Mediagazer: ‘Reddit Live’ tool pushes everyone's favorite news sharing site in a bold new direction (exclusive interview) (Tom Cheredar/VentureBeat)

3:50 AM ET, August 2, 2014

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

Times Foreign Editor Responds on Israeli Censorship — Isabel Kershner and Fares Akram reported Friday in The Times that detailed information about a kidnapped Israeli soldier would be subject to a rare instance of Israeli military censorship. The passage from the article reads as follows:

Discussion: Gawker

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Israel Censor Wants To Pre-Approve New York Times Coverage Of Soldier — NEW YORK — The Israeli military told The New York Times on Friday to withhold publishing additional information about an Israeli soldier reportedly captured by Palestinian militants until it is first reviewed by a censor.

Discussion: New York Times, Associated Press, @steveplrose, @mlcalderone, Mondoweiss, Pressing Issues, New York Magazine, The Week and The Dish

Andrew Flanagan / Billboard:

Beats and Apple Dispute Reports of Layoffs — Apple and a source close to Beats are disputing the characterization in recent reports that a significant round of layoffs is taking place at Beats, saying there have been no layoffs (save for about five performance-based terminations) …

Discussion: Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, Electronista, Music Week and Re/code

Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
With Apple-Beats Deal Complete, Ian Rogers To Run iTunes Radio

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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg:
Vivendi Sells Its 13% Beats Stake to Apple for $404 Million

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Don Reisinger / CNET:
Apple closes $3B Beats deal, welcomes the company ‘to the family’

Discussion: Re/code, Daily Dot, Ubergizmo, Gigaom, App Advice and The Daily Caller

Vauhini Vara / New Yorker:

Amazon's Failed Pitch to Authors — In May, the publishing company Hachette revealed that the online retailer Amazon had been delaying shipment of physical books published by Hachette while the companies argued over how e-books should be sold on Amazon. Since then, the public-relations war between …

Farhad Manjoo / NYT Bits:
Amazon Wants Cheaper Ebooks. But Should It Get to Enforce Prices?

Discussion: @dangillmor, @burningbunnies, @johngapper, @mathewi, @fmanjoo and @jeffjarvis

Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:

Remembering War Correspondent Jim Frederick, 42 — Jim Frederick (via Facebook). — On my first day at Money magazine in January 2001, this guy I kinda knew named Scott Medintz was assigned to walk me around the office and introduce me. Everyone had these large offices with a window …

Discussion: @jledbetter, @katz, @ghoshworld, @craigwduff, @mattgallagher83, Technologizer, @gary__bass and @acarvin

Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

More Online Publishers Let Readers Fill the Space — To most English speakers, “platform” is a noun. But among news organizations, it is quickly becoming a verb. — For publishers, the new meaning of “to platform” is something akin to: Take a traditional media company and add technology …

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

On David Frum, the New York Times, and the Non-Faked “Fake” Gaza Photos — What they reveal about the three words that are journalists' only source of self-respect — 1. A colleague at the Atlantic made a major journalistic error this week. As he has himself admitted, in the first half of a post on our site.

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Mail did not reveal to PCC or Leveson that News of the World hacked staff — Four Mail on Sunday journalists were told by the police in 2006 that their mobile phones had been hacked — Vital evidence about phone hacking was withheld from the Press Complaints Commission when it held …

Discussion: @colvinius

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

‘Reddit Live’ tool pushes everyone's favorite news sharing site in a bold new direction (exclusive interview) — NOTE: GrowthBeat — VentureBeat's provocative new marketing-tech event — is a week away! We've gathered the best and brightest to explore the data, apps, and science of successful marketing.

Discussion: SocialTimes and PSFK

Deutsche Welle:

Journalist Greenwald refuses to speak to Germany's NSA scandal inquiry — Journalist Glenn Greenwald has refused to speak to a German parliamentary inquiry on the NSA scandal. He said the Bundestag's decision not to interview Edward Snowden is indicative of the committee's “empty symbolism.”

Discussion: TwitLonger and Talking Points Memo

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Disney Renews Carriage Deal With NCTC, Adding Sports Networks and Digital Rights To Mix — The National Cable Television Cooperative renewed its carriage deal with The Walt Disney Company in an agreement that will add a few of Disney's sports networks to the distribution mix as well as encompass rights for digital distribution.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline.com and Radio & Television …

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Apple $450 million e-book settlement wins court approval — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Friday won preliminary court approval for its $450 million settlement of claims it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices. — In approving the accord …

Discussion: Bloomberg, CNET, AppleInsider, Forbes, 9to5Mac and The Verge