Top News:
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones scooping Megyn Kelly proves, once again, that the mainstream media is not prepared to cover pro-Tump trolls — Thursday evening, Alex Jones dropped a bomb on Twitter. After a week of roiling controversy surrounding the conspiracy theorist's upcoming interview with Megyn Kelly …
Discussion:
New York Times, YouTube, Infowars, Media Matters for America, @mattdpearce, CNNMoney, @dangillmor, @timcast, @anamariecox, @jasonhirschhorn, @mattmfm, The Wrap, Business Insider, AOL, Columbia Journalism Review, @jamilsmith, @brianstelter, Poynter, Fortune, The Wrap, @koviebiakolo, @joshsternberg, @buzzfeedben, @owillis, @cwarzel, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @cernovich, @cwarzel and HuffPost
RELATED:
Hartford Courant:
Memo: WVIT, an NBC station in Connecticut near the location of the Sandy Hook shooting, won't air Megyn Kelly interview of Alex Jones — The conservative radio personality has dismissed the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax. — Connecticut's NBC station will not air …
Discussion:
TVNewser, The Hill, Politicus USA, Mediaite, Associated Press, @yashar, @yashar, Infowars, @sandyhook, @ericasmegs, The Wrap and TVSpy
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Sources: NBC reworked Megyn Kelly's show with Alex Jones after backlash, with Kelly inviting Sandy Hook parents on air; one said yes, but others refused — MORE FROM: … Megyn Kelly has completely overhauled her Sunday night show featuring Alex Jones, inviting Sandy Hook families …
Discussion:
Media Matters for America, @mlcalderone, Variety, The Daily Beast, @glennf, @warrenleighttv, @nelba_mg, Hollywood Reporter, Infowars, FTVLive, @nelba_mg, @nelba_mg, @nelba_mg and The Week
Hollywood Reporter:
Alex Jones releases secretly recorded audio of his pre-interview conversation with Megan Kelly ahead of official airing Sunday
Discussion:
@dewsnewz, Variety, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, FOX 61, Decider, Newser, Infowars, @jeffgiesea, HuffPost, Mediaite, Deadline, @hadas_gold, @jamilsmith, @andylassner, @jpodhoretz, @ericasmegs, @ericasmegs and Variety
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Apple hires Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, two of Sony's top TV executives, to lead push into original video programming — Sony's Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg will head up video programming, reporting to Eddy Cue. — For years, Hollywood has heard rumors that Apple might want to make its own TV shows and movies.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, Los Angeles Times, Light Reading, Mashable, @mgsiegler, Ad Age, Quartz, East Bay Times, Financial Times, iDrop, BGR, Axios, Engadget, Business Insider, Seeking Alpha, 9to5Mac, @pkafka, Broadcasting & Cable, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, MacStories, @srabil, @mochi_wsj, @jbflint, @alexweprin, @pkafka, MacRumors, Journal Finance, MarketWatch, Deadline and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Newsweek:
Producers of Risk, a documentary about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, condemn cease and desist letter from WikiLeaks lawyers to distributors — We are the producers of Risk , a documentary film about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. — We unequivocally defend WikiLeaks' journalistic right to publish true and newsworthy information.
Discussion:
IndieWire, @josephfcox, @evacide, @charliearchy and wsws.org
J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
Founder of Ambrosia, which offers young blood to older people, changed his story about interest from Thiel Capital, 9 months after going on the record about it — When Inc. magazine's Jeff Bercovici reported last August that billionaire Trump-supporter Peter Thiel had repeatedly expressed interest …
Discussion:
@susie_c, @evepeyser, @sarahbuhr, @jeffbercovici, @jeffbercovici, @max_read, @jeffbercovici, @snowden and TechCrunch
Clio Chang / New Republic:
The decision to create The Lily bolsters the idea that millennial women are less intelligent and less curious than the rest of The Washington Post's readers — The Lily, a website for women readers produced by The Washington Post, raises new questions about a very popular media genre.
Discussion:
@megamoira, @cliomiso, @lmlauramarsh, @onesarahjones, @abbyabrams, @tajhalanier, @supriyan, @charoshane, @jo_livingstone and @cliomiso
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Seeso, NBCUniversal's comedy streaming service, has a “handful” of layoffs amid reassessment of business model — There have been layoffs at Seeso, whose business model is currently being reassessed and is expected to change. The cuts are said to impact a handful of employees …
Discussion:
Variety, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Splitsider, Tubefilter and Decider
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of the Pinckneyville Press, a hyperlocal weekly with an 11-person staff and readership of just 1,800, known for its investigative scoops — 1451 WORDS — Via Pixabay — SINCE JEFF EGBERT STARTED PUBLISHING the Pinckneyville Press eight years ago, the southern Illinois weekly …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Top EU court rules that ISPs can be ordered to block The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites — In 2014, The Court of The Hague handed down its decision in a long running case which had previously forced two Dutch ISPs, Ziggo and XS4ALL, to block The Pirate Bay.
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Court of Justice …, Ars Technica UK, @eucourtpress, TorrentFreak, Engadget, Multichannel News and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Emma Carmichael is stepping down as editor in chief of Jezebel, the third woman in leadership to leave GMG in three months — Emma Carmichael, the editor in chief of Jezebel, announced on Friday that she's stepping down from that position next month. — “This has been the hardest decision …
Discussion:
@emmacargo
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
IBB Consulting study: almost half of US broadband customers subscribe to at least one OTT video service — About one-third take two, and 18% subscribe to more than three, IBB survey finds … Reflecting the surge in consumer adoption and volume of subscription VOD services …
Discussion:
@thebauminator
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 — 
