Mediagazer: Q&A with Megyn Kelly, whose new Sunday night NBC show debuts June 4, on forthcoming interviews, the future of Fox News, and more (Dylan Byers/CNNMoney)

4:00 PM ET, June 2, 2017

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In her final column, Liz Spayd says NYT's elimination of public editor position sends “ambiguous signal” and wonders if the paper is growing weary of criticism — There probably hasn't been a time in recent American history when the role of the media was more important than now.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, @dangillmor, @perrybaconjr, @mattgertz, @oliverdarcy, @carlquintanilla, @_cingraham, @dlind, @willoremus, @adamhsays, @kristenhare, @willoremus, @johnjcook, @mathewi, @spaydl, @hadas_gold and iMediaEthics

Kelly McBride / Poynter:

The New York Times erred by ending its public editor position because the job adds credibility in the face of wide efforts to discredit the media — No, New York Times! Not the public editor! Why, with trust in news organizations at an all-time low, would you cut the one position dedicated …

Discussion: Politico, iMediaEthics and Media Matters for America

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

The $5.7B defamation lawsuit brought by Beef Products Inc. against ABC over “pink slime” reports goes to trial in South Dakota on Monday — A journey to South Dakota to hear arguments whether preconceived negative spin in the media should result in massive punishments.

Discussion: @alexweprin, @eriqgardner, @hadas_gold, @eriqgardner, @eriqgardner, @taylorjwofford, @michaelstjames, @emily_cohn and @jo_tovey

Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:

Google's Contributor services now let some publishers ask ad-block users to whitelist sites or pay a small fee per page view to make up for lost ad revenue — Group to launch ‘funding choices’ and charge people through new Contributor service — Read next

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George Slefo / Ad Age:
Google says it will preinstall an ad filter in Chrome starting early 2018 aimed at ads deemed “annoying” by the Coalition for Better Ads

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google will give publishers at least 6 months to prepare for a Chrome-based ad filter coming next year, offering a self-service tool for analyzing ads

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Financial Times, Fortune, Consumerist, MSPoweruser, the Econsultancy blog, BGR, Softpedia News, Ars Technica UK, Axios, ZDNet, Recode, @reneritchie, @film_girl, The Verge, Business Insider, TechCrunch and @mathewi

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

Q&A with Megyn Kelly, whose new Sunday night NBC show debuts June 4, on forthcoming interviews, the future of Fox News, and more — Megyn Kelly in 90 seconds — Megyn Kelly is managing expectations for her move to NBC — up to a point. — “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,” …

Callum Borchers / Washington Post:

Tax experts question relationship between DailyCaller.com and nonprofit Daily Caller News Foundation, which produces most of the content for the site — The Daily Caller is a media success story, a conservative news site that in seven years of existence has become one of the most called-upon outlets …

Discussion: EXPOSEDbyCMD, Observer, @byamberphillips, @byamberphillips, @callumborchers, @sue_sullivan and Wonkette

Richard Horgan / Adweek:

Lifehacker makes new hires and launches parenting site Offspring, the second vertical launched in 2017 by Gizmodo Media Group — The first big content stamp applied by new EIC Melissa Kirsch — A couple of weeks before the Memorial Day weekend holiday, Lifehacker editor in chief Melissa Kirsch sent out the following email to staff.

Discussion: Offspring and @jmrivera02

Max Willens / Digiday:

Refinery29 gets a 63% click-to-open rate on its biggest newsletter, Refinery29 Everywhere, higher than the average rate of 15% for media newsletters — Refinery29 knows how to stand out in its readers' inboxes. Its biggest newsletter, Refinery29 Everywhere, boasts a click-to-open rate of 63 percent …

Discussion: @meena_thiru and @digiday

Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:

Facebook shareholders call on the company to publish a report examining its guidelines around fake news — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg faced sharp criticism Thursday during the company's annual shareholders meeting about how the company operates, deals with violence and handles fake news.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check and Observer

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

The Wall Street Journal is shutting down its standalone What's News app on June 30 with plans to revamp its main news app — The Journal is the latest news organization to build a mobile-first secondary app as a user-interface playground — and then return focus to the core app.

Discussion: @annett_tim, @jbenton, @s_m_i and @s_m_i

Nick Muscavage / MY CENTRAL JERSEY:

New Jersey lawmakers introduce the Civic Information Consortium bill that would allocate $20M from the sale of NJ's public TV licenses to fund local journalism — TRENTON - A bill was introduced in the state Legislature on Thursday that would create a fund to promote innovative journalism and support local journalism in New Jersey.

Discussion: @mathewi, @nmuscavage, @njassemblydems, @freepressaction and Current

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Plex launches Live TV and DVR for all Plex Pass subscribers, supports all free-to-air broadcast channels — Plex is doubling down on its support for capturing over-the-air signals from digital antennas this morning, with the announcement that it will now not only let users record TV programs, it will also allow them to watch live TV.

Discussion: Plex, Gizmodo, BetaNews, Ars Technica UK, MacRumors, VentureBeat, The Verge and Pocket-lint

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EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — Bloomberg

Breaking News Reporter, NY — Guardian US

Harrisburg Reporter, PA — PCBC

Senior Editor - Styles, NY — NYT

Part-time Editor, Remote — Techmeme

Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — Newsweek

Assistant Digital Editor, MA — Boston Globe

Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — NPR

Copy Editor, Remote US — ProPublica

Markets Reporter, NY/CA — Sherwood Media

Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice

Food Reporter, CA — SF Standard

Staff Writer, NV — Las Vegas Weekly

Pharma Editor, Remote — Endpoints

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Politics Reporter, Brussels — Politico

Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — Cap Times

Social Strategy Editor, NY — WSJ

Senior Narrative Editor, CA — Cloud Chamber

Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — The 74

Housing Reporter, OK — The Frontier

Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — Outlier

Writer/Editor, Remote — Mediaite

Multi Media Reporter, NC — Cardinal & Pine

Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — Keene Sentinel

Education Lab Editor, WA — Seattle Times

Senior Editor, Remote US — PCWorld

State Worker Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee

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