May 5, 2014

Lara Logan’s Future at CBS News is Uncertain

This story, plus Bloomberg hires two veteran political reporters, a look at some of the possible implications of paying for scoops, Katie Couric eyed as substitute co-host at Today and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

May 4, 2014

Benghazi and the Bombshell

Joe Hagan / New York Magazine

May 4, 2014

Bloomberg Gains 2 Veteran Political Journalists

Ravi Somaiya / The New York Times

May 5, 2014

View: Newsrooms Pay for Scoops: Will it Escalate the Practice?

Al Tompkins / Poynter

May 5, 2014

Katie Couric Eyed as Substitute Co-Host for NBC’s ‘Today’ Show

Don Kaplan / New York Daily News

Press & Government

May 5, 2014

2 NOLA Journos Are Being Forced to Testify in a Federal Criminal Case

Cora Currier / Columbia Journalism Review

May 3, 2014

White House Reporters Honor Black Journalist

Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press

Citizen Content

May 5, 2014

View: On World Press Freedom Day, A Look at New Media’s Double-Edged Sword

Tim Karr / PBS MediaShift

Media Business

May 3, 2014

Measuring the News: What are the Alternatives to Pageviews?

Alastair Reid / journalism.co.uk

May 5, 2014

Wiser Wants to Help You Sort the Internet, for a Fee

Peter Kafka / re/code

Newspaper News

May 4, 2014

How the L.A. Times Is Redesigning for the Mobile Web

Lucia Moses / Digiday

Online Media

May 4, 2014

Slate Raising Its Investment in Podcasts

Leslie Kaufman / The New York Times

Social Media

May 4, 2014

Facebook’s Push of “Related Articles” to Users Without Checking Credibility Draws Fire

Michael Kranish / The Boston Globe

International

May 4, 2014

Qatar Plans New TV Network as Counterweight to Al Jazeera

Justin Vela / The National

May 2, 2014

Poderopedia to Increase Transparency in South America’s Most Corrupt Country

Jessica McKenzie / techPresident