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9:55 AM ET, June 12, 2013

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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 …
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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
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.
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Washington Post:
The Washington Post Launches “Sponsored Views”  —  New Online Advertising Product Invites Groups to Add Perspectives to Opinion Columns  —  The Washington Post today announces “Sponsored Views,” a new online advertising feature that invites organizations to post commentary related …
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 …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:   News Corp. says no settlement with U.S. Department of Justice
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 …
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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
William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Papers' Sale Clouded by Digital Assets  —  As Tribune Co. prepares to auction off its newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, a question has emerged about the impact on the papers' ties to crucial digital assets—Tribune's interest in CareerBuilder.com and Classified Ventures LLC.
Bloomberg:
Time Warner Cable Content Incentives Thwart New Web TV  —  Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), people with knowledge of the matter said.
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.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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
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The Local:
French teacher shows pupils horror film ‘Saw’  —  A French teacher has landed himself in hot water after allegedly showing a class of 11-year-olds the notoriously ultraviolent horror movie ‘Saw.’ It's only the latest instance of outrageous recent behaviour by a French teacher.
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.
Jason Gilbert / Yahoo! News:
Netflix to launch user profiles later this summer  —  LOS ANGELES — Sharing your Netflix account with a friend or lover who has dramatically different taste in movies than you do?  Soon, there will be no need to worry about getting your Netflix recommendations all mixed up with theirs.
Discussion: Betabeat, WebProNews, TechCrunch and Gizmodo
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 …
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
 
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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
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Bloomberg:
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Richard Nieva / PandoDaily:
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Schmoozes Reporters At Secret Meeting
Discussion: Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Gawker Media is Relaunching Defamer
Discussion: Gawker and The Wrap
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Google's Not-So-Evil Plan To Lower Your Cable Bill
Discussion: Media Money …
Mark Milian / Bloomberg:
The Rest of the World Will Have to Wait for Apple's iTunes Radio
Discussion: Softpedia News and Washington Post
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Barnes & Noble Kills Mac And PC Dedicated Nook Apps, Looks Like Part Of Larger Strategy Shift
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Guardian US Eligible To Enter Pulitzer Competition