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1:05 PM ET, July 19, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Glenn Greenwald to move to The Guardian  —  Glenn Greenwald, the political columnist who joined Salon.com in 2007, is moving to The Guardian.  —  Greenwald, a former constitutional and civil rights lawyer based in Rio de Janeiro, will move his blog en masse to the Guardian's website on August 20 …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:   Home news  —  I'll be writing in a new venue beginning next month
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Rupert Murdoch faces shareholder revolt at News Corporation AGM  —  Pressure weighs on Rupert Murdoch as 18 News Corporation investors signal intention to oust him as chairman at its October annual general meeting.  —  Rupert Murdoch plans to split News Corporation in two, but to remain chairman of both parts
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:   Exclusive: Could Jon Miller's Digital Future at News Corp. Include a New Investment Fund?
Dan Rather / CNN:
‘Quote approval’ a media sellout  —  (CNN) — A New York Times front-page article Monday detailed a new phenomenon in news coverage of the presidential campaign: candidates insisting on “quote approval,” telling reporters what they can and cannot use in some stories.  And, stunningly, reporters agreeing to it.
Discussion: Capital New York, Poynter and CJR
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Quote approval furore forces US news media to rethink ‘unacceptable’ practice  —  News organisations in the US are reviewing their policies on quote approval after the New York Times blew the whistle on the draconian methods deployed by campaign officials to control their media messages.
Discussion: Crikey and The Huffington Post
Jack Shafer:
How Bloomberg can still run Washington  —  At the age of 70, Michael R. Bloomberg nears an actuarial end that not even his $22 billion net worth can reverse.  By giving him a measly 13 years of life expectancy, the law of averages has made the New York mayor acutely aware of time.
Discussion: Poynter
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why the Washington Post will never have a paywall
Thanks:@biztrends
Jennifer Reingold / Fortune:   Don Graham: Why a paywall won't work for the Post
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
DirecTV says sticking point in Viacom talks is ... Epix?  —  They've been negotiating a multi-billion-dollar deal for some of the most widely viewed channels in the cable universe.  —  But according to DirecTV, the sticking point in its ongoing carriage impasse with Viacom is ... wait for it ... the fledgling pay channel Epix.
Discussion: @edmundlee
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Blog.Viacom:
No Deal in Sight: Viacom Compromise Proposals Fail to Sway DIRECTV
Discussion: CNNMoney.com, CNET, VentureBeat and Engadget
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Nate Weiner raises $5M Series B funding for Pocket (formerly Read It Later)  —  Pocket, formerly known as Read It Later, an app that formats and bookmarks articles and web pages for future consumption, has raised a second round of funding.  —  One year after raising an initial $2.5 million …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Penguin buys self-publishing service Author Solutions for $116m  —  Book publisher Penguin is embracing self-publishing with its acquisition of Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI).  This morning, Penguin parent company Pearson announced that it has purchased the company from Bertram Capital for $116 million.
Discussion: Media Decoder and @tcarmody
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
‘SI’ Completes Layoffs  —  Terry McDonell, editor of the Time Inc. Sports Group, is expected to tell the staff Thursday that 16 editorial staffers will be leaving the staff, three of them layoffs and 13 voluntary departures.  —  The group that includes Sports Illustrated, Golf and SI Kids …
New York Post:
Tribune may use LA Times to lure bidders for other papers  —  The new owners of Tribune Co. may dangle the Los Angeles Times as bait to lure bidders for its other papers when it exits bankruptcy, expected within weeks, The Post has learned.  —  With newspaper buyers scarce …
Discussion: LA Observed and L.A. NOW
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Doesn't Have A Contract, And Negotiations Haven't Started  —  Hulu CEO Jason Kilar doesn't have a contract, and talks to re-sign him haven't begun, we've learned from a source close to a Hulu parent company.  The hold-up is that Hulu parent companies Disney, Comcast …
 
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Consumers face long wait for $52 million tied to Apple e-book ‘conspiracy’
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Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb:
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Discussion: GigaOM and Subtraction.com, Thanks:@rwjon
Wall Street Journal:
Vivendi to Offer Concessions for EMI Deals
Discussion: Guardian
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Guardian formalizes audience curation with #smarttakes
Discussion: Guardian
Erik Wemple:
Roll Call bags print product for conventions
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of Marissa Mayer's Yahoo legacy challenge
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
How Kickstarter could disrupt public radio
Discussion: Forbes Real Time