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10:05 AM ET, August 5, 2015

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
MLB Advanced Media to spin out streaming video unit valued at over $3B, signs deal giving NHL up to 10% equity in the new company named BAM Tech  —  Pro Baseball's Streaming Video Unit Gets Ready for a $3 Billion Spinoff by Adding Pro Hockey  —  MLB Advanced Media, the company that streams video …
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
How MLB Advanced Media got a head start online, navigated partnerships, and emerged as the most reliable name in streaming, on pace to earn $900M in 2015  —  How baseball's tech team built the future of television  —  It was the first week of April, 2015, and New York's Chelsea Market …
Discussion: Fast Company
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Yelp and ProPublica partner to offer patients information on hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis clinics  —  Coming to Yelp: A bigger dose of data on health-care facilities  —  Yelp is adding a ton of health-care data to its review pages for medical businesses to give consumers more access …
Discussion: Yelp Official Blog
Dan Kennedy / Nieman Lab:
New Haven Independent launching a low-power FM radio station, WNHH, seeking to build community and sustainability  —  In New Haven, a low-power FM experiment seeks local conversation — and financial sustainability  —  John Dankosky stood before the 20 or so fledgling radio hosts who had crowded …
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Sources: Apple's licensing deals include permission to create up to five additional radio stations like Beats 1  —  Apple's music deals allow for new Beats stations at any time  —  While Apple Music may have gotten off to a less than stellar start, Apple's 24/7 radio station Beats 1 has lived …
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
Time Warner Q2 beats estimates, revenue up 8.2% to $7.35B, also up at Turner, HBO and Warner Bros  —  Time Warner Earnings Tops Views  —  Media company helped by higher revenue from videogames, licensing, HBO Now  —  Time Warner Inc. 's profit easily topped Wall Street expectations in the second quarter …
Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer Q2 revenue up 7%, continues to pursue digital expansion  —  Axel Springer Posts Drop in Second-Quarter Earnings  —  Publisher continues to pursue digital expansion after losing out on buying the Financial Times  —  FRANKFURT— Axel Springer SE said its second-quarter earnings …
Davey Alba / Wired:
Inside Jukin Media, which finds, licenses, and sells potentially viral videos and is aiming for $15M-20M in revenue this year  —  Inside the Company That's Made Viral Videos Big Business  —  Nate Granzow settles into his chair and taps a few keys on his keyboard.  Two large computer screens blink to life.
Discussion: Boing Boing
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Gawker's lawyer is proud of Hulk Hogan fight, regrets outing exec  —  It's been a hell of a month for Heather Dietrick, even by the standards of the mud-slinging, gossip-soaked world of Gawker Media.  I caught up with Dietrick, who is the company's general counsel and president …
Discussion: @nicknotned
Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:
Justice minister fires Germany's top prosecutor, Harald Range, over his treason probe targeting Netzpolitik journalists  —  German Justice Minister Fires Top Prosecutor for Treason Probe of Bloggers  —  Dismissal of federal prosecutor general marks crescendo in debate over press freedom
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Reuters:   Germany's top prosecutor Harald Range accuses government of interfering in investigation into news site netzpolitik.org
 
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Matt Pakes / Medium:
Facebook product manager responds to YouTube vlogger Hank Green's allegations, defends viewing metrics, says they're exploring new IP management tools
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Guardian head of news Stuart Millar follows Janine Gibson and James Ball to Buzzfeed