Mediagazer: SEC filing: CBS has received subpoenas from New York city and state officials regarding reports of sexual misconduct by former chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)

5:50 AM ET, September 29, 2018

Top News:

Aaron Williams / Washington Post:

A comparison of the lower-third chyrons displayed on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox during the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing sheds light on how they interpreted it — As Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford gave their testimony in a hearing that spanned more than six hours on Thursday …

Discussion: @blewis2080

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Kavanaugh hearings were a rare collective civic moment as every major network suspended regular coverage and people called C-SPAN to share their reactions — The Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh unspooled over nearly nine hours on Thursday …

Discussion: Jezebel, Politico, CNN, Gothamist, Washington Post and CNNMoney

Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News fires contributor Kevin Jackson after tweets calling Kavanaugh accusers “lying skanks” and criticizing Christine Blasey Ford's appearance — Kevin Jackson said that Christine Blasey Ford should stop “opening her legs.” — Radio host and Fox News contributor Kevin Jackson referred …

Discussion: Variety, The Source, Hit & Run, Mediaite, Variety, @slpng_giants, @joeconchatv, The Wrap, @oliverdarcy, Fortune, @jeremymbarr, Newser, The Wrap, The Hill, Boing Boing, Multichannel News, The A.V. Club, The Week and Deadline

Columbia Journalism Review:
The effects of the media pursuit of Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford show the urgent need for journalists to examine their own behavior and ethics

Discussion: Poynter, PolitiFact, @bypetevernon, Vox, 89.3 KPCC, @irin, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, Washington Post, @crmetzler, @chrisannesmith, @fatimabsyed, @michaelsbarajas, @nausjcaa, @akdarrach, @fernandavanegas, @hsinhsuan0720, @hbcompass and @mathewi

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Tow Center study of digital adaption in local news: Google's reach, from AMP to ads, is pervasive, 12% of outlets don't have a website, 80% have a Facebook page — So you want to support local news. But can you even find the subscribe button on the Daily Planet's clunky website to do so?

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

SEC filing: CBS has received subpoenas from New York city and state officials regarding reports of sexual misconduct by former chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves — CBS Corp. is facing investigations by city and state officials in New York stemming from the reports of alleged sexual misconduct …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap

Aisha Hassan / Quartz:

Spotify confirms test where it sent emails to some of its Premium for Family users asking them to prove their home address via GPS or lose access to the plan — Spotify recently sent an email to some of its “Premium for Family” account users in the US that asked them to confirm their home address through GPS data.

Discussion: BGR, Softpedia News, Fortune, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, USA Today, Mashable, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, hypebot and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

Print readers don't migrate online and read much more content than online ones, according to a study of The Independent's audience after it went online-only — A new study of The Independent's 2016 shift to online-only finds that its print readership didn't move to digital when the newspaper did.

Discussion: @markberman, Publishers Weekly and Aron Pilhofer

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Filing: Murdochs' compensation for fiscal year soars with Disney deal; $49.2M for Rupert, up 68% YoY, $50.7M for Lachlan, up 146%, $50.3M for James, up 148% — The entertainment conglomerate, which has agreed to sell large parts to Walt Disney for $71.3 billion, shows increased stock awards …

Discussion: Variety, CNNMoney, Financial Review, Deadline, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap

Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:

Texas Tribune's Evan Smith and Rodney Gibbs on making the outlet sustainable: multiple revenue sources, non-partisan coverage, welcoming risk, and more — The Texas Tribune came into business to solve a problem: the insufficient coverage of public policy and politics in Texas.

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Center for Media Engagement experiments: readers are more likely to click on links with images, links at the end of an article, and links to related content — Are you more likely to click here? — ....................................... ........................................ ...............over here?

Discussion: Center for Media Engagement

Jason Wilson / The Guardian:

Idaho neo-Nazi is sending threatening robocalls and letters to publisher of alt-weekly Sandpoint Reader and residents describing Reader journalist as a “cancer” — Sandpoint Reader is target of new calls describing publisher as ‘cancer’ that ‘needs to be burned out’

Discussion: Boise State Public Radio, @hatewatch, KHQ-TV and Associated Press

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: SoftBank and KKR plan to invest in Jinri Toutiao parent company Bytedance as it seeks to raise $3B in its latest round at a valuation of ~$75B — Bytedance, owner of China's most popular news-aggregation app, is looking to raise $3 billion — Global investors including SoftBank …

Discussion: Bloomberg, @wsj, Forbes, South China Morning Post, New York Times and Yahoo! Finance

Archived Page Info:

This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 5:50 AM ET, September 29, 2018.

View the current page or another snapshot:

Who's Hiring in Media?

Senior Data Journalist, NY — WSJ

Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — Reuters

Oil Reporter, Singapore — Bloomberg

Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — AP

Business Reporter, SC — Post & Courier

State Government Reporter, WA — Seattle Times

Climate Crisis Columnist — Prospect UK

Multimedia Journalist, CA — Paramount

Community Engagement Mgr., DC — Freedom Forum

Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — SFGATE

Staff Writer - Business, NY — WIRED

Team Editor - Opinion, ON — Toronto Star

Assistant Correspondent, DC — Kyodo News

Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — Star Tribune

Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — The Verge

Lead Business Reporter, TN — Daily Memphian

Managing Editor, WA — Everett Herald

Private Credit Reporter, NY — Debtwire

City Correspondent, London — Financial News

Legislative Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee

Reporter, PA — Tribune-Review

Visual Editor, Remote — Rest of World

Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice

Senior Political Reporter, DC — The Lever

California Playbook Writer, CA — Politico

National Investigative Reporter, NY — HuffPost

Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — Las Vegas Sun

Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — Island Packet

Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — CT Mirror

Coordinating Editor, OR — OPB

Editor, Remote US — Daily Kos

Business Reporter, WA — Longview Daily News

Editor-in-Chief, AZ — Phoenix New Times

Add your company here

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:

H.G. Watson / JSource:
Refinery29 is launching a Canadian version headquartered in Toronto in October with former Chatelaine editor-in-chief Carley Fortune as executive editor

Discussion: @shannonhodgen, Media in Canada and @carleyfortune

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Proxy statement: compensation for top executives at Meredith rises over 30% this year after company's purchase of Time Inc.

Discussion: @jeremymbarr

Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Skift buys 14-year-old newsletter Airline Weekly, launches its own newsletter on wellness, announces a nonprofit arm, Skift Foundation, and expands into Asia

Discussion: @rafat, @raju, MediaPost, Skift and Skift

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
A look at the many ways Apple's Shazam acquisition, the app's data on its 150M users, and its R&D team can bolster Apple Music in its fight against Spotify

more at Techmeme »

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Sources: media startup Tech In Asia, which runs a blog and events business in Southeast Asia, laid off a third of its staff in July after canceling planned ICO

Discussion: Tech in Asia

Earlier Picks:

Bloomberg:
CBS to open a 260,000 square foot TV and film studio in Canada mid-2019, with six sound stages, production offices, and other facilities

Discussion: @bruceanderson and @sylviajonesmpp

Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook introduces In-Stream Reserve for companies to advertise on premium video and ThruPlay, which charges for ads only if they are viewed for 15+ seconds

Discussion: Facebook, Mashable, Marketing Dive, @jason_kint and Adweek

Barbara Allen / Poynter:
The Oklahoman announces it has been sold to GateHouse Media and immediately lays off 37 staffers, with an estimate of 15 staffers from the newsroom

Discussion: @tcb, @adijoseph, @shadid13, @ginamizell, @jasonkersey, @laura_nelson, @guildempower, Daily Oklahoman, @cathjsweeney, @bigahickey, @dabeard, The Rural Blog and KFOR-TV

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: federal prosecutors have opened a probe into ad buying and have begun issuing subpoenas, examining practices including rebates from media outlets

Discussion: Marketing Dive, Video Ad News, BloombergQuint, @patrickcoffee, MediaPost and Publishing Executive

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Julian Assange steps down as editor of WikiLeaks but retains publisher title, appoints Icelandic journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson to replace him as EIC

Discussion: Mashable, MySmartPrice, BloombergQuint, Newsweek, Fortune, Gizmodo, The Hill and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

From Techmeme:

Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
The CFPB will supervise tech companies with digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo, with 50M+ annual transactions, treating them more like banks

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist in security remediation and risk management; sources say the cash-and-stock deal is valued at $450M

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