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9:30 PM ET, July 12, 2012

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Wall Street Journal:
Betaworks to Pay $500,000 for Fallen Social Media Star Digg  —  New York technology development firm Betaworks has agreed to buy news-sharing website Digg, in an attempt to revive a company that was early to social media but outmaneuvered by rivals like Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Betaworks Buys Digg Assets and John Borthwick Becomes CEO  —  The remaining assets of social news aggregator Digg — its site and brand — are being sold to Betaworks, the New York-based technology studio.  Betaworks CEO John Borthwick will become CEO of the new Digg.  —  Outgoing Digg CEO Matt Williams
Discussion: BBC, msnbc.com, The Next Web and Engadget
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Updated: Betaworks Acquires Digg (For Significantly More Than $500K)  —  Betaworks, the company behind bit.ly, news.me, Chartbeat and a number of other successful products, has acquired the social news site Digg.com for an undisclosed amount.  Betaworks' founder John Borthwick will become the new CEO of Digg.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney camp: Globe story ‘inaccurate’  —  The Mitt Romney campaign is pushing back against today's Boston Globe report which found that, according to SEC filings, Romney served as CEO at Bain Capital until 2002, despite saying that he left in 1999.  —  “The article is not accurate,” …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Globe denies Romney campaign correction request
Erik Wemple:
Romney campaign will ask Boston Globe for correction of Bain story, aide says [Updated]
Annika McGinnis / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congress considers prosecutions of reporters over leaked information  —  WASHINGTON — In response to New York Times stories that relied on leaks of sensitive national-security information, a House of Representatives panel on Wednesday discussed legislation that could allow journalists to be prosecuted for disclosing such information.
Discussion: Capital New York and The Raw Story
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Congressman Trey Gowdy On Leaks: ‘I Thought All Reporters Aspire’ To Go To Jail
Discussion: The Atlantic Wire
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Ross Still Not the Boss (Yet): Yahoo CEO Selection Now Likely to Take Longer Than Many Expect  —  According to multiple sources close to the situation, the selection of a CEO of Yahoo will not be announced today at its annual meeting, as many anticipate.  In fact, sources said …
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Los Angeles Times:
Yahoo expected to name Ross Levinsohn as its new chief executive
Discussion: VentureBeat and Business Insider
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes Real Time:
Viacom and DirecTV Are Both Right, But DirecTV Is Righter  —  The fee dispute between Viacom and DirecTV that has seen the satellite service's 20 million subscribers lose access to MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and other channels has the makings of a long standoff, one in which each side …
Patrick Smith / TheMediaBriefing:
Interview: Wall Street Journal digital chief Raju Narisetti on innovation, mistakes and opportunities  —  Forget the idea that newspapers have too much innovation to cope with - they're not moving nearly fast enough, according to the managing editor of Wall Street Journal's digital network.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, Poynter and @mathewi
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Howard Kurtz Breaks MSNBC.com Exclusive, That AdWeek and TVNewser Broke Two Months Ago  —  Newsweek columnist and CNN “Reliable Sources” host Howard Kurtz had a big “EXCLUSIVE” today about NBC News and MSNBC.com: … There is just one little problem: news of the buyback was broken by AdWeek's Mike Shields …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Week and Mediaite
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Barry Diller making trouble for broadcasters  —  Barry Diller has reason to smile.  —  Barry Diller still likes to play the role of disruptor.  —  From his early days as a pioneering programmer who struck gold making movies for television to being the architect of the Fox network …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Lawyer: WikiLeaks wins Icelandic court victory in financial fight against Visa, MasterCard  —  LONDON — WikiLeaks declared victory Thursday in the first round of its campaign against the U.S. financial blockade imposed by Visa and MasterCard after an Icelandic court ordered a local company …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
DOJ says it received over 800 comments on ebook pricing case, needs more time to publish them  —  In response to a letter from attorney Bob Kohn regarding the delayed publication of all the comments received on the proposed ebook pricing settlement, the Department of Justice says it received …
Discussion: GalleyCat and Digital Book World
 
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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Bush House ceases BBC broadcasts after 71 years
Discussion: BBC
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Insider: Variety acquisition cost will far exceed a $40M price tag
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Justice Dept allows FBI anti-piracy seal on books, photos, doodles
Discussion: Techdirt
Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
NBC launches Olympics apps; one will stream every single event
Discussion: CNET
Jim Romenesko:
Reporter does consulting work for school district while covering it
Discussion: Alexandria Times
Tim Baysinger / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS Grabs 43 News and Doc Emmy Nominations
Discussion: The Wrap and TVNewser
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Elisabeth Murdoch to step back as Shine chief executive
Discussion: AllThingsD and The Wrap
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Gersh Kuntzman to leave Fort Greene Local for ‘Daily News’
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Operation Elveden: arrested journalists released on bail
Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
For once, Nick Denton seems pleased with Gawker's commenting system
Discussion: GigaOM
Jessica Roy / Betabeat:
Fed Up With Lack of TechCrunch Coverage, Italian Startup Just Plain Clones the Site
Discussion: TechCrunch
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Attacks on Mexico Papers Underline Peril to Journalists
Associated Press:
Jack Abramoff Gets A Radio Show
Discussion: Erik Wemple
Andrew Gauthier / TVSpy:
TV News Staffing Way Up, More Hiring Expected
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why we should defend the changes at the Times-Picayune
Discussion: eMedia Vitals and Digital First, Thanks:@craignewmark
Ivan Lajara / Daily Freeman:
I am the one behind News Cat Gifs!
Discussion: Daily Dot