Mediagazer: Hearst's New Digital Chief on E-Commerce and the ‘Natural Evolution’ to Native Ads (Michael Sebastian/AdAge)

11:05 PM ET, May 13, 2013

Top News:

Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

Erin Madigan White / Associated Press:

AP responds to intrusive DOJ seizure of journalists' phone records — The U.S. Department of Justice notified The Associated Press on Friday, May 10, that it had secretly obtained telephone records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP journalists and offices, including cell and home phone lines.

Discussion: GigaOM, FishbowlDC, The Huffington Post, Techdirt, Mediaite and @janinegibson

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Thousands of confidential Bloomberg terminal messages allegedly posted online — A few days after the New York Post revealed that Bloomberg reporters had been using terminals to watch Goldman Sachs and other banks, the Financial Times has apparently unearthed another unrelated security breach.

Discussion: Quartz, Gizmodo, Business Insider and Talking Biz News

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Did Bloomberg reporters “snoop” on clients? Depends on what you call snooping

Discussion: Globe and Mail, Forbes, Talking Biz News and Business Insider

Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Michael Bloomberg Declines To Comment On The Terminal Tracking At Bloomberg News

Discussion: Politicker

Matthew Winkler / Bloomberg:
Holding Ourselves Accountable

Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping

Discussion: Financial Times, Guardian, Gawker, Business Insider, @kerushton, FishbowlNY, Forbes, The Tell, DealBook, @zseward and Guardian

Wall Street Journal:

ESPN, Twitter Expand Collaboration — ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service, part of a growing wave of tie-ups as TV networks and Twitter hunt for new advertising revenue.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Lost Remote, GigaOM, CNET and The Verge

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

iHeartRadio hits 30M registered users, but it's a far cry from Pandora's 200M — Clear Channel-owned streaming radio service iHeartRadio announced today that it has surpassed 30 million registered users less than two years after its relaunch. — iHeartRadio streams customized radio stations …

Discussion: Radio & Television …

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

New research finds 92 percent of news consumption is still on legacy platforms — Here is a surprising statistic from leading consultants McKinsey and Company: When you measure news consumption in the U.S. by time spent, rather than raw audience numbers, digital platforms are getting only 8 percent of the action.

Discussion: paidContent

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Reporter shot in New Orleans violence — Deborah Cotton was in “guarded but stable condition” Sunday night after being hit by gunfire in New Orleans, Kevin Allman reports. Cotton returned to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina “more determined than ever to write, videotape and chronicle the city's culture …

Discussion: Blog of New Orleans, Gambit

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

As TV Ratings and Profits Fall, Networks Face a Cliffhanger — As the major television networks prepare to unveil their new fall lineups in New York this week, they face threats from seemingly every corner. — Prime-time ratings for the Big Four broadcasters — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox …

Discussion: AdAge, Wall Street Journal, Variety, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, New York Times and Gannett Blog

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Hearst's New Digital Chief on E-Commerce and the ‘Natural Evolution’ to Native Ads — Give Consumers Value in Native Ads 'or You're Dead,' Troy Young Says — Hearst Magazines named Troy Young to the new post of president at Hearst Magazines Digital Media this week, citing two decades of experience in the digital world.

Discussion: Canadian Magazines

Adam Horowitz / Mondoweiss:

‘Newseum’ folds under pressure, will not include Gaza cameramen in program honoring fallen journalists — Last week we reported Israel supporters were pressuring the Newseum to drop two Palestinian journalists, Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama, from its yearly event honoring reporters killed in the line of duty.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Politico, Gawker, Poynter, Sacramento Bee, Weekly Standard, Associated Press and Washington Examiner

Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:

How the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year was faked with Photoshop — It turns out that the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year — the largest and most prestigious press photography award — was, in actual fact, a fake. The World Press Photo association hasn't yet stripped the photographer …

Discussion: The Hacker Factor Blog

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Sun paywall set at £2 with access to Premier League football highlights — Charge will come into effect in August after £30m deal is struck for rights to all 380 Premier League matches a season — The Sun is to introduce a paywall from 1 August with a £2 per week charge …

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk, Journalism.co.uk, The Next Web and Media Week