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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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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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Guardian, Press Association, Press Gazette, Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail, Telegraph, @c4marcus, @c4marcus, @peterjukes, @peterjukes and @peterjukes
Benedicte Page / The Bookseller:
Amazon seeks new UK terms, including POD for out-of-stock titles, ceiling on e-book list price — Amazon pressing for new terms in UK — UK publishers have raised concerns about Amazon's new contractual arrangements, with the giant retailer pressing for improved terms from a number of publishers …
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Guardian, @ebbandflobooks, Good E-Reader, Bookseller news and Melville House Books
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Michael Cader / Publishers Lunch:
Hachette agrees to buy Perseus in three-way deal; Ingram to acquire Perseus distribution and client units — Perseus Imprints to be Sold to Hachette Book Group; Distribution Units to Ingram Content — The owners of the Perseus Books Group have agreed to a sale of the company …
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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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PandoDaily, New York Times, Bloomberg and Gigaom
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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@nichodges, @johnpaczkowski, TheJournal.ie, Daily Dot and Guardian
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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VentureBeat, Variety, @pkafka, @jbruin, Gigaom, Above the Crowd and TechCrunch
Andy / TorrentFreak:
YouTube Terminates Top Indian News Network For Infringement — While many people get away with uploading infringing content to YouTube, the site's ContentID system ensures that content belonging to many of the world's leading entertainment companies gets spotted when it's uploaded by an unauthorized third-party.
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Softpedia News
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Technorati quietly killed its once-authoritative blog ranking system in May — There was once a time when Technorati.com meant something to online publishers. It was their professional reputation, and featuring on it was the goal of many. — Technorati hosts its own ranking system …
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Businessweek, @mathewi, @thestalwart, @sarahw, @loic and @themediaisdying
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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Capital New York, Adweek, AdAge, @emilysteel, TechHive, MLB.com, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times
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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Broadcasting & Cable, @dankennedy_nu, @506sports, The Wrap, Radio & Television … and Media Nation
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Advance digital makeover of its newspapers — five years in and no turning back — It seems like only yesterday, but we are closing in on five years since Advance Publications shook up the newspaper business by stopping daily publication of the Ann Arbor News, dissolving the company and reincorporating as a web-dominant enterprise.
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Apple TV's walled garden gets new channel: AOL — With the arrival of an AOL video channel on the Apple TV set-top box Tuesday, Apple is now bringing a wide array of free, ad-supported video across the deep moat it has built around its $99 streaming-media device.
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9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, The Verge, TIME, Mashable, VentureBeat, @aol_inc, @sharonprofis, AppleInsider and The Next Web
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News launches Apple TV channel, no pay TV subscription required
ABC News launches Apple TV channel, no pay TV subscription required
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Capital New York, ABC News, Lost Remote, Gigaom, Mediaite and Business Insider