Mediagazer: The New York Times built a robot to help make article tagging easier (Justin Ellis/Nieman Lab)

6:50 PM ET, August 2, 2015

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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

A look at the Washington Post's Knowledge Map, which provides context within articles, and how it could work in the future — How The Washington Post built — and will be building on — its “Knowledge Map” feature — Say you're reading a long story — one that picks up on a lot …

Discussion: @storyneedle, @swatigauri and Washington Post

Lucy Dalglish / Philip Merrill College of Journalism:

American Journalism Review to cease publication; archives and site to remain available — AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW TO CEASE ONLINE PUBLICATION — COLLEGE PARK, Md. - American Journalism Review will no longer be published by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Discussion: The Buttry Diary, Poynter, @sdkstl, @chadsinclair, @dennisedit, @stevebuttry, @pottsmark, @jbenton, @jbenton, @sdkstl, @jbenton, @smussenden, @dangillmor and LA Observed

Brendan James / International Business Times:

Salon.com Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff — The liberal website Salon.com on Friday recognized its editorial staffers' request to form a union late Friday, ending a monthlong standoff between writers and managers at the 20-year-old publication, International Business Times has learned.

Discussion: Writers Guild of America East, @joanwalsh, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Gawker, @deep_beige and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:

Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa found dead in capital — Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz — A photographer for an investigative magazine who fled his home state …

Discussion: VICE News, Fox News, NPR, Voice of America, Sputnik International, DW.COM, Reuters, BREITBART.COM, KRGV-TV and euronews

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

Relativity Media bankruptcy docs show it posted a loss over last 3 years: $23M on $506M in revenue in 2014, $135M on $379M in 2013, $85M on $331M in 2012 — New Relativity Details: Studio Lost $135 Million in 2013 (Exclusive) — As the Relativity Media bankruptcy continues to play out …

Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:

The New York Times built a robot to help make article tagging easier — If you write online, you know that a final, tedious part of the process is adding tags to your story before sending it out to the wider world. — Tags and keywords in articles help readers dig deeper into related stories and topics …

David Byrne / New York Times:

Music labels and streaming services need to be more transparent about how they split money — Open the Music Industry's Black Box — THIS should be the greatest time for music in history — more of it is being found, made, distributed and listened to than ever before.

Discussion: Business Insider, @veganzulal, @mikeisaac, @pkafka, @pkafka, @felixsalmon and @felixsalmon

Brian Rohan / Associated Press:

Egypt court postpones Al Jazeera journalists' retrial verdict again, now set for August 29 — Egypt court postpones Al-Jazeera English verdict to Aug. 29 — CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Sunday again postponed announcing a verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists …

Discussion: Cairo Post, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, @mffahmy11 and Agence France-Presse

Nicole Frankenhauser / WAN-IFRA:

How the BBC is using WhatsApp to boost engagement — “We very much started from a completely blank page because there weren't any other news organisations doing this stuff at the time. We didn't have anything to compare ourselves against or to see what was working elsewhere or not working …

Bill Carter / Hollywood Reporter:

How Jon Stewart Changed Media (and Made Megyn Kelly Cry) — On Nov. 4, 2008, the night Barack Obama was elected president, I was sitting with the audience of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart in its studio on the west side of Manhattan. No one would have been gobsmacked by the rooting interests …

Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

Rite Aid and Food Lion to shield Cosmopolitan magazine covers to hide sexual content following “Cosmo Harms Minors” campaign spearheaded by Victoria Hearst — Cosmopolitan Magazine Covers to Be Shielded by 2 Retailers — Is Cosmopolitan so racy it needs to be covered up?

Discussion: WWD, Fashionista, Fox Business, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Mail, The Huffington Post and The Week

Ben Mook / Current:

American Public Media Group lays off 10 in Minnesota, ends Wits radio show, finalizes sale of South Florida stations — American Public Media Group lays off 10 in newsroom, cancels ‘Wits’ — Comedian Patton Oswalt evokes the Karate Kid in a 2013 appearance on Wits. The show announced its cancellation this week.

Discussion: Star Tribune and MinnPost