Mediagazer: Fox Sports 1's Strategy vs. ESPN: ‘Jockularity’ (Karl Taro Greenfeld/Businessweek)

11:40 AM ET, July 18, 2013

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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:

New York Post Looks Thinner After News Corporation Split — It's been a while since Rupert Murdoch's New York tabloid has had a jaw-dropping scoop—or a front page that went viral. And some laid-off staffers aren't being replaced. David Freedlander on why staffers are worried.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘New York Post’ gears up for early August web relaunch — Late last month, Robert Thomson, C.E.O. of the new publishing-focused iteration of News Corp., told The Financial Times that the New York Post was working on a plan to compete nationally with large, well-financed digital media brands like Buzzfeed.

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Erin Banco / New York Times:

Judge in Manning Case Allows Charge of Aiding the Enemy — The military judge in the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning decided on Thursday not to drop a charge accusing Private Manning of “aiding the enemy.” If he is found guilty of the charge, he faces a life sentence in military custody with no chance of parole.

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Ben Wizner / Freedom of the Press Foundation: How Today's Ruling in the Bradley Manning Case Could Adversely Affect Journalists and Whistleblowers

Emma Bazilian / Adweek:

Condé Nast Touts Biggest September in Five Years — Fashion bible Vogue seems to be the winner in the September ad page race so far. — The Condé Nast book weighed in last year at 658 ad pages; this year, publisher Susan Plagemann added 1 percentage point for a total of 665 total ad pages.

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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

Netflix's “House of Cards” gets first major Emmy nominations for online-only show — Netflix's House of Cards just became the first online-only program to be nominated for top Emmy awards. Six years ago, it wouldn't even have been eligible. — The show was nominated for best drama …

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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed: Netflix Needs To Turn Emmy Nominations Into Subscribers

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Apple's Move Into TV Relies on Cooperation With Industry Leaders — When Apple wanted to revolutionize cellphones, it held hands with AT&T. The partners fought endlessly, but the public loved the finished product: the iPhone. — Now, as Apple tries to reimagine television …

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Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence:

Media Diversity: Washington Post Expands Into Industrial Boilers … Washington Post Co. agreed to buy Forney Corp., a global supplier of products and systems for power and industrial boilers, from United Technologies Corp. (UTX), as the education and media company continues …

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Ian Crouch / News Desk:

The Inconvenient Image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — The magazine cover retains its unique cultural power—to amuse, to inform, to agitate, or, as is the case with the forthcoming August 1st issue of Rolling Stone, to enrage. That cover, unveiled on Tuesday night, features a photographic self-portrait …

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Jake Tapper / The Lead:
Former White House National Security spokesman assails Rolling Stone cover

Lacey Rose / The Hollywood Reporter:

'Community's' Dan Harmon Reveals the Wild Story Behind His Firing and Rehiring — TV's most controversial showrunner (and self-professed “rude a**hole") renews his feud with Chevy Chase, recalls his attacks on NBC and Sony, reveals his regrets over the rape joke and details how Joel McHale helped him get his old job back.

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Jim Romenesko:

[UPDATED] Sun-Times lays off 14 production staffers — The downsizing continues at the Chicago Sun-Times. — The paper confirmed today that 14 production employees were laid off last Wednesday. The paper released this statement after I asked about the cuts:

Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:

The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed — As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Call for More NSA Transparency

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Sean Michaels / Guardian:

Liam Gallagher sues New York Post over ‘love child’ claims — Beady Eye singer's spokesman confirms he will be ‘pursuing legal action’ over story about a child with a US journalist — Liam Gallagher is suing the New York Post over their allegation that he may have fathered a child with an American journalist.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Byliner's new iPad app aims to find your next long read — Long-form journalism site Byliner has a new iPad app that aims to match readers with articles based on how much time they have to read. The app is also going to be the main vehicle for Byliner's $9.99 subscription product, Byliner Plus.

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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:

Edward Snowden Book: Glenn Greenwald Gets Deal — Reporter Glenn Greenwald's book also will “contain new revelations” about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs. — Glenn Greenwald, the investigative reporter who broke the story on NSA leaker Edward Snowden …

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, Poynter and New York Times

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Operation Elveden: six journalists in court over payments — Four Sun staff and Daily Star Sunday deputy editor among those accused of paying public officials for information — Six newspaper staff including four Sun journalists staff have appeared in court accused of paying public officials …

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Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:

Independent management warns journalists print edition in question beyond 2015 unless cuts made — Senior management at The Independent have told staff that they could struggle to produce a print edition beyond 2015 unless proposed cuts are made. — At a meeting held yesterday to discuss …

Karl Taro Greenfeld / Businessweek:

Fox Sports 1's Strategy vs. ESPN: ‘Jockularity’ — Since ESPN launched the first 24-hour sports channel three decades ago, it has owned the cable sports business, free from serious competition. ESPN generates $9 billion a year for its parent company, Walt Disney (DIS) …

Feminista Jones / Salon:

Is Twitter the underground railroad of activism? — The Zimmerman trial may have introduced white America to “Black Twitter,” but its roots go back centuries — “It's just Twitter” is a refrain often tweeted by people who insist that they don't take much of what they read on Twitter seriously.

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Aisha Harris / Slate:
What Is “BlackBuzzfeed”?

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WAN-IFRA:

BuzzFeed's Community section: Publications recruit staff with UGC — BuzzFeed's Community vertical takes user-generated content to the next level by giving readers the same publishing tools as reporters and even featuring audience-submitted pieces on the front page.

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

Pew: 31% of tweets reflected anger following Zimmerman verdict — The Pew Research Center analyzed nearly 5 million tweets in the first 26 hours after the George Zimmerman verdict. Pew found that 39 percent of the tweets shared news sans opinion. Of the 38 percent of tweets that reflected opinions …

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