Mediagazer: Sources: Unilad founder Alex Partridge wins legal battle against current management that could force sale of site (Sam Shead/Business Insider)

10:20 AM ET, June 7, 2017

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It was OK for Intercept to seek to confirm validity of leaked documents but shouldn't have helped government build a case by revealing location, providing copy — How, exactly, did the FBI zero in on alleged NSA leaker Reality Leigh Winner? Winner, a contractor for the NSA …

Discussion: Errata Security, CNNMoney, Fast Company, @johnjcook, CNNMoney, Mashable and @davidfrum

Edward Snowden / Freedom of the Press Foundation:

Prosecution of a source without weighing the public harm or benefit of a journalistic leak shows the basic flaw in the Espionage Act — The Justice Department released an indictment of twenty five year-old NSA contractor Reality Winner yesterday, just a few hours after the Intercept posted …

Discussion: @trevortimm, @onekade, HuffPost, Common Dreams, @snowden, The Guardian, @chrisgeidner, Motherboard, @mikaelthalen, @petersterne, Mashable and Washington Post

The Intercept:

Intercept statement on FBI affidavit and search warrant for Reality Winner: documents contain unproven assertions, warranting skepticism — On June 5 The Intercept published a story about a top-secret NSA document that was provided to us completely anonymously.

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Reality Winner didn't follow the Intercept's guidelines for leakers, but reporters may have been clumsy in handling the documents

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NBC News:
Source: Reality Leigh Winner is accused of leaking document published by The Intercept

Joe Uchill / The Hill:
WikiLeaks offers a $10K bounty to get Intercept reporter fired for trying to verify leaked report without removing evidence incriminating leaker

Discussion: emptywheel, Mashable, USA Today, AOL, Infowars, @jillfilipovic, Washington Post, @wikileaks, Sputnik International, HuffPost, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, @katzish, Ars Technica and NPR

Knight First Amendment Institute:

In letter, Knight First Amendment Institute demands President unblock Twitter accounts of critics, calling @realDonaldTrump a “designated public forum” — NEW YORK — In a letter sent today to President Trump, the Knight First Amendment Institute asked the President to unblock …

Matt Grubs / Santa Fe Reporter:

Journalist Aaron Cantú indicted by federal grand jury on eight felony counts including rioting while covering Inauguration Day protests in Washington DC — Cantú one of two journalists charged while covering rally-turned-riot — Aaron Cantú, a staff writer at the Santa Fe Reporter …

Discussion: HuffPost, @samadlerbell, Monitor, @adrianchen and BuzzFeed

Maureen Ryan / Variety:

Planet of the Apps review: Apple's foray into original content is “bland, tepid” and a “barely competent knock-off of Shark Tank” — These days, there's an almost endless array of reasons for TV executives to feel anxiety, and for some time, one of the most ulcer-inducing prospects …

Discussion: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Fortune, The Drum, The Next Web, @cheddar and Refinery29, more at Techmeme »

Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
The first episode of Apple's “Planet of the Apps” reality series is available for free on Apple Music; subsequent episodes coming Tuesdays for subscribers

Discussion: Business Insider, The Verge, @planetoftheapps, Engadget, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Wrap and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »

Sam Shead / Business Insider:

Sources: Unilad founder Alex Partridge wins legal battle against current management that could force sale of site — - “Facebook genius” Alex Partridge founded Unilad in 2010. — He gave Liam Harrington and Sam Bentley 66% of the company in 2013, before being ousted out.

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook announces support for closed captions on Live broadcasts, says pubs can create their own via Live API or use a third-party captioning firm — Over 38 million people in the US are deaf or hard-of-hearing, and Facebook wants them to be able to watch the 1 in 5 of its videos that are broadcast live.

Discussion: Facebook, Facebook Media, Adweek, Engadget, Mashable and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »

Christopher Grant / Polygon:

Polygon launches three sites devoted to specific games: The Rift Herald for League of Legends, The Flying Courier for Data 2, and Heroes Never Die for Overwatch — Heroes Never Die, The Rift Herald and The Flying Courier — I've long been frustrated by the traditional gaming press's inability …

Discussion: @ohjefframos, @loudmouthjulia, @lock, @fletchunleashed, @mikemcwhertor and @james_dator

Thomas Baekdal / Baekdal Plus:

Blocking keywords related to Trump on Twitter actually lessens the media bubble by highlighting more varied news — Let me show you a very simple trick to make Twitter about a million times better, and also how to get Twitter ‘back on topic’ so that it can actually be used again as a tool for work.

Discussion: @erikvangameren and @baekdal

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

MediaRadar shows Breitbart ads down nearly 90% in three months with 26 brands advertising in May down from 242 in March — Six months ago, Breitbart was riding the wave of the election, plotting an international expansion to provide a platform to spread far-right, populist views in Europe.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Post, The Wrap, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, @southern_philly, @anthony, Joe.My.God. and @noahmccormack

Jessica Goodfellow / The Drum:

News UK launches team to sell vertical 10-second video ads, repurposing Storyful video and making new video, to work out of commercial division, The Bridge — News UK has launched a vertical video studio which it believes will improve mobile advertising across the web, not just on its own sites.

Discussion: Mobile Marketing Magazine and Talking New Media