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4:00 PM ET, June 23, 2014

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Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in Egypt  —  Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed of Al-Jazeera English sentenced on terrorism-related charges  —  An Egyptian court has convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison each …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Kerry hits ‘draconian’ Al Jazeera convictions  —  Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday condemned an Egyptian court's decision to convict Al-Jazeera journalists on spurious terrorism-related charges.  —  “Today's conviction and chilling, draconian sentences by the Cairo Criminal Court …
William Hague / @williamjhague:   Egyptian Ambassador to London will be summoned to the @foreignoffice today over sentencing of journalists in #Egypt
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Yahoo Hires Michael Isikoff as Chief Investigative Correspondent  —  Michael Isikoff, the investigative reporter who recently left NBC News, is joining Yahoo News as its chief investigative correspondent.  He will start in August.  —  Mr. Isikoff will help build Yahoo's new investigative unit and will be based in Washington.
New York Times:
Vice Has Many Media Giants Salivating, but Its Terms Will Be Rich  —  A black S.U.V. recently rolled through the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and stopped in front of the converted warehouse that is the global headquarters of Vice Media.  Out of the vehicle stepped the media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Gawker wants to double its staff by end of 2015  —  Growth-mode Gawker aiming for traffic and staff bumps  —  As it continues to court a mass, if scattered, readership across its network of sites, Gawker Media leadership is looking for a sizable rise in unique U.S. visitors a month by the end of 2014 …
Press Gazette:
Magazine publisher Felix Dennis ‘famed for his maverick and entrepreneurial style’ has died aged 67  —  Publisher Felix Dennis has died aged 67 “after a long and painful battle with cancer”.  —  The businessman first found fame as one of the founders of 1960s counterculture magazine Oz …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Sports Illustrated Unveils A New Web Design And A Fantasy Sports App  —  It's been a busy few months for Time Inc. Not only has the publishing company spun out from Time Warner, it has also revamped the websites for its publications Time, Money, and Fortune.  Now Sports Illustrated is launching a new website, and new products, too.
Discussion: Forbes, MediaWire Daily and Adweek
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Sells Community Newspaper Group  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is selling its Community Newspaper Group, which distributes more than 235,000 copies of its papers in New York City, to Les and Jennifer Goodstein, the publishers of such papers as Downtown Express and Gay City News.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
CNN partnering with Georgia Institute of Technology to study drone use for journalism  —  CNN to study drone use for reporting  —  Seeking to speed up government rule-making about the use of drones in newsgathering, CNN and the Georgia Institute of Technology said Monday that they would jointly study …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
SCOTUSblog's appeal fails; can't get Senate press credential  —  If you spent any part of Monday checking SCOTUSblog for the Supreme Court orders, you're not alone — about 10,000 people were on its live blog around 10 a.m., Editor Amy Howe wrote.  —  But SCOTUSblog's indispensibility …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Guardian Media Group and EFF amongst winners of Knight News Challenge; $3.4M for 19 projects  —  New Knight News Challenge winners receive funding to help strengthen the Internet  —  The Knight Foundation is out with the most recent group of winners in the Knight News Challenge …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Vanity Fair to host conference in San Francisco this fall, charging $5K a ticket  —  Vanity Fair's Fall Conference Taps Power of the Rolodex  —  Vanity Fair magazine will host a conference in San Francisco this fall, becoming the latest publication to enter the potentially lucrative …
 
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Journalist quits Australia's Mail Online in protest at ‘battery hen operation’
Discussion: @dangillmor