Top News:


Bimonthly California Sunday Magazine, which is owned by Pop-Up Magazine Productions, shuts down its print edition — After six years and 40 issues, The California Sunday Magazine is saying goodbye to print. The bimonthly title produced by parent company Pop-Up Magazine Productions …
Discussion:
The California Sunday Magazine, @popupguild, @foliomag, @tball, @sewellchan, @danzedekdesign and @langloislane


Google News Initiative, Local Media Consortium, and the Local Media Association launch Support Local News, a $15M ad campaign in North America — The campaign is in partnership with the Local Media Consortium and Local Media Association — Local newsrooms hurt by the shutdown of the economy …


Journalist and MLK50 founder Wendi C. Thomas on finding out she was being monitored by Memphis PD, likely because her sources were organizers and activists — Wendi C. Thomas is on a long list of prominent black journalists and activists who have been surveilled by police over decades.
Discussion:
ProPublica, @doctorow and @brooklynmarie


MSN's AI editor confused a mixed-race member of the band Little Mix with another; source: MSN staff were told to hide stories on the error as the AI found them — Firm's plan to replace editors with AI backfires after wrong image of musician is published — Microsoft's decision …
Discussion:
@alexhern, @blakehounshell, @asankin, @_cingraham, @ashleyfeinberg, TechRadar.com, @glynmoody, @kottke, @jimwaterson, @abebab, @cstross, @jimwaterson, @rickoshea, @healthuntodeath and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

At a Condé Nast town hall, CEO Roger Lynch claims ignorance of diversity and pay issues and says the company plans to conduct internal studies of these matters — A Conde Nast company-wide town hall on Tuesday about diversity and pay equity drew skepticism and scorn from former employees.
Discussion:
@bizzyt, @c_cauterucci, @jumpedforjoi, @samitsarkar, @franklinleonard, @bryanboy, @oureric, @micahpeters_, @lobenichou, @e_vb_, @lpandell, @bizzyt and @maxwelltani
RELATED:


Bon Appétit editor alleges only white editors have been paid for video appearances; a Condé Nast representative denied the allegation
Discussion:
@sarahmanavis, @joeybear85, Folio, @lizalps, Newser, Family Meal, NPR, @aliciakennedy, @piescarcega, @msolis14, CNN, @robcabrera, Adweek, The Guardian, Fox News, Heavy.com and The Wrap

Bon Appétit EIC Adam Rapoport says he is stepping down after a photo of him in brown face surfaced causing an uproar from staffers
Discussion:
The Guardian, @marinafang, Poynter, The Week, @marinafang, @marinafang, @nicolelzhu, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Grub Street, The Wrap and Deadline


Flipboard expands its local news feature from 23 to 50 US and Canadian metropolitan areas and now allows users to personalize their feeds by choosing sub-topics — In January, personalized news app Flipboard announced it was expanding into local news. From the new “Local” tab in the app …
Discussion:
Adweek
RELATED:


Facebook News, a dedicated section linking to journalism sources, launches in the US, first on mobile, following a limited test that rolled out in October — Facebook News, the social network's dedicated section devoted to journalism, is today launching for all users in the U.S. The feature …


To defend values like respect for accuracy and shared facts, media cannot remain neutral when those values are under threat from racialized authoritarianism — It cannot remain neutral when those values are under threat from racialized authoritarianism. — Last week, the New York Times …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Techdirt, Real Clear Politics, New York Times, @themadstone, The Guardian, @niemanlab, Fox News, Letters from an American, @benyt, @froomkin, @ewong, @fugueish, @stevekrak, @brianstelter, @mcoatney, @brendannyhan, @demfromct, @jayrosen_nyu, Columbia Journalism Review, The Hill, @jacknicas and The Nation


Authors compare their book advances using #PublishingPaidMe hashtag, exposing racial pay inequality in the industry, as major publishers address concerns raised — A viral hashtag encouraged black and nonblack book authors to compare their pay. Publishers pledged to improve their diversity efforts.
Discussion:
Vulture, The Guardian, @wajahatali, @sopandeb, @jesslbergman, @jenngivhan, @andrewlavallee, NBC News, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Bookninja and bookforum.com


McClatchy is exiting the office leases of seven newsrooms, whose staff will continue to work remotely; the goal is to find new offices next year — Disposing of big, iconic headquarter buildings has happened before. But this move means eliminating newsrooms altogether, at least for the time being.


Profile of Roula Khalaf, the Financial Times' first female editor, who believes that “capitalism needs a reset” and her plans for the newspaper — Roula Khalaf enters her office dressed for a war zone and an invitation to Chequers, all on the same day.
Discussion:
@financialtimes, @khalafroula and @petervanham


ESPN, which has sought to project an apolitical image, has thrown its full capacity into covering the George Floyd protests, through a sports lens and beyond — “SportsCenter” host Michael Eaves arrived at ESPN's campus in Bristol, Conn., on the evening of May 30 with a heavy heart.
Discussion:
@icehockeystick, @jared_wade, @justintinsley, @jimmiller, @scottnover and @benjstrauss