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11:55 AM ET, July 11, 2013

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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
E-Book Ruling Gives Amazon an Advantage  —  Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, loves disrupting markets.  In that regard, he must be having a delightful summer.  The book business, once so mired in the past it seemed part of the antiques trade, is up for grabs.
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Brian Lowry / Variety:
Tribune Spinoff Sounds Death Knell for TV-Print Synergy  —  Tribune's grand plans surrounding Times Mirror merger never materialized  —  You can't hurry love.  And you can't force synergy.  —  Tribune's long-awaited decision to spin off its newspaper holdings and bet squarely …
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New York Times:
To Cut Taxes, Tribune Is to Split Into Broadcasting and Publishing Units  —  The Tribune Company's decision to divide itself into separate broadcast and publishing companies may help avoid a big tax bill, but the split does not address the bigger problem facing newspaper executives: buyers just do not want to spend on print.
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch: Tribune Newspaper Bid Is 'Not On The Front Burner, But It's Possible'
Siraj Datoo / Guardian:
BBC's Jeremy Bowen successfully treated after being shot in Egypt  —  Corporation's Middle East editor has operation to remove shotgun pellets that hit his head while he was covering protests  —  The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, has had an operation to remove shotgun pellets in his head.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times:
Top editor David Boardman leaving Seattle Times  —  Boardman, executive editor and senior vice president at The Times, is taking a new job as dean of the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia.  —  After 30 years — and four Pulitzer Prizes — David Boardman …
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Meet Lumi, the no-effort content discovery engine from the founders of Last.fm  —  What do you do when you've built a product up from nothing to the point of being acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars by a massive American corporation?  You take some time off.
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
Blip Hires Former Tumblr and Gawker Editor Chris Mohney to Oversee Programming  —  Blip has hired former Tumblr executive Chris Mohney as its vice president of programming, the digital video network said Wednesday.  Blip created this position for Mohney, who will oversee all editorial content for the company's site.
Discussion: Adweek and SocialTimes
Harry McCracken / TIME:
PCWorld Exits Print, and the Era of Computer Magazines Ends  —  The last of the big general-interest PC magazines is no longer a magazine.  —  By Harry McCracken @harrymccrackenJuly 11, 2013  —  The news isn't shocking.  In fact, it's sort of a shock it didn't happen several years ago.
Telegraph:
Ahmed Assem: the Egyptian photographer who chronicled his own death  —  The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building.  —  He fires more than once and then, suddenly, turns the rifle and points toward the camera lens.
Bloomberg:
Eisner Predicts Hulu to Lose Next-Day TV Rights Post-Sale  —  The buyers of Hulu LLC will lose next-day rights to television shows that the service now enjoys under its current owners, Michael Eisner, former chairman of Walt Disney Co., said in an interview.
Discussion: TBI Vision
Jan Schaffer / Nieman Journalism Lab:
In St. Louis, two news organizations are navigating the tricky path to a merger  —  If all goes as hoped, in coming months St. Louis Public Radio (SLPR) and the St. Louis Beacon will formally merge their two newsrooms.  It will be the first time a public radio station with a staff of journalists …
Discussion: @cmatthewsnyc
David Dishneau / Associated Press:
Harvard professor says leaks changed WikiLeaks' image  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army private's leak of classified information to WikiLeaks changed how the public, the government and traditional news media perceived the anti-secrecy organization — from a legitimate journalistic enterprise …
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Ian Simpson / Reuters:
Defense rests in court-martial of soldier accused of WikiLeaks disclosures
 
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Arif Durrani / Media Week:
Guardian set to report annual losses of around £35m
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Former BBC DG's email outlines deputy's ‘maximum payment’ to trust
Discussion: Guardian
Otto Sjöberg / INMA:
How fast is the mobile revolution changing the world? Ask the Smartphone Generation
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Boston broadcaster latest to sue Aereo for copyright violations
Andrew Green / Reuters:
South Sudan backs plans to boost press freedom, reporters wary
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
University Internet TV service Tivli raises $6 million to expand
Eliza Kern / GigaOM:
To win over media, Instagram to provide embeds for photo, video
Katy Bachman / Adweek:
If Publishers Fail to Self-Regulate Native Ads, FTC May Step In
Discussion: AdExchanger and eMedia Vitals
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reuters feeds the robots two-second scoops
Discussion: Online NewsHour
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
CEO Re-Imagines NPR as a Pandora of News
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest