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10:40 PM ET, May 30, 2016

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Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a public service by whistleblowing but what he did was illegal and harmed U.S. interests  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
New York Times:
Source: Gawker Media faces five defamation-related suits in addition to Hogan's privacy lawsuit; by comparison, The New York Times is facing two libel cases  —  Gawker Media's legal battle with Hulk Hogan over the publication of a sex tape has had wide-ranging impact.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist's first female editor, on increasing the magazine's reach on social media, transitioning to digital, and advertising  —  Zanny Minton Beddoes on new owners, battling Brexit, and making a 173-year-old title work online  —  anny Minton Beddoes' office …
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
The top 5 things news publishers can learn from game publishers: monetization, design process, testing, metrics, introduction of one-click payment for content  —  News publishers have a lot to learn from the gaming industry.  Especially when it comes to testing and promoting apps.
Discussion: @afit and @whatthebit
Agence France-Presse:
New photo emerges of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, missing in Syria, with sign saying “last chance”  —  Tokyo (AFP) - A fresh photo of a Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria last year has emerged online, showing the heavily bearded man holding a sign saying this is his “last chance”.
Discussion: Japan Times, Reuters, Mashable and Newser
H.G. Watson / J-Source:
Transcontinental sells 13 Saskatchewan newspapers and announces layoffs  —  Transcontinental has sold all of its Saskatchewan local newspapers and laid off 35 people from all levels of the company and 30 more from its Saskatoon printing facility.  —  Effective May 30, the Montreal based …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Viacom independent board members vow to fight if ousted and to continue effort to sell minority stake in Paramount  —  Viacom's independent board members are vowing to fight any “legally flawed” effort to oust them from their director seats, and they are urging shareholders to support …
Cleo Stiller / Fusion:
How Playgirl, '70s feminist response to Playboy that reached 1.1M circulation, became a biannual or quarterly publication targeting gay men with 3K subscribers  —  If the success of the Magic Mike and Fifty Shades of Grey franchises have taught us anything, it's that women ~love~ spending …
Discussion: @raju
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's inconsistency seems almost calculated to destroy the accountability that comes with being interviewed  —  A century-old political institution may have met its match.  —  The interview is the Niagara that fills the news ocean.  A quick check of the front page of the New York Times …
Nicholas Sabloff / The Huffington Post:
On fifth anniversary of Huffington Post International's launch, 55% of 200M readers are outside the US, 1500 pieces a day published in 10 languages  —  Today in Toronto we are celebrating two important Huffington Post milestones: the fifth birthday of HuffPost Canada and the fifth anniversary of launching HuffPost internationally.
Discussion: @raju
Ainsley O'Connell / Fast Company:
Inside Verizon's efforts to build a multi-billion dollar media business that can challenge new media giants like Netflix, and why it is vying to buy Yahoo  —  The telecom giant, which is in talks to acquire Yahoo, wants a piece of the digital content revolution.
Discussion: @m_tredicini and @dangillmor
 
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Richard Ackland / Guardian:
Long-running Australian defamation lawsuit could erode confidentiality of reporters' sources
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro faces retaliatory campaign online after reporting about Russia's “troll army”
Howard W French / Guardian:
Former New York Times reporter recounts his experience as black journalist and the racial inequality in media coverage, the newsroom during his 30 years
Nic Christensen / Mumbrella:
60 Minutes Australia founding producer Gerald Stone on botched Lebanon kidnapping story: “greatest misadventure in 37 years”, sacking producer Rice was “unfair”
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Washington Post creates progressive web app that loads pages in 80 milliseconds
Discussion: @robinmacnab and @jimbrady
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
In India, a boom of digital media startups find large audiences, but face familiar business challenges
Discussion: Reuters Institute …
Omar Mohammed / IJNet:
How Tanzanian journalists use WhatsApp to find news and contact people relevant to the story
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Profile of Musical.ly, DIY music video sharing app with 10M daily, 70M registered users, is expanding into live streaming, and is rumored to be raising $100M
Discussion: TechCrunch
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
New York Times launches summer school for high-school students, two weeks of coursework for $4K
Discussion: @austenallred and @whatthebit