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11:20 AM ET, July 16, 2014

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New York Times:
Time Warner rejected $80B takeover bid by Murdoch's 21st Century Fox last month, no longer in discussions  —  Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner  —  Twenty-First Century Fox, the media empire run by Rupert Murdoch, made an $80 billion takeover bid in recent weeks …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Netflix already stopped mailing DVDs on Saturdays, but you probably didn't notice  —  The USPS may not have gone forward with its plans to kill Saturday mail delivery, but Netflix isn't waiting.  A few customers have noticed it's no longer processing shipments on Saturdays, opting for a five day schedule instead.
Richard Smirke / Billboard:
Global Indie Sector Unites To Launch ‘Fair Digital Deals Declaration’  —  Over 700 indie labels have given their backing to a major new initiative promoting fair and transparent accounting to artists and music companies in respect of digital revenues.  Representatives of Domino, Cooking Vinyl …
Cosmopolitan:
Jill Abramson: “I'm Not Ashamed of Getting Fired”  —  When Jill Abramson was appointed the first female executive editor of The New York Times, it was a big deal.  When she was fired only two and a half years into the gig for her “brusque management style,” it was an even bigger deal, making headlines across the globe.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Tumblr, Blogger, and WordPress have larger audiences on mobile than desktop, only WordPress has seen overall traffic growth  —  Why Online Audiences' Mobile Migration Isn't All Bad News for Blogs  —  Mobile Hasn't Made Up for Desktop Declines, but It Is Growing  —  Online audiences are migrating to mobile.
Ian S. Port / SF Weekly:
Alt-Weekly Awards Snub Music Writing of the Nation's Largest Alt-Weeklies  —  This week, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, the professional group representing papers like SF Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, LA Weekly, and Village Voice, announced the winners of its annual awards.
Andrianes Pinantoan / Pocketbook:
27% of Australians using TV and movie subscription services use Netflix despite geo-blocking  —  How Netflix Is Doing In Australia: 2 Stats That Should Scare Foxtel and Quickflix … Andrianes Pinantoan  —  Andre is heads up marketing at Pocketbook.  He's an accounting graduate …
Discussion: @getpocketbook, CHOICE and Mashable
Dave Lee / Medium:
Technology journalists are facing extinction  —  Very soon I won't be needed.  —  One of the first ever online journalists for the BBC is a close colleague of mine.  These days, you'd say he was the most experienced member of the team.  —  But back in the 90s, when the BBC …
Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
The return of the YouTube troll: Google ends its ‘real name’ commenter policy  —  The search company has apologised for complicating the commenting process, and reversed its ‘anti-troll’ real name policy on Google+  —  Google has reversed a policy that forced users of Google+ to use their real names …
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Six ex-Murdoch UK journalists will not face hacking charges  —  * Murdoch's News of the World hacked thousands of phones  —  * Ex-editor jailed for hacking earlier this month  —  Six former journalists on Rupert Murdoch's now defunct British tabloid, the News of the World …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month  —  Amazon is testing an ebook and audiobook subscription service called “Kindle Unlimited” that offers “unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month.”
Discussion: GeekWire, Gizmodo, Mashable and The Verge
Chris Jasper / Bloomberg:
World Cup Final Watched Live by Record 40,000 Airline Passengers  —  Germany's 1-0 victory over Argentina in last night's soccer World Cup final was watched in real-time by 40,000 airline passengers, a record for a live in-flight television broadcast.  —  Football fans on almost 200 jets operated …
Discussion: Adweek and Deadline.com
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Sony, Universal Said Facing Probe Over Songwriter Fees  —  The music-publishing arms of Sony Corp. (6758) and Universal Music Group are being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for alleged price coordination, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing confirms Aug. 4 spinoff date  —  Tribune Publishing will spin off from Tribune Co. on Aug. 4, the new publishing company confirmed Tuesday.  Tribune Publishing has applied to have its common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TPUB” and expects to begin regular trading on Aug. 5.
Matei Rosca / PandoDaily:
Monetizing Murder: Dailymotion allows major brands to advertise on terror videos  —  Some of the West's most popular brands are advertising on, or next to, macabre extremist videos, some involving beheadings, executions, savage beatings and terrorist propaganda.
Discussion: Mediaite
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Beamly OnDemand is a ‘Twitter DVR’ for BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4OD  —  Beamly, the social TV startup that recently rebranded from Zeebox, has an interesting new Chrome extension out today.  Beamly OnDemand works with three UK catch-up TV services and displays tweets about the shows as you watch …
Discussion: TBI Vision and Digital TV Europe
BBC:
BBC journalists are to go on strike on the first day of the Commonwealth Games next Wednesday.  —  BBC journalists are to go on strike on the first day of the Commonwealth Games next Wednesday.  —  The walkout will start at midday on 23 July and last for 12 hours.
John Glenday / The Drum:
BBC director general argues against license fee reform  —  BBC director general Lord Hall has defended the contentious license fee by declaring it 'ain't broke' in an argument against reform of the revenue model.  —  The intervention effectively sets out the corporations stall on reform of the system …
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Q2 earnings: $1.04B in revenue vs. estimated $1.08B, $0.37 EPS, $436M in display revenue  —  Yahoo Misses In Q2 With Revenue Of $1.04B, EPS Of $0.37  —  Today after the bell, Yahoo reported its second-quarter financial performance, including revenue (excluding traffic acquisition costs …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:   Yahoo now required to sell just 140M Alibaba shares in IPO, down from 208M shares
 
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Michael Rondon / Folio:
Say Media sells Dogster and Catster to I-5 Publishing; terms not disclosed
Ira Teinowitz / The Wrap:
C-SPAN Limiting Viewer Web Access to Cable and Satellite Subscribers (Exclusive)
Discussion: @matthewkeyslive and @alexckaufman
Tom Dotan / The Information:
Yahoo Grabbed ‘Community’ from Hulu in Last-Minute Bid
Discussion: @jessicalessin
Geoffrey King / Mediashift:
TSA Policy Change Increases Tech Security Burden For Traveling Journalists
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