Top News:
Emily Bell / Guardian:
Journalism startups aren't a revolution if they're filled with all these white men — Nate Silver has a chart to hire for ‘clubhouse chemistry’. Ever heard of something called ‘workplace diversity’? — When the predictive superstar Nate Silver announced last summer that he would defect …
Discussion:
@lpolgreen, @bronwen, @sarahcuda, @ryanchittum, @rwhittall, @ryanchittum, @mattdpearce, @jmm, @msjamshidi, @mattbors, @golnoushn, @umairh, @jessicalessin, @jbouie, @emilygould, @sullduggery, @pennyred, @moorehn, @snpsnpsnp, @karnythia, @mccanner, @silviakillings, @mallarytenore, @emjbanks, @tomokohosaka, @susie_c, @mitrakalita, @annaholmes, @sulliview, @nitashatiku, @irin, @sisiwei, @nytfridge, @katecrawford, @maura, @annielowrey, @rustyk5 and The Newspaper Guild
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks denies giving evidence from ‘prepared script’ — Prosecution suggests that ex-NoW and Sun editor must have been ‘very much aware’ of what her co-defendants were doing — Rebekah Brooks has denied giving evidence from a “carefully presented and prepared script” …
Discussion:
mUmBRELLA, @ipasho and @lisaocarroll
RELATED:
Press Gazette:
Brooks: ‘Climate of paranoia’ during last days of News of the World amid ‘police leaks to Guardian’
Discussion:
Guardian and @gazthejourno
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Hacking trial hears details of Blair's offer to help Brooks prepare for committee appearance
Discussion:
Guy Fawkes' blog and Guardian
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News International ‘wanted Lord Mandelson to coach Rebekah Brooks’
Discussion:
@lisaocarroll and @courtnewsuk
Adrienne LaFrance / Quartz:
Why venture capitalists are suddenly investing in news — Something curious is happening in the American news business. — Media organizations are hiring again. Promising young reporters are leaving stalwart publications for new newsrooms. And venture capitalists are pouring millions into nimble publishing startups.
Discussion:
@sarahcuda, @erichippeau, @niemanlab and @adriennelaf
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Time Inc. spinoff probably won't mean name change for Time Warner — Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes. — Although Time Inc. won't be part of Time Warner much longer, don't expect the media giant to change its name to better reflect its assets. — “We haven't decided to change the name …
RELATED:
Mat Honan / Wired:
Twitter's irreplaceable role in breaking news means it can't crash like it did on Tuesday — Why Twitter Can't Keep Crashing — Twitter was down for quite some time yesterday. Once upon a time, that was an annoyance. But not anymore. Now, when Twitter goes down, it's a full-on problem.
Discussion:
@vivian, @dangillmor, @mat, @autom8, @rachaelrad, @mighty55, @pdgurney and @sedjtroll
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web — Exclusive: web's inventor warns neutrality under sustained attack from governments and corporations — The inventor of the world wide web believes an online “Magna Carta” is needed to protect and enshrine the independence …
Discussion:
BBC, New York Times, The Switch, Boing Boing, The Next Web, Softpedia News, The Verge, PandoDaily, @martinschulz, WebProNews, Lastest ITProPortal news, Hit & Run, Associated Press, ReadWrite, VentureBeat, Fast Company, UK Blog on The Huffington Post, @wsjd, Daily Mail, Kirk LaPointe's …, Techdirt, TechCrunch, Gigaom, @henrybtam, @thelitplatform, @openrightsgroup, The Official Google Blog, Electronista and Silicon Republic
Mike Isaac / Re/code:
WSJ Journalist Liz Heron Joins Facebook in News Partnerships Role — Journalist Liz Heron announced on Wednesday that she will take a position at Facebook, where she'll work on partnerships between news and media organizations and the social network. Heron previously worked at the Wall Street Journal …
Discussion:
Business 2 Community, VatorNews, NetNewsCheck Latest and SocialTimes
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Ronan Farrow: Awesome on Twitter, Awful on Television — Ronan Farrow has the kind of resume that's difficult to match. He graduated from college at the tender age of 15; went on to collect degrees from Yale Law School and Oxford U., the latter on a Rhodes scholarship …
David Meyer / Gigaom:
Web firms face a strict new set of privacy rules in Europe — here's what to expect — The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a large package of laws intended to strengthen data protection - that's “privacy” in non-legalese - across the European Union.
Discussion:
Reuters, Wired.co.uk, Re/code, @superglaze, @piratenpartij, @mslods and @openrightsgroup
John Reynolds / Guardian:
60% of UK's video, video games and music sales now come from the internet — Netflix and Spotify help drive UK home entertainment revenues to £5.3bn — New figures show that three-fifths of Britain's video, video games and music sales are now derived from the internet
Discussion:
Variety
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Amazon Publishing expands to cover German-language fiction — Amazon has announced that it's expanding its Amazon Publishing arm into German-language books, and it's now looking to acquire fiction for Kindle-users and print-editions for sale through Amazon.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
News App Circa Looks to Native Ads for First Revenue Stream — Mobile News Reader Plans to Introduce ‘Native’ Sponsored Posts — How Advertising Performs in a Social Media World … It's time for the mobile news-reader apps to become businesses. — One of the category's earliest players …
Discussion:
Co.Labs, @miamabanta and @mhess4
Press Gazette:
Condé Nast to merge two magazine websites to create new design portal — Condé Nast is preparing to launch a new decoration, food and lifestyle website - with a design inspired by fashion blogs and the image-sharing site Pinterest. — House, which goes live tomorrow …
Discussion:
Guardian
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:
Lara Logan Still On Leave Of Absence From ‘60 Minutes’ — Lara Logan remains on a leave of absence from “60 Minutes,” and there is still no word on when she will be returning. — Logan was suspended from CBS News in November after airing a botched and discredited report on the October 27 Benghazi attack.
Discussion:
Poynter
Jeremy Hodge / Al Jazeera America:
An American journalist's account of his time spent in an Egyptian prison … I stood handcuffed in the prosecutor's office in Cairo's Dokki district, looking down at a three-ring binder notebook that had been seized from my apartment and lay strewn across the table.
Thanks:@jaredbkeller
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Devin Johnson Named Tribune Broadcasting Digital Head — Back to Tribune after a stint at NBCU and others — Devin C. Johnson has been named senior VP and head of digital media at Tribune Broadcasting. Responsible for product development, social media, content, technology and digital sales strategy …
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 — 
