Mediagazer: How Time.com is winning on Facebook (Lucia Moses/Digiday)

10:10 PM ET, July 9, 2014

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George Clooney / USA Today:

George Clooney slams Daily Mail, says the paper crossed “into the arena of inciting violence” — Exclusive: Clooney responds to ‘Daily Mail’ report — I want to speak to the irresponsibility of Monday's Daily Mail report. I seldom respond to tabloids, unless it involves someone else and their safety or well being.

Gideon Spanier / The Independent:

The Guardian's chief executive on digital, global expansion, and the future of print — Andrew Miller: The death of newspapers has been exaggerated — As the owner of The Guardian overcomes the decline of print with strong digital revenues, its chief executive tells Gideon Spanier how it is adapting to the new age of publishing

Discussion: @gideonspanier, Press Gazette and London Evening Standard

Arif Durrani / Campaign:

Guardian plotting English language launch in India — The Guardian's open, digital journalism has plenty more room for growth, including plans to launch in India, according to deputy chief executive David Pemsel - just don't mention GQ's Michael Wolff. — Speaking to Campaign …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review and @abeaujon

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

News Corp. rumored to be putting together a new bid for Tribune newspapers — Rumor has it that News Corp — with a $2.5 billion cash kitty for acquisitions — may be mounting a new bid for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the six other Tribune newspapers.

Discussion: @laura_nelson, @millie and @kenli729

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Aereo Lays Out New Survival Strategy in Letter to Judge — The company attempts to pay statutory license fees as a cable operator. The broadcasters respond that the new defense to copyright infringement is “astonishing.” — The Supreme Court has handed down its big decision on the legality of Aereo …

Discussion: The Wrap, Deadline.com, Roll Call, Reuters, @nsqe, @brianstelter, @alisternburg, Variety and The Verge

Elizabeth Spiers / Matter:

Model View Culture's publisher takes no prisoners critiquing Silicon Valley, often hits feminist allies — “Speaking up every. F**king. Time” — How one feminist publisher is taking on the worst of Silicon Valley (and some of her allies, too) — The last time I heard directly from Shanley Kane, it was by email.

Discussion: @tomcoates, @lizthedeveloper, @eggettelman, @readmatter, @spacekatgal, @mimbale, @medium, @othiym23, @jwherrman, @megan, @jayrosen_nyu and @diggtech

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

Dish tells FCC to block Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal — Satellite broadcaster Dish Network wants the government to block Comcast Corp.'s proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable. In meetings with top Federal Communications Commission officials earlier this week, Dish said a combination …

Discussion: Re/code and DSLreports

David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:

Daily Caller editor doubles down on Menendez ‘scoop’ — Until The Washington Post's story that it was a Cuban plot is proven true, Tucker Carlson says, there is nothing to correct — When Tucker Carlson launched The Daily Caller in 2010, he told CJR that the site would produce serious …

Discussion: Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, The Raw Story and Slate

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

How Time.com is winning on Facebook — For some publishers, the sensational or emotional come-on is the tried and true way to boost social media traffic. But for a brand like Time — one that has build its name on trusted, authoritative news — it's complicated.

Discussion: @digiday, @_cooper, @digiday, @oldbuddeoldpal and FishbowlNY

Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

Life After Aereo: TV Startups Continue With Little Worry — The Supreme Court's Aereo decision didn't kill the online TV business, or even add a chilling effect. If anything, it's business-as-usual for these busy startups. — Numerous companies that spoke with Mashable each said the ruling on Aereo …

Tim Williams / The Awl:

Ex-ghostwriter for CEOs and thought leaders on how content grew while journalism declined and why she no longer ghostwrites — The Inflatable Thought Leader — You've probably seen the “business person writing about writing about business,” a recursion that only ends because the plug for an e-book has to go somewhere.

Discussion: @pramitnairi, @pmjgross and @seanersrocks

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Q&A: Tarleton Gillespie says algorithms may be new, but editorial calculations aren't — Should Facebook be allowed to decide what information we do or don't see? Should Google be responsible for ensuring that their search results don't offend or incriminate?

Discussion: @noahr, @nathanjurgenson and @ceodonovan