Mediagazer: A+E Networks Promotes Key Execs, Creates A+E Studios (AJ Marechal/Variety)

12:55 AM ET, June 4, 2013

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

Apple fights to dismiss evidence in ebook price fixing row — Apple was battling to limit the torrent of emails which could be used as evidence in its price fixing trial on Monday, as dozens of damning messages painted a picture of a coordinated attempt to force the prices of ebooks upwards.

Discussion: Reuters, The Verge, Wall Street Journal and Guardian

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Justice Department releases slides showing alleged Apple ebook conspiracy — The federal government is pressing its legal and PR case against Apple in New York federal court today. It released some slides from the proceedings that are intended to highlight the intended conspiracy. Here's a look.

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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

Execs from Apple and publishing houses calling each other idiots — The US government's antitrust lawsuit against Apple, which had its first day of trial today in New York, is worth keeping an eye on for at least two reasons: 1) The outcome could affect the entire media industry; and 2) …

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New York Times:
Trial on E-Book Price-Fixing Puts Apple in Spotlight

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Gregory Warner / NPR:

For Young Somali Journalists, Work Often Turns Deadly … Shabelle Media is Somalia's largest news outlet — and a very dangerous place to work. Of the 12 journalists gunned down in the country last year, four were reporting for Shabelle. — A number of the reporters are teenagers, some as young as 15.

BuzzFeed:

The Journalist's New Escape Plan: Start-Ups — Tech start-ups are fishing vets from old media. And old media vets are biting. — Image by Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File / AP — At first glance, it all makes sense. Leave the broken, somewhat depressing world of media …

Anna Mulrine / Christian Science Monitor:

Bradley Manning: Patriotic whistle-blower or American traitor? — The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning began Monday. Manning has said the documents he sent to WikiLeaks served a valuable purpose. Others agree, but that might not help him legally. — WASHINGTON

Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
Media Organizations Urge Military To Allow Stenographers In Bradley Manning Trial

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial: what are the key issues at stake?

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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Bradley Manning Court-Martial Starts Today

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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

Nikki Finke To Sharon Waxman: Just Stop It — Right now I am not going to discuss my Deadline Hollywood contract or my relationship with my boss Jay Penske. Why? Because I don't have to. If that changes, I'll tell you. (I also didn't post about this imbecilic digital ad …

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John Cook / Gawker:
Nikki Finke Just Doxxed Herself (and Tried to Undo It)

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

‘The Chilling Effect’ Is Here — On Sunday, New York Times editor Jill Abramson appeared on “Face the Nation” and echoed what has become a common refrain in the wake of the Justice Department's media investigations. — “The reporters who work for the Times in Washington have told …

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter: Abramson, Woodward & Brokaw speak out about DOJ media investigations

New York Times:

Advertising on Social Media Bumps Up Against Free Speech — As social media sites pursue advertising in a bid for new revenue, they are finding that they must simultaneously create a safe space for the advertisers they attract. — With the money, they are discovering, comes responsibility.

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Devoted to Politics, MSNBC Slips on Breaking News — At MSNBC they view it as rooting against death and destruction: the last thing the channel wants is more months like the last two, filled with terror bombings, tornadoes and plant accidents. — It's not all altruism.

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New York Times:

Jordan Blocks Local Access to 300 News Web Sites — AMMAN, Jordan — The Jordanian government has blocked local access to 300 news Web sites under a new law that the sites' editors and international journalism experts have derided as dangerous censorship aimed at quelling criticism of King Abdullah II.

AJ Marechal / Variety:

A+E Networks Promotes Key Execs, Creates A+E Studios … On the heels of being upped to CEO and prez of A+E Networks, Nancy Dubuc has restructured the exec ranks of the A+E cabler portfolio, and announced the inception of in-house shingle A+E Studios, which will be run by Robert DiBitetto.

Discussion: Deadline.com and Broadcasting & Cable

Alison Langley / Columbia Journalism Review:

UK considers stepping up Internet blocking — Home secretary Theresa May wants to prevent more “radicalization” — Should governments block websites that spread hardline ideology but don't explicitly advocate violence—like the ones likely read by the Tsarnaev brothers …

Katerina Matsa / Journalism.org:

Newsweek By The Numbers — On Tuesday, May 28, Variety reported that IAC, Barry Diller's media and internet company, is considering selling Newsweek. It would be the magazine's second sale within a three-year period that included a merger with The Daily Beast and the decision to cease publishing a print edition.

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