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8:50 AM ET, July 31, 2015

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Mark Mooney / CNNMoney:
Hulk Hogan vs Gawker showdown put off until March  —  The Hulk Hogan versus Gawker smackdown has been put off until next year.  —  Florida Judge Pamela Campbell, who will preside over Hogan's lawsuit against the gossip site, said her docket was clogged with cases until March 2016.
Discussion: Mashable and Poynter
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Jennifer Palmieri / Hillary for America:
Clinton campaign writes New York Times Executive Editor Dean Banquet, slamming the rush to publish and the delay in correcting its story on emails  —  Letter to the New York Times' Dean Baquet  —  Dear Mr. Baquet:  —  I am writing to officially register our campaign's grave concern …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Gannett ‘Aggressively Pursuing’ Large-Market Acquisitions, Says New CEO  —  Strategy follows completion of spinoff from company's broadcast unit  —  Gannett Co. 's new chief executive said Wednesday that the publishing company is aggressively pursuing acquisitions of large-market properties …
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Roger Yu / USA Today:   Gannett Q2: net income up 2.3% YoY to $53.3M, revenue down 8.7% to $727.1M
Natasha Tynes / IJNET:
Huffington Post launches Arabic version, promises to protect contributors  —  The Arab World remains an area of interest to many reporters and newsmakers mostly due to the constant political turmoil happening on its soil.  From the Arab Spring to the rise of ISIS, the Middle East has no shortage of news.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Al Bawaba
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple to launch new Apple TV set top box at WWDC with A8 chip, increased storage, enabling App Store, Siri, and HomeKit integration  —  Apple Will Debut New Apple TV In September  —  The new Apple TV is headed to market along with an App Store of its own.  Next step: that long-in-the-offing subscription internet-TV service.
Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Liberty Global ups stake in broadcaster ITV to 9.9 percent  —  European cable operator Liberty Global said it had raised its stake in ITV to 9.9 percent through a hedging deal but still had no intention of taking over Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial TV firm.
Re/code:
Sources: NBCUniversal close to investing $250M in BuzzFeed at a $1.5B valuation, also investing in Vox Media at a $850M valuation  —  NBCUniversal Poised to Make Big Investments in BuzzFeed and Vox Media  —  NBCUniversal is close to a deal to invest $250 million in BuzzFeed …
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Germany is investigating two journalists at Netzpolitik tech and politics site for treason after they published secret spy documents  —  After publishing secret spy docs, German news site investigated for treason  —  Markus Beckedahl of Netzpolitik.org: “We don't know if we should cry or not.”
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
James Woods Sues Twitter User for $10 Million Over “Cocaine Addict” Accusation  —  The actor files a defamation lawsuit against an individual who replied to his tweets about Barack Obama and Caitlyn Jenner.  —  Incivility on social media seems to be a regular occurrence …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Fuisz Media raise $10M Series A, led by Evolution Media Partners, for video ads that you can touch to get more information  —  Fuisz Media Raises $10 Million for Video Ads You Can Touch  —  The media business is obsessed with video ads.  Justin Fuisz says his video ads are better — because you can click on them.
 
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
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Financial Times:
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Independent media battle on in Putin's Russia
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