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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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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly? — Most of what you need to know about the soon-to-conclude negotiations to sell Hulu can be summarized in two numbers: $2 billion and $1 billion. — The first is how much Hulu's owners — Disney, News Corp . and Comcast …
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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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Wall Street Journal and Hollywood Reporter
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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@lisaocarroll, Guardian, 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, Hollywood Reporter and Exaro
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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Business Wire, VentureBeat, CNET, PublishersWeekly.com, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, GalleyCat, The Huffington Post and SlashGear
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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@aseitzwald, @dankennedy_nu, @jayrosen_nyu and Mediaite
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.
Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:
More job losses at the Indy as 27 compulsory redundancies announced ahead of autumn relaunch — The Independent newspapers are to make 27 editorial staff redundant in the latest wave of job losses at the group. — The voluntary redundancies will cut across the Independent …
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Guardian
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
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Daily Star Sunday journalist to be charged in Operation Elveden inquiry — Tom Savage is first non-News UK journalist to be charged under investigation into alleged corrupt payments to officials — Three journalists, including the Daily Star Sunday's deputy news editor …
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Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post UK and Big News Network.com
Chris Irvine / Telegraph:
Edward Snowden ‘accepts Venezuela asylum offer’ — A Russian politician claimed Edward Snowden, the US intelligence whistleblower, had agreed to an offer of political asylum from Venezuela, only to delete a Tweet referencing the offer minutes later. — The former CIA and National Security Agency …
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RT, @skynewsbreak, The Huffington Post, Times of India, Daily Express, Fox News, Agence France Presse, Sky News, The Independent, Daily Mail, CNBC and The Straits Times
Madeline McMahon / Bloomberg:
Washington Post Diversifies Further with Religious Site — Washington Post Co. (WPO) said it will invest in FaithStreet.com, a website that lets users find nearby churches, providing an outlet for its On Faith site. — FaithStreet will publish the Washington-based company's On Faith blog on spirituality …
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Wall Street Journal, washpostco.com, @rafat and @edmundlee
Daniel Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Miramax chairman's exit adds another hurdle for firm's turnaround — Richard Nanula's resignation comes as the film company tries to reestablish itself as a Hollywood powerhouse. — The Miramax film company's attempts to reestablish itself as a Hollywood powerhouse hit another snag …
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The Wrap, screendaily.com, Deadline.com and Hollywood Reporter