Mediagazer: Disney Not Pursuing Equity Stake in Vice Media (Paul Bond/Hollywood Reporter)

10:30 AM ET, June 24, 2014

Top News:

BBC:

Egypt trial: Journalists protest over al-Jazeera trio — “The case is unjust,” BBC Director of News James Harding told the gathering — Hundreds of journalists have gathered in London to protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt.

Associated Press:
Egypt president won't interfere in courts verdicts

Discussion: @apdiplowriter, ABC, @monaeltahawy and @ap

Jared Malsin / Columbia Journalism Review:
In Egypt, a Kafkaesque trial concludes with a victory for censorship

Bridie Jabour / Guardian:
Australia's foreign affairs minister appeals to Egypt's president to help journalist Greste

Discussion: Daily Dot, Hollywood Reporter, @lenoretaylor, Crikey, @clinic4journos, News24, ninemsn, NEWS.com.au, Agence France-Presse, Huffington Post Canada, mUmBRELLA and Guardian

The Independent:

How culture of News of the World's glory days led to its downfall — Senior staff equipped themselves with a powerful but illegal tool to gain insight into the lives of those deemed of interest to the red top's readers — In April 2005, an email from Andy Coulson landed in the inboxes of his News of the World staff.

Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:

Phone hacking: David Cameron to make ‘profound apology’ over Andy Coulson — David Cameron will issue a “profound apology” over his decision to hire Andy Coulson, No 10 confirms — David Cameron will make a “profound apology” for his decision to employ Andy Coulson, Downing Street said today.

Discussion: @davidfolkenflik, BuzzFeed, @psawers, @snoozeinbrief, @jonathanhaynes and International Business Times

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Hacking Trial: Rebekah Brooks Found Not Guilty on All Counts, Andy Coulson Found Guilty on One

Trei Brundrett / Vox Media:

Collaborative writing and editing platform Editorially acquired by Vox — Editorially Joins Vox Media — The founders of Editorially—Mandy Brown, David Yee, and Jason Santa Maria—are joining Vox Product as we mark the next step in the evolution of our platform, Chorus. — We are a company founded by bloggers.

Discussion: @melissabell, @bankoff, @jbenton, @ezraklein, @alainabrowne, @laurahazardowen, @scottkellum and @mathewi

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Bigger Than Baseball: 25 Million Watch U.S.-Portugal World Cup Match — With an audience of 25 million viewers for Sunday's game between the United States and Portugal, the World Cup is moving into elite territory as a sports property on American television.

Discussion: TVNewser, Reuters, The Wrap, Capital New York, Los Angeles Times, @nprrussell, @nytimes and ESPN MediaZone

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen and comScore Can't Tell You How Many People Streamed USA's World Cup Tie With Portugal — It's becoming clear the World Cup is a hit on U.S. television this year, judging from huge ratings for Sunday night's riveting game between the U.S. and Portugal.

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

BBC launches a video news channel on Reddit in pursuit of further digital experimentation — The BBC has been testing out new ways of distributing news recently and its most recent addition comes in the form of a dedicated Subreddit and video news channel on the site.

Discussion: @bbcworld

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Yahoo hires Daily News digital editor to build breaking news desk — Yahoo has been poaching talent from legacy media outlets for much of the past year, and in its latest landgrab, the massive online portal turned content producer took a dip into New York's tabloid pool.

Discussion: Politico, @anjalimullany and @carr2n

Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:

SCOTUSblog will appeal credential decision, which said blog was not independent of law firm — The walls erected by traditional media — This was a morning of ironies. At 9:30 a.m., six members of the blog staff were live-blogging the Supreme Court's orders, followed by opinions at 10 a.m. There were 10,000 readers.

Discussion: Washington Post, Gigaom, @trevortimm, @freedomofpress, @wvscblog and Poynter

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Amazon Adds More Ads To Instant Video Store — Now showing in Amazon's video store: Another word from its sponsors. — The e-commerce giant, which has started quietly experimenting with video ads, is adding more of them to its “Amazon Instant Video” store.

Discussion: @gregbensinger and @waltmossberg

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:

Disney Not Pursuing Equity Stake in Vice Media — Time Warner is still considered a suitor for the media company, though the two parties are $400 million apart. — Reports suggesting that several major media conglomerates are interested in paying big money for a stake in Vice Media are overblown …

Discussion: Quartz, Los Angeles Times, The Awl, The Wrap and New York Times

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

The New Republic Expands Policy Coverage Online With Q.E.D. — NEW YORK — The New Republic will launch a domestic policy and politics vertical on Monday that Senior Editor Jonathan Cohn considers directly in line with the magazine's century-old mission. — “I'd like to think if Walter Lippmann …