Mediagazer: ProPublica added a warning to its Prescriber Checkup database because analytics showed some visitors may have been seeking easy access to opioids (Erica Berry/Columbia Journalism Review)

4:50 AM ET, May 19, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Zuckerberg meets with conservative leaders, calls for conversation to rebuild trust following concerns about bias in Trending Topics — A-list conservative commentators and leaders did a lot of talking and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did a lot of listening at an unusual meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

Discussion: Facebook, The Wrap, Mediaite, CBS News, New York Times, The Hill, The Hill, Recode, Breitbart, @mikeisaac, @hadas_gold, NBC News, Politico, Bloomberg, Fortune, BuzzFeed, Fast Company, @hadas_gold, @chrislhayes, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, TIME, Recode, The Week, USA Today and Fox News

Meghan McCarthy / Morning Consult:

Poll of 2K voters under age 45: 25% read about Facebook Trending controversy, 47% were comfortable with social media sites picking news — Nearly half of Americans in our most recent national poll have heard about Facebook allegedly suppressing conservative news stories on their platform.

Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Dot and The Huffington Post

Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:

Tribune Publishing laying off up to 200 IT employees, shifts work to India's Tata Consultancy — Tribune Publishing Co., a major newspaper chain, is laying off as many as 200 IT employees as it shifts work overseas. — The firm, which owns the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun …

Discussion: LA Observed

Poynter:

Oaktree Capital, Tribune Publishing's second-largest shareholder, warns Tribune board that spurning Gannett would destroy shareholder value — Oaktree Capital, the No. 2 shareholder for Tribune Publishing, warned Tribune's board Wednesday afternoon that spurning a takeover bid from Gannett would “destroy enormous shareholder value.”

Discussion: Variety, Forbes and Chicago Business

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Source: Guardian disbands six-strong team of investigative reporters as journalists told to find other roles — The Guardian is looking to break up its current investigations team - with reporters told to look for other journalism roles in the organisation.

Discussion: @omen_syria, @jamesrbuk, @kfordbloke, @alisonw, @earthling70, @anth0ny_ward, @henrytojones, @tallgeekychap, @tallgeekychap and @julesmattsson

Ian Burrell / London Evening Standard:
Inside the Guardian's feuding, factionalism, and financial problems

Discussion: Politico, @bethrigby, @durranimix, @petedigger and @jolyonmaugham

Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:

Turkish journalist Arzu Yildiz gets 20-month jail sentence, loses guardianship of her children after conviction for uploading video in 2015 — A Turkish journalist has been sentenced to 20 months in jail and stripped of legal rights over her children for breaching the confidentiality of a court case …

Discussion: Middle East Eye

Wall Street Journal:
German Court Bans Bulk of Satirical Poem About Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Charter purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House complete, Spectrum brand name to be phased in — A Time Warner Cable truck in New York. Charter Communications has completed its purchase of the provider and plans to phase out the name. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Erica Berry / Columbia Journalism Review:

ProPublica added a warning to its Prescriber Checkup database because analytics showed some visitors may have been seeking easy access to opioids — From the possibility of terrorists using encrypted apps to file-sharing software co-opted for pirated media, the gatekeepers of new technology …

Discussion: www.wnyc.org

Dietmar Schantin / INMA:

Indian newspapers use localized editions to keep the value of print while digital focus is on social media engagement — India's second-largest print newspaper has 146 highly localised editions and is fiercely competitive with staying on the cutting edge of media trends, both of which have helped it succeed in the digital age.

Discussion: Nieman Lab and TechCrunch

Sam Magdy / Associated Press:

Egypt drafts media law requiring $50K in capital, threatening independent online startups — CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian journalists said Wednesday that a new draft bill regulating the media would likely bring the demise of dozens of low-budget, online media outlets serving as a refuge …

Financial Times:

UK press regulator IPSO rules The Sun's “Queen backs Brexit” headline was “significantly misleading” — The Sun has been rebuked by the biggest UK press regulator over the headline of the tabloid's front-page story in March declaring that the ‘Queen Backs Brexit’.

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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Source: Viacom board votes to stop paying Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone, who received $2M in 2015, after legal fight raised questions about competency — Move comes in the wake of a legal fight that raised questions about his mental capacity — The Viacom board of directors voted Wednesday …

Discussion: CNNMoney, New York Times, Radio & Television …, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, AllAccess.com and Fortune

The New York Times Company:

Elizabeth Spayd, CJR editor and publisher, named as New York Times public editor, to begin in summer — Elizabeth Spayd has been named public editor of The New York Times, it was announced today by Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., The Times's publisher. Ms. Spayd will join The Times later this summer …

Jessa Crispin / Guardian:

The online books community that Bookslut joined was driven by goodwill, not money, and that culture has gone — The books community that my site joined was driven by enthusiasm not clicks, goodwill and not money - and that culture has gone — miss the internet. I know that, technically, the internet still exists.

Discussion: @adamwestbrook, @sarahwarn and @vintagebooks