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11:15 AM ET, July 20, 2015

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Bloomberg Business:
Pearson to Explore Sale of Financial Times  —  Pearson Plc is exploring a sale of the Financial Times after receiving interest from potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  London-based Pearson is sounding out possible bidders for the salmon-colored newspaper …
Press Gazette:
Sun tells tribunal that Met violated journalists' rights with secret grab of phone records  —  The rights of Sun journalists were “unquestionably violated” when the Metropolitan Police secretly obtained their phone records, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard.
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Dominic Casciani / BBC:
The Sun is challenging the Met police in court over accessing reporters' phone records in 2012  —  The Sun challenges police over ‘plebgate’ phone records  —  The Sun and three of its reporters are to challenge Metropolitan Police in the courts for accessing phone records in relation to the “plebgate” affair.
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Mashable turns to Asia as it looks to expand international reach  —  Digital news company Mashable is to launch operations in Asia as part of an aggressive international growth plan fuelled by $31m in venture funding the business has raised in the past 16 months.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Context is built into a story in The Washington Post's experimental “Knowledge Map”  —  How the Islamic State is leaving tech companies torn between free speech and security is a labyrinthine topic.  To fully understand it, readers should probably already have a good grasp on the spread …
Discussion: Washington Post
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
As it lacks an established ad-revenue sharing model, YouTube stars post only one-fifth of their videos on Facebook  —  YouTube Stars Keep Facebook at Arm's Length For Now  —  Nearly a year ago, Facebook started reaching out to YouTube stars and multichannel networks, encouraging …
Discussion: @digitalshields
Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Amazon, Netflix, and Yahoo score record number of Emmy nominations  —  Netflix, Amazon get record Emmy nods  —  Netflix, Amazon and even Yahoo took home record numbers of Emmy Award nominations on Thursday, further validating streaming services that have become rivals to traditional television networks.
Discussion: Boston Globe, CNNMoney and Fortune
Ania Nussbaum / Wall Street Journal:
As ad revenue moves online, ad blockers struggle with the firms hired to circumvent them  —  As ad revenue moves online, ad blockers struggle with the firms hired to circumvent them  —  Last year, executives at streaming-video provider JW Player started noticing ads its clients had paid for weren't showing up on its platform.
Columbia Journalism Review:
How university foundations try to avoid public scrutiny—and what reporters can do  —  In 2012, College of DuPage President Robert Breuder paid $185 to taxidermize a cock pheasant.  He gave the bird, mounted on an oak stand, to an upscale campus restaurant, where it serves as a decorative piece.
Discussion: @tonymauro and @themarkdelong
Rhonda Richford / Hollywood Reporter:
French TV Giants End Talks to Merge Streaming Services Amid Netflix Competition  —  TF1, M6, and France Televions had been in discussion to create a “French Netflix.”  —  Talks between French channels TF1, M6 and France Televisions, as well as cable provider Orange, to merge their streaming services …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
How the rise of programmatic ad networks has deprioritized user experience for publishers  —  Why Web Pages Suck  —  John Gruber had strong words about Apple news site iMore:1 … It's that last line that should give Gruber, or anyone else complaining about crappy websites, pause.
 
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BBC Press Office:
BBC England director, Peter Salmon, to lead newly-created production division, BBC Studios; Helen Boaden to take over BBC England director role
Discussion: Guardian
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
How The Inquisitr was duped into publishing a fake story on a Costco birthday cake
Discussion: @matthewkeyslive
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Felix & Paul Studios signs multiyear deal with Oculus to develop immersive VR experiences
Capital New York:
Interview with executive editor Dan Roth on LinkedIn's goal to be a business publication as the company passes one million contributing writers
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
60 media workers killed in first half of this year for doing their job
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Tribune expands its Web-syndication business to video
Discussion: WWD
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
With funding from First Look Media, journalist made a humorous web news show for women, tested it for six months
Discussion: @kelidailey
Gawker Politburo:
Gawker editorial staff condemns takedown of post outing media exec, criticizing business-side influence affecting editorial independence
 

 
From Techmeme:

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

David Cassel / The New Stack:
An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more

 
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