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5:20 PM ET, August 12, 2014

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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Times Journalist Injured in Iraqi Kurd Helicopter Crash  —  ERBIL, Iraq — A helicopter of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government carrying aid to stranded Yazidi refugees in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot and wounding other passengers including …
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed deleted over 4K staff posts in late April, based on metrics in author profiles  —  Over 4,000 BuzzFeed Posts Have Completely Disappeared  —  You may have heard that BuzzFeed recently landed $50 million in venture capital, with which it hopes to transcend its long-time status as a …
Ben Thompson / stratechery:
As the Internet narrows the difference between media and software distribution, technology VCs value BuzzFeed like a tech company  —  Is BuzzFeed a Tech Company?  —  It's telling that Chris Dixon, in a blog post explaining Andreessen Horowitz's $50 million investment …
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Felix Salmon / Medium:
Don't compare BuzzFeed's valuation to newspapers'; compare it to agencies, reaching young, mobile, social audiences
Joel Mathis / Philadelphia Magazine:
The Long Fall of Philly Newspapers  —  Oh, what an ugly difference a dozen years can make.  —  At the beginning of the 21st century, the newspaper business was a happy one, fed by fat profit margins and a lack of competition in most cities.  Philadelphia was no different: Yes …
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Journalists Face Tear Gas, Police Threats While Covering Protests Against Killing Of Michael Brown  —  Journalists encountered a threatening response from police as they tried to cover the protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town that has been upended by the police killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.
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James Poniewozik / TIME:
Hashtag activism after a fatal police shooting serves as grassroots media criticism
Max Willens / AdAge:
USA Today to Launch Daily Fantasy Sports Gaming Site  —  Fantasy Score to Focus on Daily Gaming  —  Content Marketing 2014  —  With daily fantasy sports surging to new levels of popularity and visibility, another large publisher is throwing its hat into the ring.
Discussion: @jamiemottram
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Standalone Tribune Publishing Q2 earnings: $15.2M net income; ad revenue down, circ revenue up  —  Standalone Tribune Publishing reports an earnings slide  —  Tribune Publishing began life as a standalone newspaper company with a dip in earnings and revenues for the second quarter of 2014.
Paul Carr / PandoDaily:
Gawker blocks all images to protect staff from abuse.  Now what about everyone else?  —  In response to complaints from staff about management's “pathetic” response to rape imagery, Gawker is reportedly blocking all image uploads to its Kinja commenting system.
Jason McIntyre / The Big Lead:
ESPN extends Grantland brand to TV, launches ‘The Grantland Basketball Show’ with Bill Simmons  —  Bill Simmons Leaving ESPN Countdown, Launching ‘The Grantland Basketball Show’  —  Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN NBA Countdown and launching his own NBA show - “The Grantland Basketball Show” …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Sun crime reporter Anthony France to face trial for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office  —  The Crown Prosecution Service today announced that Sun crime reporter Anthony France is to be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
The Intercept:
NPR covers claim that terrorists changed tactics post-Snowden, fails to note source's CIA ties  —  NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA Reporting  —  The new headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) on North Capitol Street in Washington (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Associated Press:
Turkish journalist killed in Iraq during clashes  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A journalists' rights group says a Turkish journalist has been killed in Iraq during clashes between Islamic militants and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and has demanded an investigation into the circumstances of her death.
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media Q2 earnings: $82.9M, with growth in retransmission fee revenue
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Ben Livesey / Bloomberg:
Pandora Climbs After Report Says It Could Be a Target
Discussion: AllAccess.com and Benzinga
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's dispute with Disney is about recovering losses due to price matching from studios, promotion and product placement costs
Discussion: @jyarow
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Hannah Francis / The Australian:
Australian telecommunications company Telstra acquires video platform Ooyala for $270M
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Ghost gives its blogging platform a huge upgrade before moving to a 2-4 week release cycle
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Yahoo Finance reboots with unpaid contributor network on Tumblr
Discussion: @digiday