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8:55 AM ET, June 30, 2015

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Andy Cush / Gawker:
Texas town wants to charge Gawker $79K for FOIA request related to video of police abuse at a pool party; Gawker's appealing  —  Texas Town Is Charging Us $79,000 for Emails About Pool Party Abuse Cop  —  Days after McKinney, Texas police officer Eric Casebolt was filmed pointing …
Discussion: @charlesornstein
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Independent and i cut annual losses from £12.3m to £4.6m  —  The Independent has reported a steep reduction in losses to £4.6m for the year to September 2014.  —  This compares with an operating loss of £12.3m in the previous financial year and £16.6m in the year before that.
Guardian:
BBC3 set to go online only as trust backs plans to scrap TV channel  —  Rona Fairhead says long-term future of broadcasting is online in move set to save corporation around £30m a year, with proposal for BBC1+1 channel rejected  —  The BBC Trust has approved the corporation's plans …
Discussion: The Next Web and @marksweney
Wall Street Journal:
AOL to take over Microsoft ad sales for display, mobile, and video in US and 8 other markets; Bing to replace Google on AOL for search and search advertising  —  AOL Takes Over Majority of Microsoft's Ad Business, Swaps Google Search For Bing  —  Microsoft Corp. is stepping back from the advertising business in a big way.
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Advertising Spending Falls 4% in First Quarter  —  U.S. advertising expenditures dropped in the first quarter, as budgets declined among eight of the ten biggest-spending industries, according to a new report from advertising tracker Kantar Media.  —  Total U.S. ad spending fell 4% …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Shazam Takes On Apple Music Connect With New Social Features Aimed At Musicians And Their Fans  —  Music discovery platform Shazam is today rolling out a new feature in partnership with over two dozen artists that will allow Shazam users to see which songs their favorite musicians are listening to on the service.
Mark Glaser / MediaShift:
MediaShift formally spins off from PBS, will continue events, training, and newsletters  —  MediaShift Spins Off from PBS, Envisions Collaborative Future  —  When I first started the MediaShift blog for PBS in January 2006, I had a vision for much more than just a one-person blog.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Google skews search results in anticompetitive behavior, says new study by Yelp and leading academic Tim Wu  —  Google's search practices come under scrutiny from leading academic Wu  —  Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, argues in a paper …
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
More than 21 million people watched gaming's biggest annual show on Twitch  —  Streaming video site Twitch said Monday that more than 21 million people tuned in to watch its coverage of this month's major video game convention, the Electronic Entertainment Expo — better known as E3.
ABC:
Australia Treasurer Joe Hockey wins defamation suit against Fairfax for “Treasurer for sale” poster and tweets  —  Treasurer Joe Hockey wins defamation case against Fairfax  —  Treasurer Joe Hockey has won a defamation trial against Fairfax media.
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Guardian and @buzzfeedozpol
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Sources: Rebekah Brooks may be offered post as chief executive of News UK, the division that includes The Times of London and The Sun  —  News Corp. wants Brooks to ‘feel welcome’  —  Where will Rebekah Brooks end up next?  —  The former U.K. newspaper executive who bounced back after being found …
Discussion: bookforum.com and Media Wire Daily
Owen Gibson / Guardian:
BBC dealt another blow after losing control of TV rights for Olympics  —  The BBC has lost control of the rights to the Olympic Games from 2022 onwards after the US broadcasting giant Discovery, owner of Eurosport, signed a £920m exclusive pan-European deal.
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Marcus Gilmer / Mashable:
Donald Trump hits back at NBC after network cuts ties over immigration comments
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Michael Eisner's company, Tornante, and Sinclair Broadcast Group team up to produce and distribute new syndicated talk shows, court shows, and game shows
Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
The Media Column: MTV rebrand aims to put the channel back in the driving seat of the cultural revolution
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
The Huffington Post hires former digital products producer for AP, Karen Mahabir, as managing editor of news
Discussion: New York Times, Poynter and FishbowlNY
John Battle / Guardian:
Pre-vetting broadcast news for extremism threatens freedom of speech
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Poynter will partner for Pulitzer's 2016 centennial with a focus on social justice
Nyay Bhushan / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN to End India News Network Licensing Deal
Discussion: MediaNama
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Gannett Officially Splits Broadcast and Publishing Units Into Two Companies
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sir Martin Sorrell: traditional media too ‘stuffy’ for young digital readers
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
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