Mediagazer: Gannett to buy six Texas TV stations for $215 million. (Ben Fox Rubin/Wall Street Journal)

11:00 AM ET, May 14, 2014

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Dan Appenfeller / American Journalism Review:

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Guardian:

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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
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Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

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B&T:

Newspaper mastheads up even though print readership down — Many of Australia's major newspapers have upped their masthead audiences, even though fewer people are reading the print editions. — Seven out of the ten main capital city daily newspapers increased their masthead audiences …

Ben Fox Rubin / Wall Street Journal:

Gannett to buy six Texas TV stations for $215 million. — Gannett agreed to buy six TV stations in Texas from Dallas-based media firm London Broadcasting for $215 million, continuing Gannett's effort to push more into broadcast.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Poynter, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and PR Newswire

Emma Hall / AdAge:

WPP leads acquisitions race with 6 tech firms and 10 marketing/communications companies bought in Q1 2014 — WPP Leads Acquisition Trail Again to Start the Year — Sorrell's Group Buys More Tech Companies — Festival — Internet Week New York — WPP, the largest agency holding company …

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Frances Robinson / Wall Street Journal:

Google Faces Challenges in Europe After Privacy Ruling — Surprise Decision Will Have Implications for Privacy Throughout Europe — BRUSSELS—Individuals can ask Google Inc. to remove links to news articles, court judgments and other documents in search results for their name, the European Union's highest court said Tuesday.

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Howard Finberg / Poynter:

Why newsrooms don't embrace digital tools — Many newsrooms in the U.S. are still not taking advantage of the low-cost digital tools for gathering and distributing journalism, even when journalists and producers know about the alternatives to traditional technologies.

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

VICE, Mashable, Digg and others form a collective for breaking news about Ukraine, may expand into other areas — A group of six news organizations and digital-media outlets — including VICE, Mashable, Digg, Quartz, Mother Jones and NBC-owned Breaking News — have created …

Discussion: PandoDaily, VICE News, @monikabauerlein, @vivian, Capital New York and @miamabanta

Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:

Mail Online soft launches Australian content as Nielsen rankings remain stable — The Mail Online has switched its website to largely Australian content, in what appears to be a full launch for one of the newest entrants in the Australian online news space.

Discussion: Daily Mail, @jarrodwhittaker, @penelopejones and @onlyapaprmoon

Reporters Without Borders:

Special court begins hearing contempt charges against two journalists — The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which is based in The Hague, today began hearing “contempt of court” and “obstruction of justice” charges against two Lebanese journalists, Karma Khayat, the deputy news director of Al-Jadeed TV …

Discussion: New York Times