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2:50 PM ET, July 22, 2013

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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:

Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times — Why did Nate Silver decide to leave The New York Times and accept an offer from ESPN? — That's the cause of great speculation in media circles at the moment. As has been noted elsewhere, there's no question that The Times …

Discussion: Forbes, TVNewser, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Beast

Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

Nate Silver's Blog to Be Its Own ESPN Franchise — Renowed statisician hiring his own team of journalists and editors for “Grandland"-like standalone franchise — Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog will become its own franchise at ESPN, with its own team of journalists, editors and analysts …

Nate Silver / @fivethirtyeight:

Grantland's a model for what new 538 will look like. Independent editorial point-of-view. We'll be doing some hiring, building a great team.

Discussion: Variety

Mike Allen / Politico:
How ESPN/ABC stole Nate Silver from The New York Times …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, GigaOM, Guardian, The Week, paidContent, @pkafka, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Forbes, @brianstelter, New Republic and @jeffjarvis

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

David Shuster Joining Al Jazeera America: Source — NEW YORK — David Shuster, a veteran of MSNBC and Fox News, is joining Al Jazeera America as an anchor, according a source familiar with the deal. — Shuster is the latest high-profile journalist to land at Al Jazeera America, which is expected to launch Aug. 20.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, TVNewser and New York Magazine

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Al Jazeera America Names ABC News' Kate O'Brian President

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, The Wrap, ABC News, @dylanbyers, @jayrosen_nyu, @jamesrbuk and @nycjim

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Aereo will launch in Utah on August 19 — Aereo, the service that lets users watch live TV online and on mobile devices and save shows to a personal DVR, will launch in Utah on August 19, the company announced Monday. — Aereo is already available in New York, Boston and Atlanta.

Discussion: Deadline.com, Home Media Magazine, Radio & Television …, Salt Lake Tribune, VentureBeat, The Wrap, TechCrunch, Hillicon Valley and Broadcasting & Cable

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Aereo as Bargaining Chip in Broadcast Fees Battle — As another television programming blackout looms, this time because of a high-stakes negotiation between the CBS Corporation and Time Warner Cable, there is a new wrinkle, courtesy of Aereo, the start-up that streams broadcast TV via the Internet.

Discussion: Radio & Television …, The Verge, TechSpot, CNET and @rakeshlobster

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Circulation revenue up 11 percent at Gannett — Domestic circulation revenue in Gannett's publishing division rose 11 percent in the second quarter, the company announced in its second-quarter earnings report Monday. That gain, as well as gains in the company's broadcasting and digital businesses …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, NetNewsCheck Latest, Globe and Mail and Thomson IR

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Time Warner Names Joseph Ripp CEO of Time Inc. — Resolves One Area of Uncertainty as New State of Flux Begins — Time Warner has named Joseph Ripp the next CEO of Time Inc., resolving one big question as the publishing unit prepares to strike out on its own but surprising observers who had bet on another candidate.

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Forget second-screen apps. Today, the TV is the second screen — Recently I had a great discussion with a friend of mine from Germany, who told me that TV networks over there are slow to embrace the future of television. Some of that has to do with local regulations and the difficulty …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:

Future shuts iPad magazine tech. after seven months: what now for tablet publishing? — Future has closed weekly iPad magazine Tech. seven months after its launch, raising questions over the viability of original magazines designed for tablet devices, TheMediaBriefing can reveal.

Discussion: Talking New Media

Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:

More Print Rollbacks Possible At Digital First — Digital First Media, which recently rolled back the print schedule at its Oneida (N.Y.) Daily Dispatch and will do the same at The (Hanover, Pa.) Evening Sun, may be planning more print cutbacks at its other newspapers, according to CEO John Paton.

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Washington Post to launch new tech blog — Timothy B. Lee will lead the blog, which is to be called The Switch. Brian Fung and Andrea Peterson will join as reporters. The blog appears to be modeled a bit on Wonkbook, which Lee joined recently. Tech reporters Hayley Tsukayama, Cecilia Kang and Craig Timberg will also contribute.

Discussion: Washington Post, FishbowlDC and @binarybits