Top News:
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Heritage Foundation starts an online site to cover unreported and under-reported news — It's not enough to be a newsmaker these days, as the conservative Heritage Foundation surely has been with its vigorous opposition to federal budget deficits, Obamacare, immigrant “amnesty” and same-sex marriage.
Neil Midgley / Forbes:
BBC News Division To Cut 500 Jobs — I can exclusively report today that the BBC News is preparing to announce 500 more job losses, as part of its ongoing cost-cutting programme, and that industrial action could well follow. Including new cuts to BBC Radio, the corporation is facing a total of between 550 and 600 redundancies.
Discussion:
Guardian, The Huffington Post, @sunny_hundal, @markgsparrow, @breakingnewsuk, @antderosa and @shelleyjofre
Keith Richburg / Poynter:
On eve of Tiananmen anniversary, early optimism pushed aside by press, speech crackdown — Two years ago in China, during the run-up to the Communist Party's ritual changing of the guard, there was a heady mood of expectation that the country's new top leaders might revive long-stalled political reform …
Discussion:
Associated Press and Bloomberg
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Management isn't journalism's strong suit — And running a newsroom is hard and getting harder — Newsrooms have long hired and promoted based on journalistic chops, and often that alone. The problem, of course, is what makes for a great reporter doesn't necessarily make for a great boss.
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Harry McCracken leaves Time after 25 months, “reboots” Technologizer — The Land Beyond TIME — Jon Stewart furrows his brow at a TIME cover story which I wrote with my colleague Lev Grossman — Twenty-five months ago, I became an editor at large at TIME. I'm awfully glad I did.
Discussion:
@mathewi and @thekenyeung, Thanks:@steverubel
Ezra Klein / Vox:
How the American Prospect changed policy journalism — The American Prospect is laying off or losing most of its staff, pulling back its web operations and returning to its roots as a quarterly policy journal. This is deeply sad for those of us who love TAP. But respect must be paid.
Discussion:
Nieman Journalism Lab, @buzzfeedben, @nickconfessore, @patcaldwell, @motherjones, @annielowrey and @ezraklein
Paul Bischoff / Tech in Asia:
Chinese news reader app Today's Headlines secures $100M funding, led by Sequoia Capital — The simple news reader app that's taking China by storm just netted $100 million funding from Sequoia Capital — The developer of Chinese news reader app Today's Headlines () today announced it has secured US$100 million in funding.
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Turner CEO John Martin Sends Internal Memo Signaling Staff Changes, Cost Cutting — Turner Broadcasting CEO John Martin sent a memo to his staff on Monday announcing a new “Turner 2020” initiative and likely staff changes. TheWrap obtained the correspondence, which is posted below.
Discussion:
TVWeek.com, Capital New York, FierceCable, @willmckinley, Wall Street Journal and C21Media
John McDermott / Digiday:
How Vogue is making (a little) money on Instagram — Those in the market for a new scarf — or, for that matter, those who prefer to wear scarves as belts — can now save themselves a trip to the store and buy the Steven Alan item featured below directly from a Vogue Instagram post.
Discussion:
MediaWire Daily, @digiday, @felsull and @mcdermott
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Reddit, Imgur and Boing Boing launch anti-NSA surveillance campaign — The Reset the Net campaign aims to encourage direct action, urging visitors to install privacy and encryption tools — Some of the world's largest websites are planning a coordinated day of action on Thursday to oppose mass surveillance online.
Discussion:
Electronista, TechCrunch, BetaNews and VentureBeat
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
WSJ. Magazine Launching Latin American Edition — WSJ MAG'S GLOBAL TURN: WSJ. Magazine is turning its gaze to Latin America. The title, which is included in The Wall Street Journal 12 times a year, will launch a Latin American edition this fall. Translated in both Portuguese and Spanish …
Discussion:
Virtual-Strategy Magazine and MediaWire Daily
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Hostwriter launches as a platform for journalists to share info, sources, and accommodation — How Hostwriter wants to connect journalists around the world — Journalism is well-known as a competitive industry but there are many cases where working together on a story can reap bigger rewards …