Mediagazer: BBC Digital Media Initiative project doomed to failure, Lord Patten was told (Tara Conlan/Guardian)

7:25 AM ET, June 5, 2013

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Turkish Protestors Take To IndieGoGo, Raise Over $50,000 For Full-Page New York Times Ad — Protests erupted in Turkey last week, fueled by government plans to redevelop an urban park and build a shopping mall and military barracks, among other things. Protestors gathered in Gezi Park …

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AFP:

Turkey police detain protesters over ‘libellous’ tweets — Turkey police detained at least 25 people early on Wednesday in the western city of Izmir for tweeting ‘misinformation,’ state-run Anatolia news agency reported, as anti-government protests raged for a sixth day across the country.

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The Huffington Post:
Turkish Media Slammed For Ignoring Massive Protests

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Jennifer O'Mahony / Telegraph:
Turkey protests: how activists stay one step ahead with social media

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Rebekah Brooks Pleads Not Guilty to Phone-Hacking, Corruption Charges — The former CEO of News International, the U.K. publishing arm of News Corp., appeared in a London court along with nine other defendants, including husband Charlie. — LONDON - Rebekah Brooks, the former CEO of News International …

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John Cook / Gawker:

The Rob Ford Crack Video Might Be “Gone” — Before the Rob Ford Crackstarter—our crowdfunding effort to purchase and publish a video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine—reached its $200,000 goal last month, we let everyone know that we had lost contact with the people who have custody of the video.

Discussion: nowtoronto.com, canada.com and PolicyMic

Nate Raymond / Reuters:

Penguin CEO takes stand in Apple e-books antitrust case — (Reuters) - The chief executive of U.S. publisher Penguin testified Tuesday that a provision in its e-books contract with Apple Inc played a role in a decision to change its contracts with other retailers, such as Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion: Associated Press, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, Corporate Intelligence and Cult of Mac

Tara Conlan / Guardian:

BBC Digital Media Initiative project doomed to failure, Lord Patten was told — Technology chief warned trust chairman a year ago of concerns over scrapped content management system that cost £98.4m — BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten was warned a year ago that the Digital Media …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

There Is At Least One Potential Buyer For Newsweek — Barry Diller is so anxious to be rid of Newsweek, he can't even be bothered to hide it. But all his badmouthing hasn't completely killed interest in the 80-year-old title. — Digital First Media is among the parties taking a look at Newsweek's books …

Emily Moore / WAN-IFRA:

Palestinian press centre opens to provide “haven of neutrality” — A new Palestinian press centre was inaugurated in Gaza on Tuesday 28 May, reported French newspaper, Libération, hailing it a promising “haven of neutrality” for the Palestinian media world.

The Atlantic Wire:

The U.S. Government Asked the AP for $1 Million for Secret Email Addresses — The Associated Press filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the secret email addresses of appointed administration employees, and a Labor Department spokesman came back with an offer: you can have the emails if you give us a million bucks.

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Bloomberg:

Hulu Bidders Bring Range of Strategies to Takeover Fight — Hulu Bidding Free-for-All: Why Everyone Wants It — At least seven bidders are said to be interested in acquiring Hulu LLC, and their divergent motivations in pursuing the deal could end up radically altering the strategy of the online-television service.

Laura Amico / Nieman Reports:

Calm at the Kitchen Table: A Start-up Tracks Murder in Washington, D.C. — How small newsrooms can have big impacts — There's an energy to big, busy newsrooms that's unlike any other. Reporters and editors tapping away on keyboards, muttering through copy, interviews taking place …

Patrick Gavin / Politico:

Wonkette: The snark survives — Wonkette is not what it used to be. — Gone are the Vanity Fair photo shoots about the website's popularity. Long past are those very public and nasty feuds with Washington politicos. So long to all of those “hot” and “heat-seeking” lists.

Discussion: Wonkette and FishbowlDC

Jan Schaffer / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A new kind of activist journalism: When finding solutions are part of journalists' job, too — Four years ago, UrbanMilwaukee.com zeroed in on South 2nd Street, a pocked roadway in the city's Walker's Point section that seemed “ripe for improvement,” said site co-founder David Reid.

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Rally planned for laid-off Sun-Times photographers — The Chicago News Guild will picket the Chicago Sun-Times building Thursday morning, the Guild said in a press release. — The Sun-Times laid off its photo staff last week and announced plans to train reporters in iPhone photography.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and chicagonewsguild.org