Mediagazer: Hindi Paper Finds Success Going Hyperlocal (Vinay Sitapati/India Ink)

5:45 PM ET, July 7, 2013

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Kareem Fahim / New York Times:

Egypt's New Leaders Press Media to Muzzle Dissent — CAIRO — As soldiers and policemen opened fire on supporters of President Mohamed Morsi outside an army officers' club on Friday, killing at least four people, one of Egypt's state television channels broadcast a religious show that advised viewers to respect the elderly.

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Vinay Sitapati / India Ink:

Hindi Paper Finds Success Going Hyperlocal — JAIPUR, Rajasthan - On June 25, I walked into Kesargarh Fort in Jaipur, the capital of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. Where cannon were once mounted, now lies a silver printing press. The monotype-casting machine is the only giveaway …

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

Guardian gets online traffic boost from Snowden story, now nipping at NYT's heels — According to new figures, the Guardian set a one-day traffic record with its Snowden coverage, and has also seen its overall traffic grow to the point where it is likely close to matching the New York Times.

Nicky Woolf / The Atlantic Online:

The British Are Coming—And They've Brought Newspapers — An interview with the editor-in-chief of Guardian US, which broke the Edward Snowden story. The Guardian is looking to expand in the U.S. market. — Of the three English-language newspaper websites with the highest readerships, two are British.

Discussion: Guardian, @saramorrison, @moorehn and @bobstep

Sarah Young / Reuters:

App developer Shazam gets $40 mln backing from tycoon Carlos Slim — (Reuters) - Smartphone app developer Shazam has found an unlikely ally in the form of Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, who is investing $40 million to back the development of the start-up best known for helping music fans identify catchy songs.

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Patrick Smith / The Media Briefing:

Three years on: Has the Times digital subscription project worked? — UPDATE: I've just been reminded that on the night the Times paywall launched I put on a panel discussion in my then role as in-house journalist / event producer at the Frontline Club. Thankfully, due to club founder …

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Jack Shafer:

In praise of tabloid TV — Allow me to defend cable TV's extended live coverage of the George Zimmerman murder trial, even though I've not watched a second of it, nor have I tuned in to any of the nightly rehashes aired on CNN, HLN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel.

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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:

Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia offer asylum to Edward Snowden — President Maduro offers to protect NSA whistleblower ‘from persecution by the empire’ and rejects US extradition request — Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower …

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Eliza Kern / paidContent:

Why does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It's all about the data — Why does LinkedIn care if you get your news there or anywhere else? The company knows the more news there is on LinkedIn, the more likely you are to visit, and you'll keep the business cycle going.

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Erik Wemple:

Greenwald: Journalist, activist, media transparentist — The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, breaker of stories on the National Security Agency (NSA), recently made the following declaration to the New York Times's David Carr about his approach to his work: “All activists are not journalists, but all real journalists are activists.”

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Aja Romano / Daily Dot:

Tumblr documents the Chicago Sun-Times' descent into iPhone photography — Just over a month after the Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire photography department, the newspaper's new policy of letting reporters use smartphones to take photos on their beats has turned into a regular series of embarrassments.

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Silver Lake Abandons Hulu Purchase Effort, as Final Bidding Deadline Arrives Today — According to sources close to the situation, Silver Lake will not make a follow-on bid to buy the Hulu premium video service. The giant private equity firm had been allied in the effort …

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Wall Street Journal:
Hulu Bids Depend on TV-Show Rights

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Anya Kamenetz / Fast Company:

News Corp. Introduces a New Kind of Interactivity to the Classroom — Joel Klein joined News Corp. in 2010 to help shape the future of education, but educators were still focused on his past. He'd made many enemies during the previous eight years as New York City's public schools chancellor.