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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.
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Bloomberg, @penenberg and The Hill
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New York Times:
Some Silicon Valley luminaries, including Vinod Khosla and Jessica Livingston, express approval for Peter Thiel's tactics against Gawker
Some Silicon Valley luminaries, including Vinod Khosla and Jessica Livingston, express approval for Peter Thiel's tactics against Gawker
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Forbes, The Daily Beast, Observer, @jaycaruso, @bigmeaninternet, @glomarresponder, @profbainbridge, @falamb3, @dorcarvajal, @derekwillis, @robprovince, @blakehounshell, @neontaster, The Week, @harrysiegel, @johndurant, @johndurant, @adamjohnsonnyc, @kickme444, @prashantrao, @carwinb, @crampell, @sama, @nitinkapoor2020, @olivianuzzi, @wexler, @johndurant, @radomysisky, @harrysiegel, The Age, Newser, New York Post, @davidbix, iMediaEthics, @bcappelbaum, The Wrap, @mdudas, @ggreenwald, @dangillmor and @mattocko
Liam Corcoran / NewsWhip:
Facebook likes for web content fell 55%, shares declined 57%, comments down 63% between July 2015 and April 2016, NewsWhip analysis of top 10 publishers shows — We look at the decline in Facebook engagements for major Facebook publishers over the last 12 months, and compare it to the rise of Facebook video.
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One Man & His Blog, MediaShift, @zimbalist and Recode, Thanks:@steverubel
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 …
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One Man & His Blog, @giner and @janebsinger
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”.
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Japan Times, Reuters, Mashable and Newser
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:
@dangillmor
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro faces retaliatory campaign online after reporting about Russia's “troll army” — HELSINKI, Finland — Seeking to shine some light into the dark world of Internet trolls, a journalist with Finland's national broadcaster asked members of her audience …
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@saara_ilo, @markamesexiled, @heidikahkonen, @jessikkaaro, link.springer.com, @heikki_hakala and @ilvestoomas
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 …
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@raju
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.
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@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 …
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@davidcorndc, @penenberg and NPR
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Washington Post produces about 500 stories per day, more than twice the number produced by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or BuzzFeed — A report from mascot boot camp. Michael Phelps's diet. Why trees droop at night. Clinton-Trump poll results.
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@derekwillis, @irecruitdc, @jcstearns and @glennkesslerwp