Top News:
Washington Post:
Sources: to defend Donald Trump Jr., GOP operatives are going to try and discredit the reporters covering the story, using conservative media to attack them — The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr …
Discussion:
New York Times, @realdonaldtrump, CNNMoney, Politico, Media Matters for America, @bfriedmandc, Vox, Slate, @aliwatkins, Forbes, Mediaite, CBS News, Vanity Fair, @maggienyt, Reuters, @sarahksilverman, @jamilsmith, The Guardian, @kdfrommi, New York Magazine, @philiprucker, @davidaxelrod, @billkristol, Fusion, Mother Jones, @hadas_gold, The Week, Politicus USA, BuzzFeed, Common Dreams and Miami New Times
RELATED:
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
How pro-Trump media reacted to Donald J. Trump Jr.'s emails, based on internal Slack chatter at Breitbart, Fox broadcasts, and more — Donald Trump Jr. released emails moments before N.Y. Times report — Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of Breitbart London, reacted to the story …
Discussion:
New York Post, @julianassange, CNN, electionlawblog.org, Politico, The Guardian, @dominicholden, Vox, Columbia Journalism Review, @tinyrevolution, New York Times, CNNMoney, New Republic, @cliffordlevy, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Mediaite, @kenvogel, France 24, The Atlantic, @gabrielsherman, Media Matters for America, @raheemkassam, @oliverdarcy, Longreads, @cwarzel, Common Dreams, The Week, BuzzFeed, @igorvolsky, @cwarzel, @dylanbyers, @saramorrison and @cwarzel
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: investigators are examining whether Trump's digital operation, run by Jared Kushner, helped guide Russia's fake news attacks on Clinton in 2016 — WASHINGTON — Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether …
Discussion:
New York Magazine, AOL, @20committee, @tedlieu, @20committee, @ericgarland, @carter_pe, @simonwdc, @ananavarro, @braddjaffy, Mother Jones and The Week
Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Tech giants including Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify, Netflix, and many others are rallying today in support of net neutrality — Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes — Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit …
Discussion:
blog.twitter.com, Broadcasting & Cable, Recode, Adweek, The Hill, @michellemanafy, Ars Technica, Tubefilter, Refinery29, GeekWire, Engadget, The Next Web, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Fortune and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Sparking skeptical responses, AT&T says it will join other tech and media firms in Wednesday's “day of action” protesting rollback of net neutrality rules
Sparking skeptical responses, AT&T says it will join other tech and media firms in Wednesday's “day of action” protesting rollback of net neutrality rules
Discussion:
Verizon Fios & Custom TV, Broadcasting & Cable, Consequence of Sound, Google, AT&T Public Policy, Fight for the Future, Ad Age, Forbes, Recode, @pinboard, USA Today, Multichannel News, New York Times, VentureBeat, Fortune, Yelp, Light Reading, Business Insider, Motherboard, TorrentFreak, Technology Liberation Front, The Verge, DSLreports, The Next Web, Fast Company, The Daily Caller, ZDNet, @nxthompson, MapLight, Internet Creators Guild, Recode, Wired, Techdirt, TechCrunch, @freepress, Business Insider, @tonyromm, @shiraovide, @karlbode, Washington Post and Multichannel News, more at Techmeme »
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model — Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ announces a newsroom reorganization, with Deputy EIC Matt Murray promoted to exec editor; EIC Baker says it's not a “job cutting exercise” — Efforts center on digital, mobile initiatives; Editor in Chief Gerard Baker says newsroom's head count to remain ‘roughly stable’
Discussion:
@cjr, @dylanbyers and @mlcalderone
RELATED:
pulitzer.org:
Senior NYT editor Dana Canedy appointed administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, succeeding Mike Pride — New York, N.Y., July 12, 2017 - Dana Canedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former senior editor at The New York Times, has been named administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Discussion:
@jimschachter, @lasharah, @jimschachter, @niemanfdn, @jdaniszewski, @sulliview and @terencesamuel
RELATED:
Naser Al Wasmi / The National:
Anti-Qatar alliance continues to push for Al Jazeera restrictions as UN rep says closure is “clearly unreasonable” — The UAE sends letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as Bahrain accuses Al Jazeera of normalising extremist ideologies in the region.
Discussion:
The Guardian, bna.bh and The Times of Israel
Natalia Scalzaretto / Reuters:
Google will allow users to post stories, videos, and photos on Google Earth within the next 2-3 years, the project's Director Rebecca Moore said on Tuesday — 2 MIN READ — RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) wants users to post millions of stories, video and photos …
Discussion:
VentureBeat
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
PR reps at news outlets like CNN and BuzzFeed explain how they deal with and respond to Trump's attacks on social media — “We respond to correct the record,” explains a CNN spokesman about the need to push back against the president's attacks. — When Donald Trump lobs a Twitter attack …
Discussion:
AOL
Judith Matloff / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of husband and wife, Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre, who cover the same beat, national security, she for Fox and he for NPR — The phone call came in the middle of the night from a US military source involved in the air campaign against ISIS. It was September 2015 …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Digital publisher Thrillist names Ocean MacAdams, formerly head of GoPro's entertainment division, as its president, replacing co-founder Adam Rich — The one-time MTV executive will oversee video production efforts at the male-skewing online publisher. — Thrillist has tapped …
Discussion:
@natjarv and @bmorrissey