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8:40 PM ET, June 19, 2013

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James Poniewozik / TIME:
Michael Hastings and Who Journalists Really Work For  —  I'm not the person to write a personal appreciation of Michael Hastings, the 33-year-old investigative journalist who died in a car crash in Los Angeles yesterday.  I never met him; I don't know if he was a good guy, or a bad guy, or both in what ratio.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Missing Michael Hastings
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Sree Sreenivasan to leave chief digital officer post at Columbia University  —  Sree Sreenivasan, the journalism professor and social-media evangelist, is leaving his full-time job at Columbia University, where he's taught for two decades, sources tell Capital.
Bloomberg:
News Corp. Spinoff Pegs Value of Publishing at $9.1 Billion (2)  —  News Corp. (NWSA)'s publishing spinoff began trading today at a market value of about $9.1 billion, one-seventh the size of the entertainment side of the media empire, underscoring the business's growth challenges.
Discussion: Reuters
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Wired Editor Michael Copeland Joins Andreessen Horowitz To Lead New ‘Content Strategy’  —  Wired Senior Editor Michael Copeland is joining venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.  We've confirmed with the VC firm that Copeland will be leading Andreessen's new ‘content strategy.’
Discussion: @mvc
Reuters:
Dish abandons Sprint bid for now to focus on Clearwire  —  (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and will instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.
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Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
With Dish (mostly) out of the way, the path is clear for Sprint-SoftBank deal
Discussion: Forbes and The Next Web
Thomas Beller / Page-Turner:
The Ongoing Story: Twitter and Writing  —  I was in the Time magazine archives recently, doing research for my biography of J. D. Salinger, when I pulled open a drawer and found a small box containing a bunch of discarded typewriter heads for the I.B.M. Selectric typewriter—the cutting-edge writing technology of my youth.
Discussion: @qhardy, @robinsloan and @robinsloan
Beth Healy / The Boston Globe:
At least 8 potential purchasers may give offers to Times Co.  —  At least eight potential buyers, ranging from former newspaper executives with local roots to private equity investors from the West Coast, are weighing bids for The Boston Globe as the June 27 deadline for submitting offers approaches …
Jason Deans / Guardian:
ITV buys US production company Thinkfactory Media  —  UK broadcaster continues US spree, paying £19m for 65% stake in producer behind Kevin Costner drama Hatfields & McCoys  —  ITV has made its third foray into the US TV production sector, paying $30m (£19m) …
Annie Machon / Using Our Intelligence:
Edward Snowden — the Globalisation of Whistleblowing  —  I have held back from writing about the Edward Snowden NSA whistleblowing case for the last week — partly because I was immersed in the resulting media interviews and talks, and partly because I wanted to watch how the story developed, both politically and in the old media.
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Dan Abrams To Become ABC Nightline Anchor And Expands Role At Good Morning America  —  We've just learned that “The Bossman,” a.k.a., Mediaite's founder and publisher Dan Abrams is expanding his role with ABC News, becoming an anchor of Nightline and gaining the title of Chief Legal Affairs Anchor for ABC News.
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
Report: Cleveland Plain Dealer to lay off staffers  —  The Cleveland Plain Dealer plans to lay off staffers in the marketing, finance, information technology, pre-press and building service departments, according to the Save the Plain Dealer campaign's Facebook page.
Dominic Ponsford / pressgazette.co.uk:
Guardian G8 spying revelations were in breach of DA-Notice guidance, but this doesn't explain lack of follow-up by other media  —  Detailed revelations about how British security services spied on foreign powers when the UK hosted the last G8 summit in 2009 were splashed across the first five pages of The Guardian on Monday.
Discussion: Guardian
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Apple TV Finally Gets HBO GO And WatchESPN, iTunes Shoppers Now Buying 800K TV Shows Per Day  —  Apple has added two major new content sources to Apple TV today, via HBO GO and WatchESPN integration.  The new streaming services adds a considerable selection of content to the company's streaming …
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Older TV viewers driving audience growth, but it's a mixed blessing  —  Call it the “Matlock” effect: TV viewing among older Americans is on the rise.  (Los Angeles Times)  —  By 2015, almost half of all television viewing will be done by folks over the age of 50, says media analyst Todd Juenger …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
AP CEO Says Government Sources Won't Talk After Justice Department Probe  —  “The government may love this,” says the AP CEO.  “I suspect that they do.”  —  Image by CBS, Chris Usher / AP  —  WASHINGTON — The CEO of the Associated Press told an audience Wednesday that the Department …
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
BT chief steps down to take UK government role as Sky Sports battle intensifies  —  Ian Livingstone, the chief executive of BT is stepping down from his role at the head of the company to take up the position of Minister of State for Trade and Investment in the UK.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
U.K. Regulator Launches Review of BT Competition Complaint Against BSkyB
Discussion: Guardian and Reuters
 
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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Ex-LAT editor Sallie Hofmeister signs on with Sitrick
Discussion: Deadline.com and The Wrap
Andrew Albanese / PublishersWeekly.com:
For Apple, Price-Fixing Trial Closes With a Win
Discussion: Fortune
Wall Street Journal:
Web Companies Pay for Internet Fast Lane
Discussion: GigaOM, Variety and Digits
Helienne Lindvall / Guardian:
YouTube and Spotify ripping: why won't they act?
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Time Warner Cable Sued Over Spending on Lakers, Dodgers Rights
William Turvill / PressGazette:
BBC fails in bid to have critical clip removed from YouTube following copyright complaint
 Earlier Picks: 
Esther Zuckerman / The Atlantic Wire:
Amazon Wants to Create Appointment TV Online, Not Follow Netflix Binging
Discussion: GeekWire, The Wrap and WebProNews
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK newspapers' print ad revenue ‘to shrink by £400m by the end of 2014’
Discussion: HoldTheFrontPage
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Advance Publications name game
Telegraph:
BBC spent £28m of licence-fee payers' money gagging 500 staff
Discussion: Guardian and London News
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
How PBS Won at Digital
Mitch Stoltz / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Looking Deeper into MPAA's Copyright Agenda
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
Yet another YouTube funding: Bedrocket invests in Shira Lazar's What's Trending
Discussion: The Next Web and Variety