Mediagazer: Websites Like Thought Catalog and Upworthy Aim to Uplift (Sheila Marikar/New York Times)

7:10 PM ET, July 17, 2014

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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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Paula Mejia / Newsweek:
Foreign Journalists Ordered to Evacuate Beach Hotels in Gaza

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Tyler Hicks / New York Times:
Pulitzer-prize winning NYT photographer describes witnessing the deaths of four boys in Gaza

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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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John McDuling / Quartz:
It's not TV that Rupert Murdoch wants: It's HBO

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David Carr / New York Times:
In Modern Media Realm, Big Mergers Are a Bulwark Against Rivals

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
21st Century Fox Bid Puts CNN in Cross Hairs

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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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BBC:
BBC News to cut a further 415 jobs

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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

After Shutting Down Xbox Studios, Microsoft Faces Trust Issues With Advertisers — Microsoft 's decision to shutter the Xbox Entertainment Studios division, as part of 18,000 layoffs announced on Thursday, has shocked and angered several top ad buyers, causing some to once again question the company's commitment to advertising.

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Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Microsoft confirms it's closing Xbox Entertainment Studios and halting production of new original TV shows

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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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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Public records tools, reader metrics, and more among new Prototype Fund winners — The latest round of small grants from the Knight Prototype Fund includes several projects and digital tools that could eventually prove useful to journalists. — A developer from Grist wants to build tools …

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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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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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Kevin Collier / Daily Dot:

The FCC has officially received 1 million net neutrality comments — net neutrality is too boring a topic to rile up Americans. — As of Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had received 1 million official comments about whether to allow Internet providers to divide …

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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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Sheila Marikar / New York Times:

Websites Like Thought Catalog and Upworthy Aim to Uplift — On a bright afternoon, Alex Magnin, chief revenue officer of the website Thought Catalog, strolled through Dolores Park in San Francisco, sipping a cup of green tea. Mr. Magnin, 29 and clad in a rumpled plaid shirt …

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Wall Street Journal:

EU Invites Google, Microsoft to Discuss ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ — Ruling Has Become Latest Battleground Over Freedom of Speech and the Right to Online Privacy — European Union privacy watchdogs plan to raise concerns about the implementation by Google Inc. of the bloc's new …

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