For 62 years, people have been saying they read Playboy for the articles, but do they really? We’ll find out soon enough, now that the magazine’s decision to eliminate nude photographs.
Ravi Somaiya, New York Times: “Playboy to drop nudity as internet fills demand”
New York Times: “Playboy in popular culture”
Frank Palotta, CNN: “Playboy to eliminate nude photos from the magazine”
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian: “Hugh Hefner follows Rupert Murdoch by covering up female models”
Kevin Roderick, LA Observed: “Hefsays it’s time: Playboy to drop nudepics”
Iranian court finds Rezaian guilty
According to an Iranian television broadcast, and Iranian court has found Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian guilty of the espionage charges against him. Details of the case remain shrouded in secrecy.
Martin Baron, Washington Post: “New statement from Martin Baron regarding The Post’s JasonRezaian”
Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times: “Amid report of Jason Rezaian’s conviction, hints at prisoner exchange”
Reuters: “Court in Iran convicts Iranian-American journalist JasonRezaian”
James Warren, Poynter: “Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian guilty, says Iranian TV”
Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times: “Verdict issued for Jason Rezaian of Washington Post, Iran says”
Democrats debate
The five candidates running for the Democratic nomination for president hold their first debate in Las Vegas.
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Anderson Cooper prepares ‘pointed questions’ for first Democratic debate”
Chris Cillizza, Washington Post: “What to expect from Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate”
Amy Chozick, New York Times: “A likely debate highlight: Democrats’ distance from Obama”
Jazz Shaw, Hot Air: “Is CNN shielding Hillary and the Democrats with debate format?”
Kim Bellware, Huffington Post: “CNN has an emergency podium ready for Biden”
Melissah Yang, Bustle.com: “The first Democratic debate? The CNN anchor is supposed to be the network’s leading political expert”
Nick Gass, POLITICO: “Trump handicaps the Democratic debate”
Ashley Parker, New York Times: “CNN sees smaller field, with greater focus, as lure for Democratic debate”
Political advertising windfall
Television stations across Iowa, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are seeing a windfall of cash, as more than a dozen presidential candidates fight to get their message out there. In some cases, stations are launching newscasts to create more inventory for advertisers during peak time slots. And, in New York, BuzzFeed is launching a native advertising arm to serve candidates.
John McCormick & Tim Higgins, Bloomberg Politics: “Local TV stations booming from Super-PAC windfall”
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “BuzzFeedlaunches native video political advertising”
James Warren, Poynter: “BuzzFeed enters potentially lucrative, ethically tricky world of native political ads”
Lucia Moses, Digiday: “5 charts that show the problem with native ad disclosure”
Twitter shuts down accounts over copyright
Nick Statt, The Verge: “Sports site’s Twitter account suspended after NFL complains aboutGIFs”
Noah Kulwin & Kurt Wagner, Re/Code: “Twitter suspends Deadspin, SBNation accounts for violating copyrights”
Paul R. La Monica, CNN: “#Touchdown! NFL partners with Twitter”
Fantasy sites bring in big bucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0pd0R1S1ec
Joe Drape & Jacqueline Williams, New York Times: “Scandal erupts in unregulated world of fantasy sports”
Joe Drape & Jacqueline Williams, New York Times: “New York attorney general opens inquiry into fantasy sports sites”
Lisa Beilfuss & Brian R. Fitzgerald, MarketWatch: “Yahoo bans employees from fantasy-sports sites”
Diane Bartz, Reuters: “Fantasy sports companies ban employees from gaming”
Brian Flood, TV Newser: “ESPN resumes daily fantasy sports sponsored segments”
Brian Flood, AdWeek: “How Draft Kinds and FanDuel became heavyweight contenders in the daily fantasy sports world”
Matthew Keys found guilty on hacking charges
Sarah Jeong, Motherboard: “Former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys found guilty of three counts of hacking”
Michael McLaughlin & Andy Campbell, Huffington Post: “Journalist Matthew Keys convicted of helping Anonymous hack LA Times”
Neil Stevens, RedState: “Matthew Keys is guilty and should go to prison for hacking”
Cat Zakrzewski, TechCrunch: “Journalist Matthew Keys found guilty on hacking charges”
For defacing an @LATimes article for 40 minutes, journo @MatthewKeysLive faces 25 years. Years. #PrisonPolicy https://t.co/Ae9YszVEiH
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 7, 2015
Jack Wattles, CNN: “Ex-editor Matthew Keys convicted in Los Angeles Times hack”