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5:20 PM ET, June 8, 2014

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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Documentary series “The Sixties” boosts CNN at end of rough month for cable news  —  ‘Sixties’ a bright spot for CNN  —  NEW YORK (AP) — During some perilous times for the cable news networks, CNN is relieved to find there's still some resonance to the 1960s.
Katie Collins / Wired UK:
Near Kiev in Ukraine, journalists celebrate freedom of expression by digging through documents  —  Restoring press freedom in Ukraine with the Yanukovych Leaks  —  For the last three years in Ukraine, 6 June has been known as journalist's day.  Journalists and activists have gathered outside …
Emmett Rensin / The New Republic:
Serious satirical sites cash in on readers' willingness to believe news that fits their views  —  The Onion is funny.  These other sites aren't—and that's intentional.  They're cashing in on your gullibility and knee-jerk outrage.  —  There's nothing that gets American journalists quite …
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Pakistan Suspends License of Leading News Channel  —  LONDON — The Pakistani government on Friday suspended the broadcasting license of Geo News, a popular television channel, in a major escalation of Geo's dispute with the country's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency.
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
The Riveter celebrates its second print issue with more longform journalism by women  —  Kaylen Ralph and Joanna Demkiewicz have spent the past year helping to change the ratio of women to men in longform journalism.  —  Today, they're publishing the second print issue of The Riveter …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Congressional hearing suggests first sale doctrine won't apply to digital goods anytime soon  —  Should you have a right to sell your ebooks and digital music?  —  People can be surprised to discover that they don't actually own the digital books and songs they buy, but that they instead rent …
Discussion: @mdash
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Close to half of all U.S. households subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu Plus  —  Survey says: we are a Netflix nation.  —  Forty-seven percent of all U.S. households subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime or a combination of these services, and 49 percent of all households …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Google in talks to buy music streamer Songza, has offered about $15M, says source  —  Google in talks to buy music streaming company Songza  —  Larry Page is moving fast to build his search giant's street cred in the rapidly-growing music streaming business.
Zainab Mudallal / American Journalism Review:
College Isn't Just About the Food, It's About Writing About the Food  —  [Editor's Note: This is one in an AJR series about media startups.]  —  When Mackenzie Barth, a junior at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, moved off campus, she struggled with cooking and shopping for groceries.
Discussion: @saphiracat and @amjourreview
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Behind the scenes with David Streitfeld, the NYT reporter who broke the Amazon/Hachette story  —  David Streitfeld on Amazon: 'They don't care if they're liked'  —  Around 1998, David Streitfeld gave Jeff Bezos a quick tour of The Washington Post.  It really wasn't a big deal.
 
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The New York Times can't abandon print—yet
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

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