Mediagazer: In Bangkok, with the Fast Movers (Frédéric Filloux/Monday Note)

9:00 AM ET, June 12, 2013

Top News:

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Greek journalists defy government order to close state broadcaster — ERT, Hellenic Broadcasting Corp, was ordered to shut down as part of public spending cuts, but remained on air via the internet — • Click here to see ERT's Ustream broadcast — Journalists from Greece's state …

Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk, ebu.ch and Associated Press

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio — EBU provides satellite news gathering operation in car park outside Greek state broadcaster's Athens headquarters — The European Broadcasting Union has stepped in to help Greek TV journalists keep the country's state broadcaster …

Reuters: Greece says to relaunch state TV in weeks as protests mount

Niki Kitsantonis / New York Times:
Greece Shutting Down State Broadcaster Net

Discussion: RT

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

News Corp split ‘paves way for new BSkyB bid’ — News Corp has jumped the last hurdle in its plans to split into two, raising expectations that Rupert Murdoch's empire will renew its attempts to take over BSkyB. — James Murdoch was forced to step down as chairman of News Inetrnational and …

Meg James / Los Angeles Times: News Corp. says no settlement with U.S. Department of Justice

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Investors Approve Breakup Plan

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Guardian, New York Times, paidContent, BBC, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter, Seeking Alpha and Los Angeles Times

Christopher Harrison / The Hill:

Why Pandora bought an FM radio station — The internet isn't just the future of radio; it is radio. Today, 70+ million Americans listen to Pandora, accounting for more than 7 percent of all U.S. radio listening. Our Music Genome Project, the most comprehensive music analysis ever undertaken …

Discussion: The Next Web, SocialTimes, Hillicon Valley, Bloomberg, CNET, The Verge, CNNMoney.com, hypebot and Engadget

Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Pandora Buys Terrestrial Radio Station in South Dakota, Aims for Lower ASCAP Royalties

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Radio Ink Magazine and Seeking Alpha

Alison Flood / Guardian:

Bradley Manning trial to be recreated in comic-book form — Graphic artist Clark Stoeckley in courtroom to record ongoing trial of WikiLeaks soldier — • See pictures from the novel-in-progress — A comic of the Bradley Manning trial, produced live from the courtroom …

Discussion: Pressing Issues

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Judge in Manning Wikileaks trial rules crowdfunded stenographers should get permanent court access

Discussion: pressfreedomfoundation.org and Boing Boing

Associated Press:

‘TV Everywhere’ mobile initiative still hasn't gotten there, executives admit — Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts gestured as he spoke during The Cable Show 2013 convention in Washington on Tuesday. — WASHINGTON — TV was supposed to be everywhere by now — watchable anytime, anywhere, on your smartphone or tablet.

Discussion: Deadline.com, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Washington Post's ‘Sponsored Views’ will let advertisers respond to opinion pieces — A new advertising feature called “Sponsored Views” will allow “organizations to post commentary related to or in response to content from The Washington Post's Opinion section,” the Post says in a press release.

Discussion: Washington Post

The Huffington Post:

Fox News Reporter's Hearing Begins Today — NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a New York City-based reporter who's being asked to name her sources in a story on the Colorado theater shooting are asking an appellate court to quash a subpoena that requires her to testify.

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

How Journalists Really Feel About the Digital Evolution — It's a no-brainer that digital technology is impacting newsgathering and reporting globally. How much? A survey of journalists worldwide by the Oriella PR Network, an alliance of PR agencies, found that 39 percent consider themselves …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Digital TV Europe:

ITV launches ad-free, pay version of Player for Apple devices — UK commercial broadcaster ITV has launched a premium version of its ITV Player app for Apple devices that allows users to view content without advertising for £3.99 (€4.68) a month.

Discussion: Media Week, The Drum and imediamonkey

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

In Bangkok, with the Fast Movers — The WAN-IFRA congress in Bangkok showed good examples of the newspaper industry's transformation. Here are some highlights. — Last week, I travelled to Bangkok for the 65th congress of the World Association of Newspapers (The WAN-IFRA also includes …

Amir Efrati / Digits:

How Google Transfers Data To NSA — How does Google hand over data to the government? By old-fashioned secure “file transfer protocol,” or FTP. And sometimes even by hand. — That detail, which Google disclosed for the first time late Tuesday, contrasts with earlier reports that claimed …

Discussion: Wired, Forbes, Talking Biz News and Wall Street Journal

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

The Best (And Worst) Cities for Newspapers — Pittsburgh Tops Highest Readership; Atlanta Takes Honor for Lowest — The percentage of daily print newspaper readers in the U.S. has fallen nearly 20% since 2001, according to research firm Scarborough. But that drop has not been spread evenly …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Al Jazeera America Interviews Finalists For President Role — Al Jazeera America is closing in on finding its president. — Last week, Ehab Al Shihabi (pictured left), the executive director of international operations for Al Jazeera and the senior executive in charge of developing Al Jazeera America …

Discussion: TVWeek.com and Inside Cable News