Mediagazer: CBS, PBS Lead Nominations for News & Documentary Emmys (Sara Morrison/The Wrap)

10:30 PM ET, July 11, 2013

Top News:

Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:

How Acceptable Was Anonymous Speculation About Snowden's Laptops? — It's the story that just won't quit: The tale of Edward J. Snowden and his leak of classified information about the United States government's secret surveillance of citizens. — Rife with skirmishes and subplots …

Discussion: @moorehn, @mathewi, @balthazarbierma, @michelelassauxh, @jamesrbuk, @jackshafer, @ggreenwald, The Week, FP Passport, Guardian, Mother Jones, The Huffington Post, ABC News, Mashable and New York Magazine

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 …

Discussion: Free Press, Broadcasting & Cable and LA Observed

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of Tribune's detour

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

New York Times:
To Cut Taxes, Tribune Is to Split Into Broadcasting and Publishing Units

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, tribune.com, Digital Media Wire, LA Observed, Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter, Chicago Tribune, Reuters and Politico

Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch: Tribune Newspaper Bid Is 'Not On The Front Burner, But It's Possible'

Discussion: LA Observed, Wichita Eagle, The Raw Story and Politico

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Pew: About a quarter of Americans say journalists contribute little to society — 27 percent of Americans say journalists contribute little or nothing to society's well being, according to a study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Discussion: Pew Forum on Religion …, TVSpy and NationalJournal.com

Jeff Jarvis / Guardian:

Who is a journalist? Manning trial poses question of vital public interest — In this age of radically open networks, journalism is no longer a profession. It is a service to inform society anyone can provide — When Bradley Manning's defense attorneys wanted someone to explain journalism …

Discussion: Prof Chris Daly's Blog and Boing Boing

Liana B. Baker / Reuters:

Malone says cable companies should make joint bid for Hulu — (Reuters) - Cable companies should make a joint bid to buy Hulu, the online video site currently conducting an auction, billionaire cable pioneer John Malone said on Thursday. — Joint ownership of Hulu would give cable companies …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and @lianabaker

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Publishers Try a Different Kind of Pay Wall, Unlocked by Watching Web Video — Publishers including Maxim, Radar Online, Guitar World and USA Today Sports Media are experimenting with a pay wall that instead of charging readers requires them to watch an advertiser's video.

Discussion: @themediaisdying

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Andrew Goldman is leaving ‘Talk’ post at ‘New York Times Magazine’ — The New York Times Magazine is getting a new columnist for its weekly Q & A feature. — Andrew Goldman, the writer on Its most recent incarnation, “Talk,” bid farewell to fans on Twitter today and said that his column …

Discussion: The New York Observer

Joe Pompeo / New York Magazine:

Al Jazeera America: A Unicorn is Born — Where the magic will happen: Al Jazeera America's newsroom. — The modern realities of the media business have so accustomed us to seeing journalistic entities disbanded, either abruptly or in slow motion, that there's an undeniable fascination …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Ira Teinowitz / The Wrap:

Battle Over the FCC's Future Kickstarted Again in Congress — Greg Walden rips the FCC for taking too long to review communications deals and for overreaching in demanding concessions such as in the Comcast-NBCU merger — The battle over the Federal Communications Communication's future returned …

Discussion: Radio & Television … and Broadcasting & Cable

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 and The Wrap

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Time Inc. Makes a New Pitch to iPad Shoppers: Try Us Before You Buy Us — Time Inc. used to have really big hopes for the iPad era. Then came reality, plus a protracted cold war with Apple. — Three years later, the world's biggest publisher is sending out cautiously optimistic vibes about the tablet industry again.

Discussion: TUAW

Daniel E. Slotnik / New York Times:

Layhmond Robinson Jr., 88, Dies; Paved the Way for Black Journalists — Layhmond Robinson Jr., one of the first black reporters at The New York Times, who later became a local television news correspondent, died on June 29 in Queens. He was 88. — The cause was complications of pneumonia, his daughter Deborah Robinson said.

Discussion: FishbowlNY