Mediagazer: Islamic TV channels off air, police arrest crews (english.ahram.org.eg)

6:50 PM ET, July 3, 2013

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Andy Davies / Channel 4:

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Rupert Murdoch Caught on Tape: “We Will Hit Back” — ExaroNews a British investigative web site, has just published the full transcript of a secretly recorded meeting between media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the staff of The Sun, a U.K. tabloid owned by News Corp., in which Murdoch admitted …

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english.ahram.org.eg:

Islamic TV channels off air, police arrest crews — The Muslim Brotherhood-owned television channel Misr 25 went off air along with several other Islamist-run channels, including the controversial Hafez and Al-Nas, shortly after the military statement announcing the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi.

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RT:

Al Jazeera, other TV stations forced off air in Egypt — Al Jazeera's Egyptian broadcast has been taken off the air. Both Reuters and Al Jazeera itself reported that security forces raided Cairo offices and detained at least five staff members. — Karim El-Assiuti has told Reuters …

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Yasmine Saleh / Reuters:
Egyptian army secures state TV studios: sources

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Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:

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The Huffington Post:

Morsi Overthrow Coverage: Networks Finally Go Wall-To-Wall For Egyptian President's Ouster — American news networks finally swung into action on Wednesday, devoting wall-to-wall coverage of the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. — After days of virtually ignoring …

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Jay Rosen / Quote and Comment:
CNN makes its priorities clear.

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Eric Deggans / Poynter:

Snowden's leaks force media self-examination — Besides forcing government and national-security institutions to face the public about their spying efforts, Edward Snowden's decision to release information on America's massive public surveillance efforts has thrown another system into a flurry of self-examination:

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Acquires Xobni for Upward of $30 Million (Like ATD Said, Part 2) — Yahoo said it has bought Xobni, as AllThingsD had previously reported it was planning to do. — According to numerous sources close to the company, Yahoo paid $30 million to $40 million for the maker of address book apps and plugins.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Extends PBS Pact, Scoring Two Exclusives — Netflix gains subscription-streaming rights to ‘Super Why!’ and ‘The Bletchley Circle’ — The rivalry between Netflix and Amazon.com for online streaming content has been a boon to TV programmers, as the two are motivated buyers eager to one-up each other.

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Jim Romenesko:

Patch editor: ‘From what I see on the ground, we are on our last legs’ — I've received a few emails in recent days from Patch people unhappy with Patch 2.0. One was from a former manager who said “I can speak to morale issues, tone deaf management and why the new website could be the final straw …

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Boxee acquired by Samsung, reports peg sale at $30 million — Boxee, a relatively small company known for its set-top box that streams media to TVs, has been purchased by Samsung for roughly $30 million. The news comes out of Israeli site The Marker, though Boxee CEO Avner Ronen has declined to comment on the rumor.

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Al Jazeera America Launching August 20 — Al Jazeera America now has a launch date, as it continues to staff up. AJAM will launch Tuesday, August 20, according to Ali Velshi on Twitter. AJAM will be taking over the channel space currently occupied by Current TV in some 40 million U.S. homes.

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