Mediagazer: Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes says he's not worried about cord cutters or cable TV consolidation (Paul Bond/Hollywood Reporter)

7:05 PM ET, May 30, 2014

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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 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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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Apple didn't want Beats, it needed Beats

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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.

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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 …

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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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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 …

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 …

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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.

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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 …

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Matt Hardigree / Jalopnik:
Automobile Magazine Cuts Staff And Fires Editor

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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

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 and MediaPost

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.

Associated Press:

France restricts coverage of D-Day anniversary — PARIS (AP) — Millions of viewers worldwide could miss live coverage of the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day next week because the French president's office reversed a decision to grant international news agencies free access to the broadcast.

Discussion: TVNewser, GlobalPost, Poynter and Broadcasting & Cable

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Probably not a surprise: Turns out your boss spends a lot of time in email — reading news — Do you work in a handsome corner office, one with a view? If so, you likely get a lot of your news in your inbox. — Of course, that's true for many non-captains of industry too.

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