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12:50 PM ET, June 20, 2013

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Robert Picard / Guardian:
Digital news is finally starting to pay  —  Workable revenue models are emerging that make the future look brighter for publishers, a new report has found  —  Newspaper publishers beleaguered by digital developments for the past decade are starting to believe that business models to support digital journalism have emerged.
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Neil Thurman / Press Gazette:   Reuters Institute survey reveals growing global popularity of live blogs
Leo Kelion / BBC:
Online news is becoming easier to sell, suggests study
Discussion: Newsworks
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Howard Kurtz Joining Fox News To Anchor New Version Of Fox News Watch  —  Mediaite has learned that Fox News is expected to announce today that Howard Kurtz will join the network.  —  Kurtz is currently the anchor of CNN's Sunday morning media criticism show Reliable Sources.
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
The New York Times plans to limit non-subscribers to just 3 articles per day on mobile  —  The New York Times has announced new plans to limit the amount of content non-subscribing mobile readers can access each day with a new “mobile meter”.  —  The company announced the plans on Thursday …
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
The New York Times is making ads for the future — but where's the present day money?  —  The Idea Lab of the New York Times has cranked out a series of innovative ad products.  Here's some examples — and a look at why the flashy ads haven't lifted Times' ad sales out of a rut.
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Marissa Mayer / Yahoo!:
Tumblr.  + Yahoo! — It's Officially Official.  —  We're excited to announce that our deal to acquire Tumblr has closed... it's official!  —  As promised, Tumblr will continue to operate as a separate business, led by David Karp as CEO.  Their product roadmap, their team …
Mark Glaser / Mediashift:
Columbia J-School Looks to Shed ‘Old School’ Image with Curriculum Revamp  —  The slang term old school can have different connotations depending on its context.  Going “old school” could mean doing something traditional and old-fashioned in a hip way.  Or it could be someone who is stuck …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AP Takes A Stake In Bambuser, The Real-Time Mobile Video Service That Helps Eyewitnesses Tell Their Stories  —  Bambuser, the upstart mobile video service that has carved out a name for itself as a crucial tool for eyewitnesses to record and transmit footage of major events …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Michael Hastings, the FBI, and WikiLeaks: Death of Journalist Sparks Conspiracy Theories  —  The death of reporter Michael Hastings, best remembered for taking on General Stanley McChrystal and other powerful people, has been met with shock and grief in the journalistic community …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Sree Sreenivasan to leave chief digital officer post at Columbia University  —  Sree Sreenivasan, the journalism professor and social-media evangelist, is leaving his full-time job at Columbia University, where he's taught for two decades, sources tell Capital.
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Google, Amazon ask to shield sales in Apple ebook trial; judge says issues have “shifted”  —  Today is the grand finale of a big price-fixing clash between Apple and the Justice Department.  On the eve of closing arguments, Apple's rivals have filed to cover sales figures while the judge suggested she has shifted her view of the case.
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Andrew Albanese / PublishersWeekly.com:
For Apple, Price-Fixing Trial Closes With a Win
Discussion: Fortune
Associated Press:
Senators write Kerry about missing journalists, including former Marine  —  CONCORD, N.H. — U.S. senators from New Hampshire and Texas are asking the State Department to step up efforts to find two freelance journalists missing in Syria.  —  Thirty-nine-year-old James Foley, who is from Rochester …
Discussion: Poynter and Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Sen. Cantwell Criticizes Gannett/Belo Deal  —  Calls it effort to skirt local media ownership rules  —  Media consolidation critic Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Tuesday criticized Gannett over its proposal to buy Belo stations, including three in Washington state, to create a so-called Super Group.
Linda Kinstler / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Times of London, navigating audience with a strict paywall, retires its opinion Tumblr  —  When you bet on a strict, un-leaky paywall as The Times of London has, you're forced to get creative about how to put your work in front of new audiences — particularly if you're trying to influence their opinions.
Discussion: pressgazette.co.uk and SocialTimes
Mayer Nissim / Digital Spy:
Sky Sports wins Ofcom ruling over BT Sport adverts  —  Ofcom has ruled in favour of Sky following a dispute over its decision not to carry adverts for its competitor BT Sport.  —  The regulator said that it was reasonable for a broadcaster to discriminate against its competitors in this manner …
Discussion: Guardian and Media Week
 
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Bloomberg:
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Dominic Ponsford / pressgazette.co.uk:
Guardian spying revelations were in breach of DA-Notice guidance, but this doesn't explain lack …
Discussion: Guardian
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Wired Editor Michael Copeland Joins Andreessen Horowitz To Lead New ‘Content Strategy’
Discussion: @mvc
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
AP CEO Says Government Sources Won't Talk After Justice Department Probe