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10:15 PM ET, June 12, 2013

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Rupert Murdoch's New Empire: Who's Up, Who's Down (Analysis)  —  With News Corp.'s split set for June 28, THR breaks down the mogul's big bet on his legacy, son James' bigger role at Fox, and how to read the tea leaves.  —  For much of the first half of 2012, Rupert Murdoch struggled …
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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
News Corp split ‘paves way for new BSkyB bid’
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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
Discussion: Boing Boing
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Judge Rules for Interns Who Sued Fox Searchlight  —  A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying production interns, a case that could upend the long-held practice of the film industry …
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Erin Lee Carr Leaves Vice for The Verge  —  Erin Lee Carr has left Vice, where she was a video producer, for The Verge.  Ms. Carr, daughter of Times media reporter David, joins The Verge as a video producer and will work on video features for Vox Media's tech enterprise.
David Weigel / Slate:
If It's Wednesday, Peter King is Accusing the Media of Treason  —  New York Rep. Peter King, who used to head the Homeland Security committee in the House, is calling the reporting of the Snowden leaks “treasonous.”  This is “news,” insofar as it's a new quote from a powerful person …
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.
Jim Romenesko:
[UPDATED] Wall Street Journal offers buyouts  —  “I'm a reporter at the WSJ.  Just got a call from deputy bureau chief offering a buyout - said .  No details on payout formula.  Offer is good until June 20.  This dovetails with Robert Thomson's ‘cost cutting’ comment during investor day.”
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Jared Malsin / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Iran coverage conundrum  —  Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday.  And in Iran, elections have consequences.  In 1997, a presidential election ushered in Mohammad Khatemi and an era of reform.  Eight years later, 2005 saw the rise of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the return of conservatives.
Erik Wemple:
Los Angeles Times waits more than two years to celebrate major award  —  In February 2011, Los Angeles Times reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives received the Selden Ring Award from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.  Any day now, the paper is going to throw a party for them.
Discussion: LA Observed
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.
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Global study shows more journalists embrace social media — Germans, not so much  —  A survey of journalists in fifteen countries reveals some interesting differences in attitudes to social media.  Here are some highlights.  —  An annual survey of reporters around the world shows …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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.
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
Wayne Friedman / Media Post Daily:
Millennial Viewers Prefer Cross-Platform TV  —  A growing number of millennial TV consumers are committed to a “broadband-only” existence — all of which could spell some trouble for traditional TV content/channel owners.  The new study says 13% of 18- to-34-year-olds — some 8.6 million — are broadband-only customers.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Web Display Ads Often Not Visible  —  The old adage in advertising—that half the money is wasted but no one knows which half—turns out to be as true for the digital world as it ever was for traditional media.  —  An astounding 54% of online display ads shown in “thousands” …
Discussion: eMedia Vitals, AdExchanger and AdAge
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
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Journalist Held In Beijing, Friends Say  —  BEIJING — A Chinese journalist who recently released a documentary about a forced-labor camp and has worked as a freelance photographer for The New York Times has been detained by police officers in Beijing, his friends and family members said this week.
 
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Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
Is Ed Snowden Trying to Take Control of the Next Wave of NSA Leaks?
Discussion: Forbes and Boing Boing
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
David Seifman to be named political editor at ‘New York Post’
Discussion: Capital New York
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Feedly starts weaning itself from Google Reader servers
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
ESPN is killing off its 3D sports channel, blaming ‘low adoption’ of 3D TV sets in the home
Discussion: The Verge, CNET, AdAge, Pocket-lint and Reuters
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
DirecTV executive blasts broadcasters at congressional hearing
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Can Broadcasters Beat Aereo at Its Own Game?
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
New York Times brings magazine experience to the web
 Earlier Picks: 
William Launder / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Papers Sale Clouded by Digital Assets
Discussion: Gannett Blog
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
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The Huffington Post:
Fox News Reporter's Hearing Begins Today
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Digital TV Europe:
ITV launches ad-free, pay version of Player for Apple devices
Discussion: The Drum, imediamonkey and Media Week
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
Tim Sohn / Mediashift:
How Newspapers Can Make Augmented Reality Sexy (and Profitable)
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Dolia Estevez / Forbes:
Mexican Billionaires Slim And Azcarraga Not Concerned With Impact Of New Anti-Monopoly Telecom Law
Discussion: CNBC