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2:30 PM ET, August 9, 2013

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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 …
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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 …
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fires Employee for Taking His Picture  —  Things are a little tense over at AOL, with hundreds of Patch staffers facing layoffs as the hyperlocal news service continues to slide.  And it's not just them: during a meeting about the layoffs, AOL's chief allegedly canned …
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
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 …
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 …
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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.
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Associated Press:
Tumblr Founder to Get $81M to Remain at Yahoo
Discussion: Softpedia News
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 …
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
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 …
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
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Rupert Murdoch keeps succession plan a secret  —  Rupert Murdoch on Thursday declined to say who might succeed him as chief of 21st Century Fox.  Pictured: Murdoch arrives at the Allen & Co. annual conference on July 12, 2013, in Sun Valley, Idaho.  (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images / July 12, 2013)
Discussion: Variety
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Twitter #music app gets new ways to discover artists, scans iPhone library for personalized recommendations  —  Twitter updated its Twitter #music iPhone app today with several new ways to discover new artists in addition to personalized recommendations based on the content in your iPhone's music library.
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: Business Insider, @webgard and Guardian
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
SpinMedia puts A.J. Daulerio in charge of its music and entertainment properties  —  A.J. Daulerio tells Jason Whitlock he will be an editorial director at SpinMedia.  Among his charges, he says: Spin, Vibe, Celebuzz, The Frisky.  —  Daulerio tells Whitlock Spin and Vibe are …
Discussion: Fox Sports Radio
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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Jonathan Weinberg / The Huffington Post:
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
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Reuters:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
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