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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
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. In a 6-3 ruling, the court found that Aereo's service violates the Copyright Act …
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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 …
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Peter Jukes / Live Tweeting the hacking trial:
How the Prime Minister nearly derailed the Hacking Trial — Yesterdays intervention by David Cameron after the guilty verdict for Coulson on Count One of phone hacking nearly derailed the whole trial. As soon as the verdict was in Coulson"s QC, Timothy Langdale, called the Attorney General …
Guardian:
The Guardian view: News International was a media giant out of control
The Guardian view: News International was a media giant out of control
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Press Gazette, @jailmurdoch, Metro.co.uk, Daily Express, USA Today, Telegraph, The Independent, Daily Mail and Top Digital Journal News
Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Andy Coulson: There was no ‘cooked-up conspiracy’ with News International, David Cameron says
Andy Coulson: There was no ‘cooked-up conspiracy’ with News International, David Cameron says
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BBC and The Independent
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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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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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 …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, Techdirt, Talking Points Memo, Gigaom and @webmink
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.
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Sarah Sloat / Wall Street Journal:
German Publishing Group Files Complaint Against Amazon
German Publishing Group Files Complaint Against Amazon
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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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Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News:
The Complete YouTube Contract for Indies
The Complete YouTube Contract for Indies
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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.
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 …
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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.
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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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.
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Variety, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, @pkafka, @jbruin, Gigaom, Above the Crowd and TechCrunch
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Women and minorities still just a whisper among op-ed voices — In a study of the op-ed pages of 10 newspapers around the U.S., from The New York Times to the Dallas Morning News, researchers looked at 22 columnists, Bridget Lewis wrote Tuesday for Phys.org.
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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.
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