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9:50 AM ET, June 25, 2014

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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.
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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 …
Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Andy Coulson: There was no ‘cooked-up conspiracy’ with News International, David Cameron says  —  Phone hacking trial: David Cameron says Leveson exonerated him on the appointment of Andy Coulson, as Ed Miliband says he brought “disgrace to Downing Street”  —  There was no “conspiracy” …
Discussion: BBC and The Independent
The Huffington Post UK/PA:
Tony Blair And David Cameron Slammed By Milly Dowler's Sister For ‘Incestuous’ Press Relationship (VIDEO)  —  David Cameron, Bob Dowler, Gemma Dowler, Sally Dowler, Tony Blair, UK Media, Budget 2014, Leveson Inquiry, Milly Dowler, UK NEWS, UK Politics News  —  Milly Dowler's sister …
Discussion: Press Association and BBC
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Peter Greste: don't abandon me and other jailed al-Jazeera journalists  —  As three journalists are moved to a new jail in Egypt, Greste's brother relays his call for their story to be kept alive  —  Peter Greste has called on the international community not to abandon him and two other journalists jailed …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:   US lawmakers reviewing $1B in military aid to Egypt after sentencing of al Jazeera journalists
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 …
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Michael Cader / Publishers Lunch:
Hachette agrees to buy Perseus in three-way deal; Ingram to acquire Perseus distribution and client units
Ofcom:
UK news consumption: 75% television, 40% newspapers; 41% access news on websites and apps  —  Digital news as popular as newspapers for first time  —  Accessing news on the web and mobile apps is now as popular as reading a newspaper, new Ofcom research finds.
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Amazon responds to German antitrust complaint, says it wants a larger commission on ebooks  —  The German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein) announced Tuesday that it's asked German antitrust authorities to investigate Amazon's actions against publisher Bonnier in the country.
Discussion: Melville House Books
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Sarah Sloat / Wall Street Journal:
German Publishing Group Files Complaint Against Amazon
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 …
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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
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:   AT&T/DirecTV and Comcast/TWC mergers could put small ISPs “out of business”
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Diane Sawyer to Step Down from ABC's ‘World News,’ David Muir to Take Over  —  Muir will take over in September, while George Stephanopoulos becomes chief anchor at ABC News.  —  After five years in the World News anchor chair, Diane Sawyer will step down in the September …
Associated Press:
Barnes & Noble wants to separate retail, Nook  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble says it wants to split its retail bookstores and Nook media business into two separate public companies as it looks to boost shareholder value.  —  The bookseller's stock jumped more than 8 percent in Wednesday premarket trading.
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.
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
YouTube Terminates Top Indian News Network For Infringement
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Advance digital makeover of its newspapers — five years in and no turning back
Discussion: @poynter
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Former Gawker editor Emily Gould out as editorial director of 29th St Publishing
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines
 
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