Mediagazer: Sources: Defy Media, which recently shut down its programmatic ad division, is offering to pay publishers 20% of what the company owes them (Tim Peterson/Digiday)

12:35 PM ET, June 29, 2018

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At least five dead, several others gravely injured in a shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; one suspect in custody — Lt. Ryan Frashure gives an update on a shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis. (Tim Prudente/Baltimore Sun video)

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Jean Marbella / Baltimore Sun:

Rob Hiaasen, a Capital Gazette editor and the brother of Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen, was one of those killed in the Annapolis shooting — Capital Gazette editor Rob Hiaasen has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper. — Rob Hiaasen once wrote a description of his ideal job …

6abc.com:

Police identify the five people killed in Annapolis shooting: Gerald Fischman, Robert Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendi Winters — At a press conference Thursday evening, police identified the victims of a shooting at a Maryland newspaper that occurred earlier in the day.

Baltimore Sun:

Journalist deaths are low in the US, but some worry that they could be targeted as public figures, while recognizing that fear of a shooting is all too common — County Executive Steve Schuh gives an update on the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis. (Eduardo A. Encina/Baltimore Sun video)

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Baltimore Sun:

Sources: police are holding Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, as the suspect in Annapolis shooting; Ramos lost a defamation suit against the Capital Gazette over 2011 story — Police and federal agents gathered late Thursday outside the address of 38-year-old Jarrod W. Ramos, who is being held as the suspect …

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J. Freedom du Lac / Washington Post:

Capital Gazette publishes paper the day after the shooting with only 56 words on the editorial page, starting with “Today, we are speechless” — On the morning after the unfathomable tragedy in its Annapolis newsroom, the Capital Gazette somehow published a newspaper.

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Juliette Verlaque / The Wrap:
After Annapolis shooting, Milo Yiannopoulos says his comment that he can't wait for people “to start gunning journalists down” was a joke and deflects blame

Discussion: Southern Poverty Law Center, Mediaite, @spsullivan, @scottshanenyt, @alyssa_milano, USA Today and The Hill

David Beard / Poynter:

News outlets in the US, Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala partner to gather information on detained, separated children via tip lines and secure messaging — The newsrooms are in the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. — Frustrated at the Trump administration's limited information …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @propublica, @owillis, @propublica and BuzzFeed

BBC:

Carrie Gracie receives apology and back pay from the BBC, which she is donating to a women's rights charity: “today I can say at the BBC I am equal” — The BBC has apologised to news presenter Carrie Gracie for underpaying her and says it “has now put this right” by giving her back pay.

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Tim Peterson / Digiday:

Sources: Defy Media, which recently shut down its programmatic ad division, is offering to pay publishers 20% of what the company owes them — Defy Media is trying to bargain with companies that claim the media company's ad network business owes them money, three of them said.

Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

Sources: 44 staffers from former Gawker Media sites including Jezebel, Gizmodo, and Deadspin have taken buyouts in recent weeks, with no layoffs for now — A total of 44 staffers will leave Gizmodo Media Group as part of new budget cuts mandated by the group's parent company Univision.

Discussion: @gmgunion, @maxwelltani, Adweek, @samitsarkar and @jamilahking

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

DC Entertainment opens signups for its subscription service, coming this fall with a library of movies and shows, both old and new, and access to digital comics — DC Entertainment is sharing more information today about DC Universe, a subscription service built around DC superheroes.

Discussion: MediaPost, Publishers Weekly, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Variety and The Wrap

Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:

Spotify takes Viva Latino!, one of its key global playlists, to the live stage with a tour as part of a continuing move into live music promotion — The MBW Review offers our take on some of the music biz's biggest recent goings-on. This time, we run down a flurry of live event announcements …

Sahil Patel / Digiday:

Verizon is shutting down go90; sources say it will be discontinued by July 31 and that shows and all content rights will be returned to production partners — Verizon is finally calling it quits on its expensive mobile video bet, Go90. — The wireless communications giant is shutting …

Discussion: Variety, MediaPost, The Verge, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, Ad Age, @thegoalkeeper, TechCrunch, Broadcasting & Cable, Fast Company, The Wrap and @lucas_shaw, more at Techmeme »

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Major news outlets need to report more deeply, with open minds as the nation changes, to avoid missing the rise of candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — America is changed. Politics is transformed. — But how much has Big Media adjusted? — Not nearly enough.

Discussion: @eillieanzi, @katzonearth and Slate

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Jill Abramson calls for a course correction at NYT, citing political primary coverage and exposé that neglected impact of Ali Watkins' work and the war on leaks

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter makes its Ad Transparency Center, announced before Congressional hearings in October, available to all users — Twitter is unveiling the Ads Transparency Center that it announced back in October. — This comes as Twitter and other online platforms have faced growing political scrutiny around …

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Anna Hensel / VentureBeat:
Facebook rolls out a button users can click to see the ads a Page is running, even if not targeted to the user, across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger

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