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3:13 AM ET, June 26, 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.
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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 …
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 …
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:   Supreme Court Ruling a Likely Death Knell for Aereo
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
‘Almost half’ of the NYT's blogs will close or merge  —  A lot of the advantages blogs offer will remain at the New York Times, Assistant Managing Editor Ian Fisher told Poynter in a phone call: “We're going to continue to provide bloggy content with a more conversational tone,” he said.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NYT ends ‘The Lede’ blog  —  The New York Times' Lede blog is going away, but its “great breaking news content” will “instead be packaged differently and found in the relevant section of our site,” Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy tells Poynter.  —  The Times has been “moving away from blogs …
Tom Harper / The Independent:
Hacking trial exclusive: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson cautioned in corporate investigation  —  Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson have both been cautioned by police investigating a possible corporate prosecution of Rupert Murdoch's UK media empire for hacking and bribing offences, it can be disclosed today
Discussion: @neilchenoweth
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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: Live Tweeting …, ABC and mUmBRELLA
Peter Jukes / Live Tweeting the hacking trial:
How the Prime Minister nearly derailed the Hacking Trial
Discussion: Guardian, BBC and @peterjukes
Mayer Nissim / Digital Spy:
No jury verdict on Andy Coulson, Clive Goodman misconduct charges
Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Andy Coulson: There was no ‘cooked-up conspiracy’ with News International, David Cameron says
Discussion: Guardian, BBC and The Independent
Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:
Pando fires David Sirota and Ted Rall, both recent and high-profile hires  —  Pando Abruptly Fired Two High-Profile Staffers Without Notice or Cause  —  Over the weekend, Pando fired two of its hardest-hitting editorial staffers, David Sirota and Ted Rall, both nationally syndicated veteran journalists.
Steven Levy / Medium:
Steven Levy leaves Wired for Medium to create “a new hub for tech stories that matter”  —  I'm moving to Medium  —  Creating a new hub for tech stories that matter  —  Anyone who's been in journalism for even a short time has become intimately familiar with the “change of venue” memo from a colleague.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
National Geographic starts photography fellowships  —  National Geographic introduced a new program and four photography fellows on Wednesday, Alexa Keefe wrote Wednesday for National Geographic.  The announcement came during the National Geographic Explorers Symposium.
Discussion: PROOF
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
John Seeley out at W.S.J.  —  John Seeley has been let go from his job at The Wall Street Journal, where he was founding editor of the paper's metro section, Greater New York.  —  “Tonight I'm the bearer of bad news: The corporate belt-tighteners have decided that it would be best for the company …
Discussion: The New York Observer
Lisa Rossi / American Journalism Review:
Washington Post removes ‘ageist’ job ad for social media role  —  WaPo Job Ad: Explain Social Media to Older People  —  The Washington Post has pulled the portion of its online job advertisement for a social media editor that lists, among its job requirements, the …
Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
Frontline receives $5.8M in grants to expand investigative reporting  —  ‘Frontline’ Gets New Funding to Expand Investigative Reporting  —  “Frontline,” PBS' flagship investigative series produced by WGBH in Boston, has secured two new grants that will go toward a major expansion …
Discussion: PBS
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 …
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Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Peter Greste: don't abandon me and other jailed al-Jazeera journalists
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 …
Discussion: @benwallacewells and @melissagira
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.
 
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Gus Wenner Promoted to Head of Digital for Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal
Paul Linford / HoldTheFrontPage:
Let's work together: BBC in olive branch to local press
Discussion: Guardian
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube Rolls Out A Bigger Video Player Ahead Of Music Subscription Service Launch
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How Le Monde is reinventing the ad unit for mobile
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Women and minorities still just a whisper among op-ed voices
Discussion: @poynter and The Huffington Post
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Diane Sawyer to Step Down from ABC's ‘World News,’ David Muir to Take Over
Associated Press:
Barnes & Noble wants to separate retail, Nook
Andy / TorrentFreak:
YouTube Terminates Top Indian News Network For Infringement