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4:10 PM 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 …
David Boardman / Poynter:
Essay: Hey, Publishers: Stop fooling us, and yourselves  —  For an industry built on a foundation of truth-telling, the newspaper business sure has trouble telling the truth about itself.  —  Last month at the World Newspaper Congress in Turin, Italy, the chief spokesperson for U.S.-based dailies …
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Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
The newspaper crisis, by the numbers  —  Roughly a decade after the commercial debut of the Internet, America's newspapers posted record high advertising sales of $49.4 billion in 2005, leading many publishers to think their businesses would not be seriously affected by the digital revolution.
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.”
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 …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Univision reports 73M World Cup livestreams, WatchESPN cites 43M hours of live viewing  —  Univision, ESPN Score Digital Victories During 2014 World Cup Both networks report record increases in traffic, livestreaming By Michelle Castillo  —  Germany may have won the World Cup …
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
World Cup Streaming Boosts Comcast's TV Everywhere Push
Discussion: Beet.TV
Chris Jasper / Bloomberg:
World Cup Final Watched Live by Record 40,000 Airline Passengers
Discussion: @panasonic_mea
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.
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Study: Political journalists opt for stenography over fact checking during presidential debates  —  During the 2012 U.S. presidential debates, political journalists on Twitter primarily repeated candidate claims without providing fact checks or other contest, according to new research published …
Reuters:
Apple agrees conditionally to a $450M settlement in e-book price-fixing case; $400M will go to consumers  —  Apple agrees to conditional $450 million e-books antitrust accord  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve U.S. state and consumer claims …
Andy / TorrentFreak:
RIAA Copyright Pressure Silences Historical Radio Archive  —  When sites like The Pirate Bay come under copyright holder pressure, there is often a big backlash from users who see such action as unfair.  That being said, it's generally accepted by both sides that The Pirate Bay courts trouble by …
Melissa Hellmann / TIME:
Nielsen Partners Up With Facebook to Track Television-Viewing Habits  —  Nielsen Media Research, the television-ratings company, will be partnering with Facebook to ascertain what television viewers are watching on their tablets and other mobile devices.  —  In the past, Nielsen solely tracked meters …
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.
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.
Discussion: @iport and @earmeat
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.
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Corner Media Expands Its Network of Brooklyn Blogs  —  By now, the neighbors know exactly where an associate publisher of one of Brooklyn's biggest media conglomerates works (about three feet from his bed, most days) and what he looks like.  That is the way he likes it.
Discussion: @juliemmoos, @raju and @tommy_robb
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 and CHOICE
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 …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Media reporter's advice for her replacement: ‘Turn your computer off once in a while’  —  Until the end of the month, Johana Bhuiyan is a digital media reporter for Capital New York.  Bhuiyan's headed next to cover tech for BuzzFeed's FWD.  Before she leaves our tribe of media reporters …
Anne Voigt / INMA:
Bild.de brainstorms new revenue ideas, finds long-term success in product partnership campaigns  —  The print + digital “Volks-Produkt” campaigns, which started with a discount computer retailer partnership, continue to bring in revenue.  Bild.de shares some lessons learned from 12 years of partnership success.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Paul McCartney re-releases five of his classic albums as iPad apps  —  Band on the Run, McCartney, McCartney II, RAM and Wings over America get reworked for the modern-day App Store  —  Paul McCartney is the latest musician to experiment with the idea of albums as apps …
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
 
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
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Angela Haggerty / The Drum:
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Discussion: Guardian, MediaTel and HoldTheFrontPage
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C-SPAN Limiting Viewer Web Access to Cable and Satellite Subscribers (Exclusive)
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
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Discussion: LA Observed
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Tom Dotan / The Information:
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
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Discussion: @brettsr
Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal:
VentureBeat raises $2.6 million to launch ‘App Store’ for research
Discussion: Re/code