Mediagazer: “Global Voices: Truthdig Women Reporting” launches to showcase journalism by women (Rem Rieder/USA Today)

7:15 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.

Tim Wu / The New Republic:

Supreme court's Aereo ruling forces Americans to continue paying too much for TV — The Supreme Court Thinks You're Better Off Paying $150/Month for Cable — The depressing takeaway of the Aereo decision — Copyright, while meant for creators, is always in danger in becoming the incumbent-protection-act for the media industries.

Discussion: Re/code, John Bergmayer and International Business Times

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 …

Discussion: Latest News & Headlines, Forbes, Variety, MediaNama, The New Yorker Blog, TechCrunch, Plagiarism Today, Techdirt, Vox and Radio & Television …

Aereo:
Aereo CEO on SCOTUS ruling: “we are disappointed in the outcome, but our work is not done”

Discussion: TVNewser, Forbes, Quartz, Broadcasting & Cable, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Softpedia News, Guardian, ReadWrite, Media & Entertainment, Gigaom, FishbowlDC, TechCrunch, @brianstelter, @aereo and Media Law Prof Blog

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Ruling a Likely Death Knell for Aereo

Discussion: Slate

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.

Discussion: Poynter, @dangillmor, @nealunger, @dhume, @miriamgottfried, @gregorydjohnsen, @buzzfeedandrew, @sladurantaye, @sulliview, @samkirkla, @lheron, @jilliancyork, @acarvin, FishbowlNY, @jeffjarvis, @toddwasserman and @hblodget

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: Guardian, Telegraph, @neilchenoweth and Guardian

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

Guardian:
The Guardian view: News International was a media giant out of control

Discussion: @johnclarke1960, Metro.co.uk, The Independent, Daily Express, Press Gazette, Telegraph, @jailmurdoch, @charliebeckett and Daily Mail

Peter Jukes / Live Tweeting the hacking trial:
How the Prime Minister nearly derailed the Hacking Trial

Discussion: Guardian, BBC, @peterjukes and The Huffington Post UK/PA

Rem Rieder / USA Today:

“Global Voices: Truthdig Women Reporting” launches to showcase journalism by women — Rieder: A global platform for bold journalists — They are incredibly brave. — The women report on nations riven by war or throttled by repressive, often brutal regimes. They endure threats and attacks.

Discussion: 10,000 Words, Truthdig and Truthdig

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.

Discussion: David Sirota, @paulcarr, @paulcarr, @radleybalko, @paulcarr, @markgongloff, @billmon1, bookforum.com, @fklonsky, @daveweigel, @mattlynley, @glennf, @nitashatiku, @tedrall, @melissagira, @luthorceo, @trevortimm and Ted Rall's Rallblog

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Sony Pictures Television to Acquire U.K. TV Networks Group CSC Media — The deal will add 16 channels in the kids, music and general entertainment space to its portfolio. — LONDON - Sony Pictures Television said Thursday it has agreed to acquire U.K. TV networks group CSC Media.

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Yahoo to Charge Some Advertisers Only for Ads People Actually See — Portal's Viewability Product Limited to U.S. Desktop Ads at the Start — Short Form Video — Online advertisers have long known that a good chunk of their ads run in locations where very few people see them even when the webpage loads.

Discussion: Digiday and Wall Street Journal

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

John Seeley, founding editor of WSJ's metro section Greater New York, is out — 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.

Discussion: @joepompeo and The New York Observer

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.

Discussion: New York Times, @kevinthau, @satyap, @jenniferpreston, Gigaom, @levnaginsky, @kvox, @rsarver, @medium, @evelynrusli, @digidave, @webbmedia and @nickbilton

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

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @walldo, @mattdpearce and @romenesko

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 …

Discussion: TVNewser, The Huffington Post and Mediaite