Top News:
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump administration ramps up efforts to control media by giving preferential access to friendly outlets and excluding others — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration “can get around the media when the media doesn't tell the truth, so I like that.”
Discussion:
New York Times, Telegraph, @davidmpaine, @hunterw, @brianstelter, @mediaite, @oliverdarcy, Mediaite, PEN America, The Week and Washington Post
RELATED:
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is a major investor in IJR, which got exclusive access to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week — Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is an investor in Independent Journal Review, a social media-geared site for young conservatives.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Media Matters for America, @nick_ayers, The Independent, PEN America and iMediaEthics
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson excludes pool reporter representing US networks from DMZ meeting, allowing a team from Fox News to be admitted instead — During his trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson excluded the pool reporter representing U.S. networks …
Discussion:
The Korea Heald, Poynter, The Huffington Post, twitchy.com, @chrislhayes, @mlcalderone, @penamerican, @stevesilberman, @brucebartlett and @poynter
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
FBI arrests person who allegedly tweeted seizure-inducing strobe at Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald — An arrest has been made three months after someone tweeted a seizure-inducing strobe at writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald. The Dallas FBI confirmed the arrest to The Verge today …
Discussion:
New York Times, Gizmodo, The Huffington Post, @kurteichenwald, @kurteichenwald, @kurteichenwald, Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, @verge, CBS Dallas, @mtracey, @passantino, @tomjunod, Engadget, Mediaite, Raw Story, @kurteichenwald, Vocativ, CNET, twitchy.com, Newser, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, @kurteichenwald and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »
Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider:
Chance the Rapper says Apple paid him $500K “plus a commercial” to exclusively stream his album Coloring Book on Apple Music for two weeks — After some criticism about the artist's integrity and independence, Chance the Rapper made a series of tweets and revealed …
Discussion:
@chancetherapper, @chancetherapper, The FADER, Engadget, Recode, MacRumors, hypebot, Forbes, Mashable, Consequence of Sound, Rap-Up, Billboard, New York Times, The Verge, 9to5Mac and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Roy Greenslade / The Guardian:
George Osborne's appointment as editor of the Evening Standard shows media owners' comfort with overt Tory partisanship, with disturbing democratic implications — George Osborne's appointment as editor of London Evening Standard confirms a trend with disturbing democratic implications
Discussion:
@adambienkov
RELATED:
BBC:
George Osborne, Conservative MP, has been appointed editor of the London Evening Standard; he intends to stay on as MP in new role
Discussion:
The Guardian, New York Times, The Guardian, London Evening Standard, Telegraph, The Drum, Press Gazette, @jamesrbuk, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, @shashj, @georgeeaton, @jimwaterson, @peston, @fleetstreetfox, @iamtimdowling, Dailystar.co.uk, Telegraph, @jasoncowleyns, City A.M. and The Sun
The Guardian:
UK unit of ad agency Havas, which spends about $217M/year, joins British gov't in pulling ads from Google and YouTube after ads run next to extremist content — Havas becomes first major global marketing company to pull entire ad spend after talks with tech company break down
Discussion:
Forbes, The Times & The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Business Insider, Business Insider, Google, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, The Drum, The Guardian, Mashable, The Drum, @yannickbollore, CNBC, Ad Age, Fortune, Adweek, Engadget, The Independent, Sky News, Financial Times, Adweek, Marketing Land, @charlesarthur, @glenngabe, Reuters, The Drum, @larakiara, @marksweney, BetaNews, Business Insider and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
The Association of National Advertisers calls for independent ad data audits at Amazon, Foursquare, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat and Twitter — Amazon, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Foursquare were all put on notice by an advertiser group demanding they open up their walled gardens.
Discussion:
Adweek, AgencySpy, @adage and @media_sense
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
37 publishers have signed up for CrossCheck, spearheaded by non-profit First Draft News, as newsrooms put aside competitiveness in favor of collaboration — Three-week-old fact-checking coalition CrossCheck is gaining steam. — A total of 37 publishers are signed up to the project, spearheaded by non-profit First Draft News.
Discussion:
@digiday, us12.campaign-archive2.com, @dangillmor, @marklittlenews, @lheron, @mrjohncrowley, @shansquared and @fedecherubini
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
An analysis of four NJ weeklies bought by Gannett last year found they now include fewer and less substantive community news articles — When Gannett bought North Jersey Media Group last year, devotees of the family-owned company's newspapers worried how a national media giant would tread on their local media turf.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and Columbia Journalism Review
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Guardian features editor Jessica Reed on the publication's attempt to stem politically polarized news and offer both liberal and conservative positions — It is by now conventional wisdom that the victory of Donald Trump amounted to a massive miss by the mainstream media.
Discussion:
The Guardian
Josh Russell / Courthouse News Service:
NYT brings a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice, seeking records on legal reviews of Trump's executive orders, son-in-law's role, emoluments clause — MANHATTAN (CN) - The New York Times brought a federal lawsuit to force the Justice Department to hand over records about its legal reviews …
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
