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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft — So that seemingly smoking gun e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs to SVP Eddy Cue in the Department of Justice's e-book price fixing case against Apple? The one that appeared to undermine the company's argument …
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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Apple's e-Book Market Share On The Rise, Desktop OS X iBooks Launch Should Help — Apple has been quietly growing its share of the U.S. e-book market according to its testimony during the current e-book price-fixing court case against it, and now accounts for 20 percent of e-book sales overall stateside (via MacRumors).
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New York Times:
News Finds New Ways to Flow as Greek State Broadcaster Is Shut — ATHENS — Thousands of Greeks walked off the job on Thursday in the third general strike of the year, this time an action called by unions to protest the surprise decision by the government to close the state broadcaster, putting around 2,900 employees out of work.
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Gatekeepers of Cable TV Try to Stop Intel — WASHINGTON — As Intel tries something audacious — the creation of a virtual cable service that would sell a bundle of television channels to subscribers over the Internet — it is running up against a multibillion-dollar barricade.
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Associated Press:
France won't support EU-US free-trade talks if film, TV industry are affected — STRASBOURG, France — A cloud is hanging over the upcoming free-trade talks between the European Union and the United States after France said it won't back any deal that threatens the country's prestigious film, radio or TV industries.
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Saabira Chaudhuri / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Expands TV Portfolio With $1.5 Billion Deal for Belo — Gannett Co. agreed to buy television company Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion in cash in a deal that nearly doubles Gannett's current broadcast portfolio, stepping up the media company's push to diversify its revenue streams and geographic footprint.
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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 …
George Eaton / New Statesman:
Labour takes aim at Murdoch with new call for media ownership cap — Harriet Harman suggests a new cap of 15 per cent on total ownership and calls for cross-party talks on the issue. — One of the omissions from the Leveson report was any detailed discussion of media ownership.
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Hollywood Reporter:
MTV Introduces Revamped, Immersive Co-Viewing App — Introduced on June 13, the application will offer full episodes of original programming — old and new — and promote new form video content. — One screen just isn't enough to cover all the drama, hilarity, and reality going on at MTV …
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Ed Christman / Billboard:
BMI to Sue Pandora: Sources — In the wake of Pandora's controversial move in an attempt to pay lower publishing rates by acquiring a terrestrial radio station in South Dakota (so that the company may be eligible for the blanket license fee of 1.7% of advertising rate negotiated …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Yahoo to broadcast Sky News morning show across website network — Sunrise and three new video series will be hosted in online hub, with internet giant getting access to Sky News live feeds — Yahoo has struck a deal with Sky News to broadcast Sunrise, its flagship morning news show presented …
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Engadget, Broadband TV News, Digital TV Europe, imediamonkey and The Drum
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Wednesday Q&A: Susan Glasser on heading to Politico, the state of foreign reporting, and balancing blogs and longform — Susan Glasser always welcomes a new challenge. As editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, Glasser led the effort to bring the magazine into the modern era of online reporting …
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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