1. Patch is laying off hundreds of employees on Friday (Romenesco)
2. Labavit, the secure email service Edward Snowden reportedly used, shuts down under pressure (Quartz)
3. Apple’s Tim Cook, tech executives meet with Barack Obama to talk surveillance (Politico)
4. Tumblr founder to get $81 million to remain at Yahoo (ABC News)
5. Amid criticism, support for media’s ‘watchdog’ role stands out (Pew Research Center)
6. Aereo to enter Dallas, other markets as CBS blackout continues (Reuters)