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8:50 AM ET, July 27, 2012

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
New York Times' circulation revenue lags growth in digital subscriptions  —  Wall Street rewarded The New York Times Co. with a 10 percent stock price increase Thursday after a second-quarter earnings report with several significant bits of good news:  — For a second consecutive quarter …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The Times Company's search for a new C.E.O. hits the final stretch
Discussion: Poynter
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
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Joanne Ostrow / Denver Post:
Theater shooting: Media outlets covering Aurora paying for information
Discussion: KDVR.com and Erik Wemple
Steve Myers / Poynter:
ABC affiliate contradicts ABC News reporting on James Holmes' behavior in jail
Jim Romenesko:
David Vitter to Steve Newhouse: I Urge You To Sell  —  “I urge you to sell” the Times-Picayune, U.S. Sen. David Vitter tells Steven Newhouse.  —  July 26, 2012  —  Steven Newhouse  —  Chairman  —  Advance Publications  —  950 Fingerboard Rd.  —  Staten Island, NY 10305  —  Dear Steven Newhouse:
Discussion: Politico
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Saints owner offers to buy Times-Picayune
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 …
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
Is Pinterest Of Interest To Publishers?  —  Social platforms can be trendy.  Outside of the big boys — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube — there's a second tier that trades the title of the Next Big Thing.  Lately Pinterest has had its turn in the spotlight.  —  Yet for many news publishers …
Discussion: eMedia Vitals and Daily Dot
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Guardian gives readers option to ‘hide Olympics’ section on homepage  —  The Guardian is offering its readers the option of hiding the part of its homepage dedicated to the majority of its Olympics coverage, in a move similar to that which it took during the Royal Wedding last year.
Ioan Grillo / Reuters:
Protesters blockade Mexico's biggest TV station  —  (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters on Thursday blockaded the studios of Mexico's most popular TV network, accusing it of biased coverage of the July 1 presidential election.  —  Shouting “Tell the truth,” the demonstrators …
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Guardian
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?
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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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
HBO, AMC, ESPN missing from Google Fiber TV channel list (Update: no Time Warner or Disney channels listed)
Discussion: AllThingsD, The Verge, Mashable! and GigaOM
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 …
Discussion: FishbowlLA
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
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Financial Times: Our Digital Subscribers Now Outnumber Print, And Digital Is Half Of The FT's Revenue  —  A milestone reached as the world of old media continues its push in a digital direction: the storied, pink-sheeted daily newspaper the Financial Times, read by 2.1 million readers daily …
Erik Maza / WWD:
Every Page Counts: Magazine Publishers Release September Ad Counts  —  The cover of Lucky's September issue.  —  Photo By Courtesy Photo Photo By Courtesy Photo Photo By Courtesy Photo  —  EVERY PAGE COUNTS: In 2007, Vogue magazine celebrated a whopping 727 ad pages in its September issue with …
Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
In Bid for EMI, Universal Music Group Considers Sale of Parlophone Records  —  To get European regulators to approve its $1.9 billion takeover of EMI, the Universal Music Group may do something once considered unthinkable: sell Parlophone Records, which releases the music of Coldplay and Radiohead …
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
 
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Washington Post's new rules on quotations and story drafts
Discussion: Poynter and City Desk
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Newsweek/The Daily Beast Promotes Several Staffers
Kim Janssen / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Tribune staff demands answers from editor over Journatic
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
New Result in ‘Today’ and ‘Good Morning America’ Rivalry: Too Close to Call
Discussion: TVNewser and Broadcasting & Cable
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From Techmeme:

Alphabet:
Alphabet Q1: revenue up 15% YoY to $80.5B, net income up 57% to $23.7B, Google Cloud revenue up 28% to $9.6B, and headcount down 5%; GOOG jumps 12%+ after hours

Microsoft:
Microsoft Q3: revenue up 17% YoY to $61.9B, net income up 20% to $21.9B, Office Commercial revenue up 13%, LinkedIn revenue up 10%; MSFT jumps 4%+ after hours

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
The US awards Micron up to $6.1B under the CHIPS Act, to back an up to $125B investment to build a megafab in New York and a fab in Idaho over the next 20 years
 
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