We're Not Required to Be Open to the Public” — NPR Gets $1.5 Million for Journalism Initiative on Race — The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is justified in banning reporters from tweeting from its meeting because “we're not a government entity” …

Discussion: Unity News and Loop21

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

CBS Loves Apple TV, in Theory — CBS boss Les Moonves gets asked a lot about his willingness to do business with Apple. And his answer is always the same: “Sure! As long as it's on our terms.” — Yesterday's earnings call was no exception. Here's the full exchange between the CBS CEO …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, Reuters and Media Decoder

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

CBS Second-Quarter Profit Rose 8.1% as Advertising Slid — CBS Corp. (CBS) (CBS), owner of the most-watched television network, reported an 8.1 percent increase in second- quarter profit, beating analysts' estimates by holding down costs as advertising sales slipped.

Steven Mufson / Washington Post:

Washington Post Co. second-quarter profit up 13.6 percent — The Washington Post Co. reported a 13.6 percent increase in second quarter profit, but net income from continuing operations fell 28.6 percent. — The company announced net income of $51.8 million, or $8.84 a share, up from $45.6 million, or $5.74 a share, a year earlier.

Discussion: Politico, Poynter, Bloomberg, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @mathewi, @mathewi, Wall Street Journal, Business Wire and Reuters

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Is Facebook Stories the next Patch, Flipboard, HuffPo or something else? — Facebook is testing out original content publishing with Facebook Stories, a site that will “share the stories of people using Facebook in extraordinary ways.” It's unclear what Facebook Stories is yet …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Street Fight, AppNewser, CNET, Marketing Pilgrim, The Verge, Facebook, PC Magazine, Softpedia News, Business Insider and Fast Company, Thanks:@laurahazardowen

Scott Shane / New York Times:

National Security Leaks Lead to F.B.I. Hunt and News Chill — WASHINGTON — F.B.I. agents on a hunt for leakers have interviewed current and former high-level government officials from multiple agencies in recent weeks, casting a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues …

Discussion: Erik Wemple, @jayrosen_nyu, Boing Boing, ProPublica, Lawfare, Media Decoder and The Caucus

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

HuffPo, The Daily and the flawed iPad content model — A little over a month ago, The Huffington Post launched an ambitious project with much fanfare: a weekly magazine app for the iPad called Huffington, which users could download for 99 cents an issue or $19.99 for a year's worth.

Discussion: Poynter, Publishing Executive … and eMedia Vitals, Thanks:@mathewi

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Huffington makes her tablet magazine free, after five issues

Discussion: Mashable, Garcia Media, Folio, FishbowlNY, New York Magazine and Canadian Magazines

Steve Newhouse / Poynter:

Steve Newhouse explains Michigan transition, Times-Picayune future — Opinion: Securing a Future for Our Local Journalism — Four years ago, Advance Publications, which operates newspapers and websites in more than 25 cities, began looking at different approaches to building a viable future for our local newspapers and websites.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

The Truth About Pay TV: It's Still Not Shrinking — Reuters says more than 400,000 Americans have dropped pay TV this year. So maybe cord-cutting is real, after all. — But if it is, the numbers don't show it. — It's easy to be confused about this stuff, but it's also easy to clear it up …

Discussion: Forbes, Reuters, CNET, paidContent and Forbes

Dvora Meyers / Deadspin:

Fake, Jingoistic, And Stupid: Gymnastics Coverage Is The Worst Part Of NBC's Olympics — If you have a full-time job, no privacy at work, and/or a boss who cares about productivity, you probably didn't spend two hours in the middle of the day, like I did, watching the women's all-around Olympic gymnastics final.

Discussion: The Awl, CJR and EdCone.com

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Northcliffe Media abandons efforts to unmask spoof Twitter account — Newspaper group withdraws attempt to force Twitter to reveal identity of person behind @UnSteveDorkland after legal fight — Regional newspaper group Northcliffe Media has abandoned its bid to unmask a spoof Twitter account of its chief executive.

Discussion: Press Gazette, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Digital Spy and Media News

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Rebekah Brooks Formally Charged — Rebekah Brooks was formally charged on Thursday with conspiring to hack into phones, including that of murdered teenager Milly Dowler. The former News of the World editor and News International chief appeared at a London police station Thursday night and was charged with three counts.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and Bloomberg