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12:50 PM ET, July 31, 2015

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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 …
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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Brendan James / International Business Times:
Gawker names John Cook temporary executive editor, Leah Beckmann editor-in-chief, Hamilton Nolan deputy editor
Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Germany halts treason inquiry into journalists after protests  —  ‘For the good of media freedom’, Germany's prosecutor general suspends investigation into reporters who said state planned to boost surveillance  —  A treason investigation into two journalists who reported that the German state planned …
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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.”
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
How Al Jazeera's AJ+ Became One Of The Biggest Video Publishers on Facebook  —  Al Jazeera isn't exactly the media brand that comes to mind as a top choice for today's news junkies.  And yet, a year after its launch, Al Jazeera's AJ+ offshoot has emerged as a huge success story, thanks largely to Facebook video.
Discussion: Poynter, @franifio and @malsaafin
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Viacom to pay $153 Million for 50% of India's Prism TV  —  Viacom has agreed to buy a half stake in Indian regional broadcast group Prism TV.  —  The company owns and operates regional entertainment channels in India, including ETV Marathi, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla, ETV Oriya and ETV Gujarati …
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.
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
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 …
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Apple to debut new Apple TV with App Store, SDK, Siri support, and touch remote during September iPhone event  —  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 …
Discussion: Talking New Media
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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
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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