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12:30 AM ET, August 6, 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.
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.
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: MediaWire Daily and AdAge
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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Fox Withdraws Proposal To Buy Time Warner — And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing  —  Fox has withdrawn its plans to purchase Time Warner, according to an announcement the company made Tuesday.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 …
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.
Discussion: @randyebarnett and @ulrikelanger
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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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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.
Axel Springer SE:
Axel Springer profits from strong growth of digital business models … In the second quarter of the current financial year, Axel Springer's operating results continued the dynamic growth trend of the first three months, thanks in large part to consistently strong growth in its digital activities.
Discussion: brecorder.com, RTTNews and Reuters
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.
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
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
 
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Day after trading debut, Tribune Co. spin-off stock drops 2.5%
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NATO soldier fires ‘warning shot’ near AP photographer
Discussion: New York Times, Gawker and Mashable
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Reporter Addresses Israeli Censorship On Soldier Story
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Dylan Baker / Tech City News:
Media giant Bauer launches €100m digital business fund
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
China releases investigative journalist after almost year in jail
Discussion: Reuters and China Digital Times