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Riva Gold / The Atlantic Online:
Newsroom Diversity: A Casualty of Journalism's Financial Crisis — New numbers from the American Society of News Editors show that the progress of women and minorities in media has halted. — The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) recently released its annual study of newsroom diversity.
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Nieman Journalism Lab, Politico, Poynter, @macdiva, @b3_cc4, @northstarnews, @gwenifill, @michaelluo, @anupkaphle, @juliaioffe, @seungminkim, @propublica, @polinjun and @amydownsouth
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Rupert Murdoch Summoned To Parliament Again — Rupert Murdoch has been summoned to appear before a British parliamentary committee for the second time in three years. — The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee announced Tuesday that it had voted to ask Murdoch to face new questions …
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The Wrap, Guardian, @lisaocarroll, Bloomberg, @rosschawkins, @edgecliffe, The Independent, Press Gazette and @jackofkent
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Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:
Exaro to hand over Murdoch tape to Elveden officers as Met launches probe into Sun chief's comments
Exaro to hand over Murdoch tape to Elveden officers as Met launches probe into Sun chief's comments
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Channel 4, Guardian, Exaro, Hollywood Reporter and Variety
Sydney Brownstone / Co.Exist:
Twitter Vs. Mainstream Media: Science Proves Which Breaks News Faster — The revolution will not be televised, but it might be tweeted. A new study shows that Twitter has a lead time on newswires for certain stories—including sports, disasters, and sometimes riots.
Wall Street Journal:
Hulu Attracts at Least Three Bids — Streaming video site Hulu attracted binding bids from suitors including satellite operator DirecTV, DTV -0.28% a partnership of AT&T Inc. T -0.70% and Chernin Group and the tandem of Guggenheim Digital Media and private-equity firm KKR, KKR +2.31% according to people familiar with the matter.
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@jboorstin, @jboorstin, Variety, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Deadline.com and Bloomberg
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly?
Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly?
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Variety
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Former News Corp Digital Exec Jon Miller Joins Shari Redstone's Advancit as Partner — Former News Corp digital head Jon Miller has joined Advancit Capital as a partner. Advancit is an early-stage investment firm that was started two years ago by Shari Redstone and Jason Ostheimer …
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Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Report: Number of Magazine Launches Continues to Decrease — New title total down again for first half, to 97, says MediaFinder. — In its quarterly survey, MediaFinder reported that 97 magazines launched and 29 closed in the first half of 2013. — Once again, the categories most likely …
Bloomberg:
Moguls Flying to Sun Valley With $53 Billion Deal Revival — Media dealmakers digesting $53 billion of mergers, spinoffs and acquisitions announced so far this year head to Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley conference this week to lay the groundwork for more. — So far, more than 240 media deals …
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Media Money …, @lianabaker, @peterlauria3, @lianabaker, @edmundlee, bizjournals and jessica lessin
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Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Malone, cable deals in spotlight at Sun Valley conference
Malone, cable deals in spotlight at Sun Valley conference
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App Advice, Electronista, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Criticizing CNN: Goodbye to that — I used to say: I criticize because I care. But I no longer do. … As of today, I have retired from criticism of CNN for falling short of some sort of journalistic standard that news providers should maintain. That activity no longer makes sense.
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Mediaite, @aseitzwald, @dankennedy_nu and @jayrosen_nyu
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Publisher Ambitions Target Comics With New “Jet City” Imprint Launch — Amazon is about to take on Marvel and DC with a new publishing imprint for comics, the company announced today via press release. The new publishing brand is called “Jet City Comics,” and will begin …
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Amazon.com, The Next Web, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, VentureBeat, SlashGear, CNET, The Huffington Post, PublishersWeekly.com and GalleyCat
Michael Rondon / Folio:
The Dolan Company Sells Two Business Services Assets — B-to-b publisher, services provider sells legal properties for $17 mil. — B-to-b publisher and professional services provider The Dolan Company has announced agreements to sell off two of its legal services businesses to affiliate groups.
Reuters:
Journalist shot dead in Russia's Dagestan province — (Reuters) - A journalist who wrote about alleged human rights abuses was shot dead in Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus province of Dagestan on Tuesday, law enforcement authorities and colleagues said.
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Committee to Protect …, nst.com.my, The Moscow Times, The Independent, en.ria.ru and RT
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Holder, Leahy discussed media shield law — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy held a private meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday afternoon to review the Justice Department's press guidelines, according to a new statement from the Vermont Senator:
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New York Post and Politico
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
How the media outrageously blew the IRS scandal: A full accounting — Almost everything “reported” about the big Obama scandal was wrong, and no one has been held to account (UPDATED) — The first few days of the IRS scandal that would consume Washington for weeks went like this …
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Mediaite, Salon, @jayrosen_nyu, msnbc.com and @daveweigel
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
What's next for Dish? It's got a lot of options centered around broadband — Dish Network's plans to buyout Sprint and invest in Clearwire have been dashed. Both those companies are only days away from becoming part of SoftBank's pan-Pacific empire. But that doesn't mean Dish and its wily chairman Charlie Ergen have been cowed.
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Businessweek, @robpegoraro and Associated Press