Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is CNN’s newest political analyst, offering insight and analysis into his former employer. Why did the cable network plop down $500,000 to bring him on board? How will non-disclosure agreements affect his ability to offer insights? And, does that hurt CNN’s credibility?
Michael McLaughlin, Huffington Post: “Corey Lewandowski gets grilled by new CNN colleague”
Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast: “What can ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski say on CNN?”
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “Corey Lewandowski to join CNN”
Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed: “Former Trump adviser: Corey Lewandowski was fired over judge cruel attack”
Katherine Krueger, Talking Points Memo: “Megyn Kelly hits CNN for hiring ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski”
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “CNN hires Corey Lewandowski as political commentator”
Emily Smith & Ian Mohr, Page Six: “CNN staff revolts over Corey Lewandowski hire”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “A CNN staff revolt over Lewandowski hiring? Ha!”
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “CNN’s hiring of Corey Lewandowski shows little regard for treatment of the press”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Four questions about CNN’s deal with CoreyLewandowski”
Brexit vote stunner
BBC: “Brexit: What the world’s papers say”
Chris Spillane & Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “Bloomberg ‘fully committed’ to U.K.”
Alex Spence, POLITICO: “In or Out? Britian’s newspapers declare their positions”
Jane Martinson, The Guardian: “Did the Mail and Sun help swing the UK towards Brexit?”
Shan Wang, Nieman Lab: “Should it stay or should it go: News outlets scramble to cover Britain’s decision to exit the European Union”
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch sit down for post-Brexit dinner”
#NoBillNoBreak: Dems House sit-in
Kelsey Sutton, POLITICO: “Millions turned to Facebook and Periscope to watch House protest”
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “TV feed of House Democrats’ sit-in cut off”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Covering sit-in by House Democrats, C-SPAN makes history via Periscope”
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “C-SPAN goes dark during Democrats’ gun control protest, so theyPeriscoped”
James Warren, Poynter: “Should the media get live cameras in the House? For C-SPAN, it’s a battle long fought – and lost”
Peter Kafka, Recode: “Facebook’s newest live video hit: Livestreams of the Congressional sit-in”
Nicholas Fandos & Mike Isaac, New York Times: “C-SPAN delivers on sit-in, even with cameras off”
Packing heat to prove a point
Kelsey Sutton, POLITICO: “Gun-zojournalism”
Paul Heintz, Seven Days: “The Gun: How I bought an AR-15 in a Five Guys parking lot”
Helen Urbinas, Philadelphia Daily News: “I bought an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in Philly in 7 minutes”
Mother Jones goes inside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lqmiWgm3nI&index=6&list=PL7FWr6whNWmhueSwdXFBsNJkZXkMIQ9lf
Shane Bauer, Mother Jones: “My four months as a private prison guard: A Mother Jones investigation”
David Uberti, Columbia Journalism Review: “Inside Mother Jones’ monster investigation of private prisons”
Noah Kulwin, Recode: “Mother Jones and Gawker Media both have rich enemies who want to sue the pants off them”
C1 Staff: “CCAsays Mother Jones wasn’t ‘transparent’ about work”
Stairway to Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pPvNqOb6RA
Eriq Gardner & Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter: “Led Zeppelin wins ‘Stairway to Heaven’ jury trial”
Seth Kelley, Variety: “Led Zeppelin wins copyright trial”
Tim Kenneally, The Wrap: “Led Zeppelin Trial: 5 reasons Jimmy Page and Robert Plant won”
Noah Gilbert & Ben Sisario, New York Times: “Led Zeppelin did not steal ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ jury says”
Jamieson Cox, The Verge: “Led Zeppelin has won its copyright trial over Stairway to Heaven”
Brian Melley, Talking Points Memo: “Jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal riff for ‘Stairway to Heaven’”