Top News:
Mike Giglio / BuzzFeed:
Buzzfeed's Mike Giglio describes his kidnapping and release in eastern Ukraine — “I Should Kill You Right Here” — Pro-Russian rebels kidnap more U.S. journalists amid fresh unrest in east Ukraine. “Do you know the things America has been doing here?” — Pro-Russian armed men south of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine
Discussion:
Capital New York, @joe_hill, @mwodzicki24, @martenkokk, @miriamelder and @anneapplebaum
RELATED:
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
CBS, BuzzFeed, Sky News Journalists Detained In Ukraine — A group of Western journalists from a number of news outlets was detained by pro-Russian militants in Eastern Ukraine on Friday. — CBS reporter Clarissa Ward and her news crew, along with BuzzFeed's Mike Giglio and reporters from Sky News …
Discussion:
Poynter, TVNewser, Associated Press, Gawker, CBS News, Committee to Protect …, New York Magazine and NBC News
Cassie Walker Burke / Politico:
The White House Beat, Uncovered — What the hacks of 1600 Penn really think. — The White House Correspondents' Association began as a response to Woodrow Wilson's threat to end presidential press conferences. A century later, White House reporters no longer have to line up outside …
Discussion:
dallasmorningviewsblog …, @causeofactiondc, NewsBusters blogs, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, The Week and Yahoo! News
RELATED:
Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Few Movie Stars Set to Attend White House Correspondents' Dinner — One Hollywood insider says the A-listers are avoiding the event because they get “pawed at” as “people act like a bunch of kids at the Kids' Choice Award.” — They may govern the free world's leading nation and regulate …
Discussion:
Capital New York, Re/code, Slate, @mateagold, @ravisomaiya, The Daily Beast, @sarahkliff, @mikeriggs, @nickconfessore, @lfung and @marieeoliver
John McDermott / Digiday:
Newspapers are lagging behind in the mobile traffic boom — The Internet is becoming an increasingly mobile medium, but it appears that newspaper publishers are not only struggling to make the transition, they're falling behind. — This year, for the first time ever …
Discussion:
@pottsmark and @elanazak
Reuters:
Comcast nears deal to stream Electronic Arts games to TVs via its X1 platform — Exclusive - Comcast nears deal to stream EA games to TVs: sources — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp may soon allow customers using its cloud-connected X1 cable box system to buy games from Electronic Arts Inc through …
Discussion:
The Verge
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Quartz has a large global audience and strong mobile advertiser base, 19 months after launch — The newsonomics of Quartz, 19 months in … Quartz, at the tender age of 19 months, can hardly be considered a father to Vox, FiveThirtyEight, and The Upshot. Clearly, though, it's a major influence.
Discussion:
@elanazak, @niemanlab, @justin_b_smith and Talking Biz News
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Sorry Wikipedia: YouTube Says It's the New Encyclopedia — Sorry, Wikipedia: YouTube says it is the world's new encyclopedia. — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki went before advertisers Wednesday to offer them the chance to buy ads during the site's most desirable videos. It's an initiative called Google Preferred.
Discussion:
iMediaConnection Blog and @cschweitz
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Kaltura buys Tvinci to become the Swiss army knife of video platforms — Open-source video platform Kaltura has purchased pay TV service startup Tvinci, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. — Tvinci's white-label platform offers paid-TV providers …
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
W.S.J. unveils digital video portal, called Signal — The Wall Street Journal unveiled plans for a “digital video magazine,” called Signal, at its presentation for the Digital Content Newfronts on Friday morning in Midtown. — “Signal will curate an eclectic mix of short video dispatches …
Discussion:
AdAge and Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times:
Pay-TV field could shrink again with AT&T bid for DirecTV — A DirecTV employee installs a satellite on a home in Bixby, Okla. (Paul Taggart / Bloomberg / June 27, 2011) — A rush among the nation's largest pay-TV and Internet providers to get even bigger could have profound effects on consumers and competition.
Discussion:
New York Times, USA Today and @joetrippi
Natan Edelsburg / Lost Remote:
Chatterbox: an inside look at social TV in Thailand — In the U.S. many of the second screen apps that had hoped to thrive as compliments to the viewing experience are now gone. In Thailand however (which has a population of about 66 million), the second screen has actually matured …
Discussion:
@stkonrath and @jandwmedia
John Wihbey / Nieman Journalism Lab:
What's New in Digital and Social Media Research: How Facebook rumors spread, and the rise of the collaborative news clip — Editor's note: There's a lot of interesting academic research going on in digital media — but who has time to sift through all those journals and papers?
Discussion:
@niemanlab
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
