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David Carr / New York Times:
In Modern Media Realm, Big Mergers Are a Bulwark Against Rivals — When the news broke on Wednesday that 21st Century Fox, Rupert Murdoch's huge media and entertainment company, made an $80 billion offer to buy Time Warner Inc., another big media conglomerate, it seemed like a seismic jolt in the business landscape.
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New York Times:
Time Warner Chief's Turnaround Effort Opened the Door to Fox's Bid — On a Saturday in early June, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, got an email from Chase Carey, the president of 21st Century Fox, proposing lunch. — They met a few days later in the executive dining room of the Time-Warner Center.
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New York Times, FierceCable, @peterlattman and @alansmurray
John McDuling / Quartz:
It's not TV that Rupert Murdoch wants: It's HBO — The shockwaves from the news that Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox recently approached Time Warner (and was rebuffed) about an $80 billion takeover are still rippling through New York's media scene today. — And the early consensus among analysts …
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
21st Century Fox Bid Puts CNN in Cross Hairs
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Los Angeles Times
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
John Sweeney loses job in cull of all Panorama's staff reporters: ‘Management will gain more control’ — John Sweeney has revealed his office nickname for the past few months has been “dead man walking”, and he was not surprised to have been made redundant by the BBC today.
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The Wrap, @wmckdc, @charliebeckett, @goldentent and @wturvill
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza After Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children — Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday's killing by Israel of four Palestinian boys on a Gazan beach and who has received widespread praise for his brave …
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TVNewser, Gawker and Vanity Fair
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Tyler Hicks / New York Times:
Pulitzer-prize winning NYT photographer describes witnessing the deaths of four boys in Gaza — Through Lens, 4 Boys Dead by Gaza Shore — GAZA CITY — My day here began at 6 a.m. Photographing something as unpredictable as war still has a routine. — It is important to be out the door …
CNBC:
US Copyright Office says Aereo not a cable company under terms of Copyright Act — US copyright officials have told Aereo that they do not consider it a “cable company” under the terms of copyright law, according to a letter obtained by CNBC. Aereo, which lost a key Supreme Court ruling …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Nailed It: Buzzfeed Cracks The Pinterest Code — Buzzfeed is one of of the fastest growing media companies ever, with a monthly audience of 150 million and counting, thanks chiefly to its unmatched understanding of what people will read or share on Facebook.
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@niemanlab and @joelcifer
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Independent launches i100, a Buzzfeed style news site, where users can upvote articles — Now i goes digital with a BuzzFeed-style website called i100 — First there was BuzzFeed and then there was Trinity Mirror's Usvsthe3M. And now there is i100, a new site launched by ESI Media.
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Journalism.co.uk, @olyduff, @niemanlab, @omaroakes, MediaTel, Press Gazette, American Press Institute and communicateonline.me
Joe Strupp / Media Matters for America:
NPR Backs Off Planned “Downgrade” Of Ombudsman — National Public Radio is backing away from a revised job description for its ombudsman that suggested the person in the position should avoid “passing judgment” on any errors in NPR News coverage, calling that listing “a mistake.”
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@barryeisler, @theharryshearer, @sulliview, @brianstelter, @acarvin, @dangillmor, @jayrosen_nyu and @digiphile
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
Kindle Unlimited: More details and a few questions about Amazon's subscription book service (exclusive video) — An ebook subscription service, available on any device including your Kindle: That appears to be what Amazon is planning, but is it worth $9.99 a month?
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Bloomberg View, Wall Street Journal, Wired.co.uk, ZDNet, @gigaom, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Guardian, Digital Book World and Gigaom
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
What Do Consumers Hate More Than TV Ads? Online Video Commercials — Consumers love to complain about TV commercials. But if they dislike anything more, its online video ads. — A recent survey of about 700 consumers found that about 36% of those polled said they find online video ads more irritating than TV ads.
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ITBusinessNet.com, Advanced Television, IP&TV News, @omnicom, MediaTel, MediaPost and FierceOnlineVideo News
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
What's going on at Scientific American? Deleted posts, sexism claims, a fired writer. — Throughout its 169-year history, Scientific American has been an august and sober chronicler of the advance of human knowledge, from chemistry to physics to anthropology. — Lately, however, things have become kind of a mess.
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@dabeard
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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Guardian, Gigaom, @samkirkla, @chadedge, @gsterling, @pmarca, Reflections of a Newsosaur, @albertocairo, @bobstep, @geostanley, @derekmyoung, @samkirkla, @jillkimball, @stevebuttry and @greggriffin
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Eight jobs at risk as Sunday Mirror and People editorial teams set to merge — Trinity Mirror has announced plans to merge the editorial teams of the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People with the loss of up to eight editorial jobs. — The move comes two years after the Daily Mirror …
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