Hillary Clinton told reporters Tuesday she chose to use a private email address for her communications while Secretary of State out of convenience. She maintains she did nothing wrong, but does wish she had done things differently.
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “With Clinton quip, Kerry expresses his attitude toward open records”
Shawna Thomas, NBC News: “Sen. Feinstein on Clinton emails: ‘Silence is going to hurt her’”
Nick Gass, POLITICO: “AP: White House lawyers unaware of Clinton emails”
Andrew Kirell, Mediaite: “Andrea Mitchell battles a testy Carville over whether Hillary emails just ‘right-wing talking points’”
Steve Holland & Leslie Wroughton, Reuters: “Review of Hillary Clinton emails to take months: official”
Martin Matishak, The Hill: “Benghazi panel subpoenas Clinton emails”
Meghan Keneally, Liz Kreutz & Shushannah Walshe, ABC News: “Hillary Clinton emails: A timeline of what rules were allegedly ignored”
Paul Gregory, The Blaze: “Does the Kremlin have Hillary Clinton’s emails?”
Gigaom goes away
The ground-breaking tech blog Gigaom ceased operations Monday, after nearly a decade.
Gigaom Management, Gigaom: “About Gigaom”
Kara Swisher, Re/Code: “Pioneering tech blog Gigaom closes down”
Chris Taylor, Mashable: “Farewell, GigaOM: Tech news powerhouse shuts down”
Ravi Somaiya, New York Times: “Tech giant GigaOm abruptly shuts down”
Om Malik: “A statement about Gigaom”
Beginning of the end for cable bundles?
HBO announced a partnership with Apple, to deliver programming exclusively on Apple devices without a cable subscription. HBO Now will be available for $14.99 per month in time for the start of the new season of "Game of Thrones."
Timothy Stenovec, Huffington Post: “HBO’s new streaming service will launch exclusively on Apple devices”
Peter Kafka, Re/Code: “HBO on the web is coming in April, exclusively from Apple”
Peter Kafka, Re/Code: “Apple’s HBO Now deal has been in the works for a year”
Edgar Alvarez, Engadget: “Apple TV gets a new price: $69”
CNN considers adding ads to the ticker
CNN's executive VP of ad sales told Variety he's considering adding graphic advertisements to the ticker running across the bottom of the screen.
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “CNN test new ways to mix ads with news”
NewscastStudio: “CNN exec open to idea of ads in ticker”
Selma: 50 years later
CNN: “50 years later, a new angle of Selma”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “’Daily Show’s Jon Stewart satirizes CNN for Selma-covering ‘gizmo’ drone”
Douglas Brinkley, CNN: “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”
Aamer Madhani, USA Today: “Selma anniversary puts spotlight on deep poverty”
Margaret Sullivan, New York Times: “’There was no crop’ of Selma photograph” | Photo
Staci B. Brooks, AL.com: “When movie and 50th anniversary events fade, Selma will still have her own bridges to cross”
Connor Towne O’Neill, Slate: “Selma anniversary: How the Edmund Pettus Bridge design influenced the Bloody Sunday march”
Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review: “The GOPs conspicuous absence from Selma”
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., Los Angeles Times: “Could Selma-style protest march happen today?”
Eerin Whack:, NBC News: “50 years past Selma, historic town makes slow march toward change”
'Scandal' takes on Ferguson
The ABC drama 'Scandal' featured a storyline "ripped from the headlines."
Lauren Duca, Huffington Post: “’Scandal’ takes on institutionalized racism and police brutality in Ferguson”
Raphael Chestang, Entertainment Tonight: “How ‘Scandal’ brought TV to its tipping point with Ferguson-inspired episode”
Danielle Henderson, Fusion: “The problem with ‘Scandal’ taking on Ferguson”
Aisha Harris, Slate: “Scandal police brutality episode: “The Lawn Chair” tackles Michael Brown”
Police body cameras: What’s public?
Is video captured using police body cameras a public record? In most places, yes. But, there's a bill winding through the state senate that would block their release.
Editorial Board, Springfield News-Leader: “Our view: Public video records at risk in state Senate”
Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star: “State Senate oks rules for police body cameras”
Susannah Nesmith, Columbia Journalism Review: “With more police wearing cameras, the fight over footage has begun in Florida”
Reporter thanks PR team
KVIA-TV reporter Pilar Arias thanked the public relations staff at the El Paso Independent School District for supplying her, exclusively, with details she needed for her story about a possible consolidation of two schools. The only problem? It wasn't an exclusive story... and journalists don't normally thank publicists for doing their job.
Pilar Arias, KVIA-TV: “EPISD discusses proposal with parents that would merge aspects of Mesita, Vilas schools”
Media Buzz: “KVIA incorrectly hypes exclusive, thanks PR staff for giving them the story”
