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11:00 AM ET, August 7, 2014

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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Google partners with Barnes & Noble for same-day book deliveries from stores in West LA, SF Bay Area, and Manhattan  —  Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon  —  Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service …
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Netflix now has more subscription revenue than HBO  —  Netflix CEO Reed Hastings humble-bragged on Facebook today: + Reed Hastings on Facebook He's right.  (About the financials, at least—Silicon Valley, an HBO sitcom about tech startups, was really bad.)  Here's how HBO's subscription revenue compares …
Discussion: Business Insider and Reed Hastings
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The New York Times explores cheaper digital subscriptions  —  The New York Times is considering a cheaper version of its digital subscription as it continues to look for ways to get more revenue out of consumers.  —  According to a survey sent to readers this week, the new offering …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Ex-BBC Chief Technology Officer John Linwood wins unfair dismissal case against corporation  —  Sacked BBC technology chief wins unfair dismissal case  —  John Linwood claimed he was made the ‘fall guy’ for the £100m Digital Media Initiative fiasco  —  The BBC's former chief …
Discussion: The Courier and BBC
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Crowdfunding bid to acquire Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times  —  Idealists of the world unite!  An organisation calling itself Let's Own The News has launched a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of acquiring the Times and Sunday Times.  —  It believes £100m would do the job …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How a new Washington stifles a new political press  —  As political PR machines become more sophisticated and aggressive, journalists need to rethink how they cover government  —  The video featured all the trappings of a heartwarming human interest piece: uplifting piano music, a hometown angle, and a main character named Earnest.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom Q3 Profit Falls 5% Due to Film Revenue Declines  —  Viacom said third-quarter net income fell just over 5% due to revenue shortfalls at its filmed-entertainment business and a gain of just 1% in revenue at its cable-network portfolio.  —  The owner of the Paramount movie studio …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Maker Studios Claims Former CEO Owes $325K as Result of Disney Merger (Exclusive)  —  After a judge refuses the digital video company's bid to kill Danny Zappin's claims, the new Disney subsidiary files a cross-complaint.  —  Since former Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin filed a lawsuit alleging …
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyrighted audio  —  Twitch users now need to be more vigilant about the music they play while making gameplay videos.  Starting today, Twitch is now scanning videos for unauthorized third-party audio — in-game and ambient music — and automatically muting that content.
Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why the ad technology revolution that was supposed to help publishers actually devastated so many of them  —  Why the ad technology revolution that was supposed to help publishers actually devastated so many of them  —  Back in antiquity (five years ago), when I ran a popular Web 1. content …
Bob Dietz / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A: Pakistan's Hamid Mir speaks about climate for press freedom following attack  —  In April, Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir was shot multiple times shortly after a CPJ delegation met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who pledged to take several steps to improve journalist security.
 
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Arash Karami / Al-Monitor:
Detained Post journalist accused of spying in Iran media
Jim Romenesko:
New York Times announces new Newsroom Strategy Team members
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Dish's Charlie Ergen: In the future, most TV viewing won't happen on TV
Discussion: Variety and Hollywood Reporter
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Hacked Off executive director Joan Smith: Guardian and Indy are better off with no regulator than with IPSO
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
On earnings call, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes refuses to comment on Fox takeover bid