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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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Guardian:
The Guardian view: News International was a media giant out of control — The phone-hacking trial produced a picture of widespread criminality. David Cameron and the cabinet secretary still face serious questions over the hiring of Andy Coulson — David Cameron and Andy Coulson.
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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” …
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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 …
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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