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Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Government employees who share embarrassing information, not journalists, are the real target of President Trump's campaign against leaks — Wars are rarely announced in advance, but President Trump provided an abundance of warning about his intention to wage an assault on journalism.
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@yaeltabouhalkah, @rozen_j, @irregulara, @headhntr and The Daily Caller
Emily Bell / The Guardian:
The New York Times' coverage of the Manchester bombing illustrates the differences between US and UK reporting cultures — When it comes to making decisions about national security coverage, US journalism follows a different set of priorities — he New York Times last week attracted controversy …
Discussion:
New York Times, @sarahludford and Business Insider
Paul Hutcheon / Herald Scotland:
At least 5 Scottish police officers face misconduct investigation after probe into misuse of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to find journalists' sources — AT least five police officers are facing a misconduct investigation after an independent probe into the journalist spying scandal came to a close.
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HeraldScotland and dailyrecord
Andrew O'Hagan / London Review of Books:
Review of Mail Men, a new book about the UK's Daily Mail, and a stinging critique of Paul Dacre, the paper's current editor — Atlantic, 407 pp, £20.00, March, ISBN 978 1 78239 970 4 — The word c**t was invented by the Norwegians. At first the OED wouldn't have it in its pages …
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@adowniebrazil, @hancocktom and The Guardian
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
FT says that each post on WhatsApp drives a comparable amount of traffic as a post on FT's Twitter account, while 80% of readers via the app are non-subscribers — The Financial Times has been broadcasting stories through WhatsApp for the past year as a way of reaching new readers …
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Traffic to women's magazines over past year as they go digital: Vogue up 25.6%, Teen Vogue up 176%, W nearly doubled, Glamour down 1.6%, Allure up 53% — The most recent comScore data provides a snapshot of the transition to digital. — Legacy media is in a transitional moment …
Eric Knecht / Reuters:
Egypt blocks financial newspaper Al-Boursa and its sister publication, English-language Daily News Egypt, less than a week after blocking 21 other news sites — Egypt has blocked the website of one of its most prominent financial newspapers, the paper's owner said on Sunday …
Discussion:
@ramyraoof, Egyptian Streets and Committee to Protect …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The four key elements of a successful fake news story: emotional appeal, veneer of authority, effective insertion point, and an amplification network — Plus: The faces of a Russian botnet, an alt-right newsletter to subscribe to, and “falsehoods in a forest of facts.”
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Softpedia News and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
Tom Grubisich / Street Fight:
Borrell report details how local media organizations can prosper in the age of Facebook and Google, says publishers and advertisers need to collaborate — Content is king. But newspapers especially should heed the lament of Shakespeare's King Henry IV: “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
Andrea Wenzel / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Curious City, a radio series creating stories from listener questions, and the offline strategy it's using to expand its demographics — A Curious City journalist interviews a community member in Chinatown, Chicago. Photo courtesy of Bill Healy/WBEZ.
Robert Levine / Billboard:
Spotify settles class action suit filed by a group of songwriters over mechanical rights, to set up $43.4M fund as compensation for unpaid royalties — Spotify has reached a settlement with a group of songwriters who had sued for copyright infringement, eliminating an potential complication …
Discussion:
TechCrunch and hypebot, more at Techmeme »
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Breitbart ranked #281 in May according to Alexa, down from #45 in January, while ComScore says the site had 10.7M uniques in April, down from 23M in November — A media business based on attack has been much less successful when forced to defend. — With its former chairman Steve Bannon …
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@brhodes, @adamblickstein, @stphn_lacey, @scalzi, @davidfrum, @noahchestnut, @reaganbattalion and @tripgabriel
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