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6:15 PM ET, July 26, 2012

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Joanne Ostrow / Denver Post:
Theater shooting: Media outlets covering Aurora paying for information  —  Television producers quickly locked up eyewitnesses, legal experts and others in the wake of the Aurora shootings, competing with other media outlets and, in some cases, paying a fee for exclusive access.
Discussion: Erik Wemple, KDVR.com and Poynter
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
TCA: ABC News chief apologizes for Aurora mistake by Brian Ross  —  Ben Sherwood was critical of reporter Brian Ross.  —  ABC News President Ben Sherwood said reporter Brian Ross' speculation that James Holmes, the suspect in the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., could be linked to the tea party …
Discussion: Mediaite and Erik Wemple
Steve Myers / Poynter:
ABC affiliate contradicts ABC News reporting on James Holmes' behavior in jail
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Google Gets Into the Cable TV Business, for Real  —  Google just announced as part of its Google Fiber broadband Internet service that it will be getting into the real TV business.  —  The disclosure came at a presentation in Kansas City, where it is unveiling a high-speed Internet offering.
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Google TV will get its own version of AirPlay
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
HBO, AMC, ESPN missing from Google Fiber TV channel list (Update: no Time Warner or Disney channels listed)
Jonathan Kealing / PRI:
Public Radio International acquired by Boston public broadcaster WGBH  —  Public Radio International, the Minneapolis-based producer and distributor of public radio content, has been acquired by WGBH in Boston.  —  The transaction, which closed Wednesday, makes PRI an affiliated company of WGBH …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek to launch live news broadcast  —  The Daily Beast, the website of Newsweek magazine, will begin broadcasting a live news broadcast next week.  —  Starting Monday, the morning news and political roundup known as NewsBeast will be broadcast live from the magazine's Manhattan newsroom.
Discussion: Forbes, Bloomberg and @dylanbyers
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Newsweek/The Daily Beast Promotes Several Staffers  —  Newsweek/The Daily Beast has announced several promotions and changes.  See below for a summary, then after the jump for the full memo from Tina Brown.  —  NewsBeasties,  —  We are very pleased to take this opportunity to announce that:
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Norah O'Donnell Replacing Erica Hill on ‘CBS This Morning’  —  Breaking: Six months into its run, “CBS This Morning” is making an anchor change.  CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O'Donnell has been named co-host of “CBS This Morning” replacing Erica Hill who first came to CBS News in 2008 …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
No News for the New York Times: Circulation Up, Ad Sales Down  —  New quarter, same news for the New York Times.  —  That is, the publisher says that over the last three months it saw circulation revenue increase, and both print and digital ads decrease.  —  Growth in circulation …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:   The Times Company's search for a new C.E.O. hits the final stretch
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Facebook's Q2 Lands On Target  —  First look at Facebook's earnings: Profit of 12 cents per share on revenue of $1.18 billion.  The consensus was 12 cents and $1.15 billion.  Now on to other crucial numbers, like user growth.  —  Would you like a canned quote from Mark Zuckerberg?
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Roku gets $45M in funding from News Corp., BSkyB  —  Roku announced late Wednesday that it has secured $45 million in additional funding from new investors News Corporation and BSkyB as well as existing investors Menlo Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BSkyB reports 17% rise in profits
Discussion: AllThingsD and Beet.TV
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
NBC Sports Chairman Lazarus: London Olympics are a ‘grand experiment’  —  Mark Lazarus is no stranger to big sports events but the 2012 Olympics trumps them all.  Lazarus, the chairman of NBC Sports Group, joined NBC Universal as part of the Comcast merger, becoming chairman of the NBC Sports Group …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
With Ebersol Gone, NBC Passes Broadcast Baton to ‘Today’ Producer
Ann Friedman / CJR:
Presenting #realtalk from your editor  —  CJR's “place for super practical conversation about working in media”—in gifs!  —  Welcome to the new incarnation of #Realtalk from your editor!  —  This weekly column was inspired by my now-defunct Tumblr blog, but it's going to be more than one-liners …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Saints owner offers to buy Times-Picayune  —  New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has offered to buy The Times-Picayune, WWLTV.com reports.  He writes in a letter to Steven Newhouse, head of Advance.net: … A handwritten note at the bottom of the page reads, “In 1985, the Saints were leaving …
Jim Romenesko:
Washington Post's new rules on quotations and story drafts  —  Controversies over quote approval on the campaign trail and a Washington Post reporter sharing his story drafts with the PR people at the University of Texas at Austin prompted this memo:  —  From: Marcus Brauchli  —  To: NEWS - All Newsroom
Discussion: Poynter and City Desk
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Brauchli: Washington Post reporters will need editor's approval to share drafts with sources
Kim Janssen / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Tribune staff demands answers from editor over Journatic  —  The editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune has written to its editor, Gerould Kern, demanding answers about the company's continued relationship with under-fire content provider Journatic.  —  Continuing questions …
 
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