Mediagazer: Iovine and Dre could be unveiled as Apple execs at WWDC, deal to be announced later this week (Yinka Adegoke/Billboard)

5:00 PM ET, May 12, 2014

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Yinka Adegoke / Billboard:

Iovine and Dre could be unveiled as Apple execs at WWDC, deal to be announced later this week — Apple May Unveil Iovine, Dr. Dre Exec Appointments at June Conference … Questions? Comments? Let us know: @billboardbiz

Discussion: VentureBeat, AppleInsider, Electronista, Ubergizmo, The Verge, @jyarow, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and App Advice

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple interested in Beats for paid streaming conversion rate, plans to improve its headphones — Apple's Deep Ties With Iovine Key Driver of Beats Deal — When news spread last week that Apple Inc. (AAPL) was near an acquisition of Beats Electronics LLC for $3.2 billion …

Discussion: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, @hamburger, bizjournals, Electronista, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Geeky Gadgets and App Advice

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Washington Post Has Hired 50 Staffers In 2014 Amid Bezos-Funded Expansion — NEW YORK — The Washington Post reached a milestone Monday that would've seemed unthinkable amid the succession of newsroom buyouts in recent years: 50 new hires in 2014. — “No, you haven't been imagining it …

Discussion: MediaWire Daily and Politico

Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Through its live events series, the Washington Post is expanding its influence beyond DC

Discussion: @dankennedy_nu and The Boston Globe

David Carr / New York Times:

An internet fast lane could provoke a SOPA-like backlash from Silicon Valley — Warnings Along F.C.C.'s Fast Lane — The next time the loudmouth in the next cubicle interrupts you with yet another recap of his weekend, just start talking about “net neutrality.”

Discussion: Free Press Blog, Politico, @nytimesbits, @carr2n, @palafo, @ameensol, @jswatz, @timkarr, @feardept, @hunterwalk, @jenmartinez and @stevesi

Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:
FCC chair updates proposed broadband rules after criticism, seeks comment on reclassification

Discussion: VentureBeat, ReadWrite, PC Advisor, Digital Media Wire, Daily Dot, Digital Trends, PandoDaily, Consumerist, HBR.org, @joehall, VatorNews, Glass and Engadget

Marguerite Reardon / CNET: Al Franken discusses his opposition to Comcast-Time Warner deal and support for net neutrality

Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

NYT's story on voter ID is the latest example of false equivalence and harms its brand — ‘Democrats argue. Republicans contend. We have no idea.’ A he said, she said at the Times. — Classic forms of he said, she said are not so much a “sin” against high practice as an increasingly crappy level …

Discussion: Gigaom, Medium, @sulliview, The Heritage Foundation and @davidfolkenflik

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

At the New York Times, one-third of roughly 400 reporters are women — Still Talking About It: ‘Where Are the Women?’ — Some facts, according to a recent Women's Media Center study: — * At the nation's 10 most widely circulated newspapers, men had 63 percent of the bylines, nearly two for every one for a woman.

Discussion: Poynter, @janicejourno, @peggyorenstein, @palafo, @jswatz, @laura_nelson, @gesfandiari, @sarahkendzior, @jamietarabay, @mickimaynard and @ddknyt

Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
At many liberal media outlets, just 10% of staff are minorities

Discussion: @nattyrankins, @mattbors, @danamo, @gabrielarana, @kgosztola, @battleswarmblog, @raniakhalek, @aterkel, @mattzeitlin, @andrewstilesusa, @noahcrothman, @therickwilson, @andreawnyc, @lhfang and @adriennelaf

Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

Glenn Greenwald: 'I don't trust the UK not to arrest me. Their behaviour has been extreme' — He has been lauded and vilified in equal measure. But did the journalist's ‘outsider’ status help him land Edward Snowden's NSA revelations? Why did he nearly miss the story?

Discussion: @dangillmor, @mehdirhasan, @smaurizi, @attackerman, @edpilkington, @free_snowden, The Raw Story and Business Insider

Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Glenn Greenwald: the explosive day we revealed Edward Snowden's identity to the world

Discussion: @drudge_report, Al Arabiya News, @katz, @kathviner, @emilybell, @antderosa, Latest News & Headlines and @oliverlaughland

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

AP launches international investigative unit, expands US investigative team — AP expands investigative team — The Associated Press announced Monday that it is expanding its Washington-based investigative team, adding reporters for national coverage and “launching a unit of international reporters …

Discussion: ap.org, NetNewsCheck Latest, FishbowlNY, Politico, FishbowlDC and @mattapuzzo

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

BuzzFeed's President Is Stepping Down — Jon Steinberg, BuzzFeed's COO and president, is leaving, the company announced today. — He will continue to serve as an advisor to BuzzFeed and Lerer Ventures. Additionally, BuzzFeed said Steinberg will move on to “new challenges in the web and media space.”

Discussion: AdAge, Poynter and @breakingmoney

Paul McClean / WAN-IFRA:

Spain set to introduce new law against aggregators — New legislation is set to be introduced in Spain to prevent news aggregators from reproducing other's content without payment. Paul McClean speaks to a digital media consultant and a representative of the Spanish Publishers Association to discuss the ethics of aggregation.

Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …, @psmcclean and Mashable

Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:

With competition from Amazon and publishers, most book startups are unlikely to succeed — Apple, Amazon and the uncertain future of the book startup — Over the past few years, I've encountered countless startups that claim they are going to disrupt or revolutionize book publishing.

Discussion: @laurahazardowen and @tomrennie

Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:

Former CBSSports.com VP and GM Jason Kint named CEO of Online Publishers Association — O.P.A. names Jason Kint C.E.O. — The Online Publishers Association has named Jason Kint, the former senior vice president and general manager of CBSSports.com, its new C.E.O., Capital has learned.

Discussion: Folio, Adweek and Talking New Media

Wall Street Journal:

AT&T could seal deal to take over DirecTV within two weeks, for around $50B — AT&T Could Strike Deal For DirecTV In As Soon As Two Weeks — AT&T Would Likely Pay A Combination of Cash, Stock — AT&T Inc. is moving quickly to seal a takeover deal with DirecTV …