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12:25 PM ET, July 6, 2015

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
After 80 per cent circulation drop in ten years, NME print edition to go free  —  NME is to be made into a free weekly magazine from 18 September, publisher Time Inc. has announced.  —  According to ABC, the music magazine - which current costs £2.60 - recorded an average weekly circulation of 15,384 in the second half of 2014.
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Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
Relaunched NME will downgrade music coverage, focusing on fashion, politics, film, fashion, television, politics, gaming, and technology  —  NME to go free and expand from music into ‘brand reinvention’  —  Indie music bible the NME is to be given away free after circulation …
@skynewsbreak:
Culture Secretary John #Whittingdale announces the #BBC will take on the cost of free television licences for viewers aged over 75 years old
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BBC:
UK Chancellor to announce that BBC will have to meet cost of license fee for over-75s, costing £650m; govt also considering allowing BBC to charge for iPlayer  —  BBC ‘must pay for free TV licences’ for over-75s  —  Free TV licences for over-75s are currently paid for by the government
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How research (and PowerPoints) became the backbone of National Journal's membership program  —  In fall 2011, Atlantic Media chairman David Bradley wrote an memo about his career, leading right up to when he bought National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly.  It was a roadmap wrapped around …
Guardian:
Lebedevs have ploughed £111m into Independent, Standard and TV station  —  Russian moguls invested £18m more last year as London Live struggled to pull in audiences, latest figures reveal  —  Evgeny and Alexander Lebedev have pumped more than £111m into the Independent …
Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Hulk Hogan Sex Trial Against Gawker to Hear New Court Date in October  —  Participants in Hulk Hogan's $100 million invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media will discuss a new trial date on Oct. 20, according to the Florida circuit court overseeing the trial.  That means it's very likely it won't start till next year.
Discussion: Guardian and Poynter
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The Nation celebrates its 150th birthday by relaunching site, will introduce metered paywall in a few months  —  The Nation Relaunches Site  —  The Nation, first published July 6 1865, is celebrating its birthday with a new website.  Along with the great new look, the site is completely free for the next few months.
Discussion: The Nation and @chris_coletta
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton To Finally Give National Media Interviews  —  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton will soon start giving interviews to the national media, nearly three months into her presidential campaign and amid growing tensions with the press.  —  Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri told Fox News …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Ex-News of the World features editor Jules Stenson gets four-month suspended sentence  —  Ex-News of the World features editor gets four-month suspended sentence  —  Jules Stenson is the last journalist to be sentenced for his role in phone hacking at the now-closed paper
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
John Malone's Liberty Global buys Irish broadcaster TV3 for $96M  —  John Malone's Liberty Global Buys Ireland's Commercial Broadcaster TV3  —  John Malone's international cable company Liberty Global has bought Ireland's commercial broadcaster TV3 in a deal worth up to Euros 87 million ($96 million).
 
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T
 
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