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10:40 AM ET, July 10, 2015

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg fires top digital editor Josh Topolsky  —  Joshua Topolsky, the top digital editor at Bloomberg, has been fired from the company due to Michael Bloomberg's frustration with the website, sources with knowledge of his departure told the On Media blog on Friday.
Robert Feder:
Ira Glass takes ownership of This American Life from Chicago Public Media in exchange for ongoing profits from the show and spinoff Serial  —  Ira Glass owns all of ‘This American Life’  —  Twenty years after Ira Glass launched “This American Life” at WBEZ FM 91.5, the host and executive producer …
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At Sun Valley, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson talks about Facebook's Instant Articles, apps, and journalism careers  —  How New York Times Survives in a Social Media World  —  New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson discusses the newspaper's digital strategy for the future with Olivia Sterns …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The Turtles Aim to Halt the RIAA's $210 Million Settlement With SiriusXM  —  A deal over pre-1972 recordings is characterized as a “brazen attempt to disrupt and interfere with the class action process.”  —  The $210 million settlement that record giants made with SiriusXM over the use …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Staff changes in the video department at The New York Times signal ambitions of higher digital ad revenue  —  Long road ahead for the Times' video ambitions  —  The New York Times has come a long way since it created a video department 10 years ago, but it still has a long …
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Nook Store will only be available in US and UK as Barnes & Noble shutters international store  —  The Beginning of the End: B&N Shutters the International Nook Store  —  Over the past month B&N has been making us wonder whether it was committed to ebooks.
Discussion: Engadget and TechCrunch
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Asserts Right to Structure Deal With Spotify Even If Result Disfavors Artists  —  Taking equity in Spotify, keeping advertising income and not sharing the spoils of piracy lawsuits is all proper, according to new court papers by the record giant.  —  Sony Music has a noteworthy response …
Discussion: Plagiarism Today and Techdirt
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN takes hard line in talent negotiations as it tightens spending, focuses on safeguarding its lucrative pay TV business instead  —  ESPN Tightens Its Belt as Pressure on It Mounts  —  Competition in the pay-TV industry is rising and subscribers are trimming cable bills
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
ESPN reporter tweets player's medical charts, and ethical questions erupt  —  New York Giants player Jason Pierre-Paul apparently had a finger amputated on Wednesday.  The reason we know that — the publication of a private medical record — is now the subject of a robust debate.
Omar Mohammed / Quartz:
Ethiopia releases five journalists from prison and drops all charges, but leaves 12 incarcerated ahead of Obama visit  —  Ethiopia frees more imprisoned journalists on the eve of Obama's historic visit  —  Ethiopian journalists jailed for more than a year after being accused of attempting to destabilize the state have been released.
Guardian:
BBC cuts: government forced to publish licence fee deal letter  —  Publication of letter from George Osborne and John Whittingdale to director general fuels fears that corporation faces further reductions in funding  —  The government was forced to publish the letter outlining details …
 
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Zealot Networks, the company run by ex-Maker Studios CEO Danny Zapping, buys aggregator ViralNova in cash-and-stock deal that could eventually be worth $100M
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China's muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure
 
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