Mediagazer: Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Doesn't Have A Contract, And Negotiations Haven't Started (Nicholas Carlson/Business Insider)

12:55 PM ET, July 19, 2012

Top News:

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

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

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

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why the Washington Post will never have a paywall

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Jennifer Reingold / Fortune: Don Graham: Why a paywall won't work for the Post

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 …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, New York Magazine and Media Decoder

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

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: Exclusive: Could Jon Miller's Digital Future at News Corp. Include a New Investment Fund?

John Cook / Gawker:
‘It Was Like a War Zone’: A Former Nanny for Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng Speaks Out

Discussion: Daily Mail and New York Magazine

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

Blog.Viacom:
No Deal in Sight: Viacom Compromise Proposals Fail to Sway DIRECTV

Discussion: CNET, CNNMoney.com, VentureBeat and Engadget

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Viacom says talks with DirecTV have broken down

Discussion: Adweek, Bloomberg, Multichannel News, New York Times, mediabistro.com and Los Angeles Times

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 …

Discussion: MediaPost, paidContent, TechCrunch, eMedia Vitals and AllThingsD

Guardian:

Operation Tuleta: Sun journalist arrested in hacking investigation — A journalist at the Sun has been arrested in north London by police from Scotland Yard's Operation Tuleta, which is investigating breaches of privacy including computer hacking. He is understood to be Rhodri Phillips, a news reporter at the paper.

Discussion: Press Gazette, @joshhalliday, @tomjharper, @timescrime, @timescrime and @timescrime

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 …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, New York Post and New York Times

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 …

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 …