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10:50 AM ET, July 6, 2015

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@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
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Judge dismisses suit by a New Jersey township against a citizen who requested public records  —  When governments sue public-records requesters  —  When you send a public records request to a government agency, you might expect a delayed response or high costs to fulfill it, even a denial …
Discussion: @alexgoldmark
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Egypt journalists face jail for reporting non-government terrorism statistics  —  New law awaiting presidential approval outlaws the publication of ‘false news or data about any terrorist operations that contradicts official statements’  —  Egypt was accused of making a savage assault …
Discussion: CNN and @reportedly
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
Aida Alami / New York Times:
Paris-based Bondy Blog gives a voice to groups underrepresented in French mainstream news media coverage  —  Paris's Voiceless Find a Megaphone Online  —  BONDY, France — They gather every Tuesday for a staff meeting, bloggers, journalists and young people from the impoverished Paris suburbs …
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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Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Why YouTube's recommendation algorithm began prioritizing watch time instead of views in 2012
Discussion: @jyarow
Greg Nichols / The California Sunday Magazine:
Netflix and Amazon seek to hook viewers early with high-quality content for kids
Discussion: Gawker
Bloomberg Business:
Viacom faces midlife crisis as Redstone fades, TV ratings dive, and young audiences go elsewhere
Washington Post:
Burdened by debt, the Newseum considered offering partial building ownership in exchange for an immediate money infusion in late 2014
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Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Nearly all major subreddits are set to public again after going private in protest
Discussion: bookforum.com
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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