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12:55 PM ET, June 30, 2015

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David Segal / New York Times:
An inside look at how Arianna Huffington runs The Huffington Post, amid discontent in the ranks  —  Arianna Huffington's Improbable, Insatiable Content Machine … One morning in March, a dozen Huffington Post staff members gathered around a glass table in Arianna Huffington's office.
Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Media Organizations Oppose Hulk Hogan's Move to Block the Press From Sex Trial  —  Media organizations have countered a move by Hulk Hogan to block the press from viewing a sex tape and other evidence at the center of his $100 million invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media.
Discussion: Poynter, @edmundlee and CNNMoney
Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Apple loses federal appeal in e-books case and is expected to pay $450M, mostly to e-book buyers  —  Apple Loses Federal Appeal in E-Books Case  —  iPhone maker is expected to pay $450 million, most of it to e-book buyers  —  A federal appeals court upheld a 2013 decision finding Apple Inc. liable …
Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Vivendi purchases 80% stake in Dailymotion for $242M  —  Vivendi Buys Dailymotion for $242 Million  —  Acquisition will give media group access to “particularly attractive music and audiovisual content,” company says  —  Media and content group Vivendi has purchased an 80 percent stake …
Discussion: TechCrunch and @lucas_shaw
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg Pursuits names Ali Salama as new publisher  —  Bloomberg Pursuits names new publisher  —  Bloomberg's group advertising director Ali Salama has been named Bloomberg Pursuits publisher, effective immediately.  —  Salama replaces Emma Winchurch-Beale, who has taken on a new role …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
Beats 1 radio goes live following Apple Music launch  —  Apple Music just launched with the release of iOS 8.4, and now it's flipped the switch on its Beats 1 radio station as well.  —  The first song?  City by Spring King.  —  Beats 1 is set to broadcast from New York, Los Angeles and London …
Discussion: VentureBeat, Mashable and Pocket-lint
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Blogging Site Medium Rolls Out Password-Free Email Logins  —  Online blogging platform Medium announced this week a new way to log into its website, without having to use a password.  Instead, users will be able to enter in an email address, then click a link sent to them in order to sign in to the site.
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 …
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Washington Post starts to automatically encrypt part of Web site for visitors  —  The Washington Post will begin encrypting parts of its Web site Tuesday, making it more difficult for hackers, government agencies and others to track the reading habits of people who visit the site.
Discussion: The Drum
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% …
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
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Independent and i cut annual losses from £12.3m to £4.6m
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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
Discussion: bookforum.com and Media Wire Daily
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
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