Is the internet broken? Members of the U.S. House of Representatives think so, and will begin investigating potential anti-trust violations among some of America’s tech giants. First up? A hearing on the effects companies like Google and Facebook have had on local journalism.
Tony Romm & Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post: “Facebook, Google and other tech giants to face antitrust investigation by House lawmakers”
Dalvin Brown, USA Today: “Department of Justice prepares Google antitrust investigation, report says”
Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica: “Facebook, Google stocks fall on imminent antitrust probes”
Gerrit De Vynck & David McLaughlin, Los Angeles Times: “Google, facing U.S. antitrust probe, has a battle plan ready from its EU fight”
Brian Fung, CNN: “DOJ edges toward Google antitrust probe”
Daily Beast names video producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm_rjs9fyQk
Kevin Poulsen, The Daily Beast: “We found the guy behind the viral ‘drunk Pelosi’ video”
Jack Crowe, National Review: “Man claims Daily Beast wrongly identified him as creator of Pelosi video”
Frank Miles, Fox News: “Daily Beast accused of ‘doxxing’ alleged creator of ‘Drunk Pelosi’ video”
Matthew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review: “Should the Daily Beast have exposed the man behind ‘drunk Pelosi’ video?”
Kathy Kiely for U.S.A Today: "Facebook refusal to curb fake Nancy Pelosi drunk video highlights need for responsibility"
Kaveh Waddell, Axios: “The 2020 campaigns aren’t ready for deepfakes”
NYT clamps down on reporter tv appearances
Joe Pompeo, Vanity Fair: “’Inconsistent, incoherent, and poorly conceived’: As the Times clamps down on reporters going on MSNBC, is this a liberal-media war?”
Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Fox News: “New York Times bans reporters from CNN’s Don Lemon, MSNBC’s Maddow shows for being ‘too partisan:’ report”
Connor Mannion, Mediaite: “NY Times reportedly steering writers away from Maddow and other cable shows it deems too partisan”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Why is the New York Times wary of cable news”
R.I.P iTunes
Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab: “R.I.P. iTunes and more power to the iPad: Here’s all the important new for publishers from Apple’s WWDC keynote”
Brian X. Chen & Jack Nicas, New York Times: “Apple’s WWDC highlights: Death of iTunes and $6,000 Macs”
Samuel Axon, Ars Technica: “Apple will soon kill off iTunes and, with it, an entire era of music history”
Mike Wuerthele, Apple Insider: “Apple Music links shifting away from iTunes domain, further signaling death of app”
Judge blocks reporting on confidential shale gas settlement
Don Hopey & David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Confidential shale gas settlement found in Washington County prothonotary office”
Reid Frazier, State Impact Pennsylvania: "Court document reveals Range Resources, other defendants agreed to $3 million settlement in Washington County contamination suit"
Spoilers: Holzhauer’s Jeopardy! Final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QxVwCyeB4
Julia Jacobs, New York Times: “How Emma Boettcher beat James Holzhauer on ‘Jeopardy!’”
Liz Weber, Washington Post: “James Holzhauer’s final bid on ‘Jeopardy!’ seemed odd. Here’s why it wasn’t”
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “In the rush to spoil the outcome of ‘Jeopardy!’ slow down”
Charles Curtis, USA Today: “A spoiler-filled ‘Jeopardy!’ clip leaked, and it appears to show the fate of James Holzhauer”
The first-ever ‘octochamps’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxqoVbvTUX8
Daniel Victor, New York Times: “National Spelling Bee, at a loss for words, crowns 8 co-champions”
Orion Donovan-Smith and Kayla Epstein, Washington Post: “National Spelling Bee uses ‘octochamps’ in a sentence, crowning 8 co-champions”
