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12:50 PM ET, July 14, 2015

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Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:
Under attack from government and besieged by commercial rivals, BBC has been forced to justify its very existence  —  The battle for the BBC  —  Under attack from a government intent on reducing its size and besieged by commercial rivals, the broadcaster has been forced to justify its very existence
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quits after less than two months on the job; claims loss of confidence in the direction of the company  —  Reddit Chief Engineer Bethanye Blount Quits After Less Than Two Months on the Job  —  Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Former Reddit CEO says Alexis Ohanian responsible for firing that touched off Reddit revolt, noting a “stunning lack of leadership” in letting Pao take the heat
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Verizon to Add Vice Content to Its Coming Mobile Video Service  —  Verizon Communications is adding Vice Media's youth-oriented news and entertainment content to its roster of programs that will be available on its mobile-first video service that is expected to start this year.
Discussion: Re/code, Media Wire Daily and Variety
Alex Spence / Politico:
Sources: London based European edition of Newsweek magazine scaled back; editor-in-chief Richard Addis resigns, print editorial staff likely to lose jobs  —  Newsweek to shutter Europe edition  —  The project, devoted to long-form journalism, is ending just 18 months after it began.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Newsweek sacks European print team after 15 months and losses of more than £1m
Discussion: @perryalexj
Myles Udland / Business Insider:
Twitter shares spike 5% on fake Bloomberg story that it's selling for $31B  —  Twitter shares spike on fake Bloomberg story that it's selling for $31 billion  —  Twitter shares spiked on a fake report the company has found a buyer.  —  A report on a website made to look like Bloomberg.com claimed …
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Spoon University Raises $2M To Serve A Food Network To Millennials  —  A who's-who of early stage investors are putting a $2 million bet that two young Northwestern grads can teach millennials a better way to eat with their new startup Spoon University.  —  Founded by Mackenzie Barth …
Discussion: Business Insider
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
New Pew data: More Americans are getting news on Facebook and Twitter  —  Facebook and Twitter users across all demographics are increasingly using the social networks as news sources, though they are seeking out different types of news content on each platform, according to a study out Tuesday …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Comcast Teams Up With EA to Bring Games to Its X1 Cable Box  —  Comcast officially launched the beta test of Xfinity Games Tuesday, bringing a little more than 20 videogame titles to its X1 set-top boxes.  The cable company has partnered with Electronics Arts on the service …
Discussion: Multichannel News, VentureBeat and CNET
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TiVo Devices Now Support AirPlay For Streaming Recordings To Apple TV  —  DVR maker TiVo this morning announced, for the first time, its users will now be able to access their recorded content on their TV via Apple TV and AirPlay.  Through an updated TiVo iOS application …
Discussion: The Verge
Jenna McLaughlin / The Intercept:
Laura Poitras Sues U.S. Government to Find Out Why She Was Repeatedly Stopped at the Border  —  Over six years, filmmaker Laura Poitras was searched, interrogated, and detained more than 50 times at U.S. and foreign airports.  —  When she asked why, U.S. agencies wouldn't say.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
FanDuel raises $275M round led by KKR, source says at a valuation well over $1B; other investors include Time Warner, NBC Sports Ventures, and Comcast  —  FanDuel Raises $275 Million, Births Unicorn  —  FanDuel, one of the two major players in the budding daily fantasy sports industry, has raised $275 million in new venture funding.
 
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
News sites are getting slower, the New York Times takes 4 mins and 2MB of data download to view one story
Discussion: Beyond Search
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
YouTube boss confirms music subscription service is relaunching ‘later this year’
Discussion: TechCrunch
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sites like Mic, Fusion, and Ozy aim at young audiences by covering equality, dating, drugs, and TV with shorter, aggregated stories and more opinion
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Article on Serena Williams and female athletes' body types used an old narrative and missed a chance for a more productive conversation
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Snapchat Redesign Puts Spotlight on ‘Discover’ News Portal
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
John Prideaux Named U.S. Editor of The Economist
ABC News:
Mom of Washington Post Reporter Jailed in Iran, ‘We Always Have Hope’
Discussion: New York Times