Top News:
Paul Carr / PandoDaily:
NSFWCORP CEO announces success in public appeal for funds following loosened SEC rules — NSFWCORP's race to survive... The results are in — On Monday, I wrote about my “Brewster's Millions"-style struggle to close NSFWCORP's latest round of funding before we were forced into a unwanted “pivot.”
Discussion:
@fried, @voraciousbrain, @bgoldberg, @jason_pontin, @sarahcuda, @markcenicola, @olivianuzzi and @rafat
Jim Romenesko:
Memo: ‘Regretfully, a number of Patches will have to be closed’ — Bud Rosenthal, the new CEO of AOL's Patch, told employees in a memo sent at 6:14 p.m. ET Friday that “we have believed strongly in the value of a connected local community. However this commitment has not translated …
Discussion:
@dangillmor
Andrew Roth / The Lede:
Russian News Sites Protest Detention of Journalists With Greenpeace Activists — A Russian court on Thursday ordered that 22 members of the Greenpeace team that protested Arctic drilling by trying to scale a state-run oil rig may spend up to two months in detention in a Murmansk jail …
Discussion:
@cobbing, Global Voices and Committee to Protect …
RELATED:
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Kieron Bryan: British Journalist Held Without Trial in Russia
Discussion:
@greenpeaceuk
Cale Guthrie Weissman / PandoDaily:
Chris Hughes: The separation of business and editorial is outdated — Chris Hughes, Facebook co-founder, Obama campaigner, and current owner and editor-in-chief of the New Republic, says he would repeat the most controversial move he's made since the publication's January re-launch.
Discussion:
@profjeffjarvis, @samgustin, @paulxharris, @seth_fletcher, @justinjm1, @gregpinelo and @mathewi
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
What makes the Texas Tribune's event business so successful? — When The Texas Tribune launched in 2009, Evan Smith says the nonprofit news site was in a “proof by assertion” stage. The assertion, in this case, was that there was an audience hungry for intensely focused-coverage of Texas politics …
Discussion:
@simonowens, @niemanlab, Reuters and Knight Foundation
Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
The Economist rethinks ‘lean forward, lean back’ model — The rise in popularity of touch-screen devices means publishers should be ‘touch first and mobile second’, Neelay Patel from The Economist Group tells conference — Until recently The Economist's model was lean forward, lean back publishing.
Discussion:
@marklittlenews
Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
For the sake of science — PopSci's ‘scientific’ justification for shutting down comments conveys the research poorly — The internet has largely weighed in on Popular Science's sudden decision to shut off its comments section earlier this week. The responses have been, for the most part …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Lee Thornton, First African American Woman to Cover the White House for TV, Has Died — Lee Thornton, a former CNN and CBS correspondent, has died. — Thornton, who died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer, was the first African American woman to cover a regular White House beat for one of the big three broadcast networks, at CBS News.
Discussion:
FishbowlDC
Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:
The Forbes contributor model: Technology, feedback and incentives — A look at Forbes's approach to content production by a technology and data-driven newsroom, and wide network of contributors — Read more — Other top stories — Also on Journalism.co.uk...
Discussion:
@jasonmoriber and @jayrosen_nyu
George Brock / New Statesman:
Journalism is going to survive this era of creative destruction — Here's why. — Creative destruction is no fun if it is your livelihood or beloved newspaper that is being destroyed. But my researches have convinced me that journalism is being adapted, rethought and reconstructed …
Discussion:
@annnyberg
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Top NBCU Digital Exec Lauren Zalaznick to Depart Company — Well-known NBCUniversal exec Lauren Zalaznick, who has recently been working on the media giant's growth into new digital arenas, is leaving the company, according to an internal memo. — A longtime veteran of NBCU …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, @jbflint, @awallenstein, The Wrap, The Wrap, Reuters, New York Times, Deadline.com, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and AdAge
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds: DOJ press guidelines don't raise bar for leak case — New guidelines Attorney General Eric Holder issued recently for investigations involving journalists don't undercut legal arguments made in an ongoing leak prosecution, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday.
Discussion:
@joshgerstein and @kgosztola
Jim Romenesko:
GateHouse Media: Our bankruptcy filing ‘is not a reflection of any operational problem’ — GateHouse Media has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CEO Michael Reed says in a memo that “with the challenges facing our industry and the impending maturity of our secured debt next year …
Discussion:
St. Louis Business Journal and Poynter
RELATED:
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Editor, DC — 
Sr. Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Senior Data Editor, DC — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
Staff Writer, TX — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Sports Reporter, ME — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
