Mediagazer: CNN Is Ending John King's Political Show (Brian Stelter/Media Decoder)

5:15 PM ET, June 13, 2012

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online.wsj.com:

U.S. Probes Cable for Limits on Net Video — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging antitrust investigation into whether cable companies are acting improperly to quash nascent competition from online video, according to people familiar with the matter.

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Why the Feds' Cable Probe Means More Expensive Web Video for You — The Department of Justice is looking at the way Comcast and the rest of the cable industry deal with broadband and online video. So what does that mean for you? — Higher broadband bills — at least if you plan on streaming a lot of online video.

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

CNN Is Ending John King's Political Show — The ailing cable news channel CNN on Wednesday abruptly ended “John King, USA,” its 6 p.m. political news program. — The program will be replaced at the end of the month by “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” which will expand from two hours long to three hours.

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Why traditional media should be afraid of Twitter — As we've mentioned a number of times, Twitter has been gradually tip-toeing further and further into the media business for some time now. It has already become a real-time newswire for many, a source of breaking news and commentary on live events …

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Ross Neumann / RGN: Twitter Wants To Put Social Media Editors Out Of Business

Mike Giglio / The Daily Beast:

Previously Unpublished Documents Show Piers Morgan Under Fire — Piers Morgan, the primetime CNN host and former British tabloid editor, has a reputation as a brash and freewheeling newsman who doesn't back down from authority, trades in celebrity gossip and is unafraid to offend.

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Kevin Morris / Daily Dot:

Reddit bans “The Atlantic,” “Businessweek,” others in major anti-spam move — Reddit just dropped the banhammer. — As of today, more than a half-dozen prominent websites have been banned from the massively popular link-sharing site, including digital publishing heavyweights The Atlantic and PhysOrg.

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Jim Romenesko:

Freedom paper tells reporter to remove LAT story from Facebook wall — After it was announced that Aaron Kushner's group was buying the Orange County Register and other Freedom Communications papers, a journalist at Freedom's Colorado Springs Gazette posted this on his Facebook wall:

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Huffington Post UK:

Alex Salmond: ‘The Observer Accessed My Bank Account’ — Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has claimed that his bank account was accessed by The Observer newspaper. Giving evidence to the Leveson inquiry into press ethics, the SNP leader said a journalist for the paper told …

Estelle Shirbon / Reuters: Twist in Murdoch saga exposes UK coalition tension

Press Gazette: Rebekah Brooks bailed on phone-hack charges

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

State Department speaks out on Amazon Kindle deal — On Monday, I reported that the U.S. State Department was signing a $16.5 million agreement with Amazon to provide Kindles, content and service for overseas English language programs. Yesterday I was able to get on the phone …

Charlie Warzel / Adweek:

CNBC and Yahoo Finance Announce Content Partnership — Effective immediately, CNBC and Yahoo will be teaming up to jointly distribute content and programming across their networks. For the financial news world, this partnership marries the largest financial broadcaster …

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Ben Popper / The Verge:

Mark Cuban puts $500,000 investment into immersive video startup, Condition One — Danfung Dennis spent the last decade working as a photo-journalist and filmaker in some of the world's most dangerous places, shooting war footage that appeared in Newsweek and The New York Times and directing …

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Gleb Bryanski / Reuters:

Russian top investigator threatens reporter, paper says — (Reuters) - A Russian newspaper editor said on Wednesday he had ordered a prominent reporter to leave the country after he received death threats from the country's chief investigator. — Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta …

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