Mediagazer: If It's Wednesday, Peter King is Accusing the Media of Treason (David Weigel/Slate)

10:15 PM ET, June 12, 2013

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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 …

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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.

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.”

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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.

Erik Wemple:

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Bloomberg:

Time Warner Cable Content Incentives Thwart New Web TV — Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), people with knowledge of the matter said.

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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 …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Washington Post's ‘Sponsored Views’ will let advertisers respond to opinion pieces — A new advertising feature called “Sponsored Views” will allow “organizations to post commentary related to or in response to content from The Washington Post's Opinion section,” the Post says in a press release.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

CNN Pitches Sponsors Seeking Younger Viewers — Cable-news outlet uses new ayem show, travel series to pick up ads — When it comes to advertising, CNN isn't exactly acting its age. — The Time Warner news cabler has often relied on marketers whose primary consumer base skews somewhat older …

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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.

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” …

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

How Journalists Really Feel About the Digital Evolution — It's a no-brainer that digital technology is impacting newsgathering and reporting globally. How much? A survey of journalists worldwide by the Oriella PR Network, an alliance of PR agencies, found that 39 percent consider themselves …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Edward Wong / New York Times:

Journalist Held In Beijing, Friends Say — BEIJING — A Chinese journalist who recently released a documentary about a forced-labor camp and has worked as a freelance photographer for The New York Times has been detained by police officers in Beijing, his friends and family members said this week.