Erik Wemple of The Washington Post writes, "Not long after the conservative news site this morning announced a gun giveaway promotion, Publisher and CEO Neil Patel told me that ”thousands” of people had entered themselves as contestants. By 2:30 p.m., the site had recorded more than 6,000 entries."

After 13 years of writing for Metro, Brodeur will now be taking on NWArts&Life. In her column today, Brodeur reflects on her time talking about news.

Morgan, who was part of Rupert Murcoch's news operation, showed how to hack into private phone messages over a lunch early last decade, according to testimony to a judicial inquiry by one of Britain's most respected journalists. The criminal hacking of phones by journalists is at the center of Murdoch scandal.

The story of a B.C. reporter who went from journalist to media gatekeeper. The Tyee asks, "How does it work, and what's the trade off?"

'Opera News' said it will stop do any reviews of the Met. The Metropolitan Opera, increasingly sensitive about criticism under general manager Peter Gelb, had complained about reviews and articles that found fault with its performances.

Rebekah Brooks is offended: It's an expensive sideshow to bring charges against her and others for obstructing justice in the phone hacking scandal.

A big question revolves around how much accuracy to expect from a comic monologue. Do people expect word-for-word accuracy in, for instance, a personal recounting of a holiday job as an elf?

The Oregonian reports, "Who doesn't feel like we're drowning in content, flooded with media streams and otherwise deluged with news, cultural analysis and commentary?"  

After three and a half years, the local government watchdog site is calling it quits. Reporters Josh Feit and Erica Barnett continue their beats but over at  Crosscut.

It's the hypocrisy that gets him, not the partisanship (a fine European tradition). Meanwhile, the station thrives while Murdoch's empire totters.