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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
News Corp's Rupert Murdoch Files For Divorce Which Won't Affect News Corp Split — EXCLUSIVE 9 AM, 4TH UPDATE 11 AM WRITETHRU (new details): News Corp Chairman/CEO Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce from wife Wendi Deng Murdoch this morning in New York State Supreme Court, Deadline learned at 9 AM.
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
David DeVoe to Retire from News Corp. — David DeVoe, CFO of News Corporation, will retire from the company after it splits, on June 28. He will retain his seat on News Corp.'s board of directors, a spot he has held since 1990. — Succeeding DeVoe is John Nallen, who will be named senior executive VP …
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Brent Lang / The Wrap:
Shares of 21st Century Fox, New News Corp. to Begin Trading Next Week — Shares of the two companies will trade on the NASDAQ — News Corp. said Thursday that shares of the two new companies it will soon become will begin trading next Wednesday on the NASDAQ.
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Pandora competitor Rdio chases Spotify into Asian markets — Music streaming service Rdio said Thursday it has launched in Malaysia, Hong Kong and other new markets. (Rdio) — Music streaming service Rdio, which competes with Spotify and Pandora, is launching in seven new territories, including Hong Kong and Malaysia.
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Paul Sloan / CNET:
Yes, iTunes Radio could crush Pandora. But that's just for starters — Apple might seem late to the streaming music word, but, really, the digital music revolution is just getting going. — Eddy Cue unveiling iTunes Radio — iTunes chief Eddy Cue unveiled Apple's iTunes Radio …
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple's Cue Says Publishers Pushed for Higher E-Book Prices
Apple's Cue Says Publishers Pushed for Higher E-Book Prices
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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Largest Newspaper Owner In Nation Apparently Doesn't Want To Be In Newspaper Business — Gannett, which owns the USA Today, Detroit Free Press and 80 other daily newspapers, spent $2.2 billion to buy a TV station company Thursday. Gannett now owns 43 TV stations and gets more revenue from broadcasting than newspapers.
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Gannett's deal for Belo worries media watchdogs
Gannett's deal for Belo worries media watchdogs
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Saabira Chaudhuri / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Expands TV Portfolio With $1.5 Billion Deal for Belo
Gannett Expands TV Portfolio With $1.5 Billion Deal for Belo
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Dan Froomkin / Columbia Journalism Review:
The case for a secrecy beat — The press has a major role to play in fostering the debate on transparency that the nation needs — Despite the recent blockbuster leaks about spying on the phone records of millions of Americans, and President Obama's stated willingness to discuss the issues they raise …
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Two Ex-Interns Sue Condé Nast Over Wages — Two former interns filed a lawsuit against Condé Nast on Thursday, saying the company failed to pay them minimum wage at their summer jobs at W Magazine and The New Yorker, and asked that it be approved as a class-action suit.
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Greek state TV switched back on as European broadcasters step in — ERT feed taken from studio and retransmitted into Greek homes over prepaid satellite link by EBU — Greek state TV broadcasts were dramatically switched on again on Thursday after broadcasters across Europe stepped in to try …
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Niki Kitsantonis / New York Times:
Greek Workers Strike to Protest Shutdown of State Broadcaster
Greek Workers Strike to Protest Shutdown of State Broadcaster
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Boxee Wants a Big Round or a Buyer — Boxee wants some help. — The Web TV startup would like to raise a big investment round, or find a buyer. It has been looking for cash or an exit since February, when it hired media banker Allen & Co., according to people familiar with the company.
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Peter Sterne / The New York Observer:
CNN Lets Readers Play Editor — Earlier this week, CNN columnist John D. Sutter asked his readers to tell him which topics to cover. He posted an online poll with twenty stories and promised to report on the five stories that received the most votes. — “We're asking the audience …
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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Michael Carney / PandoDaily:
Sources: DirecTV will acquire Hulu by month's end, and why the deal makes sense — Several sources with knowledge of the ongoing Hulu acquisition talks tell PandoDaily that a deal is imminent and that DirecTV is the likely victor. The acquisition price will be written with a “B,” according to our sources, but just barely.
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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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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft
DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft
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