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11:55 PM ET, June 18, 2014

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Print still matters, even if some would like to believe it shouldn't  —  I have to say, I find it funny to be called an apologist for the legacy news industry, as Clay Shirky suggested in an overnight post.  —  The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's (new, newer, newest) plan  —  January 23, 2014
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Clay Shirky:
Pulling Punches While Covering Print: A Reply to Ryan Chittum  —  Background: Yesterday, I wrote something about how nostalgia blunted skeptical coverage of Aaron Kushner's dumb — and now failing — plans to build a newspaper empire in southern California.  I particularly singled out Ryan Chittum …
Chris Morran / Consumerist:
No, A Supreme Court Victory By Aereo Would Not Crush The NFL  —  The Supreme Court could issue a ruling in the dispute between the broadcast networks and startup streaming service Aereo as early as tomorrow (though it could also not come down for quite some time).
Discussion: Washington Post
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Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:
Dish Says It's Interested in NFL Sunday Ticket
Discussion: SeekingAlpha.com
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Vice Media: Time Warner deal will not be at expense of youth audience  —  Chief creative officer Eddy Moretti says company's prime concern is to ‘protect the brand’  —  Vice Media's Eddy Moretti described the company as a ‘20-year startup’ that is nothing without its brand.
Discussion: The Drum and @mathewi
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
T-Mobile Offers Music Streaming Free of Data Charges  —  T-Mobile has decided to set music streaming services free.  —  The “Un-carrier” said it will offer subscribers unlimited access to the top six music streaming services including Pandora, Slacker, iHeart Radio and Spotify without incurring data charges on their 4G plans.
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iranian film-maker jailed for five years for ‘collaborating with the BBC’  —  Mahnaz Mohammadi, charged with collusion against Iran's national security, maintains innocence and fears sentence could be due to women's rights work  —  Prominent Iranian documentary film-maker …
Amir Efrati / The Information:
AMC Networks to launch genre-based subscription video sites this summer  —  AMC Plans Novel Move into Online TV  —  AMC Networks, which has vaulted into the first tier of TV programmers in recent years with shows such as “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad,” is preparing to break …
Discussion: Gigaom
Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land:
Canadian Court Orders Google To Remove Sites Worldwide  —  On the heels of Europe's “Right to Be Forgotten” ruling, a British Columbia court in Canada has ruled Google must block a group of websites worldwide.  —  The case was opened by industrial networking devices manufacturer Equustek Solutions …
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Outgoing White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Says Goodbye  —  Departing White House Press Secretary Jay Carney marked his final press briefing from behind the White House podium Wednesday as he prepares to step down from the job on Friday.  —  Carney thanked President Barack Obama, White House staff, and the press one final time.
Associated Press:
Philly News Heir Sells Stake; Lenfest Sole Owner  —  Philanthropist H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest is now the sole owner of Philadelphia's largest newspapers, after his late partner's family sold its $16 million stake.  —  The deal finalized Wednesday caps a year of turmoil at The Philadelphia Inquirer …
Monika Scislowska / Associated Press:
Polish authorities try to seize magazine's files  —  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police and state prosecutors on Wednesday raided the headquarters of a magazine that recently published compromising information about the government, in a failed attempt to seize its computers.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Read the internet like a newspaper with PaperLater  —  Print your pocket queue onto a dead tree  —  What if you could publish your own newspaper?  —  For as long as I can remember, I've had too much to read, and too little time to do so.  With the rise of the internet …
Discussion: @anxiaostudio
Todd Wasserman / Mashable:
Univision signs up with Twitter Amplify for sponsored videos of World Cup highlights  —  Univision Amps Up World Cup Coverage With Twitter Amplify  —  Univision is kicking off a new deal with Twitter by letting State Farm, McDonald's and Verizon run ads on tweeted videos of World Cup highlights.
Discussion: Variety
Reuters:
News Corp board votes to extend poison pill provision  —  (Reuters) - News Corp's board of directors voted to extend a poison pill provision it put in place to prevent hostile takeovers when the company controlled by Rupert Murdoch and his family split from its cable and entertainment properties last year.
Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Al Jazeera Is Shutting Down Its Offices In Egypt And Terminating All Employee Contracts  —  Exclusive: Al Jazeera notified dozens of employees Wednesday that it was ending their contracts.  The Qatar-based network has not been operating in Egypt since December 2013, but has kept offices in the country.
Discussion: @dadakim, @katebt3000 and @buzzfeedben
Sam Petulla / The Content Strategist:
The Financial Times on Why They Ditched CPMs For a New Ad Currency: Time Spent  —  “Engaged time” has been one of the biggest buzzwords in the media universe of late, as publishers and brands seek a unit of measurement that accurately values how much time people are spending with content.
Discussion: AdExchanger and Business Insider, Thanks:@steverubel
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Juan Antonio Giner / Nieman Journalism Lab:
“From a news business to a networked business”: The FT pushes its workflows to digital
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Why the Oxford Mail is experimenting with WhatsApp  —  The regional daily has received positive feedback for its WhatsApp service after experimenting with new ways to reach its audience more directly  —  Credit: By Sam Azgor on Flickr.  Some rights reserved
Discussion: HoldTheFrontPage
 
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Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:
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Megha Rajagopalan / Reuters:
China bans unauthorised critical coverage by journalists
Discussion: Guardian News Website
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
WETA to Take Ownership of ‘PBS NewsHour’
Discussion: PBS and Washington Post
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
National press ad revenue forecast to fall below £1bn in 2014
Discussion: @mediaguardian
John McCarthy / The Drum:
YouTube will be the dominant media platform in five years according to Dreamworks CEO
Discussion: The Wrap
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Bertelsmann Shuts its German Book and Music Club Business
Discussion: Associated Press
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Discussion: @bw
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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