Top News:
Dayna Evans / Matter:
Former staffer says Gawker Media treats female staffers as if they're invisible, favoring male staffers with story tips and scoops and sometimes pay — On Gawker's Problem With Women — A former staff writer describes how a media company founded on whistleblowing and radical transparency failed its female employees.
Discussion:
Medium, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @bendreyfuss, @seanmcelwee, Alex Pareene, @jessicavalenti, @mims, @caseyjohnston, @libbycwatson, @emmacargo, @tolles, @tcarmody, @morninggloria, @gmpaiella, @madeleinedoux, @madeleine_rae, @lindseyweber, @woodlandalyssa, @lindsayzoladz, @ashleyfeinberg, @thefrenchcritic, @cindygallop, @choire, @joanwalsh, @erikhinton, @noahhurowitz, @thewilderthings, @lpolgreen, @irin, @anildash, @leahbeckmann, @annaholmes, @jayrosen_nyu and @libbycwatson
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
How The Intercept used anonymous Tor whistleblower tool SecureDrop for its prison phone call story — SecureDrop Leak Tool Produces a Massive Trove of Prison Docs — It's been more than two years since the debut of SecureDrop, a piece of software designed to help whistleblowers easily …
Discussion:
Forbes, The Intercept and Techdirt
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Companies Target Journalists With Ads on Facebook — Messages are targeted to people who work at specific media outlets — The next time you see an article about a company or product, consider this: it's possible the author heard about it through a Facebook ad.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Media General rejects Nexstar's $4.1B takeover bid, will start negotiations with company — Media General to Negotiate with Nexstar as Station Group Takeover Fight Heats Up — The Media General station group has formally rejected Nexstar Broadcasting's $4.1 billion acquisition offer …
Discussion:
Media General, Broadcasting & Cable, TVSpy and New York Times
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Channel 4 chief exec warns that sale of broadcaster will jeopardise its journalism, with new owners focusing on short term profits — Channel 4 sale would jeopardise news output, says chief executive — David Abraham says broadcaster likely to be bought by asset-stripping owner …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Bloomberg Gadfly debuts in bid to shake-up financial commentary space — With succinct, newsy commentary about the day's business and financial headlines being churned out by franchises like The Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Street, The Financial Times' Lex and Reuters' Breakingviews …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Poynter, @jayrosen_nyu, @joepompeo, @joepompeo, @jayrosen_nyu, @mathewi, @johngapper, @buzzfeedandrew, Media Wire Daily and Bloomberg Business
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Mic executive editor Madhulika Sikka on expanding tech, science, and health coverage, improving editorial standards, and publishing deeper stories — With a focus on college-educated millennials, Mic's new executive editor wants to improve the site's editorial standards
Discussion:
@jacobdhorowitz and @niemanlab
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Associated Press' Sue Brooks joins Reuters as global head of product — Reuters Names Global Head of Product — Sue Brooks has been named Reuters's global head of product. Brooks comes to the company from The Associated Press, where she most recently served as director of international products and platforms.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources: equity deal talks between Time Warner and Hulu have not progressed very far — Why It Could Get Harder to Watch Your Favorite Shows on Hulu — Could Time Warner buy a piece of Hulu? Maybe. As the Wall Street Journal reported last week , the video site would like Time Warner …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A new initiative called Sahar Speaks offers female Afghan reporters structured media training, mentoring, and publication in Huffington Post — Sahar Speaks, partnered with The Huffington Post, aims to open doors for female reporters from Afghanistan — 22 people killed at a Doctors …
Discussion:
@niemanlab
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
How iHeartRadio And Pandora Are Connecting Campaigns With Latino Voters For 2016 — MIAMI — As thousands of Hispanics packed the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Saturday to watch some of the biggest Latino acts perform including Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, and Don Omar …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels — How Storyful is turning Slack into an extension of its newswire — Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded. The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year …
Discussion:
@aboutmattlaw