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7:05 AM ET, July 31, 2015

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Brendan James / International Business Times:
Gawker names John Cook temporary executive editor, Leah Beckmann editor-in-chief, Hamilton Nolan deputy editor  —  Exclusive: John Cook Named New Top Editor At Gawker After Resignations  —  John Cook will be stepping up to temporarily serve as executive editor at Gawker Media …
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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
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 …
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 …
Jackie Calmes / Shorenstein Center:
Conservative media is pushing the Republican Party further to the right: a report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Jackie Calmes  —  Conservative Media's Influence on the Republican Party  —  A new paper by Jackie Calmes, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and national correspondent …
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.
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
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.”
Discussion: BBC and @jeffjarvis
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.
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 …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A new app from NowThis wants to reduce the work of finding news to one big red button  —  The two-and-a-half year old distributed media company NowThis bears little resemblance to the “social news video startup” that we first covered nearly three years ago.  It's seen a name change …
Financial Times:
Amazon pays $250m to sign departing Top Gear trio for new show  —  Matthew Garrahan in New York, Murad Ahmed and Henry Mance in London  —  Amazon has signed the departing presenters of BBC's Top Gear show in a blockbuster $250m deal, as internet groups continue to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters.
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Former ‘Top Gear’ Hosts to Launch Series on Amazon
 
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