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9:55 PM ET, August 5, 2014

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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
A US spy agency stole a scoop from The Intercept and gave it to the AP  —  Spy Agency Stole Scoop From Media Outlet And Handed It To The AP  —  WASHINGTON — The Associated Press dropped a significant scoop on Tuesday afternoon, reporting that in the last several years the U.S. government's terrorism watch list has doubled.
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Fox Withdraws Proposal To Buy Time Warner — And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing  —  Fox has withdrawn its plans to purchase Time Warner, according to an announcement the company made Tuesday.  —  Time Warner shares are down 11% post-market on the news.  —  Reports of an original proposal …
Bill Mickey / Folio:
In first earnings report since spin-off, Time Inc. reports $32M loss  —  Time Inc. Reports $32 Million Net Loss for Q2  —  The American Express Publishing deal helped stem larger declines.  —  In its first quarterly report since spinning off from Time Warner, Time inc. posted a $32 million loss …
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Time Inc. downtown move to ‘transform the cost base,’ but layoffs also likely  —  As an independent company since its spin-off from parent company Time Warner on June 6, Time Inc. has been thinking hard about cost-cutting measures and digital advertising.  —  The publisher reported …
Discussion: AdAge
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Media Veteran Greg Coleman Jumps From Criteo to BuzzFeed President  —  BuzzFeed Inc. has brought on digital advertising veteran Greg Coleman as the company's new president.  —  Mr. Coleman replaces Jon Steinberg, who left BuzzFeed a few months ago to become Mail Online North America's CEO.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
One year in: 10 ways The Washington Post has changed under Jeff Bezos  —  A year ago, Jeff Bezos stunned the media world with the news that he was buying The Washington Post for $250 million.  With his jumble of businesses, the founder of Amazon seemed an unlikely buyer for a newspaper that was losing money.
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Washington Post has record traffic month after adding digital staff — is it the Bezos effect?
Discussion: Washington Post
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Maker Studios Snags AOL, Yahoo Execs for Original Content Division (Exclusive)  —  The Disney-owned digital media firm has hired Gabriel Lewis and Bonnie Pan to its programming division, led by chief content officer Erin McPherson.  —  Maker Studios is making a significant bet on original content with two big digital media hires.
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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Justin.tv shuts down after 7 years amid reports Google is acquiring Twitch  —  Twitch today announced that the Justin.tv website, mobile apps, and APIs are no longer in service.  A very simple explanation is given for the shutdown: since rebranding the company to Twitch Interactive in February 2014 …
Alexa Davis / Forbes:
After Breakup, Gannett's Print and Broadcast Assets May Be Ripe For The Picking  —  Gannett Tuesday became the latest media company to separate its publishing assets, which include USA Today, from broadcast and digital businesses.  The move is the latest in a string of similar actions …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Gannett to Separate Broadcasting, Publishing Businesses Via Spin-Off
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Graham Is Not Slowing Down After Sale of The Washington Post  —  When Donald E. Graham announced a year ago that he was selling The Washington Post to Jeff Bezos for $250 million, it was unclear what Mr. Graham, one of journalism's most revered executives, would do next.
Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company:
Susan Wojcicki built Google into a $55B advertising giant.  Now she's running YouTube.  Her job: do it again.  —  Susan Wojcicki built Google into a $55 billion advertising giant.  Now she's running YouTube.  Her job: Do it again.  —  When Susan Wojcicki took over YouTube in February …
Discussion: Business Insider
Joe Miller / BBC:
Wikipedia link hidden by ‘right to be forgotten’  —  Jimmy Wales had previously voiced his opposition to the right-to-be-forgotten ruling  —  A Wikipedia entry has been removed from certain Google search results, under the new EU “right to be forgotten” law.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NATO soldier fires ‘warning shot’ near AP photographer  —  A member of NATO forces fired a warning shot near an Associated Press photographer outside of a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, according to the New York Times.  —  Massoud Hossaini was there to cover a story …
Discussion: New York Times, Gawker and Mashable
 
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Day after trading debut, Tribune Co. spin-off stock drops 2.5%
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