Mediagazer: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper condemns ‘rush to publish’ (Elizabeth Titus/Politico)

5:55 PM ET, June 8, 2013

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Elizabeth Titus / Politico:

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper condemns ‘rush to publish’ — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper criticized the news media Saturday for what he called a “rush to publish” information based on “reckless” leaks about the government surveillance tool PRISM.

Discussion: Office of the Director …, CNET, Marketing Land, @felixsalmon, Wonkblog, Guardian, USA Today, Business Insider, The Verge and Mashable

Gregory Katz / Associated Press:

Guardian making big splash in US with scoops — LONDON (AP) - Before this week, the Guardian newspaper's gradual move into the U.S. - hiring dozens of employees in the last two years — hadn't produced much of a splash in terms of scoops. In the last three days that has changed.

Discussion: Associated Press, @ggreenwald, @justinwolfers, @dansinker and @davelee

Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

Government likely to open criminal probe into NSA leaks: officials — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is likely to open a criminal investigation into the leaking of highly classified documents that revealed the secret surveillance of Americans' telephone and email traffic, U.S. officials said on Friday.

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post Began PRISM Story Three Weeks Ago, Heard Guardian's ‘Footsteps’

Discussion: Jack Shafer, Marketing Land, ProPublica, AdAge, FP Passport, PolicyMic and Business Insider

Reuters:

Intel offers to pay up for Internet TV programming deals — (Reuters) - Intel Corp's talks to buy content from media companies for its new TV service are advancing, and the chipmaker is offering to pay as much as 75 percent more than traditional cable rates, people familiar with the talks said.

Discussion: VentureBeat, @pkafka, Variety, Gizmodo and The Verge

Farhad Manjoo / Slate:

You Won't Finish This Article — Why people online don't read to the end. — She's already stopped reading — I'm going to keep this brief, because you're not going to stick around for long. I've already lost a bunch of you. For every 161 people who landed on this page, about 61 of you—38 percent—are already gone.

Discussion: HubSpot's Inbound … and The Verge

Gabriel Kahn / Mediashift:

Is Media Becoming Device Dependent? — Not long ago, I heard Hearst Corp. Magazine Chief Executive David Carey relay a remarkable development: Since the debut of the iPad Mini, paid electronic subscriptions for Hearst magazines had skyrocketed. When he said this in February …

Politico:

Roger Ailes unplugged — Roger Ailes doesn't think homosexuals are out to get him. He frequently jokes about his weight. He doesn't believe Rupert Murdoch calls him “cuckoo,” but brags that his boss does call him “paranoid” - and he's wealthier for it. If Fox News headquarters is under attack …

Discussion: TVNewser, The Huffington Post and New York Magazine

Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

Why the Guardian has ‘given bloggers the keys’ to its website — The Guardian's new environment blog network brings writers from around the world to add expert commentary alongside news reporting — Copyright: By DonkeyHotey on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

Discussion: Big News Network.com

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Is the future of mobile video all about apps? These two apps don't think so — Mobile video is growing quickly, and with that also comes an explosion of apps from publishers who want their slice of the pie. But do consumers really want to switch back and forth between dozens of apps to watch their favorite videos?