Mediagazer: What is a mobile news company, and do we even want one? (Hamish McKenzie/PandoDaily)

7:30 PM ET, June 2, 2013

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Cryin' Wolf at CNN! Sources say viewers will see less of veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and more of younger, hunkier newsmen — Studly Chris Cuomo and handsome Jake Tapper will likely get more airtime. New boss Jeff Zucker has already fired James Carville, Mary Matalin and Roland Martin

Discussion: Mediaite, All Things CNN and The Huffington Post

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Too Little for So Many, Even in The Times — ART auctions or soup kitchens? The cost of a luxury loft in SoHo or the number of children in homeless shelters? — Newspaper people make decisions about what to cover and what to emphasize every day. They have finite resources …

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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?

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Oscar Williams-Grut / The Independent:

The Kernel's back to make new enemies — Having paid off its debts, a controversial online magazine is relaunching. — Ainfamous online magazine forced to close over unpaid wages is set to be re-launched with its divisive founder in charge after paying off debts of over £24,000.

Discussion: The Drum and Milo Yiannopoulos

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

What is a mobile news company, and do we even want one? — When Circa announced that it had poached Reuters' social media boffin Anthony De Rosa to head up its editorial team, it scored a victory on two counts: Suddenly, 60,000 people - the sum total of De Rosa's Twitter followers …

Discussion: JackLail.com

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.

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

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

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

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Apple Is Said Be Pressing for Internet Radio Deals — After months of stalled negotiations over its planned Internet radio service, Apple is pushing to complete licensing deals with music companies so it can reveal the service as early as next week, according to people briefed on the talks.

Discussion: CNET, VentureBeat, App Advice, The Verge, 9to5Mac and MacRumors

Economist:

Citizen journalism: Foreign correspondents — AFTER the brutal murder of Lee Rigby, a British soldier, in London on May 22nd, many viewers watched a video of one of his suspected killers, with bloodstained hands and a meat cleaver, addressing onlookers. The video was broadcast first on ITV News …

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.

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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 …

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.

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