Mediagazer: What would it take to nail Glenn Greenwald under the Espionage Act? (Erik Wemple)

10:25 PM ET, June 25, 2013

Top News:

Jonathan Kaiman / Guardian:

China newspaper praises Snowden for 'tearing off Washington's mask' — State-run People's Daily says whistleblower has exposed US hypocrisy after Washington blamed Beijing for his escape — China's top state newspaper has praised the fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Quartz, CNN, Boing Boing, Business Insider, Globe and Mail and Associated Press

Reuters:

Edward Snowden at Russian airport; Putin signals no extradition — MOSCOW (AFP) - (AFP) - US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden seemingly vanished into thin air in Moscow after arriving from Hong Kong at the weekend. Ecuador's foreign minister says Quito is weighing an asylum bid made by the fugitive.

Discussion: RT, CNN, Fast Company, Business Insider, Guardian, New York Magazine, @mohamed, @jeffjarvis, New York Times and TechCrunch

Erik Wemple:

What would it take to nail Glenn Greenwald under the Espionage Act? — Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) kicked things off on June 12, when he said the following in regard to Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian: “When you have someone who has disclosed secrets like this and threatens to release more …

Discussion: New York Times, Freedom of the Press …, Skating on Stilts, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, paidContent and Pressing Issues

Jim Romenesko:
Andrew Ross Sorkin apologizes for saying he'd ‘almost arrest Glenn Greenwald’

Discussion: Techdirt

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

ASNE census finds 2,600 newsroom jobs were lost in 2012 — The American Society of News Editors released its annual newsroom census today and found an unexpected acceleration of job losses. Roughly 2,600 full-time professional editorial jobs at newspapers disappeared in 2012 …

Discussion: Pew Research Center

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Minority employment in newsrooms held steady in 2012 — Minority employees make up 12.37 percent of all newsroom employees in this year's American Society of News Editors newsroom census, up ever so slightly from last year's 12.32 percent. ASNE counted 4,700 minorities overall, compared with 5,000 last year.

David Dishneau / Associated Press:

Courtroom Closures Likely In WikiLeaks Trial — FORT MEADE, Md. — Lawyers for Army leaker Pfc. Bradley Manning raised no objection Tuesday to a government proposal to temporarily close his court-martial to the public and press, possibly as early as this week, to protect classified evidence.

Jim Romenesko:

AJR editor Rem Rieder is named USA Today media editor — Longtime American Journalism Review editor Rem Rieder joins USA Today on July 15 as full time media editor. “[He] brings us a combination of traditional media sensibilities and new media entrepreneurship that will help us develop …

Discussion: Poynter

New York Times:

Assange, Back in News, Never Left U.S. Radar — In June 2011, Ogmundur Jonasson, Iceland's minister of the interior at the time, received an urgent message from the authorities in the United States. It said that “there was an imminent attack on Icelandic government databases” by hackers …

Discussion: alexaobrien.com/secondsight, The Huffington Post, @ravisomaiya, New York Magazine, PolicyMic, Boing Boing, Pressing Issues, Mother Jones, Politico, @mattapuzzo and @dylanbyers

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Barnes & Noble says it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house; e-readers live on — Barnes & Noble said in its earnings report Tuesday that it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house. — Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet line has been heading downhill for awhile …

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs

Discussion: Kindle Review, Fortune and WebProNews

Roger Yu / USA Today:

Media CEOs back print, quality over platform — Media CEOs issue support for newspapers but see digital enhancements as key differentiator. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top executives of several major U.S. media companies reiterated their support for print newspapers, even as they emphasized …

Discussion: Poynter and Kirk LaPointe's …

Dylan Byers / Politico:

WSJ, Dow Jones to ‘restructure’ — Three days ahead of News Corp's split into publishing and entertainment divisions, the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires are set to undergo “a limited restructuring” effort that will result in the creation of new positions and the elimination …

Discussion: Bloomberg and @kenli729

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

CNN Shutting Down CNN Radio Unit — CNN is shutting down its CNN Radio unit. Today will be the last day of broadcasts for the department, which focused primarily on long-form audio news stories. — Staff for the unit were told about the change today, and their last day will be Friday.

Discussion: @lisadcnn, AllAccess.com, FishbowlDC, FishbowlNY and AppNewser

Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:

Reporters who chased Snowden to Havana now enjoying unexpected tropical vacations — Eighteen hours after their fools' errand of a flight landed in Havana, much of the Moscow-based press corps is still stranded continents away from the Snowden story they were chasing: sightseeing in the region …

Discussion: New York Times, WorldViews and FishbowlNY

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

NY Times, Reuters, News & Observer are multi Loeb winners — David Barboza and Sharon LaFraniere of the New York Times received the Gerald Loeb Award Tuesday evening in international reporting for “China's Secret Fortunes,” the first of three Loebs that the paper received for its business journalism.

Discussion: Raleigh News & Observer and Minneapolis Star Tribune

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Sprint Shareholders Approve Softbank Bid As Ergen's Options Dwindle — Charlie Ergen's attempt to take over Sprint was already dead last week, and now the dirt is on the coffin: Sprint shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to accept a $21.6 billion offer from Softbank, sealing the victory of Ergen's rival …