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11:05 AM ET, June 30, 2015

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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
The Huffington Post hires former digital products producer for AP, Karen Mahabir, as managing editor of news
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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: @daviduberti and @charlesornstein
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 …
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.
Michael Sebastian / Ad Age:
The Guardian Reaches Further Into U.S. Market with L.A. Outpost  —  The Guardian is expanding its footprint in the U.S., hiring Indiewire Managing Editor Nigel Smith as an L.A.-based entertainment writer to strengthen the paper's coverage of film in America.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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.
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 …
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
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.
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.
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.
 
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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
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Donald Trump hits back at NBC after network cuts ties over immigration comments
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Bloomberg:
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to $1.8B, net profit down 69% YoY to ~$182.5M, and lowers its FY 2025 Switch sales forecast to 12.5M from 13.5M
 
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