Mediagazer: VICE responds to Gawker with a literal “F**k You” and a list of employee benefits; doesn't refute brand influence on editorial (VICE)

9:20 PM ET, May 30, 2014

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

Vice Media employees complain of low salaries and influence of sponsors on editorial content — Working at Vice Media Is Not As Cool As It Seems — 21,132g — Vice Media is one of the hottest media properties in America. It's the counterculture empire that even Rupert Murdoch could love.

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VICE:

VICE responds to Gawker with a literal “F**k You” and a list of employee benefits; doesn't refute brand influence on editorial — VICE TO GAWKER: F**K YOU AND F**K YOUR GARBAGE CLICK-BAIT “JOURNALISM” — Gawker, a gossip site that openly traffics in rumor, innuendo …

Discussion: @hamiltonnolan, @skidder, Capital New York, @adamweinstein, @erikwemple, @pamengel12, @mcdermott and @commiegirl1

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

White House Press Secretary Resigns — WASHINGTON — Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, is leaving his post as the public face of the administration, stepping down after shifting from two decades of reporting to politics at the highest levels, President Obama said on Friday.

Discussion: TVNewser, Washington Post, The Wrap, Guardian, NBC News, CNN, The Wire, Business Insider, New York Magazine, @feardept, @erikwemple, NPR, Mashable and Digiday

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple's Jimmy Iovine and Eddy Cue Explain the Beats Deal and Hint at the Future (Video) — A few hours after announcing their $3 billion deal, Apple SVP Eddy Cue and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine came to the Code Conference to talk about what brought them together, and what they want to do next.

Discussion: Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, App Advice, @recode, Fortune, MacStories and The Tell

Michael Vakulenko / Medium:
Beats is a platform, connecting artists with fans; Apple's users will enable network effects on it

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Apple Will Use Curation To Beat A Path To Mainstreaming Music

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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:

Coming soon from Andrew Golis and Atlantic Media: ‘This.’ — Atlantic Media is preparing to launch “This.,” a new digital project spearheaded by Andrew Golis, who serves as general manager of The Wire, a source with knowledge of the venture told Capital. — The goal of the vertical …

Discussion: @maura, @bigmeaninternet, @mathewi and the npr social media desk

Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
Despite earlier promises of investment in staff, The Wire continues drifting without an editor

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:

FCC to consider changing the definition of “broadband” to 25Mbps, up from the current 4Mbps — The FCC may consider a stricter definition of broadband in the Netflix age — What is high-speed Internet? Believe it or not, there is a technical definition. Currently, it's set at 4 megabits per second.

Discussion: Forbes, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Engadget, Mashable, PandoDaily, The Hill and Glass

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

People magazine to launch “People Picks”, culture reviews to move online, music critic leaving — Changes coming to the pages of People — The pages of People are about to get their first significant overhaul since Jess Cagle took the reins of the Time Inc. celebrity title five months ago.

Discussion: @mathewi

David Folkenflik / NPR:

‘Period Of Turmoil’ Preceded Abramson Firing, Says Top Editor At ‘Times’ — Dean Baquet sat in his new office in midtown Manhattan, the very picture of composure and precision, as he described the top-level dysfunction that led to the firing of Jill Abramson as executive editor of The New York Times …

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

WhatsApp emerges as big share driver for publishers — Publishers tend to focus their social media strategies around the twin titans of Facebook and Twitter. But perhaps they are ignoring WhatsApp at their own peril. — FTW, USA Today's viral sports site, offers a good case study for the platform's potential for publishers.

Discussion: Marketing Land and @paulgreenberg

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

One year after 28 Sun-Times photojournalists were laid off, where are they now? — One year ago today, the Chicago Sun-Times eliminated its photo staff, laying off 28 full-time employees. — Most of them have landed on their feet, according to email and phone interviews with many of the photographers.

Discussion: @jbenton, @abeaujon, @poynter and The Newspaper Guild

Bill Mickey / Folio:

Source Interlink Media Rebrands, Closes 12 Titles — New corporate identity: TEN: The Enthusiast Network — Major changes are happening at Source Interlink Media, publisher of Surfing, Motortrend and approximately 60 other enthusiast titles. Newly installed CEO Scott Dickey announced …

Discussion: Orange County Business …, The News-Press, Jalopnik, Publishers Weekly, Talking New Media, AdAge, Folio, @cayseyw and Jalopnik

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes says he's not worried about cord cutters or cable TV consolidation — Jeff Bewkes Isn't Worried About Cord-Cutters — Consumers shunning cable and satellite TV for Netflix is “more of a notion than a reality,” says the Time Warner CEO.

Discussion: Deadline.com, Multichannel News, @thr and MediaPost

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Report: Apple planning to introduce locally targeted ads, additional non-music content to iTunes Radio — According to a new report from The Information, Apple is planning to offer “locally targeted advertising” to users through its iTunes Radio platform sometime this year.

Discussion: Engadget, Marketing Land, MacRumors, AppleInsider and The Information