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5:15 AM ET, August 9, 2013

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Herald Sun:
Former HWT chairman Julian Clarke appointed News Corp Australia CEO as Kim Williams resigns  —  NEWS Corp Australia chief executive Kim Williams has resigned.  —  He has held the role since December, 2011.  —  He will be replaced by former The Herald and Weekly Times chairman Julian Clarke.
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Neil Chenoweth / Australian Financial Review:
Murdoch's News Corp empire turns on itself  —  After barely a month, Rupert Murdoch's journalism project is a shambles.  All the Crazy Uncle features of Murdoch's management style were on display in the last week.  They speak of a deeply dysfunctional corporation which has become a hotch potch …
Discussion: Guardian, The Conversation and Guardian
Margaret Simons / Guardian:
Kim Williams departure a victory for Murdoch's Australian editors
Discussion: Guardian
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Tumblr Had $16.6 Million Left When Yahoo Bought It  —  In the wake of Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr, there was some chatter about how much runway David Karp would have had if he hadn't sold the company.  —  Now we know, sort of: Tumblr, which had raised $125 million since 2007, had $16.6 million in cash left when Yahoo bought it.
New Republic:
Newspapers Should Be More Like Amazon  —  By Julius Genachowski and Steven Waldman What Jeff Bezos can teach The Washington Post What's intriguing about Jeff Bezos, who purchased The Washington Post this week, is not that he's a digital guy or that he has a lot of money—though both certainly help …
Discussion: @stevenwaldman and @mathewi
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner Cable Taking Bigger Hit Than CBS in PR War Over Blackout: Survey  —  Cable operator's consumer-perception score drops lower into negative territory while the Eye has neutral rating, according to YouGov  —  Consumers have increasingly negative views of both Time Warner Cable …
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John McDermott / AdAge:
Vevo Developing Apple TV App for 24-7 Music Video Channel  —  Will Allow It to Sell Video Ads Made Specifically for Televisions  —  Cord-cutting millennials will soon have a new way to quench their insatiable thirst for '90s nostalgia.  Music video website Vevo is developing an app …
Amy Hadfield / WAN-IFRA:
Italian press signs agreement with government to revitalise ailing industry  —  The Italian government and representatives from throughout Italy's news media industry signed an agreement on Tuesday 6 August as part of an initiative to revitalise the country's crisis-hit news publications.
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Fox's Chase Carey calls a la carte programming ‘a fantasy’  —  21st Century Fox Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey underscored the value of sports programming and downplayed calls to end the bundling of television channels.  During Fox's Investor Day presentations Thursday …
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Jim Romenesko:
[UPDATED] Patch is laying off hundreds of employees on Friday  —  UPDATE — A Patch tipster reports: “Patch employees will learn their fate starting tomorrow at 9 a.m. on an all company call with Tim Armstrong.  Managers were told last night not to discuss the layoffs with subordinates or reference them at all.”
Timothy B. Lee / The Switch:
Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won't be another Hacker News  —  When I was a computer science student in college, everyone I knew read Slashdot.  Founded in 1997, the site was dedicated to “News for nerds.  Stuff that matters.”  It featured about a dozen short, user-submitted stories about the technology news of the day.
Discussion: Guardian
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
NBC-GlobalPost an intriguing media partnership … An alliance with news website GlobalPost means more foreign coverage for NBC.  —  CONNECT  —  It could be the classic trade that helps both teams.  And years ago, it would have been unthinkable.  —  News organizations joining forces was considered anathema.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Amid Criticism, Support for Media's ‘Watchdog’ Role Stands Out  —  Overview  —  Public evaluations of news organizations' performance on key measures such as accuracy, fairness and independence remain mired near all-time lows.  But there is a bright spot among these otherwise gloomy ratings …
Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
Met Police's fraud squad investigating BBC pay-offs scandal  —  Detectives from Scotland Yard's fraud squad are investigating senior members of the BBC's leadership over allegations of misconduct in public office, The Telegraph can disclose.  —  Scotland Yard launched Operation Elveden last year
 
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
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