Mediagazer: Amazon scores Obama Q&A for Kindle Singles Interview series (Joan E. Solsman/CNET)

5:25 AM ET, July 31, 2013

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

Facebook Said to Plan to Sell TV-Style Ads for $2.5M Each — Facebook Inc. (FB), seeking to break the long-held dominance of television over advertising budgets, plans to sell TV-style commercials on its site for as much as $2.5 million a day, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

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Dan Gillmor / Guardian:

The Bradley Manning verdict is still bad news for the press — The Obama administration's war on leaks and, by extension, the work of investigative reporters, has been unrelenting — The American journalism trade is breathing a collective - but premature and, in many cases, grossly hypocritical - sigh of relief today.

Kim Zetter / Wired:
Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy, Guilty on Lesser Charges

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Before Fusion's TV Debut, A Secret News Site Posts Stories — Univision-ABC backed news outlet aims to lure Hispanic viewers during a competitive time for TV news — A tiny Miami newsroom has been mixing it up online, winning some digital notice for its reporting on the topic …

Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

McClatchy asks Obama administration if U.S. helped New Zealand collect data on journalist — WASHINGTON — The McClatchy Co. asked the Obama administration on Tuesday to explain news reports in New Zealand that U.S. intelligence agencies had helped that country's military track cellular telephone calls …

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

Should Publishers Fear Publicis Omnicom? — This past weekend's merger between Publicis and Omnicom is already creating ripples across the media industry. — Many publishers privately worry that consolidating two of the three largest advertising companies will have ongoing and lasting repercussions for their businesses.

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Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

New York Times elevates comments from below the line — As part of a series of experiments to make reaction more useful to readers, comments are placed alongside a story — The New York Times is trying something new with comments: placing key reactions alongside the story narrative.

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Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:

Senate panel approves Wheeler to lead FCC — The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Tuesday advanced Tom Wheeler's nomination to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Senate floor. — The panel approved his nomination by a voice vote, although there were scattered “no” votes from Republicans.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Greenwald: NSA hearing cancelled — This week's informal congressional hearing on the National Security Agency's surveillance program has been cancelled, according to The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, who was expected to testify via satellite. — Democratic congressman Alan Grayson …

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Penske could be in the race for Newsweek — Jay Penske is kicking the tires and checking under the hood as a potential suitor to buy Newsweek from Barry Diller's IAC/InterActive Corp., sources said. — Penske — of the auto-racing family — already owns HollywoodLife and Deadline Hollywood …

Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Amazon scores Obama Q&A for Kindle Singles Interview series — A coup for Kindle's shop for mini e-books, the new interview series lands President Obama as its next subject. It's the latest move inching the e-commerce giant into the realm of news. In the news world, a one-on-one …

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Changes at WSJ's Greater New York Section — The Wall Street Journal announced promotions and new positions at its' Greater New York section in a newsroom memo that went out this morning. — Bob Rose will become the New York York bureau chief and John Seely, who has been the editor …

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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:

CBS Experiments With Streaming Deals — CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said Monday the broadcaster is experimenting with new business models for serialized dramas like apocalyptic summer hit “Under the Dome” and the coming thriller “Hostages,” banking on deals with streaming-video sites …

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