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1:50 PM ET, August 7, 2014

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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Netflix now has more subscription revenue than HBO  —  Netflix CEO Reed Hastings humble-bragged on Facebook today: + Reed Hastings on Facebook He's right.  (About the financials, at least—Silicon Valley, an HBO sitcom about tech startups, was really bad.)  Here's how HBO's subscription revenue compares …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Google partners with Barnes & Noble for same-day book deliveries from stores in West LA, SF Bay Area, and Manhattan  —  Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon  —  Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The New York Times explores cheaper digital subscriptions  —  The New York Times is considering a cheaper version of its digital subscription as it continues to look for ways to get more revenue out of consumers.  —  According to a survey sent to readers this week, the new offering …
Discussion: @raju
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg to cancel ‘Political Capital with Al Hunt,’ lay off TV and print staff  —  Bloomberg Media has decided to cancel its weekly political talk show, “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” and will lay off several television and print employees in its Washington, D.C., bureau, POLITICO has learned.
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How a new Washington stifles a new political press  —  As political PR machines become more sophisticated and aggressive, journalists need to rethink how they cover government  —  The video featured all the trappings of a heartwarming human interest piece: uplifting piano music, a hometown angle, and a main character named Earnest.
Discussion: Mediaite
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
CNN Politics eliminates more than a dozen positions in shift to video  —  More than a dozen employees in CNN's Digital Politics division learned yesterday that their positions will be eliminated at the end of the month, Capital has learned.  —  The employees were told that they would have to re-apply …
Discussion: MediaWire Daily and FishbowlDC
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Crowdfunding bid to acquire Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times  —  Idealists of the world unite!  An organisation calling itself Let's Own The News has launched a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of acquiring the Times and Sunday Times.  —  It believes £100m would do the job …
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Ex-BBC Chief Technology Officer John Linwood wins unfair dismissal case against corporation  —  Sacked BBC technology chief wins unfair dismissal case  —  John Linwood claimed he was made the ‘fall guy’ for the £100m Digital Media Initiative fiasco  —  The BBC's former chief …
Discussion: BBC and The Courier
AllAccess.com:
ABC News Radio To Move Distribution From Cumulus To Skyview  —  ABC NEWS RADIO will be moving from CUMULUS MEDIA/WESTWOOD ONE to SKYVIEW NETWORKS for distribution.  The move, effective in JANUARY, was announced to staff by ABC NEWS President JAMES GOLDSTON in a memo TODAY (8/7).
Discussion: TVNewser and ABC News
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Gannett's changes bring excitement, some pain, and a full-time beer beat  —  A conversation with Joshua Awtry, the chain's top editor in the Carolinas  —  Yesterday was a busy one for Joshua Awtry.  He was one of a handful of editors at Gannett-owned papers around the country who spent …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom Q3 Profit Falls 5% Due to Film Revenue Declines  —  Viacom said third-quarter net income fell just over 5% due to revenue shortfalls at its filmed-entertainment business and a gain of just 1% in revenue at its cable-network portfolio.  —  The owner of the Paramount movie studio …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NFL Launches ‘NFL Now’ Internet-Video Service on Apple TV, Xbox, Roku and Other Devices  —  The National Football League has taken to the digital field with the kickoff of NFL Now, an Internet-video service offering gridiron fans hundreds of hours of free content and a $1.99-per-month premium package with access to even more.
 
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Maker Studios Claims Former CEO Owes $325K as Result of Disney Merger (Exclusive)
Bob Dietz / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A: Pakistan's Hamid Mir speaks about climate for press freedom following attack
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyrighted audio
Deb Aoki / Publishers Weekly:
Japanese Manga, Anime Firms Debut Latest Antipiracy Project
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Google's YouTube Buys Mobile Video Startup Directr
Discussion: AndroidHeadlines.com
Steven Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why the ad technology revolution that was supposed to help publishers actually devastated so many of them
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Heidi Moore / Guardian:
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Russell Simmons' All Def Digital Closes $5M in Series A Financing
Discussion: Variety
Myles Udland / Business Insider:
Fox earns $0.42 per share on $8.42B revenue in Q4, beating estimates
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Brady's new Philly site will be called Billy Penn
Discussion: @jimbradysp
Arash Karami / Al-Monitor:
Detained Post journalist accused of spying in Iran media