Mediagazer: Fiber boost for local journalism? (Deron Lee/Columbia Journalism Review)

8:50 PM ET, March 25, 2014

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Ben Richardson shares more details about why he resigned from Bloomberg over China coverage — Another Bloomberg Editor Explains Why He Has Resigned, Over Its China Coverage — Four months ago, the New York Times ran a big story contending that Bloomberg editors had quashed an investigative report …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @marklittlenews, @brianstelter, @mcgregorrichard, @davidfolkenflik, @mlcalderone, Talking Biz News, New York Times and The Wire

Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Bloomberg gets a taste of transparency

Discussion: Poynter and The Independent

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Tarantino: Gawker Fabricated ‘News Story’ to Enable Script Theft — The director's lawyers compare the “Hateful Eight” leak post to a newspaper that reports on a film piracy ring by instructing how, where and when readers can buy their own pirated copies. — Quentin Tarantino

Discussion: The Wrap, @dangillmor and Variety

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The Atlantic names Bob Cohn and James Bennet co-presidents — Leadership shuffle at Atlantic — Atlantic Media announced a string of leadership changes this morning, including two promotions at its flagship print and digital title, The Atlantic. — James Bennet and Bob Cohn …

Discussion: Folio, FishbowlNY and The New York Observer

Daniel Hurst / Guardian:

Peter Greste trial: Tony Abbott must do more to secure release, says Labor — Tanya Plibersek says opposition will support efforts to free Australian journalist on trial in Egypt — Peter Greste stands in a metal cage during his trial in a court in Cairo. Photograph: Al Youm Al Saabi newspaper/Reuters

Discussion: @suigenerisjen

Press Gazette: ‘Not a shred of evidence’ says Al Jazeera's Peter Greste as Egypt ‘terrorism’ trial adjourned again

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

What the Oregonian's new web strategy gets right and what it gets wrong about online media — There's been much sound and fury in media circles about a leaked internal presentation from The Oregonian that lays out the newspaper's goals for its web content and sets performance measurements for reporters and editors.

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, SPLICETODAY.com, @jjeremiahcasey, @mathewi, The Whip and Guardian

Kurt Wagner / Mashable:

USC Is Offering a Google Glass Course for Journalism — OK, Glass, it's time to change journalism — That will be the collective mindset of students taking “Glass Journalism,” a new course slated for the fall semester at the University of Southern California, where students will be tasked …

Discussion: Poynter, AppNewser, @digidave and The Newspaper Guild

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Risen: Obama administration is this generation's ‘greatest enemy of press freedom’ — “It won't take me long to alienate everyone in the room,” Jeffrey Toobin told an audience in New York Friday. “For better or worse, it has been clear there is no journalistic privilege under the First Amendment.”

Discussion: New York Times, TheHill, @declanm, Hit & Run, @acarvin, @franberkman, The Huffington Post, @leeweatherly, Press Gazette, Guardian, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

Katie Zezima / Washington Post:

U.S. condemns Saudi Arabia's denial of visa to Jerusalem Post reporter covering Obama — The White House has condemned Saudi Arabia for denying a visa to the Jerusalem Post's Washington bureau chief, who is traveling with President Obama. — Reporter Michael Wilner, an American …

Discussion: Jerusalem Post, Politico, The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post, Jerusalem Post, BuzzFeed, Associated Press, Jerusalem Post, Reuters, @marieharf, @mawilner and USA Today

Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:

Fiber boost for local journalism? — Journalists should take up the fight for municipal-fiber networks in their communities, argues open-Internet advocate Susan Crawford — PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS — This is a pivotal time for telecommunications policy. The proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger gets …

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Turner Overhauls Ad Outreach, Names Speciale President, TV and Digital Sales — Time Warner's Turner unit is radically changing the structure of its ad-sales staff, resulting in the elevation of one of its top sales executives and the departure of another from the company.

Discussion: AdAge, Politico and @brianstelter

Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg View:

The Dark Side of New York Times v. Sullivan — Quiz question: What is the most important free speech ruling in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court? — The best answer may well be New York Times v. Sullivan, decided 50 years ago this month. In that case, the court ruled, for the first time …

Discussion: Techdirt, @mleewelch, @radleybalko, The Daily Caller and @jeffjohnroberts

Amy Schatz / Re/code:

Why an Apple-Comcast Deal Stirs Net Neutrality Concerns — Four years ago, Netflix executives painted a bleak picture for regulators struggling to reach an agreement on new rules for Internet lines. — Unless Federal Communications Commission officials closed a loophole sought …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fortune, Free Press Blog and Quartz

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

British journalist declared a ‘subversive’ faces deportation from Kenya — Lucy Hannan, a British journalist who has lived for more than 20 years in Kenya, has spent months fighting off a deportation order after the government declared her to be an illegal immigrant.

Discussion: allAfrica.com