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How Far Did PBS Go to Avoid Offending a Sponsor? : The New Yorker

newyorker.com — PBS has long been a political target of conservatives, who have accused it of having a liberal bias. When the billionaire industrialist David Koch joined the boards of WGBH and WNET, it seemed to mark an ideological inroad, enabling him to exert influence over a network with a prominent news operation.
Chris Tackett Social Media Editor, TreeHugger @christackett
RT @ClaraJeffery: Must read Jane Mayer on how PBS kowtowed to David Koch, and lost his backing anyway: newyorker.com/reporting/2013… Expect more i…
Jonathan Spicer Correspondent, Reuters @jonathanspicer
How Far Did PBS Go to Avoid Offending a Sponsor (Koch)? newyorker.com/reporting/2013… via @NewYorker
Felix Salmon Finance Blogger, Reuters @felixsalmon
All the liberals who are shocked by this PBS thing, are they actually shocked or are they Captain Renault shocked? newyorker.com/reporting/2013…
Cynthia Burton Editorial Writer, Philadelphia Inquirer @burtoncynthia
RT @ProPublica: "Why did [WNET] allow Koch to offer a critique of a film he hadn’t even seen? Money. Money talks." propub.ca/13GhMdM
Justin Elliott Reporter and Blogger, ProPublica @elliottjustin
the New York PBS station prostrated itself before David Koch then he canceled his donation anyways, per Jane Mayer: newyorker.com/reporting/2013…
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The Collected Letters of Marissa Mayer and David Karp

By Caitlin Kelly
newyorker.com — Dear David, It seems like only yesterday I asked a Yahoo! intern to explain to me what a "Tumblr" was, but when I saw that dashboard, full of content being created and shared by demographics that weren't even born when my company started, I knew that I wanted-no, needed-to acquire you.
Pierce Stanley Digital Media Fellow, The New Republic @piercestanley
RT @nxthompson: The collected love letters of Marissa Mayer and David Karp. Hilarious. nyr.kr/12QuF2z
Stephen Abbott @stephen_abbott
RT @atotalmonet: I didn't mean to grow up to be the fake David Karp archivist, and yet…this is the world we live in. newyorker.com/online/blogs/s…
Jamie Condliffe Contributing Editor, Gizmodo @jme_c
The Collected Letters of Marissa Mayer and David Karp are v funny: newyorker.com/online/blogs/s…
Olivia Solon Associate Editor, Wired.co.uk, Wired @olivia_solon
RT @atotalmonet: I didn't mean to grow up to be the fake David Karp archivist, and yet…this is the world we live in. newyorker.com/online/blogs/s…
Katie J.M. Baker Staff Writer, Jezebel @katiejmbaker
RT @atotalmonet: I didn't mean to grow up to be the fake David Karp archivist, and yet…this is the world we live in. newyorker.com/online/blogs/s…
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Lighthearted YouTube Videos and Recordings : The New Yorker

By Alex Ross
newyorker.com — Wagner possessed a distinctly antic, clownish personality, and while he entirely lacked a sense of humor about his own work he provoked satire and silliness almost from the first moment he stepped onto the public stage. In that spirit, I've assembled a few Wagner send-ups and pop adaptations going back a century and a half.
Sarah Grant Freelance Journalist @SarahGrant
RT @alexrossmusic: A Wagner Birthday Roast: newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…
Alex Ross Music Critic, The New Yorker @alexrossmusic
A Wagner Birthday Roast: newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…

Is 'Star Trek Into Darkness' a Drone Allegory? : The New Yorker

By Amy Davidson
newyorker.com — "Are you Starfleet or private security?" Lieutenant Commander Scott asks a man-a very big man-who is pointing a phaser at him. "You look like private security." And "Star Trek Into Darkness" looks like an allegory about drones or civil liberties-or something.
Tim Harford Senior Columnist, Financial Times @TimHarford
"Is 'Star Trek Into Darkness' a Drone Allegory?" (contains spoilers, not that the film is quite good enough to... dlvr.it/3PKkVp
James Downie Digital Opinion Editor, Washington Post @jamescdownie
RT @attackerman: Read @tnyCloseRead's last graf. newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…
Amy Davidson Senior Editor, The New Yorker @tnyCloseRead
Is “Star Trek Into Darkness” a Drone Allegory? nyr.kr/16FsxAN
Amy Davidson Senior Editor, The New Yorker @tnyCloseRead
Is “Star Trek Into Darkness” a Drone Allegory?: “Are you Starfleet or private security?” Lieutenant Command... nyr.kr/19WgiMk
Jared Keller Director of Social Media, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @jaredbkeller
"Kirk was more of a humanitarian interventionist than the Prime Directive allows." newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…
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A Giant Tumble Into the Unknown : The New Yorker

By Matt Buchanan
newyorker.com — Though one of a spree of acquisitions for Yahoo since C.E.O./savior Marissa Mayer's arrival, the Tumblr purchase is the largest and most important for the company by an order of magnitude, and it surpasses the value of the last major social-networking deal, in which Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars.
Alyssa Zahler Associate Producer, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg News @AZahler
RT @karaswisher: Well done: What Yahoo Bought with a Billion Dollars: Hope newyorker.com/online/blogs/e… via @NewYorker
Kara Swisher Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD @karaswisher
Well done: What Yahoo Bought with a Billion Dollars: Hope newyorker.com/online/blogs/e… via @NewYorker
Silvia Killingsworth Managing Editor, The New Yorker @silviakillings
Yahoo "which has an...egregious track record of bespoiling the companies it entices into its purple esophagus" nyr.kr/10JTYog
Mona Eltahawy Freelance Journalist @monaeltahawy
RT @newyorker A Giant Tumble Into the Unknown nyr.kr/19XabaM

Republicans Question Whether Obama Could Handle Actual Scandal

By Andy Borowitz
newyorker.com — WASHINGTON ( The Borowitz Report)-President Obama's handling of controversies about the I.R.S., the Justice Department, and Benghazi has raised "grave doubts" about his ability to cope if he ever became involved in an actual scandal, prominent Republicans said today.
Andy Borowitz Contributing Humorist, The New Yorker @BorowitzReport
BREAKING nyr.kr/118EYvM
Andy Borowitz Contributing Humorist, The New Yorker @BorowitzReport
BREAKING: nyr.kr/118EYvM

A Tornado Hits Moore, Oklahoma

By Amy Davidson
newyorker.com — On Monday afternoon, one of the tornadoes that have been careening through the plains hit a suburb of Oklahoma City called Moore. What happened, how many people were hurt, and how many lives and livelihoods were destroyed aren't clear yet. The images are wrenching: schools that were flattened, highways with gashes across them, housing lots scraped bare, buildings on fire.
Amy Davidson Senior Editor, The New Yorker @tnyCloseRead
A Tornado Hits Moore, Oklahoma nyr.kr/19Xrf0n
Amy Davidson Senior Editor, The New Yorker @tnyCloseRead
A Tornado Hits Moore, Oklahoma: On Monday afternoon, one of the tornadoes that have been careening through the... nyr.kr/1168Q1R
Ben Allen Local Host and Reporter, KOSU Radio @BenAllenKOSU
The New Yorker has a quick piece on the Moore tornado: nyr.kr/10hpeeJ #okwx
Jody Avirgan Associate Producer, The Brian Lehrer Show and It's A Free Country, WNYC @jodyavirgan
Writing with compassion and depth even in breaking news moments is what makes @tnyCloseRead maybe my favorite writer. nyr.kr/Z8WF4p

The Met's New European Galleries : The New Yorker

newyorker.com — Something monumental has been happening, by stealthy stages, to art in New York. On May 23rd, it will stand fully revealed: the architectural renovation and wholesale rehanging of the Metropolitan Museum's core collections of pre-modern European art, enlarged by the annexation of galleries formerly devoted to temporary exhibitions.
Andrew Russeth Contributor, New York Observer @AndrewRusseth
"Surprises cascade. Go with a friend. You will want to jabber." Schjeldahl in the Met's new European galleries goo.gl/aTWgg

Freedom and Income Inequality : The New Yorker

newyorker.com — It's a common temptation of middle age to think that the present is significantly worse than the past-to mistake a herniated disc in the L4-L5 region with America's declining global power, or annoyance at public iPhone conversations with the erosion of all social norms. Certain pieces I've written in this space and elsewhere, not to mention a new book being published today ("The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America"), might lead readers to believe that I spend my days wallowing in nostalgia for Jimmy Carter and Boz Scaggs, if not J.F.K.
Jeff MacGregor Senior Writer, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, ESPN @MacGregorESPN
RT @NewYorker: What America Has Gained, What America Has Lost nyr.kr/19YhKOk

Why Is Europe So Messed Up? An Illuminating History

By John Cassidy
newyorker.com — The big news of the past week had nothing to do with the I.R.S. or Benghazi. It was the confirmation that, while the American economy continues to recover from the disastrous financial bust of 2008 and 2009, Europe remains mired in a seemingly endless slump.
Thomas Catan Antitrust and White Collar Crime Reporter, Wall Street Journal @tomcatan
"Failure of austerity...is a human calamity, and one that could have been avoided," says @TNYJohnCassidy. newyorker.com/online/blogs/j…
John Cassidy New Yorker Staff Writer and Fortune Columnist, The New Yorker @TNYJohnCassidy
Why is Europe So Messed Up? An Illuminating History. nyr.kr/14KepkU

The Murder of a Gay Man in Greenwich Village

newyorker.com — There aren't supposed to be hate crimes in Greenwich Village these days, especially ones involving people with guns and victims who die. There aren't supposed to be anti-gay hate crimes taking place almost in the shadow of the Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern gay-rights movement more than forty years ago.
Samuel Rubenfeld Reporter, Corruption Currents, Wall Street Journal @srubenfeld
RT @palafo: Greenwich Village murder is "reminder that anti-gay bigotry and discrimination still exist everywhere" nyr.kr/13GuVna
Patrick LaForge Editor for News Presentation, New York Times @palafo
Greenwich Village murder is "reminder that anti-gay bigotry and discrimination still exist everywhere" nyr.kr/13GuVna
Lynda Lopez Journalist, WCBS Newsradio 880, CBS New York @LyndaLopez08
RT @MargaretHoover: Excellent piece by @Socarides on Greenwich Village "hate crime" last week (as per NYPD Commisioner Ray Kelly) http://t.…
Margaret Hoover Political Contributor, CNN @MargaretHoover
Excellent piece by @Socarides on Greenwich Village "hate crime" last week (as per NYPD Commisioner Ray Kelly) nyr.kr/14JLcGS
Sheryl Stolberg Political Reporter, New York Times @sherylstolberg
Sobering story by @Socarides: The Murder of a Gay Man in Greenwich Village - newyorker.com/online/blogs/n… via @NewYorker
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The Spreading Consequences of Syria's Civil War : The New Yorker

newyorker.com — The first car bomb in Reyhanli exploded in the early afternoon beside a government building. The second went off in a crowded market square a few minutes later. It was a Saturday; the square was full. Fifty-one people were killed and many more injured.
Joshua Hersh Middle East Correspondent, Huffington Post @joshuahersh
RT @juliaioffe: And here's Jenna Krajeski on Syria spilling over into Turkey. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
Amy Davidson Senior Editor, The New Yorker @tnyCloseRead
RT @juliaioffe: And here's Jenna Krajeski on Syria spilling over into Turkey. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
Alex Koppelman Associate News Editor, NewYorker.com, The New Yorker @AlexKoppelman
RT @juliaioffe: And here's Jenna Krajeski on Syria spilling over into Turkey. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
Julia Ioffe Senior Editor, The New Republic @juliaioffe
And here's Jenna Krajeski on Syria spilling over into Turkey. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n…
Dan Williams Senior Correspondent, Reuters @DanWilliams
The Spreading Consequences of Syria’s Civil War newyorker.com/online/blogs/n… via @NewYorker

Daft Punk’s Puzzling New Album : The New Yorker

By Sasha Frere-Jones
newyorker.com — Daft Punk's fourth studio album, "Random Access Memories," is an attempt to make the kind of disco record that they sampled so heavily for "Discovery," in 2011. As such, it serves as a tribute to those who came before them and as a direct rebuke to much of what they've spawned.
Mark Colvin Presenter, ABC Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation News @Colvinius
Sasha Frere-Jones paradoxical and funny on the new Daft Punk. m.newyorker.com/arts/critics/m… via @pmattessi
Douglas Morino Journalist, Orange County Register @douglasmorino
Back to Earth: Daft Punk’s puzzling new album nyr.kr/10PSkTF
Andy Hoffman Asia-Pacific Reporter, Globe and Mail @iamandyhoffman
RT @davidchang: Does good music need to be good? (good food too?): Daft Punk’s Puzzling New Album newyorker.com/arts/critics/m… via @NewYorker
Jonah Weiner Freelance Journalist @jonahweiner
"I replay parts of RAM repeatedly while simultaneously thinking it is some of the worst music I’ve ever heard." @sfj newyorker.com/arts/critics/m…
Doug Saunders European Bureau Chief and Columnist, Globe and Mail @DougSaunders
"I replay parts of it repeatedly while simultaneously thinking it is some of the worst music I’ve ever heard." newyorker.com/arts/critics/m…

The Flame and the Arrow

By Richard Brody
newyorker.com — In this 1950 swashbuckler, starring Burt Lancaster as Dardo, the leader of a peasant revolt in twelfth-century Lombardy against the Hessian overlords, the director Jacques Tourneur, working with a script by Waldo Salt, turns the medieval action-adventure tale into a symbol of the French Resistance in the Second World War and locates its roots in class warfare.
Richard Brody Movies Editor, The New Yorker @tnyfrontrow
The Flame and the Arrow, at @FilmLinc tonight, a medieval stand-in for the French Resistance (plus acrobatics): newyorker.com/arts/reviews/f…

A Judge Takes On Stop-and-Frisk : The New Yorker

newyorker.com — The questions about stop-and-frisk are profound. Has New York City conducted a long-term, racially motivated campaign to deprive thousands of its citizens of their constitutional rights? Or, as Mayor Bloomberg and others maintain, has the city created one of the great law-enforcement success stories in recent American history?
Niraj Chokshi Online Editor, National Journal @nirajc
Enthusiasm! RT @JeffreyToobin: My new @NewYorker story on the stop-and-frisk trial in NYC. Gotta buy it! Paywall! ow.ly/lcTcA
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Jeffrey Toobin: A Judge Takes On Stop-and-Frisk newyorker.com/reporting/2013…
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