Bird Scooters has been making news in Columbia for months. Now, its making headlines around the world for its claim of a copyright violation by a tech news website. Was it a fair claim?
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing: “$30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a ‘personal scooter’”
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing: “Bird Scooter tried to censor my Boing Boing post with a legal threat that’s so stupid, it’s a whole new kind of wrong”
Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch: “Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.”
Catie Keck, Gizmodo: “Bird issues ‘chilling’ legal threat after Boing Boing publishes blog on e-scooter hack”
Shannon Liao, The Verge: “Bird tries to forcibly remove Boing Boing’s story detailing how to hack and keep its scooters”
Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Bird Rides takedown to Boing Boing Dec 20 2018”
BBC: “Start-up Bird backs down in electric scooter legal row”
Longest government shutdown in history
Maggie Astor and Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “On conservative media, qualified support for Trump on shutdown”
Scott Clement & Dan Balz, Washington Post: “Americans blame Trump and GOP much more than Democrats for shutdown, Post-ABC poll finds”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Sizing up the shutdown news coverage at the 20-day mark”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “President Trump is extremely accessible”
Did Trump work for Russia?
Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt & Nicholas Fandos, New York Times: “F.B.I. opened inquiry into whether Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia”
Aaron Blake, Washington Post: “Why the FBI might’ve thought Trump could be working for Russia”
Greg Miller, Washington Post: “Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration”
Nicholas Fandos & Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times: “Trump tweets lengthy attack on F.B.I. over inquiry into possible aid to Russia”
The newest analysts on cable news
Associated Press: “Claire McCaskill takes new job as political analyst"
Joe Concha, The Hill: “Kasich expected to join CNN or MSNBC as early as this week: report”
Megyn Kelly, NBC Split
Claire Atkinson, NBC: “Megyn Kelly walks away from NBC with the remainder of her $69M deal”
Tom Kludt & Brian Stelter, CNN: “Megyn Kelly leaves NBC with all of her $69 million contract intact”
John Koblin & Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “It’s final: Megyn Kelly and NBC part ways. And she will be paid in full.”
Jay Connor, The Root: “Because bigotry nevel fails, Megyn Kelly just made $30 million for defending blackface”
Kate Arthur, BuzzFeed: “Megyn Kelly was a disaster for NBC from the start”
Tiffany Hsu, New York Times: “The many times Megyn Kelly because the story”
Seniors sharing fake news
Casey Newton, The Verge: “People older than 65 share the most fake news, a new study finds”
Laura Hazard Owen, Columbia Journalism Review: “Old people are most likely to share fake news on Facebook. They’re also Facebook’s fastest-growing U.S. audience.”
Daniel Funke, Poynter: “Older Americans share more fake news than young people. But they also share more facts.”
Digital First Media makes a run at Gannett
Business Wire: “MNG Enterprises proposes to acquire Gannett for $12.00 per share I cash”
Cara Lombardo, Wall Street Journal: “Hedge-fund-backed media group makes bid for Gannett”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Gannett journalists anxious amid report that Digital First Media is circling the company”
Bloomberg: “Hedge fund known for ‘milking’ newspapers for cash takes aim at Gannett”
Ken Doctor, Nieman Lab: “Let the 2019 consolidation games begin! First up: Alden seeks to swallow Gannett”
NewsGuild Statement: “NewsGuild statement on Digital First Media’s proposal to purchase Gannett”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Keep the hedge-fund vultures away from Gannett”
Scaring up subscriptions
Sarah Mervosh, New York Times: “After Stephen King tweeted at a Maine paper for cutting book reviews, it gave readers a ‘scary good’ offer”
Staff, Press Herald: “After tweet from Stephen King, readers respond to Press Herald pitch”
Alex Green, Publishers Weekly: “MWPA saves local book reviews with boost from Stephen King”
Nik DeCosta-Klipa, Boston Herald: “Stephen King complained about his local paper’s cutbacks. They responded with a challenge.”