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9:58 AM ET, July 10, 2015

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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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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
Bloomberg Business:
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 …
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
Discussion: The Atlantic and @jyarow
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.
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Fusion launches in-house ‘news lab,’ plans NoHo office space  —  Fusion's New York-based digital team, having added to its ranks, moved out of the ABC News building earlier this year and has been working in a temporary office space.  But, this fall, Fusion will be moving into a new …
Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
Inside quirky, self-funded and profitable The Awl: annual revenue in low seven figures, relative freedom for writers, and a cautious growth strategy  —  Why are the most important people in media reading The Awl?  —  In March, at the Code/Media conference in Dana Point, California …
 
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David Friend / Toronto Star:
Canada's Postmedia reports loss of $140.8M for Q3 as print ad revenue fell 20.2% to $19.1M; loss includes impairment charge after Sun Media acquisition
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Xbox Music for iOS and Android now streams songs from OneDrive for free
Discussion: Softpedia News
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
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