Mediagazer: On the front lines of the battle over the press pass (Tom Goldstein/SCOTUSblog)

9:45 AM ET, June 6, 2014

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David Folkenflik / NPR:

‘New York Times’ Editor: Losing Snowden Scoop ‘Really Painful’ — When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden made the fateful decision to share sensitive documents with reporters revealing secret and mass gathering of the metadata associated with the phone calls made by tens …

Discussion: The New York Observer, TechPresident, @moorehn, Lawfare, The Huffington Post, @jayrosen_nyu, @jcstearns, @davidfolkenflik and @blakehounshell

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Titillation or Illumination on The Times's New ‘Sin Beat’? — Mosi Secret's new beat — sin in New York City — has already resulted in a big spread in last Sunday's Metropolitan section, an article in The New York Observer and a lot of Twitter traffic. — It has also resulted in quite …

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Matthew Kassel / The New York Observer:

Meet Mosi Secret, The Times' New Sin and Vice Reporter — Mosi Secret. (Photo via Facebook) — The New York Times sexed up its local coverage this weekend with a long and in-depth story, featured on the front page of the Sunday metro section, on an underground strip club-cum-brothel in the city.

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Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:

Mashable to launch Australian operation poaching Jenni Ryall from News.com.au — Technology and social media news website Mashable is to launch an Australian operation and has appointed News.com.au multimedia editor Jenni Ryall as its editor. — The move was announced overnight and also sees the website …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, AdNews and TheAustralian

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Verizon Threatens Netflix With Legal Action Over Congestion Message — Here's the newest salvo in the Netflix/Verizon fight that blew up yesterday: Verizon is now threatening Netflix with legal action over the messages that Netflix is showing some Verizon subscribers, which blame Verizon for low-quality video streams.

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Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Netflix's Network Congestion Message Rolling Out On All ISPs, Not Just Verizon

Discussion: @danrayburn and DSLreports

Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:

On the front lines of the battle over the press pass — On Wednesday, Amy had a post on a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to permit greater campaign finance regulation. We covered the hearing because the purpose of the amendment …

Discussion: Poynter, New York Times, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor, @timfernholz, @mathewi, @antderosa, rcfp.org and Roll Call

Digital Media Law Project:
US freelancers and photographers more likely to be denied media credentialing, study shows

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Columbia Journalism Review, The Huffington Post, Investigative News Network and dmlp.org

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Lord Coe confirms he is considering applying to be chairman of BBC Trust — Tory peer and London 2012 Olympics boss was approached by government about role last month — Lord Coe has confirmed that he is seriously considering applying to be the next chairman of the BBC Trust.

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Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:

Fairfax to move Pagemasters sub editing contract to New Zealand — Fairfax Media has announced it is ending the sub editing of its newspapers by Pagemasters, in a move that will see up to 40 journalist positions moved from Australian to its New Zealand. — The decision to move the subediting …

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Guardian:

Robert Peston: BBC follows the Daily Mails lead too much — Corporation's editors have a ‘safety-first’ attitude and are obsessed with newspapers' agendas, says economics editor — Robert Peston said a safety-first attitude at the BBC often meant it followed the lead set by newspapers.

Discussion: Guardian and London Evening Standard

Tom Meagher:

Cultural and technical lessons learned while leading the Thunderdome's data team that I never learned at newspapers — Things I never learned at newspapers about making news on the internet — Over 21 months at Thunderdome, we created a lot of great projects, from interactive graphics …

Discussion: @johnrobinson, @tribluke and @dfmthunderdome

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Here's how the recession affected jobs in newsrooms, publishing, advertising, and more — The Upshot has gone chart crazy today, with a new project featuring 255 visualizations of how job markets were influenced by the recession. In the words of New York Times developer and Upshot team member Derek Willis:

Discussion: New York Times, @carr2n, @niemanlab and The Awl

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Dashiell Bennett named editor of The Wire — The Atlantic has named a new editor for its news curation website, The Wire. — News editor Dashiell Bennett has been promoted to the top masthead slot, the company announced today, replacing Gabriel Snyder, who left the company five months ago and now works for Bloomberg Media Group.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The New York Observer, @connorsimpson, @agolis, Politico, MediaWire Daily, FishbowlDC and FishbowlNY

Connor Simpson / The Wire:

The Strange Beneficial/Predatory Relationship Between TMZ and Justin Bieber — The ugly videos showing Justin Bieber saying racist things while he was still a baby-faced teen are apparently going to continue surfacing, though new reports allege TMZ has used the videos to blackmail Bieber into cooperation for years.

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Caysey Welton / Folio:

Ziff Davis Acquires emedia Communications — Move will expand Ziff Davis' email database to more than 20 million. — Ziff Davis, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc., announced it has acquired emedia Communications from Reed Business Information. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:

Aereo Now Chromecast-Ready — Debut Comes After A Brief Delay — Following a brief delay, Aereo announced Thursday that its broadband TV and cloud DVR service now works with the popular Google Chromecast streaming adapter. — The extension, supported on Android-powered devices …

Discussion: Mashable, VentureBeat, Gizmodo and TechCrunch