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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, 9to5Mac, @panzer and MacRumors

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, GeekWire, SlashGear and Hillicon Valley

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: Politico, Poynter, Big News Network.com, @blakehounshell, @davidcuillier, FishbowlDC, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone, @jayrosen_nyu and @zseward

Hollywood Reporter:

Modern Seinfeld Twitter Account Lands Creator a Sitcom Job — Jack Moore joins Fox's “Us & Them” on the strength of the fantasy mashup account, which he said “was basically pitching storylines.” — Twitter often costs people jobs, not helps land them. — Former BuzzFeed writer Jack …

Discussion: @netgarden, @lenkendall, @andreahong, @davidwolinsky and Inside TV

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: @hamishmckenzie, @mathewi, @medium, Mediaite, Business Insider, GalleyCat, Softpedia News and Guardian

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Big Boss, Not Big Brother, Spotted Long Island Family's ‘Suspicious’ Google Searches

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: Yahoo!, Rockmelt Blog, The Next Web, GigaOM, ReadWrite, TUAW, PandoDaily, bizjournals, Globe and Mail, TechSpot, Digits, The Verge, Valleywag, @tcarmody, @mikeisaac, CNET, TechCrunch, GeekWire, @vibhav, @sarahfkessler, Engadget, @marissamayer, @yahooinc, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Electronista, WebProNews, App Advice and Mattermark

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

NYT journalist fights ruling nixing reporter's privilege — A New York Times journalist whose claim he shouldn't have to testify in a leak prosecution was rejected, 2-1, last month by a federal appeals court panel asked Friday that the full bench of that court rehear the case.

Discussion: @froomkin

Stephen Battaglio / TVGuide.com:

The Biz Exclusive: Chris Hansen to Leave NBC — Chris Hansen, the veteran Dateline NBC correspondent whose “To Catch a Predator” investigations became a TV news sensation, is parting ways with the network. — An NBC News spokeswoman confirmed Friday that Hansen's contract was not being renewed.

Discussion: The Wrap, Mediaite, TVLine, The Huffington Post and Variety

Emily Greenhouse / The New Yorker Blog:

Twitter's Free-Speech Problem — In 2011, with the help of Bitch magazine, a young media critic named Anita Sarkeesian hosted a Web-video series called “Tropes vs. Women.” Over six segments, she critiqued archetypes of females in film, comic books, and TV, from the bubbly …

Discussion: @cmcgovern, Wired.co.uk, Daily Dot, Lastest ITProPortal news and Naked Security

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, SocialTimes, AppNewser and TVNewser

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

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, washpostco.com and Broadcasting & Cable

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 …

Roger Yu / USA Today:

Time Warner Cable drops CBS in New York, LA, Dallas — CBS, Time Warner Cable, Leslie Moonves — CBS said Friday afternoon that it has failed to reach an agreement with Time Warner Cable by their Friday, 5 p.m. deadline and the cable company has dropped the No. 1 primetime network in key markets.

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