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11:50 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 — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says he will not interfere in court rulings, a day after three Al-Jazeera journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison, sparking an international outcry.

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

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, @clinic4journos, News24, Crikey, ninemsn, NEWS.com.au, Agence France-Presse, Huffington Post Canada, mUmBRELLA and Guardian

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Hacking Trial: Rebekah Brooks Found Not Guilty on All Counts, Andy Coulson Found Guilty on One — UPDATED: The jury deliberated a week to come up with verdicts for seven defendants, but will continue to discuss two more counts. — LONDON - The jury in the phone hacking trial …

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

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

Trei Brundrett / Vox Media:

Collaborative writing and editing platform Editorially acquired by Vox Media — 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.

Discussion: @clockwerks, @stuntbox, @elliotjaystocks, @chrisgrant, @geteditorially, STET, @jasonsantamaria, @melissabell, @bankoff, @jbenton, @ezraklein, @alainabrowne, @kissane, @laurahazardowen, @scottkellum and @mathewi

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, MediaWire Daily, @anjalimullany and @carr2n

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Gawker suspends staffer after story pulls from Miami New Times — Gawker Editor Max Read has suspended staff writer Jay Hathaway after he posted a story that drew on a Miami New Times story without attribution. An editor's note now adorns the post. Here's Read's memo to Gawker staff:

Discussion: @abeaujon

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.

Bill Carter / New York Times:
Bigger Than Baseball: 25 Million Watch U.S.-Portugal World Cup Match

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

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

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, @wvscblog, @freedomofpress and Poynter

Todd Spangler / Variety:

ABC News launches Apple TV channel, no pay TV subscription required — ABC News Launches Apple TV Channel, with Live Broadcasts and Some Local News — Alphabet net's news division offers video programming from ‘GMA,’ ‘World News,’ ‘Nightline,’ ‘20/20’ as well as 10 local stations

Discussion: ABC News, Capital New York, Gigaom, Mediaite, Lost Remote, Home Media Magazine and Business Insider

Peter Sterne / Capital New York:

Former Gawker editor Emily Gould out as editorial director of 29th St Publishing — Emily Gould out at 29th Street Publishing — Emily Gould has left her job as editorial director at 29th Street Publishing, Capital has learned. — Reached Monday, Gould, who has worked …

Discussion: bookforum.com

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