Mediagazer: IT'S OFFICIAL: We Never Need To Worry About The Future Of Journalism Again! (Henry Blodget/Business Insider)

12:50 PM ET, August 2, 2013

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The United States Department of Justice:

Department of Justice Proposes Remedy to Address Apple's Price Fixing … The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General today submitted to the court a proposed remedy to address Apple Inc.'s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District …

Discussion: PublishersWeekly.com, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, BBC, NYT Bits, PandoDaily, BGR, SlashGear, GeekWire, Gizmodo, TUAW, Marketing Land, Hillicon Valley, Electronista, @_davidsmith, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, @reutersbiz and Engadget

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Feds say Apple must give access to Amazon and Barnes & Noble e-bookstores — The Justice Department is calling on a federal judge to force Apple to allow competitors in the ebook market to provide prices and links to their e-bookstores within apps on Apple's devices, a move that is likely …

Discussion: AllThingsD

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
U.S., states propose remedy for Apple e-book price-fixing

Discussion: The Verge

Kate Irby / McClatchy:

Senators spar over definition of ‘journalist’ in seeking to protect them — WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee, looking to provide protections for journalists and their sources, ran into a roadblock Thursday when lawmakers couldn't agree on the definition of “journalist.”

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Poynter, @blakehounshell, The Huffington Post, @jayrosen_nyu, @mlcalderone and @zseward

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

IT'S OFFICIAL: We Never Need To Worry About The Future Of Journalism Again! — The New York Times Company did the world of journalism a big favor today. — The company finally disclosed the exact revenues of its digital business. — The numbers were impressive.

Discussion: @carr2n, @davidkenner, @jbennet, @evanbush and @yancyfaith, Thanks:@mattlynley

Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
The NYT's $150 million-a-year paywall

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, NetNewsCheck Latest, The New York Times Company, Forbes, The Dish, @cjr, Capital New York and Poynter

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Big Boss, Not Big Brother, Spotted Long Island Family's ‘Suspicious’ Google Searches — On Wednesday morning, six law enforcement officers visited a house in Long Island. They were there to ask whether the residents — a married couple and their son — were involved in terrorism.

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Guardian strikes Dailymotion video deal — Guardian News & Media to launch dedicated online video channel that will be available to Dailymotion's 112 million users — The Guardian has struck a deal with Dailymotion, the world's second largest video-sharing website, to increase the reach …

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

HuffPo Pushes Further Into Sponsored Content — Publishers are crazy for native advertising, but they're stuck with a problem: Who is going to create it? — That's why publishers like Vice and Gawker have begun partnered content-creation arms. Add The Huffington Post to the mix.

Discussion: Business Insider

Erik Wemple:

Dear CNN: Find a female media critic — Politico's Patrick Gavin yesterday tweeted that he'd be hosting the long-running CNN program “Reliable Sources” this Sunday. He is among the crowd that is filling in following the departure of Howard Kurtz* for Fox News.

Discussion: @anamariecox and @jayrosen_nyu

Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:

Cox Said to Discuss Merger With Malone-Backed Charter — Cox Communications Inc., the third-largest U.S. cable provider, has held talks about combining with rival Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR), according to two people with knowledge of the matter. — Cox President Pat Esser has discussed …

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Washington Post Co.'s newspaper division posts another loss, but online revenue is up — The Washington Post's newspaper division posted an operating loss of $49.3 million in the first six months of 2013, the company says in its second-quarter earnings report.

Discussion: Washington Post and washpostco.com

Eric Deggans / Tampa Bay Times:

Eric Deggans to leave Tampa Bay Times for job as NPR's first TV critic — Eric Deggans, TV and media critic for the Tampa Bay Times, will become NPR's TV critic. — After nearly 18 years critiquing television, media, music and pop culture at the Tampa Bay Times, I will be leaving the newspaper …

Discussion: @charlie_mccollu, @davidfolkenflik, @craigtimes, @nabjdigital, @moryan, @npraudie, @brianstelter, The Wrap, @timkarr, @tb_times, @deggans, @nextgenradio and Poynter

Noreen Malone / New Republic:

Luke Russert: Why Does Young Washington Dislike Him? — And it drives young journalists crazy — As last winter's congressional budget talks collapsed with the debt limit on the horizon, 27-year-old Luke Russert put the situation in perspective for MSNBC.

Discussion: TVNewser, @tnr and Wonkette

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Is Tumblr Shrinking? — Yahoo bought Tumblr because Tumblr has millions of young users. But are they sticking around? — Last November, David Karp posted on Tumblr's staff blog. “I have an exciting and slightly overwhelming milestone to share with you,” the site's founder and CEO said.

Discussion: Softpedia News, The Verge, @ryanpbroderick, @michaelnoer and @jwherrman