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10:25 PM ET, July 25, 2015

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times walks back article that falsely reported government officials sought criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email  —  New York Times changes its Hillary Clinton story again  —  The revision history of a New York Times article that originally reported government officials …
Richard Bernstein / The New York Review of Books:
Former New York Times journalist and day-spa co-owner, says New York Times' nail salon story misrepresented classified ads, lacked proof, and overgeneralized  —  What the ‘Times’ Got Wrong About Nail Salons  —  Rarely does a newspaper story get the kind of response that The New York Times …
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 …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Quietly Acquired Germany's Media Group One For $23M In Q1  —  Yahoo's well-worn acquisition trail to bring tech and talent back into the Internet company has been one of the more notable hallmarks of life under CEO Marissa Mayer.  And while M&A appears to have slowed down significantly in 2015 …
Discussion: @ingridlunden
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Wealth and Poll Numbers Complicate News Media's Coverage  —  Since June 16, when Donald J. Trump announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, his name has appeared in headlines of major newspapers an average of 22 times a day, according to the database Nexis …
Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast in talks with several online publishers including Vice, BuzzFeed, and Business Insider, and has discussed increasing its roughly 14% stake in Vox  —  Comcast in Talks With Multiple New-Media Firms  —  Cable giant negotiating with Vice, BuzzFeed, others as it seeks access to young audiences
Discussion: @mikeisaac, The Hill and BGR
TechCrunch:
Flipboard Confirms New $50M Funding Round From JP Morgan  —  Flipboard has confirmed to us that it has raised $50 million, two days after we first reported that the company had authorized the shares earlier this year.  JP Morgan was the sole investor, the company says.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing State's Own Laws  —  State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State's Own Laws  —  Two years ago, we wrote about the state of Georgia ridiculously threatening to sue Carl Malamud …
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 …
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Christopher Cushing / Reuters:
Nikkei's FT buy follows years of attempting to break into English news
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.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Verizon's mobile video service Go90 will launch late this summer, initially for free, with full TV show episodes from select networks on tap  —  Verizon Mobile Video Service Details Uncovered: To Be Called Go90 (Exclusive)  —  Verizon is getting ready to launch a new mobile video service called Go90 this summer, Variety has learned.
James Rainey / Variety:
Relativity Media countersues RKA Film Financing for $200M, which had sued Relativity and its CEO, Ryan Kavanaugh, for $90M claiming fraud  —  New Lawsuit Calls Ryan Kavanaugh ‘Con Man,’ Accusing the Relativity Chief of Fraud (Exclusive)  —  UPDATED: A New York finance company …
 
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Caroline Bauman / Nieman Storyboard:
The Riveter, a longform journalism magazine “by women, for women”, to expand print edition to quarterly next year
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Johnston Press predicts advertising growth this year for first time in a decade
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
How a collaborative approach is helping NPR and local stations raise more money
Discussion: Current.org
Re/code:
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
Discussion: MediaShift
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Azerbaijani Journalist Ismayilova Asserts Innocence In First Day of Trial
Discussion: Guardian
 

 
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Reuters:
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