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10:10 PM ET, June 13, 2013

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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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: The Next Web and WebProNews
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Paul Sloan / CNET:
Yes, iTunes Radio could crush Pandora. But that's just for starters
Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Forbes, ZDNet and Tech Digest
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Gannett's deal for Belo worries media watchdogs  —  Gannett Co.'s proposed acquisition of Belo Corp. is the latest in a slew of deals in the television industry.  —  Last week, Media General acquired Young Broadcasting to create a company that will own 30 TV stations in 27 markets.
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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.
Saabira Chaudhuri / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett Expands TV Portfolio With $1.5 Billion Deal for Belo
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.
Discussion: Poynter
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple's Cue Says Publishers Pushed for Higher E-Book Prices  —  Just days after introducing Apple's new iTunes Radio streaming music service at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Eddy Cue — Apple's senior VP for Internet services and software, and its master dealmaker …
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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Apple's e-Book Market Share On The Rise, Desktop OS X iBooks Launch Should Help
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 …
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …
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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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: BGR and Home Media Magazine
 
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
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Sam Thielman / Adweek:
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Leaked Tennis Channel email compares Comcast to ‘brutal captor’
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The Huffington Post:
ABC News Will Return To State Court
Discussion: TVNewser
Associated Press:
France won't support EU-US free-trade talks if film, TV industry are affected
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Wednesday Q&A: Susan Glasser on heading to Politico, the state of foreign reporting, and balancing blogs and longform