Mediagazer: German Publishers Can't Wean Themselves Off Google News, Despite Winning Copyright Law Change (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

1:15 PM ET, August 1, 2013

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Digital subscriptions up 35% at New York Times & IHT, 70% at Boston Globe — Circulation revenues in the second quarter of 2013 rose 5.1 percent over the same period the year before, a company earnings report says. Advertising revenue fell 5.8 percent over the same period. Overall, revenue was down by .9 percent.

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

New York Times Profit Tops Estimates on Digital Subscribers — New York Times Co. (NYT), the newspaper publisher controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, reported second-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as it drew more subscribers for its digital editions.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: Times C.E.O. Mark Thompson stays the course in second-quarter earnings call

Will Bunch / Philly.com:

The de-newspaperization of America — It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper. Now you have a few newspapers that make a profit because they are national brands …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Plain Dealer plans special print section to explain shift to digital — The Plain Dealer, which laid off about 50 employees Wednesday, “plans a six-page special section in Sunday's paper to further explain the changes ahead,” Jay Miller reports. — The laid-off employees …

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Emma Bazilian / Adweek:

Despite Controversy, Rolling Stone ‘Boston Bomber’ Issue Is a Hit on Newsstands — Rolling Stone's “Boston Bomber” issue got a rash of bad publicity and retailers like CVS and Stop & Stop pulled it from shelves after a “Boycott Rolling Stone” campaign gained steam on Facebook.

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RT:

Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia and is allowed to enter the country's territory. — The whistleblower has been granted temporary political asylum in Russia, Snowden's legal representative Anatoly Kucherena said.

Eric R Danton / Rolling Stone:

Bradley Manning Hollywood Drama Planned — ‘We Steal Secrets’ makers seeking screenwriters for new film — A Hollywood drama about whistleblower Bradley Manning is already in the works: Variety reports that Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney and producer Marc Shmuger are seeking writers …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Did the media drop the ball on the Bradley Manning trial?

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Dish Hit With 53-Station Blackout in Fight With Raycom — Local stations go dark for satcaster in 36 markets in latest clash over retransmission payments — In the latest blowup over broadcast TV retransmission fees, Dish Network customers in 36 markets lost access to 53 television stations owned …

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Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:

If Politics Is So Easy, Why Can't Journalists Do It? — Chrystia Freeland, a columnist and senior editor at Thomson Reuters, said last week that she's quitting her job to run for political office in Canada, where she was born. Freeland is an accomplished journalist and the author of a book …

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David Batty / Guardian:

Twitter bomb threats to female journalists — Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman and Independent writer Grace Dent among women threatened — Police are investigating bomb threats made on Twitter against several female journalists, including Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman.

Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Netflix debuts multiple user profiles so your roomate won't screw up your recommendations — Members of a household using one Netflix account can each create their own viewing page — Netflix has built one of the world's most powerful recommendation engines.

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

German Publishers Can't Wean Themselves Off Google News, Despite Winning Copyright Law Change — Germany's new copyright law comes into force today but several major German publishers haven't rushed to pull their news snippets from Google News, despite lobbying in favour of tightening the law.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Hulu Plans to Hook Subscription Service Into Google Chromecast — Online TV joint venture says it is ‘actively working’ with Google to add Hulu Plus access to $35 streaming adapter — Google's cheap Chromecast Internet TV adapter already lets users stream free Hulu content to their televisions …

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Fusion Hires Former ‘Daily Show’ EP To Develop News/Satire Programming — Fusion, the upcoming cable news channel from Univision and ABC News, has made a big hire: it is adding former “Daily Show” head writer and EP David Javerbaum to its executive ranks. Javerbaum will serve as an EP for Fusion …

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Linda Kinstler / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Dis bonjour à LesEchos360, a French Techmeme for biz news — A news site in 2013 can't be flat. That's why French business daily Les Echos is gearing up to release LesEchos360, an aggregation tool that will cull articles from around the web to provide readers with an “expert filter” of business news.

Sara Morrison / The Wrap:

Fox News Sues TVEyes for Copyright Infringement — Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation — Fox News Channel sued TVEyes, a $500-per-month TV and radio broadcast search service, for copyright infringement on Tuesday.

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Comcast and CBS Post Strong Results, Aided by Web — Judging by the second-quarter earnings reported by two major media companies on Wednesday, the good times are still rolling in the television business. — Comcast reported that its earnings rose to $1.7 billion from $1.35 billion …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

CBS President On ‘Illegal’ Aereo: 'We Don't Think It's Catching On At All' — Considering how hard his company has been trying to obtain a legal death warrant for Aereo, CBS president Les Moonves affected a suspiciously nonchalant air when talking about the streaming TV service on Wednesday's earnings call.

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