John Borthwick's Top Stories

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1. Statement On Michael Hastings

   buzzfeed.com ❘ Shared by Arianna Huffington, Andy Carvin and 12 others

   BuzzFeed is saddened to report that Michael Hastings died in a car accident early this morning in Los Angeles. He was 33. Ben Smith, BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief, said in a statement: We are shocked and devastated by the news that Michael Hastings is...

   

2. Michael Hastings Dead at 33

   rollingstone.com ❘ Shared by Media REDEFined, Digg Kickers and 7 others

   Michael Hastings Courtesy of Blue Rider Press/Penguin Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was...

   

3. IAm Michael Hastings, a reporter for BuzzFeed and a writer for Rolling Stone.

   reddit.com ❘ Shared by Josh Marshall, Rosie Gray and 3 others

   Okay, here's my advice to you (and young journalists in general): 1.) You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school. 2.) When interviewing for a job,...

   

4. Grasping for a Vine: Video for Instagram to Be Only Reveal at FB Event

   allthingsd.com ❘ Shared by Walt Mossberg, Veronica de Souza and 2 others

   Instagram plans to release a video product this Thursday at a press event at Facebook’s headquarters, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, marking the first time the robust, 100-million user network will stray from being strictly a...

   

5. Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

   washingtonpost.com ❘ Shared by Mitch Kapor, NickBaumann and 2 others

   Google, one of nine companies named in NSA documents as providing information to the top-secret PRISM program, has demanded that U.S. officials give it more leeway to describe the company’s relationship with the government. Google and the other...

   

6. I Know What You Think of Me

   opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com ❘ Shared by felix salmon, Libby Brittain and 1 other

   Anxiety: We worry. A gallery of contributors count the ways. Recently I received an e-mail that wasn’t meant for me, but was about me. I’d been cc’d by accident. This is one of the darker hazards of electronic communication, Reason No. 697 Why the...

   

7. Fab Raises $150 Million at $1 Billion Valuation from Tencent, AZ16

   allthingsd.com ❘ Shared by Bill Gurley, Peter Kafka and 1 other

   Here’s an interesting exercise I tried recently when talking with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists involved in e-commerce: “I say Fab, you say?” “Inspiring.” “Ballsy.” “Ambitious.” And then… “a creation of the tech press.” “another...

   

8. Bill Simmons on the gravity of Game 6 in the NBA Finals

   grantland.com ❘ Shared by Josh Felser, John Lilly and 1 other

   Legacy CheckAs the NBA Finals head back to Miami for Game 6, just about everyone on the floor has something to proveBy Bill Simmons on June 18, 2013The NBA Finals shifted to a 2-3-2 format after the 1984 Finals, when the Lakers and Celtics battled...

   

9. Serena Williams On Steubenville: "I'm Not Blaming The Girl But ..."

   deadspin.com ❘ Shared by Veronica de Souza, Emma Gilbey Keller and 1 other

   Serena Williams is letting the press back into her life, big time. If you're unfamiliar, this is the "Serena comes out of her shell" part of the Serena dialectic, which is only a few pungent quotes from a full retreat and the "Why won't Serena let...

   

10. The Series A Round Is The New Series B Round

    techcrunch.com ❘ Shared by Don Dodge, Jonathan Abrams and 1 other

    Editor’s note: Jeff Jordan is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and is on the boards of Airbnb, Belly, Fab, Circle, Crowdtilt, Lookout and Pinterest, as well as Wealthfront and Zoosk. Previously, Jeff was president and CEO of OpenTable, which he took...