Top News:
Julien Girault / Agence France-Presse:
China seeks to wipe Tiananmen from popular memory — Beijing (AFP) - China's vast censorship machine does its utmost to wipe the slightest reference to the Tiananmen crackdown from books, television and the Internet, scrubbing the issue from public discussion and even from the minds of its younger generation.
Discussion:
TVNewser, Techdirt, Quartz, Washington Post, @antderosa and The New Yorker Blog
RELATED:
Joseph Weber / Washington Post:
Chinese journalists are beginning to fight their government's censorship
Discussion:
Kirk LaPointe's … and Columbia Journalism Review
Rose Powell / Sydney Morning Herald:
Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary: China chokes Google, social chatter
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Arirang, @apixelshort, BBC, Channel 4, @dumblydore, New York Times, Bloomberg, Forbes and Tech in Asia
Molly Wood / New York Times:
Report: Online TV viewing up 246% over last year, outpacing online video, up 43% — TV Apps Are Soaring in Popularity, Report Says — When it comes to online video, people may not want to cut the cord. Instead, they want to take the cord with them. People are streaming broadcast television …
Discussion:
CMO.com, The Verge, HotHardware.com News, PandoDaily, @mollywood, MetaFilter and VideoNuze Analysis
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Nags Another New Partner, Blaming Verizon for Slow Streams — Earlier this year, Netflix signed a Web traffic deal with Comcast, then complained about it. — Here's a new version of the story: In April, Netflix signed a Web traffic deal with Verizon.
Discussion:
@yurivictor, @jsf33, Businessweek, BTIG Research, TIME, Consumerist, Multichannel News, CNET, @yurivictor, Electronista, @xpangler, Mashable, @pkafka, Variety, Gizmodo, Quartz, The Verge, DSLreports, Business Insider and The Week
Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
NYT launches NYT Opinion, a $6/month subscription and app for op-eds, editorials, and curated online commentary — Announcing NYT Opinion — Today, I'm proud to say, we are launching NYT Opinion. It's the first time we have offered a stand-alone subscription to all of The New York …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, TechCrunch, New York Times, The Awl, Capital New York, The Atlantic Online, @felixsalmon, @nycjim, New York Times, The Next Web, @henryctaylor, @yancyfaith, @edmundlee, Gizmodo, Mashable and App Advice
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Kushner's Freedom newspapers lurched from one strategy to another; print focus isn't working — The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's swerves all over the freeway — Pity Aaron Kushner's poor driving instructor. We can easily imagine the then-16-year-old's driving inclinations as he first took the wheel.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Byliner, an Online Publisher of Long-Form Writing, Seeks Partners — Byliner, a company that publishes long, literary journalism and fiction online and as e-books, told its contributors Tuesday that it has been struggling and is seeking partners to ensure its future. — The company started in 2011 with some fanfare.
Discussion:
PandoDaily and Gigaom
Sridhar Pappu / WWD:
Roger Angell, at 93, talks about his five decades at The New Yorker — M: Roger Angell, A Hall-of-Famer at 93 — Roger Angell goes to work almost every day at The New Yorker, where he has been a writer and editor since 1956. Earlier this year, an essay he wrote for the magazine …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
AT&T Says Bulking Up With DirecTV Will Help It Squash Programming Costs — The guys who sell you pay TV say they wish they didn't have to keep raising your rates. It's just that the guys selling pay-TV programming keep raising their rates. — In theory, one way to stop or slow those hikes …
Discussion:
Reuters, Bloomberg, Variety, DSLreports, FierceCable, The Wrap and Broadcasting & Cable
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Hungarian media tax threatens press freedom, says newspaper editor — Media companies in Hungary are alarmed by a proposal to impose a tax on advertising revenues, arguing that it threatens press freedom. — It would tax annual ad revenues in several bands, rising to a maximum rate of 40% on revenues above about £50m.
Marwaan Macan-Markar / Nikkei Asian Review:
Thai coup darkens dawn of digital TV — BANGKOK — Gleaming new television studios across Bangkok were preparing to unveil a slew of fresh programs to launch Thailand's digital broadcasting age. The big day was May 25, when 24 commercial stations, which had invested billions of baht …
Discussion:
nationmultimedia.com and Bangkok Post
Peter Y. Hong / LA Weekly:
At LA Times, Dean Baquet sought out stories that had been killed and resurrected them — At the L.A. Times, Dean Baquet Dispatched a Strike Force to Rescue Stories Held Hostage — In 2000, a few months after Dean Baquet became managing editor of the Los Angeles Times …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Columbia University's Bill Grueskin to join Bloomberg as executive training editor — Bill Grueskin to join Bloomberg L.P. — Bill Grueskin, a Wall Street Journal veteran and academic dean at the Columbia Journalism School, is joining Bloomberg L.P. in a role that will help streamline …
Discussion:
@bgrueskin
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
