Top News:
A.G. Sulzberger / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's new rhetorical attack, accusing the NYT of “a virtual act of treason”, crosses a dangerous line in his campaign against a free and independent press — The Founders considered it the gravest of crimes. Tossing the charge around is irresponsible and wrong.
Discussion:
CNBC, @edmundlee, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, @miafarrow, @mgerrydoyle, @nicoleperlroth, @brianlevin, @mollyjongfast, @cnbc, @tribelaw, @bencasselman, @brianstelter, @nytimespr, USA Today, CNN, Deadline, Mediaite and @charliemagne
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Twitter disabling location data for tweets is a win for privacy but a loss for journalists, researchers as it helped find eyewitnesses and track disinformation — When Twitter wants to announce a change in how it does things, how should they announce it? With a tweet, naturally …
Discussion:
VICE, @wexler, @stuartathompson, @firstdraftnews, @elanazak, The Verge, Engadget, The Daily Dot, 9to5Mac, Fast Company and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
Fuse Media to exit Chapter 11 in the coming weeks after a federal court approves its bankruptcy exit plan, which includes reducing debt by ~$200M — Court approves exit plan, programmer says will emerge in the ‘coming weeks’ — Latino and multicultural youth-oriented programmer Fuse Media …
Discussion:
Radio & Television …
Stephen Gregory / The Epoch Times:
The Epoch Times publisher defends the outlet from questions by NBC reporters, says they were asking about Trump coverage, ties to Falun Gong, and staffing — Last week, we were contacted by two NBC reporters who posed a series of highly inappropriate questions.
Discussion:
@jj_mccullough, @stephenepoch and @maxwelltani
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
WGA stops negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents, in favor of individual talks with top nine agencies as it seeks a ban on packaging fees for agents — The Writers Guild of America has called off negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents in favor of pursuing individual talks …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times and The Wrap
Olivier Holmey / Nieman Lab:
Three-year-old French news site Les Jours serializes the news, breaking long-form investigative stories down into accessible, nail-biting episodes — “Serial” isn't just a podcast: It's also the format hook Les Jours uses to bring some of the lessons of drama to long-form investigative reporting.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
News sites across the political spectrum, from the Daily Caller to AlterNet, form the Digital News Alliance, an ad network to target politically engaged readers — Digital News Alliance combines left-leaning, conservative and centrist publishers — Political advertising makes strange bedfellows.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Mediaite, The Wrap, @karenmcgrane, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Film and television critics associations form a coalition, Critics Groups for Equality in Media, to foster greater diversity in entertainment journalism — A coalition of film and television critics associations are teaming up help foster greater diversity in entertainment journalism.
Discussion:
AwardsCircuit.com and Los Angeles Times
Aaron Gell / GEN:
A former New York Observer EIC describes the experience of working under Jared Kushner as the newspaper's fortunes dwindled, partially due to Kushner's neglect — What I learned about power, real and imagined, from Trump's ‘senior adviser’ and son-in-law — you want to understand Jared Kushner …
Discussion:
@plettre and @aarongell
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Instead of moving kids content to YouTube Kids, where existing problems could be replicated, YouTube Kids should invest in curation and product development — Facing mounting pressure over failures to protect children from inappropriate content, Google is reportedly considering a number of changes to its video sharing site YouTube.
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, Tubefilter and MediaNama, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
How the ongoing formation of the podcast industry could affect the digital audiobook industry, as Audible and Spotify likely look to compete in both forms — There's no news peg to this piece, other than the fact it's based off a keynote I gave earlier this month at the Audiobook Publishers Association Conference in New York.
The Guardian:
UN report: Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated for the extrajudicial murder of Jamal Khashoggi for which there is “credible evidence” he is liable — Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated over journalist's murder, says report — The crown prince of Saudi Arabia …
Discussion:
Press Gazette, Washington Post, The Guardian, CNN, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, The Week, @aaronblake, @iainlevine, @rulajebreal, @kenroth, @skirchy, Press Gazette, @trevortimm, @davidakaye, @aaronblake, The Daily Beast, New York Post, Reason, UPI, Slate, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Reuters
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
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 — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
