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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dave Neal / Inquirer:
BBC websites and iPlayers suffer weekend broadcast outage — TELEVISION ON DEMAND viewers have complained loudly about downtime at the BBC's websites and on-demand offerings over the weekend. — This past weekend auntie Beeb took something of a holiday and prevented people from listening …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Ukrainian reporter held for reporting in Russia without work permit — Russian authorities arrested Yevgeny Agarkov, a reporter with the Ukrainian television station 1+1, on July 18, 2014, and accused him of working in Russia without a proper accreditation, according to news reports.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Aereo had 77,596 subscribers across 10 cities at the end of 2013 — Here's How Many Subscribers Aereo Had Last Year — Aereo generated lots of attention from the media world in the run-up to its Supreme Court case this spring. — Consumers may have been less interested …
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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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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