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3:25 PM ET, July 24, 2015

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How Nikkei won the Financial Times by adding £100M to Axel Springer's bid at the last minute  —  FT Chase Capped by Nikkei Leapfrogging Axel Springer for Paper  —  For Nikkei Inc., Japan's biggest financial news group, Thursday's $1.3 billion deal to buy the Financial Times capped a lengthy pursuit of the pink-hued newspaper.
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Financial Times to seek new London HQ next year  —  FT Group chief executive John Ridding says paper will also look to hire more staff following its acquisition by Japanese media group Nikkei  —  The Financial Times will begin looking for a replacement for its Thames-side London offices …
Christopher Cushing / Reuters:
Nikkei's FT buy follows years of attempting to break into English news  —  Nikkei's $1.3 billion (838 million pounds) purchase of the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson PLC (PSON.L) marks the culmination of decades of attempts by the Japanese household name to break into mainstream English-language media.
Discussion: Financial Times
Alex Spence / Politico:
FT sale could mean Pearson selling its 50% stake in The Economist, but transfer of shares requires trustee approval  —  FT sale raises questions about The Economist  —  Could The Economist be the next on the block?  —  Pearson's stunning £844 million sale of the Financial Times …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:   Nikkei tells Financial Times staff it does not plan job cuts
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC has approved AT&T's $48.5B acquisition of DirecTV with conditions, making combined firm the largest US pay TV company with 26M subscribers  —  FCC approves AT&T-DirecTV merger  —  The FCC has approved AT&T's $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, bringing one of the nation's largest …
Discussion: CNNMoney and CNBC
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Sources: Snapchat to add BuzzFeed, Vox, and others to Discover, drop Warner Music; 2 or 3 new partners added next week, second group in August or September  —  Snapchat Adding New Publishers to Its Service, Including BuzzFeed  —  You'll soon see a few more publishers in Snapchat's Discover feature.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How a collaborative approach is helping NPR and local stations raise more money  —  A little teamwork between NPR and some member stations is helping raise money for future public media projects.  According to Current, more than $4 million has been raised in the last year by NPR working …
Discussion: Current.org
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
New Gawker will be ‘20 percent nicer,’ Denton tells staff  —  When Gawker.com relaunches on Monday, expect it to be 20 percent nicer—or maybe just 10 percent nicer.  —  That's what Gawker C.E.O. Nick Denton told Gawker.com employees yesterday, during a meeting at the Crown Victoria bar in Williamsburg.
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
Poynter to launch international fact checking site funded by Omidyar Network and National Endowment for Democracy grants  —  Poynter to launch international fact checking site  —  The Poynter Institute will build an international fact checking operation with $225,000 in grant funding …
Discussion: @womenjournos
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces redesigned Android app at Vidcon, says watch time is up 60%, mobile revenues grew 100%, partner revenue is up 50% YoY  —  YouTube Gets Mobile Redesign, “Diamond” View Buttons & Courts Creators  —  Announcements and news came during keynote …
Caroline Bauman / Nieman Storyboard:
The Riveter, a longform journalism magazine “by women, for women”, to expand print edition to quarterly next year  —  The Riveter: Longform Journalism by Women, for Women  —  With their website and print quarterly, founders Kaylen Ralph and Joanna Demkiewicz are addressing gender disparities in narrative nonfiction
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
McClatchy Q2 ad revenue drops to $158.5M, down 14.2% YoY; audience revenue flat, digital-only subscribers grew 28.6% YoY; impairment charges expected in August  —  McClatchy reports lower revenue, net income in Q2 earnings report as ad revenue falls 14%  —  The newspaper company sold off …
Discussion: USA Today and McClatchy
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Philadelphia Magazine calls on the New York Times to reverse decision and publish Bill Cosby's 2005 deposition in full  —  New York Times Refuses to Publish Cosby Deposition (We Asked)  —  Cosby's lawyers say the media are taking quotes out of context, and now the deposition is unavailable to the public.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Azerbaijani Journalist Ismayilova Asserts Innocence In First Day of Trial  —  WATCH: Activists Barred From Baku Courtroom As Ismayilova's Trial Begins  —  Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova asserted her innocence during the first day of her trial in Baku …
Discussion: Guardian
 
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