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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 …
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Guardian, NME, Music Week, Mediatel, @mark_samuels and @adamsherwin10
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 …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @mathewi and @clarajeffery
Severin Carrell / Guardian:
Scottish investigative site The Ferret to launch Indiegogo campaign for £3.8K for first investigation, plans to generate revenue via subs, crowdfunding — Crowd-funded investigative journalism site the Ferret to launch in Scotland — Site needs 2,000 backers to begin tacklingdecline …
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@patronsaintofca, @edibreakingnews, @irvinewelsh and allmediascotland
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.
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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 …
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@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 …
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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
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The Huffington Post, BBC, The Standard and Express & Star
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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