Mediagazer: The New Republic Expands Policy Coverage Online With Q.E.D. (Michael Calderone/The Huffington Post)

7:10 AM ET, June 24, 2014

Top News:

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: @monaeltahawy, @ap and ABC

Jared Malsin / Columbia Journalism Review:

In Egypt, a Kafkaesque trial concludes with a victory for censorship — Three Al Jazeera journalists, arrested in December, were sentenced to lengthy prison terms based on questionable evidence — It began with murmuring. Someone sobbed. Then the courtroom melted into a chaos of shouting …

Discussion: Press Gazette, mUmBRELLA, Committee to Protect …, SBS, Melbourne Press Club, Crikey, ABC, @ksaloomey, @channel4news, @sherinet, @matinastevis, Mashable, UK - The Huffington Post, FiveThirtyEight, TheAustralian, Guardian, The Stream and Politico

Bridie Jabour / Guardian:
Australia's foreign affairs minister appeals to Egypt's president to help journalist Greste

Discussion: @clinic4journos, Daily Dot, News24, Hollywood Reporter, ninemsn, @lenoretaylor, Crikey, Huffington Post Canada, Agence France-Presse, NEWS.com.au, mUmBRELLA and Guardian

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Bigger Than Baseball: 25 Million Watch U.S.-Portugal World Cup Match — With an audience of 25 million viewers for Sunday's game between the United States and Portugal, the World Cup is moving into elite territory as a sports property on American television.

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

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.

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: @wvscblog, Washington Post, @trevortimm, @freedomofpress and Poynter

Nick Davies / @bynickdavies:

COULSON GUILTY OF PHONE HACKING..BROOKS CLEARED ON ALL CHARGES.

Discussion: @fleetstreetfox

Bloomberg:

Twitter Denies Blocking Extremist Accounts in Russia — Twitter Inc. (TWTR) said it hasn't agreed to block extremist accounts in Russia, rebutting earlier statements by the country that access was being restricted. — Instead, the San Francisco-based microblogging service said it's …

Discussion: ITAR-TASS, @policy, @policy, VatorNews, @bloombergnews, VPN Creative, BuzzFeed, The Hill and Global Voices

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

The New Republic Expands Policy Coverage Online With Q.E.D. — NEW YORK — The New Republic will launch a domestic policy and politics vertical on Monday that Senior Editor Jonathan Cohn considers directly in line with the magazine's century-old mission. — “I'd like to think if Walter Lippmann …

Ted Johnson / Variety:

AT&T, DirecTV To Pitch Capitol Hill on Benefits of Merger — AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, in scheduled appearances on Capitol Hill on Tuesday with DirecTV chairman and CEO Michael D. White, plans to tell lawmakers that their proposed $49 billion merger may lead to lower prices for consumers across the marketplace.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Wall Street Journal

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

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:

Disney Not Pursuing Equity Stake in Vice Media — Time Warner is still considered a suitor for the media company, though the two parties are $400 million apart. — Reports suggesting that several major media conglomerates are interested in paying big money for a stake in Vice Media are overblown …