Mediagazer: White House criticizes Russia for providing ‘propaganda platform’ for Snowden with meeting (Associated Press)

8:55 PM ET, July 12, 2013

Top News:

Hulu's Owners Said to Discuss Sale of Stake to Time Warner Cable — Owners of Hulu LLC are continuing talks to sell a stake in the video-streaming service to Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) after canceling an auction of the entire business, said three people with knowledge of the situation.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Hulu's New Plan: Compete With Netflix and Amazon. How Is Hulu Going to Pay for That? — So they're not selling. But what are Hulu's owners going to do with the video service now? — The immediate response to that question, via people who provide answers on behalf of Hulu's owners …

Discussion: The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, jessica lessin, BuzzFeed, @seidman, PandoDaily and @jessicalessin

Business Wire:

21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company to Maintain Ownership Positions in Hulu — NEW YORK & BURBANK, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company today jointly announced that they will maintain their respective ownership positions …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

NYT to launch “immersive digital magazine” and new food news product, led by Sam Sifton — The New York Times is rolling out a number of new digital initiatives, including a tablet magazine and a new dining news product. — In a letter to the newsroom Friday, New York Times executive …

Discussion: Mashable, Adweek, @erik_maza, Bloomberg, @jackshafer, Poynter, The New York Observer and Politico

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Jill Abramson announces big leadership changes at ‘New York Times’ — The New York Times building. wallyg via flickr — New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson announced a slew of changes in newsroom leadership this afternoon. — The goal of the shakeup, according to Abramson …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Verge, New York Times and NetNewsCheck Latest

Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:

Justice Department Tightens Rules on Media-Leak Probes — New Guidelines Follow Controversy Raised by Investigation of Journalists' Records — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department issued new guidelines for prosecutors conducting leak investigations involving journalists …

Discussion: Politico, The Huffington Post, rcfp.org, @dangillmor, USA Today, RT, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, @digiphile and @dylanbyers

Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:

Justice Department to revise leak investigation policy — (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is to revise its policies for dealing with news reporters during the course of leak investigations following recent criticism from media organizations, a department official said on Friday.

Discussion: New York Times, Big News Network.com, @ryanlizza, @ryanlizza, @ggreenwald, @mlcalderone and Politico

Associated Press:

White House criticizes Russia for providing ‘propaganda platform’ for Snowden with meeting — WASHINGTON — The White House criticized Russia on Friday for allowing National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to meet with human rights activists, calling it a “propaganda platform” …

Discussion: Reuters, RT, Bloomberg, GlobalPost and The Raw Story

USA Today:
Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia

Discussion: WikiLeaks, New York Times, New York Times, RT, Guardian, Forbes, Washington Post, Gawker, WorldViews, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, ABC News, CBS News, Quartz and www.wnyc.org

Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

OC Register Publisher Aaron Kushner: 'We're Still Actively Interested in Tribune' (Exclusive) — Though he suggested the company might not be worth as much after layoffs at the L.A. Times — Orange County Register publisher and greeting card tycoon Aaron Kushner is still interested …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review

Elodie Mazein / Agence France Presse:

Twitter hands over data in French anti-Semitism case — PARIS, France — Twitter handed over data to French authorities on Friday to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic and racist tweets after a months-long legal battle launched by Jewish and anti-racism groups.

Discussion: VentureBeat, GigaOM, The Verge, ansamed.info, AllThingsD, The Local, CNET and Softpedia News

David Bauder / Associated Press:

Jeff Zucker Defends CNN Coverage Of George Zimmerman Trial, Egyptian Coup — NEW YORK (AP) — CNN boss Jeff Zucker said Friday that criticism that his network underplayed the Egyptian coup in favor of the George Zimmerman murder trial is “a bunch of bunk.” — “I feel increasingly comfortable …

Discussion: The Wrap, Deadline.com and Politico

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Scoop: Intel's upcoming TV service is going to be called OnCue — Intel's TV service, which the company's Intel Media unit plans to launch before the end of the year, is going to be called OnCue, GigaOM has learned. The company has applied for trademarks for OnCue around the globe …

Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts

Christopher Massie / Columbia Journalism Review:

Roll Call goes native — With Boeing-backed defense blog, Beltway outlet makes a foray into sponsored content — For the past year, Roll Call, a newspaper and website that focuses on Capitol Hill politics, has been in a state of flux. Last July, CQ Roll Call, the publication's parent company, laid off 30 employees.

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Jennifer Dorroh / Mediashift:

How EcoLab Wants to Reinvent Environmental Journalism — South America is home to the world's largest rainforest, its greatest river, and some of its most challenging environmental problems, from pollution to deforestation. — Yet environmental issues are often overlooked by the region's media …

Jan Schaffer / Nieman Journalism Lab:

In New Orleans, public radio, local startups, and more are teaming up for the news — Editor's note: Our friends at J-Lab have a new report out on an interesting subject: how public broadcasters — in radio and television — are trying to fill some of the void created by cutbacks at newspapers.

Will Oremus / Slate:

The world's smartest newsreader: Prismatic has solved one of the Internet's oldest problems — It's called Prismatic, and it may have solved one of the Internet's oldest problems. — There was a time when humanity suffered from a dearth of information. Now, thanks to the Internet …

John Paul Titlow / FastCo.Labs:

Inside Google's Infinite Music Intelligence Machine — The Beatles have a way of keeping Doug Eck up at night. Specifically, the research scientist at Google grapples with one of the core problems of automated music discovery: With a band whose catalog is as evolutionary and nuanced as The Beatles's …

Discussion: hypebot

John Battelle / John Battelle's Search Blog:

A Social, Elastic Model for Paid Content — The post A Social, Elastic Model for Paid Content appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. — I was interested to read today that Esquire is currently experimenting with a per-article paywall. For $1.99, you can read a 10,000-word piece …

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

The Forecast From Weather.com: A Flood Of New Content — It may be a cliche that people revert to talking about the weather when they've run out of things to discuss. But Weather.com is betting heavily that there's a lot more to the conversation. — With a site that boasts 56.4 million …

Discussion: AdExchanger and eMedia Vitals