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5:10 PM ET, August 9, 2013

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Armstrong Confirms “Hundreds” Of Layoffs At Patch, 400 Sites Shuttered Or Partnered Off, And A New CEO  —  We reported yesterday that AOL's hyper-local news service would lose hundreds of employees today, and now we have confirmation from a well-placed Patcher privy to the call …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
No layoffs at Patch today  —  AOL CEO Tim Armstrong told Patch editors Friday there would be no “impacts,” or layoffs announced today.  The “impacts” will arrive on a rolling basis over the next week, he said.  —  Armstrong said in an earnings call earlier this week that AOL would sell …
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fires Employee for Taking His Picture
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, Betabeat and Mashable
Reuters:
Murdoch Shakes Up News Corp.'s Australian Operation  —  CANBERRA — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. appointed a new chief executive for its Australian operation Friday, a move that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd linked to mounting attacks on his government by Mr. Murdoch's local newspapers during a divisive election campaign.
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Neil Chenoweth / Australian Financial Review:
Murdoch's News Corp empire turns on itself
Discussion: Guardian, The Conversation and Guardian
Margaret Simons / Guardian:
Kim Williams departure a victory for Murdoch's Australian editors
Discussion: Guardian
Brian Beutler / Salon:
Glenn Greenwald offered Brazilian protection from U.S.  —  Greenwald tells Salon he intends to visit the U.S. soon — but says the risk of prosecution against him is real  —  A Brazilian official has taken the unusual step of publicly announcing that the Brazilian government …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Obama's NSA Conference Could Be Subtitled ‘The Guardian Gets Results’  —  President Obama's press conference on Friday was full of headline-making news about new proposals to reform the American surveillance system.  But another headline could also be appropriate: “Journalism gets results.”
Associated Press:
Tumblr Founder to Get $81M to Remain at Yahoo  —  Yahoo's recently completed acquisition of Internet blogging service Tumblr includes an $81 million payment to Tumblr founder David Karp as long as he remains on the job for the next four years.  —  The retention payment disclosed …
Discussion: Softpedia News
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The 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 …
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 …
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Consumer watchdog says Apple did ‘considerable harm’ with ebook pricing, supports DOJ ruling  —  Eddy Cue, the Apple exec accused of orchestrating the price fixing (right), leaves court.  —  The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said in papers filed in federal court that Apple caused considerable …
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Christy Choi / South China Morning Post:
Wikimedians should fix ‘broken journalism’, Jimmy Wales tells Hong Kong conference  —  Journalism is broken and Wikimedians should think about how to fix it, said Jimmy Wales at the opening of the 9th annual Wikimania conference in Hong Kong on Friday.  —  Harnessing the power of public discussion …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC calls in auditors to widen search for improper executive payoffs  —  BBC director general Tony Hall appoints KPMG to investigate potentially improper payoffs to senior BBC executives  —  Tony Hall, the BBC director general, has called in external auditors KPMG to widen the search …
Discussion: Telegraph
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Mike Reynolds / Multichannel:
TWC Customers File Lawsuit over Retrans Disconnect with Milwaukee Station  —  Plaintiffs Seek Class-Action Status over Disconnect with Journal Broadcast's WTMJ  —  A trio of Time Warner Cable customers has filed a lawsuit against the cable operator over its retransmission-consent dispute with WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee.
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Rupert Murdoch keeps succession plan a secret  —  At the end of an investor conference designed to shed light on the financial future of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, the 82-year-old media baron was asked how long he planned to stick around as chief executive officer.
Discussion: Variety
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
More than half of Britons access news online  —  Figures show 55% of adults use internet to read or download content from papers, broadcasters and online-only websites  —  Read the full ONS report  —  More than half of UK adults are accessing news content online, another milestone …
Discussion: ons.gov.uk and The Next Web
Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
Google rolls out digital textbooks, to buy and rent — but students should shop around  —  Google has launched a digital textbooks section of Books on Google Play in the U.S., as promised.  The textbooks are available through the Play website, Android and iOS apps.
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Jack Dorsey on Twitter's turning point as a news entity: The day a plane landed in the Hudson  —  After seven years with Twitter as a part of the social-media ecosystem, we've become pretty accustomed by now to the idea that the service functions as a real-time news platform …
 
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
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Timothy B. Lee / The Switch:
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:
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