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

2:15 PM ET, June 25, 2014

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Supreme Court rules Aereo's service illegal, must pay copyright fees if it wants to continue operations — Aereo loses to broadcasters in Supreme Court fight for its life — The Supreme Court struck a dramatic blow against Aereo today in a ruling that puts the TV streaming service as it currently exists on its deathbed.

Aereo:

Aereo CEO on SCOTUS ruling: “we are disappointed in the outcome, but our work is not done” — Statement from Aereo CEO and Founder Chet Kanojia on United States Supreme Court Decision — Court decision denies consumers the ability to use a cloud-based antenna to access free …

Discussion: TVNewser, Media & Entertainment, TechCrunch, Gigaom, FishbowlDC, Quartz, @brianstelter, @aereo and Media Law Prof Blog

Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review:

With the Aereo decision, local TV news likely dodged disaster — If enough people were unsubscribing from cable, networks might have eventually gotten out of the broadcast business altogether and abandoned their local satellites — This morning, the Supreme Court ruled against Aereo …

Discussion: TechCrunch and Plagiarism Today

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court Ruling a Likely Death Knell for Aereo

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, The New Yorker Blog, New York Times, ABC, @peterjukes, Wall Street Journal, Press Gazette, @c4marcus, @peterjukes, @c4marcus, Daily Mail, Telegraph and @peterjukes

AAP:

News Corp silent on speculation Rebekah Brooks could be deployed to Australia — Image — News Corp has refused to comment on speculation Rebekah Brooks could be deployed to Australia after the former News of the World editor was cleared of all charges in relation to Britain's phone-hacking scandal.

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Times, Daily Life and Sydney Morning Herald

Guardian:
The Guardian view: News International was a media giant out of control

Discussion: Metro.co.uk, The Independent, Daily Express, Telegraph, Press Gazette, @jailmurdoch, @charliebeckett, USA Today, Daily Mail and Top Digital Journal News

William Turvill / Press Gazette:
'My Lord, there's been a tweet': Phone-hacking blogger Peter Jukes reveals how Twitter disrupted trial on ‘most days’

Discussion: ABC and mUmBRELLA

Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Andy Coulson: There was no ‘cooked-up conspiracy’ with News International, David Cameron says

Discussion: Guardian, BBC and The Independent

Peter Jukes / Live Tweeting the hacking trial:
How the Prime Minister nearly derailed the Hacking Trial

Discussion: Guardian, @peterjukes and BBC

The Huffington Post UK/PA:
Tony Blair And David Cameron Slammed By Milly Dowler's Sister For ‘Incestuous’ Press Relationship (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Independent, BBC, Press Association, UK - The Huffington Post and Guardian

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

Chris Gayomali / Fast Company:
Sports Illustrated's “Game-Changer” Of A New Video Platform Is Mostly Dudes Sitting Around Talking About Sports

Discussion: MediaWire Daily, The Wrap and FishbowlNY

Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:

US lawmakers reviewing $1B in military aid to Egypt after sentencing of al Jazeera journalists — U.S. lawmakers: Egypt's ‘descent toward despotism’ risks U.S. aid — (Reuters) - Senior U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday they were rethinking the more than $1 billion in military aid Washington sends …

Discussion: TVNewser, Mediaite and The White House

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Business Insider and The Newspaper Guild

Columbia Journalism Review:

What the SCOTUSblog credential ruling gets wrong — Beneath the committee's decisions, an apparent preference for traditional media — The Senate Daily Press Gallery announced yesterday that it did not err in April by rejecting SCOTUSblog's application for press credentials …

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, Techdirt and Talking Points Memo

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: New York Times, Business Insider, @ebnet, @nichodges, @johnpaczkowski, TheJournal.ie and Daily Dot

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.

Discussion: TechCrunch, BBC, Guardian, @ofcom, @edvaizey and City A.M.

Jack Shafer:

The timeless appeal of Vice Media — The kings of capitalism keep rewarding the imps at Vice Media for their transgressions against societal and media norms with rising market valuations. Starting with a wee, free counter-culture magazine in Montreal in 1994, the ageless boys behind Vice …

Kwame Opam / The Verge:

Google officially unveils Android TV — With a success under its belt with the Chromecast, Google is officially renewing its assault on the living room with Android TV. The software, shown off as a developer preview at Google I/O today, will run on set-top boxes much like the Apple TV, Fire TV, and Roku.

Discussion: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wired, Liliputing, Engadget, GeekWire, Ars Technica, Guardian and App Advice

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

How Le Monde is reinventing the ad unit for mobile — France's Le Monde was creating a new smartphone app, though, which gave it an opportunity to build new ad formats from scratch. The result is a new app with a clean reading experience where the ads are integrated into the editorial content …

John Otis / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Ecuador's year-old media law stifles in-depth reporting — Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa generated little actual news during a two-day trip to Chile last month. So Ecuador's four main newspapers did the obvious: They published short wire service dispatches about his visit. — Correa was not satisfied.

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

AT&T/DirecTV and Comcast/TWC mergers could put small ISPs “out of business” — If AT&T isn't big enough to compete, how can tiny cable companies survive? — A trade group that represents 850 small cable companies across the United States argues that AT&T's purchase of DirecTV and the Comcast …