Mediagazer: Jeff Zucker Defends CNN Coverage Of George Zimmerman Trial, Egyptian Coup (David Bauder/Associated Press)

3:00 AM ET, July 13, 2013

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

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / The Verge:

Hulu isn't being sold, but Time Warner Cable might still nab a stake — While Hulu's owners — 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, and The Walt Disney Company — said Friday that they won't be selling the streaming video service after months of talks with suitors, they're reportedly …

Discussion: Bloomberg and Hollywood Reporter

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, Bloomberg, @erik_maza, Politico, @jackshafer, Poynter and The New York Observer

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

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

KTVU-TV apologizes after incorrectly naming Asiana pilots, NTSB admits to wrongdoing — KTVU-TV in San Francisco issued an apology after incorrectly naming the pilots of Asiana Flight 214. Anchor Tori Campbell listed the offensive names, which you can see listed in this video:

Discussion: NTSB, KTVU-TV, LA Observed, Asian American Journalists …, The Snitch, Politico, USA Today, CNN, Los Angeles Times and Deadline.com

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: Guardian, Reuters, RT, GlobalPost and Bloomberg

USA Today:
Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia

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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 …

Jim Romenesko:

Barry ('King of the A-heds') Newman retires from Wall Street Journal — Newman has written over 500 A-heds in his 43 years at the paper. (The page one Journal feature is called an A-hed.) His first ran on Dec. 3, 1970, and his most recent — a piece on apostrophes — was published in the print edition on May 16.

Discussion: @davidfolkenflik

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

Robert Mackey / The Lede:

Parents Mourn Photographer Killed in Cairo — The parents of Ahmed Assem, a 26-year-old photographer for a Muslim Brotherhood newspaper who was killed on Monday in Cairo shortly after recording video of an army sniper, described their grief in an emotional interview broadcast by CNN on Friday.

Smfrogers / Twitter Blog:

When a #Sharknado attacks! How the phenomenon happened on Twitter — What do you get when you mix sharks with a tornado with hundreds of thousands of Tweets? Sharknado, of course. On July 11, @Syfy network's Sharknado was the most-social program on TV in the US. So, what exactly happened?

Discussion: Wonkblog, The Atlantic Wire, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, @thefix, @digiphile and Mashable

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.

Discussion: Baton Rouge news …

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

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 and Digits

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 …

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.