Mediagazer: ‘Daily News’ chief Colin Myler tells staff layoffs were ‘inevitable,’ announces new digital initiative in boroughs (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

5:50 PM ET, May 10, 2013

Top News:

Tough times at ‘Columbia Journalism Review’ as an editor departs, others are laid off, and funding looks shaky — In media, there are big fish and little fish. Which is why the appointment of Cyndi Stivers as editor-in-chief of AOL.com didn't create a lot of noise about what would happen …

Discussion: Poynter, Gawker, Folio, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @sdkstl, @ryanchittum, @germanotes, @alecmacgillis, @sdkstl, @jayrosen_nyu, @mathewi, @abeaujon, @johngushue, @ryanchittum, @mediatwit, @justinnxt, @jcstearns, Adweek, The New York Observer, FishbowlNY and AOL Blog

Rick Gladstone / New York Times:

Pakistan Orders New York Times Reporter Declan Walsh to Leave — Pakistan's Interior Ministry has ordered the expulsion of The New York Times bureau chief in Islamabad on the eve of national elections, the newspaper said Friday. The Times has strongly protested the move and is seeking his reinstatement.

Discussion: Gawker, @declanwalsh, @nahaltoosi, @clarajeffery, @mikedwyermike, @humaimtiaz, @fispahani and Committee to Protect …

William Launder / Wall Street Journal:

Bloomberg Curbs Its Journalists' Access to Customer Data — Bloomberg LP moved to restrict its journalists' access to log-in and other data for users of its terminals after a big client, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., complained. — The information Bloomberg has blocked from its news division includes details …

Julia La Roche / Business Insider:

BLOOMBERG SPYING SCANDAL ESCALATES: Reporters Used Terminals To Spy On JPMorgan During ‘London Whale’ Disaster — Earlier today, Mark Decambre of the New York Post broke a bombshell story: — Reporters at Bloomberg News used private information from Bloomberg terminals to spy on employees at Goldman Sachs.

Discussion: Quartz, Salon and Talking Biz News

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Why The Onion Is Awesome for Publishing Details of Its Twitter Hack — The Onion, the satirical news site that saw its Twitter account hijacked by a Syrian hacker group earlier this week, has just performed a pretty significant bit of public service. — In a detailed post …

Discussion: Boing Boing, Venture Capital Dispatch, PC Advisor, The Verge, Gizmodo and Softpedia News

Felix Salmon:

Mail Online: Big, but not valuable — Back in December 2011, the Daily Mail had 45.3 million unique visitors, according to ComScore. By March 2013, 15 months later, that number had grown to 46.4 million, again according to ComScore. We learn the latter figure — but not the former …

Discussion: New York Times

Wall Street Journal:

ESPN Eyes Subsidizing Wireless-Data Plans — Smartphone users who binge on video, games and other content must monitor their usage to ensure they don't run over monthly data caps that wireless carriers have put in place in recent years. — Now, some media companies whose mobile content gets …

Discussion: Businessweek, GigaOM, NetNewsCheck Latest, App Advice, AppleInsider, Consumerist, SlashGear, UPROXX, Policy Blog, Gizmodo, Electronista, The Verge and Pocket-lint

Mark Glaser / Mediashift:

Mark Luckie: Twitter Not Getting Into News Business — Recently, Twitter posted a job for a “head of news and journalism partnerships.” Oh my gosh! Was Twitter going to get into the news business and start its own newsroom with reporters and editors ferreting out what's happening as news breaks?

Discussion: paidContent and eMedia Vitals

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

ITV's Deborah Turness lined up for NBC News top job — UK broadcaster's news editor expected to become the first female head of a US network TV news division — Deborah Turness, editor of ITV News, is expected to become the president of NBC News in the United States. Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe for the Guardian

Discussion: New York Times, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post, Broadcasting & Cable, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times and Variety

Chris Welch / The Verge:

John McCain proposes ‘a la carte’ cable bill, encourages death of sports blackout rule — Senator John McCain today introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013, legislation that would encourage cable operators and entertainment conglomerates to unbundle channels and offer programming “a la carte.”

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Consumerist and Deadline.com

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Financial Times joins Flipboard, says it's a better deal than Apple — The Financial Times is the latest publisher to strike a partnership with Flipboard. The deal is interesting because the FT recently left another third-party platform, iTunes. — The Financial Times is now making …

Discussion: Folio, BetaNews, Media Week, VentureBeat and The Next Web

Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:

RIAA adds gold, platinum awards for digital music streams — The RIAA will present new digital stream awards plaques to Cher Lloyd, Jason Derulo and Emeli Sande on May 9 in Los Angeles. (Recording Industry Assn. of America) — Sales are no longer the only path to gold and platinum in the music business.

Discussion: ArtsBeat, Paste Magazine and The Verge