The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Media

CBS is seeing new revenue from digital properties. Les Moonves is called a “super genius” for his leadership of the network. [CNBC]

Reuters News’s popular opinion blog was hacked on Friday by an anonymous person who posted false information about the situation in Syria. The news organization took down the page while they investigated. [NYTimes]

NBC spoke about the future of Olympics coverage in a call with reporters late last week. The network’s execs also said the London games are the most watched ever in the U.S. [Reuters]

People using laptop and desktop computers are spending smaller amounts of time on NYTimes.com, according to new Nielsen figures. [Poynter]

The Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, is cheering the rise of social media. [BuzzFeed]