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8:40 PM ET, June 16, 2014

Top News:

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Dean Baquet, Top Times Editor, Has Tumor Removed — Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, had a malignant tumor removed from his kidney on Saturday and will spend about a week away from the office while recovering, he said in an email to the newspaper's staff on Monday morning.

Discussion: Capital New York, The Huffington Post, Gawker, @gwenifill, Gothamist, Poynter, @nycjim, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, LA Observed, @lpolgreen, Talking Points Memo, @peterlattman, MediaWire Daily and New York Magazine

Al Jazeera America:

Egypt to release hunger-striking Al Jazeera journalist Elshamy — Reporter to be freed on medical grounds after being held without charge for 306 days and protesting with hunger strike — Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered the release of Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy on medical grounds …

Discussion: Guardian, TVNewser, VICE News and Associated Press

Stephen Kalin / Reuters:

Egyptian court to give final ruling in case of Al Jazeera journalists on June 23 — Egypt court sets date for ruling on Al Jazeera journalists — (Reuters) - An Egyptian court said on Monday it would rule on June 23 in the case involving three Al Jazeera journalists on trial …

Discussion: TVNewser, Columbia Journalism Review, Al Jazeera English, Los Angeles Times, ABC Radio Australia, Guardian and Daily News Egypt

James Crugnale / The Wrap:

Business Insider says it saw 26M uniques May, passing Forbes, and exceeding WSJ and CNNMoney — Business Insider Surpasses Forbes Web Traffic for the First Time — The online business publication says they outpaced their competitor in May, according to comScore Business Insider surpassed Forbes …

Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
Henry Blodget on Business Insider's launch of a London office, current state of digital media

Discussion: @dominicru and @stevekovach

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Business Insider launching European site, with deputy editor Jim Edwards as founding editor

Discussion: @anthonyweiner, @hblodget, @digiday and @stevekovach

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

In New Jersey, with $2 million from Knight, the Local News Lab launches to seek revenue models — The Local News Lab launches today, supported by a $2 million grant awarded by the Knight Foundation in February. The New Jersey-based organization will incubate six local journalism sites in an effort to …

Discussion: @jcstearns, @hidenise, @dangillmor and FishbowlNY

Barry Levine / VentureBeat:

Supreme Court will decide if the First Amendment can protect threats on Facebook — How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $200!

Discussion: Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Forbes, Associated Press, Fast Company, Gigaom, Ars Technica, The School Law Blog and Re/code

Pierre Omidyar / First Look Media:

John Temple joins First Look Media as President, Audience and Products — John Temple joins First Look leadership team — The challenge we have set for ourselves at First Look Media is to do things that haven't been done before, to find ways to combine journalism and technology to improve society.

Discussion: Poynter, @pierre, @jcstearns, @jtemplejrnalist and The New York Observer

Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:

Source: BuzzFeed may raise new round estimated at $200M; last round was $20M in January 2013 — Source: BuzzFeed is raising a massive $200M round — BuzzFeed may raise a $200 million funding round — its fifth to date — a source close to the matter claims.

Discussion: VatorNews, @mims and @urrutiadelpozo

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

After Louisville layoffs, reporters will be coached more than edited — WFPL — Louisville Courier-Journal Executive Editor Neil Budde tells WFPL's James Miller the budgetary imperatives behind last week's layoffs allowed him to reimagine the news organization: “The approach I took …

Discussion: WFPL

Nicole Levy / Capital New York:

US's oldest Spanish-language newspaper, El Diario La Prensa, lays off 12 amidst union row — El Diario lays off 12 — El Diario La Prensa, the nation's oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper and the largest in New York, handed out pink slips to 12 staff members Friday.

Discussion: Media & Entertainment, The Newspaper Guild and NY State of Politics

Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:

FCC's spectrum auction could leave parts of US without access to public TV, officials say — Worries Over Access to Free Public TV — Public television officials are raising the concern that the Federal Communications Commission's planned spectrum incentive auction …

Discussion: Radio & Television …

Matt Mason / The Official BitTorrent Blog:

BitTorrent Bundle Hits 100 Million Downloads and Streams — In May 2013, we introduced an Alpha experiment in digital publishing. As of today, we've delivered more than one hundred million Bundles to fans. — The past year in content has been headlined by hashtags. #NewRules. #NoRules.

Discussion: @bittorrent, The Next Web, hypebot and Gigaom

Capital New York:

The 60-second interview: Laurie Hays, senior executive editor, Bloomberg News — CAPITAL: What are your responsibilities as senior executive editor in charge of beat reporting and editing? — HAYS: I lead 1,200 beat reporters around the world at Bloomberg News in delivering high-impact stories …

Discussion: @edmundlee and @spettypi