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7:05 AM ET, June 27, 2014

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newspapers fail to report the real story about phone hacking trial  —  Next week six men will be sentenced for their involvement in the interception of voicemail messages on mobile phones.  Between them, they were either responsible for hacking into the phones or knowing about such activity.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Despite London acquittals, U.S. probe of News Corp continues  —  (Reuters) - More than a year after asking for and receiving emails from News Corp's (NWSA.O) U.S. operation related to allegations of phone hacking and bribery, the FBI is still investigating whether British-based representatives …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Daily Mail and RT
Economist:
British democracy damaged by hacking scandal, politicians no longer fear newspapers  —  Andy Coulson's malign legacy  —  The downfall of David Cameron's former press secretary has damaged British democracy  —  ANDY COULSON was once considered David Cameron's best hire.
Discussion: @econeurope and @peter_watts
Miguel Helft / Fortune:
Q&A: Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube on ad revenue, original content  —  How do you take the best parts of the traditional TV process and apply them to the Internet?  YouTubeÂ's chief executive explains.  For all its success, YouTube has long suffered from TV envy.
Discussion: @johnbattelle
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Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
YouTube adding support for 60 FPS videos, tip jar for fan funding  —  YouTube announced today it's adding two new features that will benefit people who enjoy watching video games online and those who stream games online: 60 frames per second video playback and the option for fans to pay video creators directly through YouTube.
Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter:
Fullscreen Will Invest $10 Million In Original Programming  —  Fullscreen's motto is “power to the creators.”  During a presentation at VidCon, the multi-channel network explained how it will live by that mantra.  In his keynote address, CEO George Strompolos announced Fullscreen's plan to invest $10 million in original programming.
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Yahoo bids $250M for YouTube partner Fullscreen, Chernin Group also said to be interested  —  Yahoo And Chernin Vie For YouTube Partner  —  Sky News understands Yahoo has offered around $250m for Fullscreen  —  The internet giant Yahoo is vying to win control of Fullscreen …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Barrister David Wolfe to chair the press regulation recognition panel  —  A barrister, Dr David Wolfe QC, has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the recognition panel that was established by the royal charter on press regulation.  —  Wolfe, who is in practice at Matrix Chambers …
Discussion: HoldTheFrontPage
Alicia Rancilio / Associated Press:
What's the hash?  Why hashtags for TV shows matter  —  NEW YORK (AP) — During fresh episodes of “Pretty Little Liars,” the marketing and publicity teams at ABC Family huddle in a conference room to tweet live with fans.  —  So do cast members and the show's producers from where and when they can — and the dialogue often pays off.
Lexy Savvides / CNET:
Spotify Australia: our major competitor is piracy  —  Spotify Australia and New Zealand MD Kate Vale explains how the streaming service is trying to lure pirates onto the platform, and reveals hopes of striking a telco deal in Australia.  —  Spotify Australia and New Zealand MD Kate Vale.  —  Spotify
Discussion: TorrentFreak
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Daily, A New App From Buffer, Uses Tinder Gestures For Finding And Sharing Content  —  In May, Buffer — the app that competes against the likes of SocialFlow and HootSuite as a way for individuals and businesses to schedule and share things on social networks — added a new content suggestion feature …
ING:
Study: Only 20% of journalists always check their facts before publishing  —  2014 Study impact of Social Media on News: more crowd-checking, less fact-checking  —  The Social Media Impact (#SMING14) survey conducted by ING among an international group of journalists and PR professionals shows …
WAN-IFRA:
In Spain more than 300 journalism projects have cropped up in five years, 60% rely on ads  —  Hundreds of new media boost and diversify journalism in Spain  —  The unprecedented structural crisis for the print media in Spain has resulted in the closing of more than 200 media outlets.
Discussion: Poynter
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Time Inc. Sells Off Its Mexican Magazines to Concentrate on U.S. and U.K.  —  Publisher of Time and People Bought Grupo Editorial Expansión in 2005  —  Ad Age Small Agency Awards  —  Time Inc., the owner of People, Time and Sports Illustrated, said Thursday that it had sold Grupo …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal Taps Ex-HBO Exec Dina Juliano to Head TV Everywhere Product Strategy  —  NBCUniversal head of TV Everywhere Alison Moore has hired former colleague Dina Juliano, who previously led HBO's digital user experience team, to be SVP of consumer product strategy for the group.
CBC News:
CBC shifting focus to digital and mobile; reducing staff, news broadcasts, in-house production  —  CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions  —  Corporation will have up to 1,500 fewer employees by 2020  —  The CBC is shifting its priorities from television and radio to digital …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Independent music labels want EU to intervene in YouTube row  —  (Reuters) - Music trade association Impala has asked European Union antitrust regulators to intervene in a row with Google Inc's YouTube over its paid streaming music service, saying some conditions demanded by the company were anti-competitive.
Sam Schechner / Bloomberg:
Google Starts Removing Search Results Under Europe's ‘Right to be Forgotten’  —  Search Engine Updated Technical Infrastructure Overnight to Start the Implementation  —  The Internet is starting to forget.  —  Google Inc. said Thursday that it has started removing results …
 
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Press Gazette:
New Statesman to launch new data-driven websites focusing on cities and the 2015 general election
Discussion: New Statesman
Josh Dickey / Mashable:
Vidcon: Where Hollywood Meets the YouTuber Invasion
Discussion: @nycjim
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Simon & Schuster makes all its ebooks available to libraries, following successful trial
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Aaron Kushner claimed he'd save The Orange County Register and transform journalism. He didn't
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Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

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Eighteen US states, led by Kentucky, sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Chairman Gary Gensler, over its crackdown on the crypto industry
 
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