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1:50 PM ET, July 26, 2014

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed fires Benny Johnson after finding 40 instances of plagiarism in review of 500+ posts, will add note to each offending post  —  Editor's Note: An Apology To Our Readers  —  What we're doing about an episode of plagiarism.  —  Starting this Wednesday, Twitter users began pointing …
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
Russian Paper Issues Front Page Apology to Netherlands for MH17  —  In the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, many Russian media outlets have put forth a variety of ridiculous conspiracy theories to explain the plane's demise.  In the face of overwhelming evidence …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Gallup:
Russians Rely on State Media for News of Ukraine, Crimea  —  Few trust Western media or independent Russian media  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most Russians have been following the news about Ukraine and Crimea over the past few months, with nearly nine in 10 paying attention before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 …
Discussion: Mediaite
TechCrunch:
Apple Secretly Acquired “Pandora For Books” Startup BookLamp To Battle Amazon  —  TechCrunch has learned that Apple has made another acquisition, one that it is using to boost its e-books effort and “beat Amazon at its own game.”  It has bought BookLamp, a startup based out of Boise, Idaho …
PandoDaily:
State of Pando: Exploding traffic, surging revenues... but some mistakes too  —  Back in February, Sarah wrote a long “State of Pando post, announcing our new Speaking Truth To The New Power tagline and sharing our plans for the Pando's third year.  Since that time, a lot has happened …
Bloomberg:
Fox-Time Warner Cultural Divide Stands in Way of Merger  —  Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox Inc. and Jeff Bewkes's Time Warner Inc. couldn't be more different.  One is essentially family-owned, the other purely public.  One likes to contribute to Republican candidates, the other to Democrats.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Judge Denise Cote concerned about e-book settlement because Apple's liability could fall from $450M to $70M if her ruling is reversed on a minor issue  —  U.S. judge says she is troubled by Apple $450 million e-books deal  —  (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday expressed concern …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists subpoenaed in ‘pink-slime’ suit  —  BPI wants emails from NYT's Michael Moss, public-health lawyer Michele Simon, and others  —  At least four journalists and a writer have been ordered to hand over documents to attorneys representing the largest manufacturer of “pink slime,” …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Australian Government Proposes New Copyright Law: Basically Hollywood's Wishlist  —  We've been covering the discussion around copyright reform down in Australia for a while, and it's continuing to get worse and worse.  As you may recall, after a long and detailed process …
Discussion: @liampomfret
Nick Davies / Guardian:
The pervasive power of Rupert Murdoch: an extract from Hack Attack by Nick Davies  —  In this first extract from his new book, the reporter who broke the phone hacking story looks at Rebekah Brooks's 2009 wedding - and how it was a perfect display of the nature of Rupert Murdoch's hold on British life
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
The Down And Dirty History Of TMZ … For just $53, you can purchase a guaranteed front-of-the-bus seat on the TMZ NYC Tour.  After stepping on the bus in the middle of Times Square, a TMZ-trained tour guide — handsome, blond, amiable Australian — will ask you and the rest of the bus if you're a huge fan of the show.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BSkyB Adds More TV Subs in Latest Quarter, Posts Lower Full-Year Profit  —  The U.K. pay TV giant, in which 21st Century Fox owns a 39 percent stake, saw higher revenue offset by higher costs, including for English soccer league rights.  —  LONDON - U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB on Friday …
Discussion: Digital TV Europe and Guardian
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

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