Mediagazer: AP Launches Video Portal for Local Stations (Andrew Gauthier/TVSpy)

10:50 AM ET, July 20, 2012

Top News:

‘Dark Knight Rises’ Paris Premiere Cancelled Due to Colorado Shootings — Christopher Nolan and cast members Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman also scrapped press interviews after learning of the Denver movie theater attack. — Plans for The Dark Knight Rises have fallen through …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Guardian, Gawker, Deadline.com, Mashable!, Softpedia News and The Huffington Post

Julie Moos / Poynter:

How news spread of the “Dark Knight Rises” shooting — An overnight shooting has left 14 people in Colorado dead, and dozens more injured. Here's how the news spread, including eyewitness reports from people at the theatre to see Batman sequel “The Dark Knight Rises” to the media who arrived to cover the shooting's aftermath:

Dylan Byers / Politico:

ABC draws possible Tea Party connection with alleged Aurora shooter — ABC News has suggested that James Holmes — the suspect in today's shooting in Aurora, Colorado — may have a connection to the Tea Party. — ABC's Brian Ross reported this morning that there is “a Jim Holmes of Aurora …

Discussion: Mediaite, Poynter and BREITBART.COM

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

“Yes, Keep Moving”: Marissa Mayer's First Memo to Yahoos (Natch! ) — While I might abandon my internal memo-quest at Yahoo at some point soon, I wanted to make sure to post the very first one from newly installed — and extraordinarily well-paid — CEO Marissa Mayer.

Discussion: Forbes Real Time, VentureBeat, San Francisco Chronicle, Business Insider and WebProNews

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Mayer to Get Close to $60 Million (And Maybe More) in Overall Compensation for Yahoo's Top Job — Yahoo revealed in a regulatory filing that it could be paying its new CEO Marissa Mayer a total of close to $60 million to turn the company around. — The mega-sum includes salary, equity grants …

Discussion: Forbes Real Time, NetNewsCheck Latest, Betabeat, MediaPost, AllThingsD, Globe and Mail, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, GeekWire, Bits, paidContent and Reuters

Bloomberg:

Viacom Is Said To Get Over $600 Million A Year From DirecTV — Viacom Inc. (VIAB) will get more than $600 million a year from DirecTV (DTV) in programming fees under their new seven-year agreement, up at least 20 percent from the previous terms, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Discussion: Media Decoder

Associated Press:
Viacom, DirecTV Dispute Settled: Customers Can Welcome Sponge Bob Back

Discussion: Multichannel, Reuters, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, CNNMoney.com, Wall Street Journal and Adweek

Tim Burrowes / mUmBRELLA:

Why paywall journalism is changing how journalists write — The introduction of online paywalls is changing the way journalists write and this means an audience adjustment says Tim Burrowes. — I was taught that the perfect length for an intro was 24 words - anything between 18 and 32 was acceptable, but 24 the ideal.

Billboard:

Updated: Universal Music Offers to Sell More Assets to Salvage EMI Deal — Universal Music has upped the ante in its efforts to gain approval for its proposed purchase of EMI's recorded-music division, offering to sell off even more parts of EMI, according to a report in Financial Times.

Discussion: Media Decoder, Billboard.Biz and Guardian

Economist: The music business: Universal's gamble

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Expands iTunes Movies in the Cloud to Over 35 New Countries [Updated] — In addition to today's iTunes Match expansion to Hungary and Poland, Apple has also undertaken a significant expansion of its iTunes in the Cloud feature, adding movies to the list of eligible items in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Discussion: Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, The Verge, TUAW and The Next Web

Mona Zhang / 10,000 Words:

Digital First Announces Curation Team — Digital First Media announced today that it is creating a national curation team as part of its centralized news operation. That operation, called Thunderdome, will be produced by Digital First's MediaNews Group and Journal Register Company.

Discussion: Street Fight, The Buttry Diary, eMedia Vitals, Digital First Media and Zombie Journalism

Michaelle Bond / American Journalism Review:

The Embattled Editor — Jim Amoss, who has spent his life in the city and his career at the paper, has been a target of much criticism over the changes planned for New Orleans' Times-Picayune. He says he understands the concern, but he says the digitally focused, three-day-a-week print future …

Discussion: CJR

John Harwood / New York Times:

More News Reports Show Up in Campaign Ads, to Journalists' Chagrin — WASHINGTON — While hiking the Appalachian Trail the other day, I became part of a Republican campaign attack on President Obama. — Save the Mark Sanford jokes; I was (really) chaperoning a church youth group.

Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser and Prof Chris Daly's Blog

Andrew Gauthier / TVSpy:

AP Launches Video Portal for Local Stations — The Associated Press announced today the launch of a new web-based video library catered to local TV broadcasters. — AP Video-US will feature stories from the U.S. and around the world with all of the elements (b-roll, nat sound, soundbites …

Discussion: SocialTimes, UnBeige, Broadcasting & Cable and NetNewsCheck Latest