Mediagazer: Rupert Murdoch: Scotland Yard want interview about crime at his UK papers (Nick Davies/Guardian)

8:15 AM ET, June 25, 2014

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Nick Davies / Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch: Scotland Yard want interview about crime at his UK papers — Exclusive: Detectives contacted media mogul last year but agreed with lawyers to wait until end of phone-hacking trial — Rupert Murdoch has been officially informed by Scotland Yard that detectives want to interview …

Mayer Nissim / Digital Spy:

No jury verdict on Andy Coulson, Clive Goodman misconduct charges — The jury in the phone hacking trial have been unable to reach a majority verdict on charges against Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office regarding the alleged payment to police officers for two royal directories.

Discussion: Guardian, Press Association, Press Gazette, Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail, Telegraph, @c4marcus, @c4marcus, @peterjukes, @peterjukes and @peterjukes

Benedicte Page / The Bookseller:

Amazon seeks new UK terms, including POD for out-of-stock titles, ceiling on e-book list price — Amazon pressing for new terms in UK — UK publishers have raised concerns about Amazon's new contractual arrangements, with the giant retailer pressing for improved terms from a number of publishers …

Discussion: Guardian, @ebbandflobooks, Good E-Reader, Bookseller news and Melville House Books

Michael Cader / Publishers Lunch:

Hachette agrees to buy Perseus in three-way deal; Ingram to acquire Perseus distribution and client units — Perseus Imprints to be Sold to Hachette Book Group; Distribution Units to Ingram Content — The owners of the Perseus Books Group have agreed to a sale of the company …

Discussion: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, @publisherslunch, @porter_anderson, Melville House Books, PR Newswire, Associated Press, Publishers Lunch, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Media & Entertainment, Forbes, @staciemichelle, @carlzimmer, @laurahazardowen, @publisherslunch, @msatris and Gigaom

Sarah Sloat / Wall Street Journal:

German Publishing Group Files Complaint Against Amazon — Online Retailer Accused of Strong-arm Tactics Over Pricing — FRANKFURT—The association of German publishers said Tuesday it filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc., accusing the online retailer of trying to strong-arm a publisher into more favorable pricing.

Discussion: PandoDaily, New York Times, Bloomberg and Gigaom

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

More On Indie Labels And YouTube: Some Legitimate Concerns, But Still A Lot Of Misplaced Anger — Last week, we wrote about how some of the stories making the rounds concerning YouTube “blocking” musicians from using YouTube and taking down videos if they didn't agree to non-negotiable contract terms …

Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News:
The Complete YouTube Contract for Indies

Discussion: @nichodges, @johnpaczkowski, TheJournal.ie, Daily Dot and Guardian

Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:

AT&T, DirecTV tell congressional subcommittees they must merge to compete with TWC, Comcast — AT&T and DirecTV Try to Sell Congress on Benefits of Proposed Merger — Companies Say They Must Join Forces to Compete Against Comcast and Time Warner Cable

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, VentureBeat, NationalJournal.com, Washington Post, Re/code, Deadline.com, Broadcasting & Cable, Bloomberg, Advanced Television, Businessweek and Reuters

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: AT&T/DirecTV and Comcast/TWC mergers could put small ISPs “out of business”

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Ex-Hulu CEO Jason Kilar teases video startup Vessel, raises $75M from Benchmark, Greylock, and Bezos — Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs ex-Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's startup Vessel — Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar still doesn't want to say much about the startup he has been working on since last fall.

Discussion: Variety, @pkafka, @jbruin, Gigaom, Above the Crowd and TechCrunch

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Technorati quietly killed its once-authoritative blog ranking system in May — There was once a time when Technorati.com meant something to online publishers. It was their professional reputation, and featuring on it was the goal of many. — Technorati hosts its own ranking system …

Discussion: Businessweek, @mathewi, @thestalwart, @sarahw, @loic and @themediaisdying

Emily Steel / New York Times:

Time Inc. launches 120 Sports, a digital only sports network, with Pro Leagues, NFL — Time Inc. to Start 120 Sports, a Digital Network, With Pro Leagues — It's a sports network catering to the shortened attention spans of the mobile and social media generation: 240 clips …

Discussion: Capital New York, Adweek, AdAge, TechHive, MLB.com, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

TV station swap: Fox gets KTVU, KICU in San Francisco; Cox gets Boston's WFXT, WHBQ in Memphis — Fox Acquires San Francisco TV Stations in Swap with Cox — Fox is acquiring two San Francisco TV stations in a station-swap agreement with Cox Media Group.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, @dankennedy_nu, @506sports, The Wrap, Radio & Television … and Media Nation

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Advance digital makeover of its newspapers — five years in and no turning back — It seems like only yesterday, but we are closing in on five years since Advance Publications shook up the newspaper business by stopping daily publication of the Ann Arbor News, dissolving the company and reincorporating as a web-dominant enterprise.

Discussion: @poynter

Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Apple TV's walled garden gets new channel: AOL — With the arrival of an AOL video channel on the Apple TV set-top box Tuesday, Apple is now bringing a wide array of free, ad-supported video across the deep moat it has built around its $99 streaming-media device.