Top News:
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Spotify announces new version with podcasts, video, and playlists tailored for listener's day — Spotify Introduces Video Clips, Podcasts, And Activity-Based Playlists — Spotify has just unveiled the newest version of the product at a media event here in New York City.
Discussion:
Spotify Press, New York Times, The Independent, AdAge, Fortune, Re/code, The Verge, The Wrap, VentureBeat, Wired, PRNewser, hypebot, Billboard, AdExchanger, Media & Entertainment, PC Pro, Associated Press, Adweek, BBC, US News, The Verge, CNBC, PC Magazine, Refinery29, Bloomberg Business, Engadget and The Next Web
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Ex-Gawker EIC A.J. Daulerio fires entire editorial staff of new site Ratter, planned as a local news site with a “tabloid sensibility”, now plans a “pivot” — Ex-Gawker Editor A.J. Daulerio ‘Pivots,’ Eliminates Editorial Staff of New Site
Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
How Al Jazeera America Went from a Home for Idealists to a Sexist Mess — On the morning of May 6, two manholes near Penn Station in Manhattan exploded in succession, spooking pedestrians and temporarily snarling traffic on 8th Avenue as investigators scratched their heads.
Discussion:
@taliawhyte, @tomgara, @thekarami, @mattdamours and @max_read
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
TechCrunch co-editor Alexia Tsotsis leaves to study at Stanford Graduate School of Business; Matthew Panzarino to continue as editor — TechCrunch's Top Editor Tsotsis Steps Down — Alexia Tsotsis will be stepping down from her high-profile job as co-editor of TechCrunch today.
Discussion:
Gawker, TechCrunch, @panzer, @fmanjoo, @martinsfp, @caseynewton and Talking Biz News
Bloomberg Business:
David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, owns over 4K hours of vintage comedy footage that may become streaming video — On Letterman's Next Top 10 List: What to Do With All That Content — 4,000 Hours of Classic Comedy That Could Become Streaming Video — $43.6B
Discussion:
Mediaite, Mediaite, The New York Observer, Variety, Rolling Stone, /Film, CNNMoney, USA Today, Hollywood Reporter, Media & Entertainment and Wall Street Journal
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
USA Today's Editor-in-Chief David Callaway talks about buyouts, staff changes, and mid-summer split of Gannett newspapers and broadcast divisions — USA Today's Callaway says he won't disappear in spin-off — USA Today editor in chief David Callaway criticized an item describing an exodus …
Discussion:
AdAge and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Techmeme adds an author leaderboard, introduces a linking-based metric to rank by “Leadership” — Today we've expanded our Leaderboard page to offer four lists instead of one. In addition to ranking publications, we now rank authors. On top of that, we've introduced a second ranking method …
Discussion:
@tonyromm, Poynter, @dannysullivan, @anthonyha, @mathewi, @jguynn, @panzer, @mikeisaac, @mathewi and @jeffjohnroberts
Claire Wardle / BBC Academy:
Researchers analyze newsroom use of media from eyewitnesses, find lack of standard practices, conclude newsrooms are risking reputational damage — Eyewitness media and news: It's still a Wild West out there — is research director at the Tow Center @cward1e
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
How Comcast lost friends, its influence, and the bid for Time Warner Cable — “Life is like a box of chocolates,” Brian Roberts tells the crowd. Avuncular and bespectacled, the 55-year-old CEO looks like he might begin dispensing some homespun Hollywood wisdom any second …
Joshua Eaton / PRI:
In Tibet, bloggers post at their own risk — These are treacherous days for anyone in China who dares to publicly criticize government policy, especially when it comes to Beijing's handling the troubled ethnic minority regions of Tibet. — A Tibetan blogger named Druklo is one of the latest people to find that out the hard way.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times, Washington Post, Vox, and others retract or add notes to posts based on fraudulent research in the journal Science — Vox retracts story based on fraudulent research — At least two news organizations have re-examined stories based on fraudulent research published in the academic journal …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Study: DC insiders trust beltway publications most, read newsletters first thing in the morning; LinkedIn tops social media sites — Study: D.C. insiders trust media more — Washington insiders are trusting the media more, though they are sometimes overwhelmed by it …
Discussion:
FishbowlDC and @lexalexander
Bloomberg Business:
Time Warner Cable Said to Get Takeover Approach From Altice — Time Warner Cable Inc., whose merger with Comcast Corp. was called off last month, has received a takeover approach from French billionaire Patrick Drahi's Altice SA, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
Discussion:
Deadline, Bloomberg View and Business Insider
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