Mediagazer: App developer Shazam gets $40 mln backing from tycoon Carlos Slim (Sarah Young/Reuters)

2:10 PM ET, July 8, 2013

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Peter Lattman / DealBook:

Thomson Reuters to Suspend Early Peeks at Key Index — Over the last several years, an exclusive group of investors has paid a steep premium to receive the results of a closely watched economic survey a full two seconds before its broader release. Those two seconds can mean millions …

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Campaign Ad Cash Lures Buyers to Swing-State TV Stations — When Allbritton, the media company that owns Politico, put its seven television stations up for sale this spring, analysts quickly singled out one as the most attractive: WJLA, the company's ABC-affiliated station in Washington …

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

Gallup poll says TV is first for news, the internet is second, print a distant third — More than half of those surveyed in a new Gallup poll said that the television is their main source for news, and about 21 percent chose the internet. Less than 10 percent said print newspapers are their main source.

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Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Press industry pushes ahead with new regulator despite political deadlock — Leading newspaper and magazine publishers take first steps in setting up Independent Press Standards Organisation — The newspaper and magazine industry is pushing ahead with the establishment of a new press regulator despite …

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David Carr / New York Times:

A Different Deal Mania Grips TV — Suddenly, being big is a big deal. Again. And we're not just talking about the resurgence in the sales of pickup trucks. — After years of small-bore shifting and tweaking by media companies in an effort to stay in front of consumers, big deals are back on the table.

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Brent Lang / The Wrap:

Village Voice Taps Tom Finkel for Editor — Former Riverfront Times editor tasked with revitalizing troubled alt-weekly — Tom Finkel will take the reins of struggling alt-weekly the Village Voice, the Voice Media Group said Monday. — Finkel comes to the New York publication …

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Daniel Ellsberg / Washington Post:

Snowden made the right call when he fled the U.S. — Many people compare Edward Snowden to me unfavorably for leaving the country and seeking asylum, rather than facing trial as I did. I don't agree. The country I stayed in was a different America, a long time ago.

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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.

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Inside YouTube's massive LA studio where it hopes to foster content that will rival television and cable — The Internet is certainly a magical place and has become the place to share information with everyone. YouTube has been one of the preeminent services to help people express themselves.

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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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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

DirecTV among pay-TV distributors seeking over the top rights — Some of the nation's biggest pay-TV distributors are seeking to secure so-called over-the-top, or OTT, rights from programmers, according to several industry executives. — The efforts, if successful, could ultimately clear …

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