Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:05 PM ET, June 5, 2018

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
News Corp:
The Wall Street Journal's EIC Gerard Baker is stepping down and will become editor at large, to be replaced by Matt Murray, currently executive editor  —  Matt Murray has been named Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, succeeding Gerard Baker …
RELATED:
Kali Hays / WWD:
The Wall Street Journal's desk editors have been told they need to reapply for their positions, amid the newsroom's continued restructure  —  The Wall Street Journal is still reorganizing its newsroom and editors are taking the brunt of it.  Members of The Journal's deep bench of desk editors …
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Fox News apologizes for using misleading pictures of Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, during segment about White House visit and anthem protest  —  Mayor: Trump ‘childish’ for nixing Eagles' visit  —  Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network's use …
Pew Research Center:
Pew study: 68% of Americans say they feel overwhelmed by the amount of news available, with the number rising to 77% among Republicans  —  If you feel like there is too much news and you can't keep up, you are not alone.  A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is …
TMZ.com:
Sources: ABC executives are keen to do a spin-off show of “Roseanne”, with an announcement possibly imminent  —  ABC wants to move forward with a second reboot of “Roseanne” and we're told an announcement could be imminent.  —  Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ …
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson as its co-chief operating officers on Monday as part of a reorg, which also sees four execs leaving  —  (Reuters) - Financial news and information company Thomson Reuters (TRI.N)(TRI.TO) named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of independent music journalist Zachary Stoner on May 30 in Chicago and calls for thorough investigation  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of independent music journalist Zachary Stoner …
Discussion: Associated Press and Poynter
Janko Rottgers / Variety:
Spotify registers with the FCC, a prerequisite to making hardware with wireless capabilities  —  Spotify really does want to make its own hardware: The company registered with the FCC Tuesday, a key prerequisite to getting devices approved for use in the U.S. Previous reports pointed to plans …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK trade body Association for Online Publishing, which represents Condé Nast and The Guardian, says its members lost £13.7M due to ad-blocking in 2017  —  Publishers in the UK are losing increasing amounts of revenue to ad-blocking despite a year-on-year decline in the rate of blocking, according to new research.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 5:05 PM ET, June 5, 2018.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
John Koblin / New York Times:
Amazon signs a first-look deal with writer, producer, and director Jordan Peele for his TV series
Katherine Cowdrey / The Bookseller:
English PEN says it is reviewing its policies, after family of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia said PEN board member's law firm had harassed her
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Vice strikes deal with UK broadcaster Channel 4 to add 900 hours of programming, including 200 hours of new content, to its on-demand service All4
Max Willens / Digiday:
Podcaster Wondery to fully adopt IAB's new measurement transition; transition sees double-digit percentage drop for downloads amid artificially inflated counts
 Earlier Picks: 
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Amazon hasn't said how many Prime members use Prime Video Channels, which has become a big distributor for OTT networks; networks not worried about ceding power
Sarah Jones / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists discuss the hardships of entering the business with low-income backgrounds and the difficulty in placing stories on poverty and class
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch meddled in Lachlan Murdoch's efforts to oust Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy; Fox News having trouble monetizing pro-Trump coverage
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page