Mediagazer: Cox Said to Discuss Merger With Malone-Backed Charter (Alex Sherman/Bloomberg)

3:50 PM ET, August 2, 2013

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple calls the DoJ's ebook remedy a draconian and punitive intrusion into its business — Apple has today filed a brief in opposition to the Department of Justice's proposed ‘remedy’ in the ebook price fixing case. The statement speaks out against changes which the DoJ suggested earlier today …

Discussion: CNET

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 …

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Feds say Apple must give access to Amazon and Barnes & Noble e-bookstores

Discussion: AllThingsD

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

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

Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

Medium isn't the message: Be careful how you read what's published on platforms — Yesterday, my Twitter feed was lit up with outrage over a post on Medium in which the writer, Michele Catalano, described an unexpected visit from men with badges and guns after she and her husband had Googled …

Discussion: @medium, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Softpedia News and VentureBeat

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.

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo paid $60 million to $70 million for social browser startup Rockmelt, with an aim of using its technology to turbocharge its myriad of media and mobile properties.

Discussion: Rockmelt Blog, Yahoo!, GigaOM, CNET, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Forbes, bizjournals, Digits, Valleywag, TechSpot, @sarahfkessler, @marissamayer, Engadget, PandoDaily, ZDNet, The Verge, @tcarmody, Pocket-lint, Mashable, WebProNews, Mattermark and App Advice

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Deadline.com and DSLreports

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, Kirk LaPointe's …, @evanbush, @davidkenner, @jbennet, @yancyfaith and Columbia Journalism Review, Thanks:@mattlynley

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, Broadcasting & Cable and washpostco.com

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

Angela Washeck / 10,000 Words:

Storify Has Competition, and It's Called Brickflow — Just when you think you've mastered the art of quick, effective visual storytelling, there's a brand new tool to learn. — The latest tool for journalists to tinker with? Brickflow, a building-blocks type of application you can use …

Discussion: FishbowlDC, TVNewser, FishbowlNY and GalleyCat

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: @jayrosen_nyu and @anamariecox

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: FishbowlDC, @tnr, Wonkette and TVNewser