Mediagazer: The Iran coverage conundrum (Jared Malsin/Columbia Journalism Review)

3:20 AM ET, June 13, 2013

Top News:

Rupert Murdoch's New Empire: Who's Up, Who's Down (Analysis) — With News Corp.'s split set for June 28, THR breaks down the mogul's big bet on his legacy, son James' bigger role at Fox, and how to read the tea leaves. — For much of the first half of 2012, Rupert Murdoch struggled …

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
News Corp split ‘paves way for new BSkyB bid’

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Al Jazeera English:

Greece faces strike over broadcaster closure — Most business and public-sector activity expected to come to a halt as two labour unions react to government's decision. — Greek workers will stage a nationwide strike, forcing hospitals to work on emergency staff and disrupting transport …

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Greek journalists defy government order to close state broadcaster

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, New York Times, Radio & Television …, pressgazette.co.uk, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, CNN, WSJ Blogs - WSJ, EU Press Room, The Independent, Associated Press, New York Times, Reuters, Guardian, Kirk LaPointe's …, ebu.ch, BBC and RT

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio

Discussion: Boing Boing

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft — So that seemingly smoking gun e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs to SVP Eddy Cue in the Department of Justice's e-book price fixing case against Apple? The one that appeared to undermine the company's argument …

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Fortune

Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:

Judge Rules for Interns Who Sued Fox Searchlight — A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying production interns, a case that could upend the long-held practice of the film industry …

Discussion: bookforum.com, ProPublica, The Week, @jackshafer, @tribecalledles and @debcha

Jared Malsin / Columbia Journalism Review:

The Iran coverage conundrum — Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. And in Iran, elections have consequences. In 1997, a presidential election ushered in Mohammad Khatemi and an era of reform. Eight years later, 2005 saw the rise of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the return of conservatives.

Discussion: Softpedia News

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Global study shows more journalists embrace social media — Germans, not so much — A survey of journalists in fifteen countries reveals some interesting differences in attitudes to social media. Here are some highlights. — An annual survey of reporters around the world shows …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Jim Romenesko:

[UPDATED] Wall Street Journal offers buyouts — “I'm a reporter at the WSJ. Just got a call from deputy bureau chief offering a buyout - said . No details on payout formula. Offer is good until June 20. This dovetails with Robert Thomson's ‘cost cutting’ comment during investor day.”

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Christine Haughney / New York Times:

Times Co.'s Thompson to Testify in Parliament on BBC — Mark Thompson, president and chief executive of The New York Times Company, is being recalled by the British Parliament to answer questions about testimony he gave in 2011 on a program called the Digital Media Initiative …

David Weigel / Slate:

If It's Wednesday, Peter King is Accusing the Media of Treason — New York Rep. Peter King, who used to head the Homeland Security committee in the House, is calling the reporting of the Snowden leaks “treasonous.” This is “news,” insofar as it's a new quote from a powerful person …

Discussion: The Plum Line, Mediaite, Freedom of the Press …, The Huffington Post, @gregmitch and Boing Boing

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Los Angeles Times waits more than two years to celebrate major award — In February 2011, Los Angeles Times reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives received the Selden Ring Award from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Any day now, the paper is going to throw a party for them.

Discussion: LA Observed

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:

A Reality TV Show, Minus the TV — ‘Summer Break’ Follows Nine Teenagers, but Only Through Social Media Like Twitter, Instagram — LOS ANGELES—Two teenage boys sit by the airport here, competing to use their phones to take the best “selfie,” or self-portrait, with planes landing in the background.

Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:

Is Ed Snowden Trying to Take Control of the Next Wave of NSA Leaks? — After five straight days of revelations, a three-day gap in new NSA leaks from The Guardian and Glenn Greenwald seems like an eternity. The last major revelation from the paper was the identity of Edward Snowden himself, on Sunday.

Discussion: Forbes

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Web Display Ads Often Not Visible — The old adage in advertising—that half the money is wasted but no one knows which half—turns out to be as true for the digital world as it ever was for traditional media. — An astounding 54% of online display ads shown in “thousands” …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and AdExchanger

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

David Seifman to be named political editor at ‘New York Post’ — The New York Post is undergoing a seismic shift on its politics desk following a recent bloodletting that reduced the newsroom's headcount by about two dozen. — David Seifman, the Post's longtime City Hall bureau chief …

Discussion: Capital New York

Wayne Friedman / Media Post Daily:

Millennial Viewers Prefer Cross-Platform TV — A growing number of millennial TV consumers are committed to a “broadband-only” existence — all of which could spell some trouble for traditional TV content/channel owners. The new study says 13% of 18- to-34-year-olds — some 8.6 million — are broadband-only customers.