Mediagazer: The Reddit sleuths who brought down a meme empire (Fernando Alfonso III/Daily Dot)

8:15 PM ET, July 2, 2013

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David Sirota / Salon:

Meet the “Journalists Against Journalism” club! — The clique of media figures outraged when news outlets challenge power has a new member: Washington Post higher-ups — From David Gregory to Andrew Ross Sorkin to David Brooks, the ranks of Washington's hottest new club continues to swell.

Discussion: Washington Post, @jackshafer, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik and The Huffington Post

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Washington Post's Unbelievable Snowden Editorial — The Washington Post's editorial board drew catcalls on Tuesday for calling for the leaks from Edward Snowden to be stopped—even though the Post itself had benefited from those leaks. — The editorial board, which is run independently …

Discussion: Washington Post, @jackshafer, Reuters, Gawker, The Week, Techdirt, @mlcalderone, @bartongellman, @africasacountry, @kpoulsen, @davemc99ta, @dylanbyers, @jeffjarvis, Hit & Run, @bartongellman, @mlcalderone, Gretawire and The Huffington Post

Wall Street Journal:
Snowden's Asylum Requests Draw Cold Responses

Discussion: Gawker, Guardian, Agence France Presse, Times of India, Riptide 2.0, ABC News, Reuters, thehindubusinessline.com, Firstpost, ibnlive.in.com, The Hindu, India & World, New York Magazine and Guardian

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple Said to Near Time Warner Cable Deal for TV Programs — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is nearing a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) to give subscribers of the cable television service access to channels via Apple TV, people with knowledge of the negotiations said.

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Broadcasting & Cable, GigaOM, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Electronista, CNET, Engadget, BGR, App Advice, AppleInsider, Variety, @chriswelch, Business Insider, MacRumors, @joemfbrown, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Cult of Mac and 9to5Mac

Deborah Potter / NewsLab:

Salaries decline in local TV newsrooms — For the first time in four years, local TV news salaries have taken a dive. The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University survey says pay was down on average by almost 2% in 2012. If you factor in the rate of inflation, real wages were down by about 4%.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, RTDNA and TVSpy

Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat:

Viral video startup Justin.tv raising $20M round of funding — Justin.tv has raised $8.3 million of an intended $20 million funding round. — Justin.tv is a hot startup that offers live-streamed video services. It was one of the first live streaming platforms and continues …

Sarah Darville / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Evening Edition looks to build beyond its simple model — Mule Design co-founder Mike Monteiro has never argued that Evening Edition — the five-stories-delivered-at-5 o'clock news roundup from Mule Design — is a complicated idea. “Evening Edition is ridiculously, stupidly simple,” he told me.

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Buys Qwiki for About $50 Million — As AllThingsD reported two weeks ago that it was likely to do, Yahoo said it has bought Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.

Discussion: Yahoo!, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, GigaOM, CNET, ReadWrite, Business Insider, @obrien, Engadget, SocialTimes, The Next Web, Mashable and WebProNews

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

A buck ninety-nine: Esquire sells a new story online for the first time — Luke Dittrich might be my favorite magazine writer, and his “The Prophet” — a skeptical profile of Dr. Eben Alexander — will be in August's Esquire. But the magazine's also posting it for sale separately on its website.

Discussion: Forbes and Esquire

Fernando Alfonso III / Daily Dot:

The Reddit sleuths who brought down a meme empire — In June 2011, the biggest meme-generating forum on the Internet held elections. The community's moderators had become overwhelmed with its runaway popularity. Reddit's r/AdviceAnimals needed help. They got it in the form of redditor gtw08, the eventual winner.

Discussion: The Verge

Walter Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:

Deal for TV stations casts shadow on Tribune's credit rating — Peter Liguori, chief executive of Tribune Co., which had its S&P overall assessment of business prospects rise to “satisfactory” from “fair.” (Fox / Fox Broadcasting) — Tribune Co. went a full six months with unblemished credit.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

News UK chief backs digital paywalls — Mike Darcey says some organisations are sacrificing profits by staying free to view as they attempt to attract users — Mike Darcey, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's UK publishing operation, believes free websites may get more readers …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, The Drum and Media Week

Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:

US military blocks entire Guardian website for troops stationed abroad — Troops deployed to Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East and South Asia have ‘theater-wide block’ to Guardian — For US military personnel in the Middle East and south Asia, the restrictions apply to the entire Guardian website

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Examiner, pressgazette.co.uk, China.org.cn and The Drum