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5:05 PM ET, July 21, 2014

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David Carr / New York Times:
In the wake of a merger bid between non-print media giants, a meditation on print's inadequacy  —  Riding the Juggernaut That Left Print Behind  —  Even if you aren't one of those people worried about media consolidation — there are many in that number — the big bolt of lightning last week …
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Netflix Passes 50M Subscribers As It Reports Better Than Expected Q2 Revenue Of $1.34B  —  This afternoon following the closing bell, Netflix announced the financial results of its second quarter, including revenue of $1.34 billion and earnings per share of $1.15.
Capital New York:
The story behind The New Yorker's website relaunch, unveiled today  —  A relaunch for The New Yorker, with high stakes  —  The New Yorker will debut its long awaited, revamped website today, about which you'll see plenty of commentary and criticism.  —  But to understand what the imperatives …
Lynn Oberlander / First Look Media:
First Look Media launches legal fund to aid press freedom advocates in US and abroad  —  Promoting and Protecting Free Speech and Free Expression  —  Lynn Oberlander is First Look Media's General Counsel, Media Operations  —  Promoting and protecting free speech and free expression are paramount to First Look's mission.
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Murdoch Not Likely To Raise Time Warner Bid Immediately, Source Says  —  Fox is not likely to raise its bid for Time Warner immediately, a source familiar with the situation tells Business Insider.  Rather, the increase, if any, will likely come within “weeks.”
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Reporters bristle as WH derides, then offers, anonymous sources  —  Complaints from White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Monday about anonymous news sources prompted a testy exchange with reporters who noted that administration officials regularly demand anonymity.
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Taylor Lorenz, head of social media, The Daily Mail/Mail Online  —  CAPITAL: What are your major responsibilities as social media lead?  What is your day-to-day like?  —  LORENZ: My responsibilities are pretty varied.  My No. 1 goal is to promote …
New York Times:
Big TV mergers are forcing smaller cable networks like AMC, Starz to consider survival plans  —  Smaller Cable Networks Plan Their Survival Under the Feet of Giants  —  The flesh-eating zombies in AMC's hit television series “The Walking Dead” are shambling into a land of even bigger monsters.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
AP starts publishing robot-generated earnings stories  —  AP's robot-written stories have arrived  —  AP earnings-report stories written with automation technology have begun to appear.  Earnings reports for Hasbro Inc., Honeywell International Inc. and GE, among others, bear the legend …
Discussion: @poynter and PSFK
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Launches Save, A Read-It-Later List For Links, Places, And Media Pages  —  Two years after acqhiring read-it-later startup Spool, Facebook today launched a basic Pocket competitor called Save.  It's a feature for iOS, Android, and web that lets you store links from News Feed …
 
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