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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 …
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Time Warner board changes bylaws to block small group of shareholders from forcing Fox takeover vote — TIME WARNER DIGS IN: Board Removes Ability For Shareholders To Force Vote On Fox Offer — Time Warner's board just changed the company's bylaws to prevent a small group of shareholders …
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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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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.
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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.
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Poynter, @the_intercept, @buzzfeedben, @acarvin, @joshuafoust, @trevortimm and @pierre
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 …
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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.
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@peterlattman, Los Angeles Times and @emilysteel
Jack Moore / International Business Times:
Gaza Crisis: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Will ‘Work to Prevent Al Jazeera’ Operating in Israel — Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that Israel will work to prevent Al Jazeera TV from operating in Israel. — “Qatar has turned into a global problem.
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TVNewser, @barakravid, Mediaite, @ojazeera, @mukhtaryare, @ibtimesuk and New York Times
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.
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Business Insider, Politico, BuzzFeed, @tristanlejeune and @davidshepardson
Author Earnings:
Study: 31% of ebooks sold on Amazon are self-published; DRM harms sales at all price levels — July 2014 Author Earnings Report — It has been nearly half a year since we first pulled data for nearly every ranked ebook on Amazon.com's thousands of category bestseller lists.
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Forbes, @robpegoraro, Telegraph, @alisternburg, PandoDaily, @ydbxmhc and Boing Boing
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 …
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@stevekovach, @sfiegerman, @socarolinesays, @mattnavarrauk, @timherrera, @lauraelizdavis, @jaredbkeller, @perlberg and @elanazak
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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The Next Web, Forbes, Gigaom, AdAge, VentureBeat, Electronista, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Inside Facebook, Mashable, Gizmodo, The Verge and Re/code
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 …
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