Mediagazer: The newsonomics of the Kochs: The impact on the L.A. news landscape (Ken Doctor/Nieman Journalism Lab)

4:25 AM ET, June 10, 2013

Top News:

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations — The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows — • Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …

Barton Gellman / The Washington Post:

Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks — He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate. Verax was the name he chose for himself, Â"truth tellerÂ" in Latin.

Discussion: Wonkblog, UPROXX, @kashhill, Quartz, @bartongellman, @bartongellman and The Lede

Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:

Stunning NSA Leaks: Is Daniel Ellsberg Back? — The headline-grabbing national security leaks in The Washington Post and The Guardian last week both were authored by board members of a little-known, six-month-old advocacy group that was formed to support groundbreaking reporting.

Discussion: PandoDaily, @mlcalderone, The Huffington Post and BuzzFeed

Reuters:

Spy agency seeks criminal probe into leaks — (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence agency requested a criminal probe on Saturday into the leak of highly classified information about secret surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency, a spokesman for the intelligence chief's office said.

Discussion: Associated Press and Associated Press

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism — Summary: A bombshell story published in the Washington Post this week alleged that the NSA had enlisted nine tech giants, including Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Apple, in a massive program of online spying.

Discussion: CNET, Mashable, Lawfare, The Week, CNET, @dangillmor, Marketing Land, The Next Web, The Verge, Slate, Business Insider and Hit & Run

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 …, The Verge, Marketing Land, Business Insider, The New Yorker Blog, The Huffington Post, @felixsalmon, Reuters, USA Today and Business Insider

David Carr / New York Times:

Despite Report of Her Firing, Nikki Finke Is Still Standing — Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood, feared in the industry for having the best gossip, was said by a longtime competitor to have been fired — a blog report that turned out to be false.

Discussion: LA Observed

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of the Kochs: The impact on the L.A. news landscape — For more background on a potential Koch purchase of Tribune Company newspapers, see Part 1 of this piece. — Let's say that Charles and David Koch are successful in their now-announced quest ("The newsonomics of the Kochs rising …

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

CNN Rehires Kelly Wallace, Primarily as Digital Reporter — CNN said it will announce on Monday the rehiring of Kelly Wallace, a former correspondent there, as it continues on a talent recruitment effort led by Jeff Zucker, who took over the cable news channel at the beginning of the year.

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

On the Sunday Morning Talk Shows, a Rather Familiar Cast of Characters — WASHINGTON — In mid-February, Senator John McCain went on the NBC program “Meet the Press” to explain his unhappiness with President Obama's nominee for defense secretary. A week later, he took to “State of the Union” …

Discussion: New York Times, TVNewser and @jayrosen_nyu

Tom Rhodes / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Siege over, but damage to Ugandan press may last — Journalists are back to work at Uganda's leading privately owned daily, The Monitor, after a 10-day siege of their newsroom by police. But that does not mean it is business as usual for the nation's press.

Kevin Eck / TVSpy:

WDRB Explains Why It Thinks ‘Breaking News’ is Broken — This week's post about Louisville FOX affiliate WDRB's decision to curtail its use of the term “Breaking News” collected a lot of facebook likes and stirred up a lot of discussion. — Monday, the station began airing a promo saying …

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

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 …