Mediagazer: Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for “Tawdry” Attacks (Nick Schou/LA Weekly)

7:00 AM ET, June 2, 2013

Top News:

Zeynep Tufekci / technosociology:

Is there a Social-Media Fueled Protest Style? An Analysis From #jan25 to #geziparki — When I tell people I study social media, politics and social movements, I often get a version of the question: “But there were protests before Facebook.” Sure, I say, but how did people hear about it?

Discussion: TechCrunch, The Verge and Boing Boing

Robert Feder / @robertfeder:

Here's the memo on mandatory training for “iPhone photography basics” following elimination of Sun-Times photo staff: http://on.fb.me/11dTtzU

Discussion: The Verge, MacRumors and Cult of Mac

Kenneth Irby / Poynter:
John White on Sun-Times layoffs: ‘It was as if they pushed a button and deleted a whole culture’

Discussion: Assignment Chicago, ReadWrite, PetaPixel, The Huffington Post and Daily Dot

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
To the dauntless lensmen — The Sun-Times was wrong and right …

Discussion: paidContent and Taking Note

James Ball / The Daily Beast:

Exclusive: Former WikiLeaks Employee James Ball Describes Working With Julian Assange — Former WikiLeaks employee James Ball, a subject of the Alex Gibney documentary ‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,’ on what happened behind the scenes at Julian Assange's controversial company.

DealBook:

Hunch About Bloomberg Brought Rivals Together — Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are usually bitter rivals, competing for lucrative banking and trading business. But one day in April, the Wall Street titans found common ground: frustration with the Bloomberg news and financial data empire.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Talking Biz News and New York Post

Jason Samenow / Capital Weather Gang:

The day that should change tornado actions and storm chasing forever — Despite or perhaps due to accurate forecasts for violent tornadoes near Oklahoma City Friday afternoon and evening, motorists and storm chasers found themselves in harms way and some of the outcomes were tragic.

Discussion: Mediaite, PetaPixel and Digital Meteorologist

Nick Schou / LA Weekly:

Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for “Tawdry” Attacks — Jesse Katz admits that attacking journalist Gary Webb's CIA-cocaine expose ruined Webb's life — Nine years after investigative reporter Gary Webb committed suicide, Jesse Katz, a former Los Angeles Times reporter who played …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Josh Horwitz / The Next Web:

Faking News, India's version of the Onion, acquired by news portal Firspost — Faking News, India's version of the Onion, has been acquired by Firstpost, one of the country's major online news portals, for an undisclosed amount. — Medi4nama reported today that the website famous …

Ben Flanagan / Alarabiya.net English:

Adel al-Toraifi: Why newspaper editors should be CEOs, not columnists — When Adel al-Toraifi was appointed editor-in-chief of Asharq al-Awsat, the world's biggest pan-Arab newspaper, one of the last things on his mind was writing. — Launched in London in 1978, the newspaper is printed …

John Plunkett / Guardian:

The Guardian profile: Deborah Turness — After nearly 10 years in charge of ITV News, the new president of NBC News is expected to shake up the US media scene — Not many television executives get their kicks away from the glare of the studio lights by going rally driving.

David Ingram / Reuters:

After news editor boycott, U.S. attorney general loosens rules — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder loosened his rules for speaking with media editors on Friday during a second day of meetings with them about his Justice Department's handling of investigations that involve reporters, the editors said.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, ABCNEWS and Bloomberg

The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: Holder to Meet With Journalists of Color

Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:

Cord-Cutters Lop Off Internet Service More Than TV — For all the fuss over Americans dropping their cable subscriptions in favor of Internet video, another type of cord cutting appears to be more common. — Hundreds of thousands of Americans canceled their home Internet service last year …

Discussion: BGR and MarketingVox News & Trends

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

As TV Falls Apart, Tumblr And Twitter Aim To Pick Up The Pieces — For years, it's been said that Internet use would cut into the time U.S. consumers spend watching television. Today, those premonitions are beginning to reach the tipping point. TV ratings have dropped by 50 percent over the last decade.

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Journal site Xanga tries to fend off an impending shutdown with fundraising drive — It's a sad day for the old internet. Xanga — which has long tagged behind LiveJournal as a journaling platform — is running out of time: in a blog post, the team behind it said they'll be forced to shut …

Discussion: Valleywag and Betabeat