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1:45 PM ET, July 9, 2013

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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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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Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:
Exaro to hand over Murdoch tape to Elveden officers as Met launches probe into Sun chief's comments
Discussion: 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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Discussion: Guardian
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Al Jazeera staff resign after ‘biased coverage’
Jan Schaffer / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Discussion: J-Lab and Poynter