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11:50 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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Reuters:   Greece says to relaunch state TV in weeks as protests mount
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:   ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio
Niki Kitsantonis / New York Times:
Greece Shutting Down State Broadcaster ERT
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 …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:   News Corp. says no settlement with U.S. Department of Justice
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.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
A Reality TV Show, Minus the TV  —  ‘Summer Break’ Follows Nine Teenagers, but Only Through Social Media Like Twitter, Instagram  —  LOS ANGELES—Two teenage boys sit by the airport here, competing to use their phones to take the best “selfie,” or self-portrait, with planes landing in the background.
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 …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Pitches Sponsors Seeking Younger Viewers  —  Cable-news outlet uses new ayem show, travel series to pick up ads  —  When it comes to advertising, CNN isn't exactly acting its age.  —  The Time Warner news cabler has often relied on marketers whose primary consumer base skews somewhat older …
Discussion: TVNewser
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.
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.
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.
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
New York Times brings magazine experience to the web  —  The New York Times Magazine has been re-imagined for the web, built with HTML5 technologies and following a responsive design  —  Copyright: By adKinn on Flickr.  Some Rights Reserved.  —  “It's clear that the tenurable model …
Reuters:
Disney's ESPN to close 3D cable TV network by year-end  —  (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's ESPN sports network will shut its 3D cable channel by the end of the year due to low consumer demand, a spokeswoman for the sports network said on Wednesday.  —  ESPN launched the 3D cable channel three years ago …
Discussion: Gizmodo
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
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Can Broadcasters Beat Aereo at Its Own Game?  —  Networks could cut into livestreaming service's business by livestreaming themselves  —  The day may be close when you can watch your favorite broadcast TV shows live on phone, tablet, or laptop.  The question is who might provide it.
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 …
 
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Digital TV Europe:
ITV launches ad-free, pay version of Player for Apple devices
Discussion: Media Week, The Drum and imediamonkey
Alison Flood / Guardian:
Bradley Manning trial to be recreated in comic-book form
Discussion: Pressing Issues
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Netflix does not infringe on Rovi patents: preliminary ruling
Discussion: AdExchanger
Tim Sohn / Mediashift:
How Newspapers Can Make Augmented Reality Sexy (and Profitable)
Thanks:@mediatwit
Dolia Estevez / Forbes:
Mexican Billionaires Slim And Azcarraga Not Concerned With Impact Of New Anti-Monopoly Telecom Law
Discussion: CNBC
Associated Press:
‘TV Everywhere’ mobile initiative still hasn't gotten there, executives admit
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
The Wire launches digital archive of all 350 issues
 Earlier Picks: 
Bloomberg:
Dish-Sprint Talks Said to Falter in Part Over Breakup Fee
Discussion: VentureBeat and The Verge
Richard Nieva / PandoDaily:
The Breaking News Network thinks it can fix hyperlocal journalism with lots and lots of Twitter feeds
Discussion: Street Fight
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
The Best (And Worst) Cities for Newspapers
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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: The Wrap and Gawker
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