Globe and Mail:
Globe investigation: The Ford family's history with drug dealing  —  This investigative report reveals that:  — Another brother, Randy, was also involved in the drug trade and was once charged in relation to a drug-related kidnapping.  —  In the 1980s, anyone wanting to buy hashish had to know where to go.

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Syrian Electronic Army compromises Sky News Android app  —  EXCLUSIVE: A screen capture provided to The Desk by a hacker with the Syrian Electronic Army purports to show the developer dashboard for several BSkyB Android applications.  —  The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility …

Alan Murray / Pew Research Center:
Introducing Fact Tank  —  Welcome to Fact Tank, a new, real-time platform from the Pew Research Center, dedicated to finding news in the numbers.  —  Fact Tank will build on the Pew Research Center's unique brand of data journalism.  For years, our teams of writers and social scientists …

New York Times:
Sweeping Leak Inquiries Reveal How Wide a Net U.S. Has Cast  —  WASHINGTON — Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot …

Kim Zetter / Wired:
WikiLeaks Donations Down to a Trickle  —  As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange approaches the one-year anniversary of his confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, a report released Wednesday reveals that donations to the secret-spilling site have dwindled to a trickle.

Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Government should reopen talks on press regulation, says Alan Rusbridger  —  Guardian editor-in-chief also raises concerns over use of royal charter, saying it is ‘a mechanism controlled by ministers’  —  The Guardian editor-in-chief, Alan Rusbridger, has urged the culture secretary …

Adam Rifkin / AllThingsD:
Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo  —  The blockbuster acquisition of Tumblr by Yahoo for $1.1 billion — all cash — has been portrayed as a gigantic gamble on the part of the acquirer.  However, for those of us who believe there can be specific guidelines around the valuation of interest graphs …

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
News Corp. to take up to $1.4-billion write-down in publishing  —  News Corp. disclosed that it would take as much as a $1.4-billion write-down in publishing during the current fiscal quarter.  Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the corporation, is pictured here in 2011.  (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / May 24, 2013)

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
Layoffs at NBC's ‘Rock Center’  —  As “Rock Center” prepares for its final broadcast next month, NBC News is in the process of laying off some of the show's production staff, an NBC spokesperson confirms to TVNewser.  —  The layoffs are expected to affect only “Rock Center” staffers, who were notified of the cuts Thursday.

Tom McCarthy / Guardian:
Gawker's bid to give $200,000 to Canadian drug dealers hits slight snag  —  The owners of video allegedly showing Toronto's mayor smoking crack go missing in the middle of crowdfunding campaign  —  The effort by news site Gawker to bust Toronto mayor Rob Ford for allegedly smoking crack is crack journalism work.

Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Mike Darnell Exits as Fox Reality Boss  —  The president of alternative entertainment will step down from his position at the end of June after seeing the network's reality woes sink during the 2012-13 season.  —  Following a year that featured the lowest-rated season of American Idol ever …

Ira Teinowitz / The Wrap:
D.C. Broadcasters Sue Aerokiller for Copyright Infringement  —  Broadcasters are expanding their attack on Aereo-like services that let consumers view broadcast channels on the web without stations getting a retransmission fee payment  —  Broadcasters are expanding their legal attack on Aereo …