Mediagazer: ABC News Will Return To State Court (The Huffington Post)

10:30 AM ET, June 13, 2013

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft — Correction, June 13: An earlier version of this post stated that the Steve Jobs email entered into evidence by Apple on Wednesday was sent to Eddy Cue. It was not. It was simply another draft of the same message.

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, TUAW, CNET, Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, AppleInsider and Fortune

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).

Discussion: AllThingsD, paidContent, Bloomberg, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Associated Press

Niki Kitsantonis / New York Times:

Greek Workers Strike to Protest Shutdown of State Broadcaster — ATHENS — Thousands of Greeks walked off the job on Thursday in the third general strike of the year, this time called by labor unions to protest a surprise decision by the conservative-led government to close the state broadcaster …

Discussion: New York Times

Al Jazeera English: Greece faces strike over broadcaster closure

The Huffington Post:

ABC News Will Return To State Court — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday moved a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit against ABC News back to state court. — Beef Products Inc. sued American Broadcasting Companies Inc. and ABC News Inc. for defamation …

Discussion: TVNewser

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.

Discussion: Hillicon Valley

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 …

Discussion: The Wrap

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.

Discussion: Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, EurActiv, Investor's Business Daily and New York Times

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Leaked Tennis Channel email compares Comcast to ‘brutal captor’ — The Tennis Channel provided television coverage of the 2013 French Open. Pictured: Serena Williams of USA poses with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen trophy in front of the Eiffel Tower after her win over Maria Sharapova of Russia …

Discussion: New York Times

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: Capital New York and Talking Biz News

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.

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.

Discussion: Guardian, UK News and Opinion and The Drum

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 …

Discussion: Pocket-lint, Engadget, Broadband TV News, imediamonkey, The Drum and Digital TV Europe

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 …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, CNET, The Verge and Variety

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 …