The Wrap | New York Times

Aereo’s honeymoon is over, as broadcast networks re-filed their petitions for an injunction this morning.

As The Wrap reports, ABC, CBS, NBC Universal and Fox Television Stations are among the parties who have asked judges to reconsider the 2nd Circuit District Appeals Court’s decision from earlier this month. The decision came down in favor of Aereo, whom the court ruled was not in violation of copyright law.

The networks’ complaints stem from Aereo’s business model. Aereo provides a live stream of broadcast television to its subscribers via a live Internet feed. The court’s ruling hinged on the fact that Aereo uses an individual antenna for each subscriber; the judges in a 2-1 decision said this constituted a “private” rather than “public” performance, which meant Aereo is in the clear.

The networks have filed suit against Aereo to stop the company from transmitting their broadcasts without giving the networks compensation. Speaking from the NAB Show last week in Las Vegas, News Corp. President and COO Chase Carey  threatened to move Fox’s broadcast channels to cable if Aereo continued to win in the courts.

ABC News | Poynter | The Hollywood Reporter
When director Tony Scott committed suicide in August, ABC News incorrectly reported that he had inoperable brain cancer. Even though the Los Angeles County coroner said at the time that the family denied that Scott had the disease, ABC did not correct the story until this week, after the release of a coroner's report that said there was no sign of brain cancer. In its report Tuesday on the autopsy, there is a note: "ABC News has retracted that Aug. 20 story and extends a formal apology to Mr. Scott's family and friends." (more...)

The partnership between ABC News and Yahoo News is reaching the largest digital audience in America as it celebrates its first anniversary.

In October 2011, Yahoo and ABC announced they would share stories and Web video, co-produce coverage of some news events and integrate bureaus in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. As of August, the pair reached an online audience of 59.1 million unique visitors, up 11 percent from a year earlier, according to new Nielsen data.

ABC News President Ben Sherwood's anniversary note to staff cites a higher figure from comScore: "an average monthly reach of over 85 million unique users since the launch." (more...)

Associated Press | Newsbusters
Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News for defamation, saying the network’s coverage of “pink slime” misled consumers. The company has accused ABC of publishing “false and misleading and defamatory” statements and is seeking $1.2 billion in damages.

Jeffrey Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said in a statement: “The lawsuit is without merit. We will contest it vigorously."

ABC News says it first on-air report about pink slime appeared on March 7. The report, by Jim Avila, said 70 percent of ground beef in supermarkets contains pink slime. Other news organizations had reported on pink slime prior to ABC News' initial report, and continue to do so. Msnbc.com, for instance, published a story in January about McDonald's removing pink slime from hamburgers, and The New York Times had published a piece about Beef Products' questionable beef processing method in 2009.

Given how many news organizations have published stories on pink slime, the big unanswered question is: Why is BPI singling out ABC News? (more...)

Poynter.org | ABC News | Los Angeles Times
ABC News still hasn’t confirmed whether Tony Scott had inoperable brain cancer, despite reporting that he did and then acknowledging doubts about the accuracy of its initial single-sourced report.

Monday night, ABC said its original report appeared doubtful after learning that Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter had told ABC News station KABC that Scott’s family didn’t know he had brain cancer. Since then, ABC News has been waiting to hear back from Scott's family or a family spokesperson to determine whether it needs to issue a retraction.

"ABC has continued to reach out to the family over the past few days to directly confirm the coroner's statement and have not received a response to-date," ABC News spokesperson David Ford said by phone. "ABC has published the facts as they are known today and when additional facts are known we will update our reporting accordingly. As previously stated, if incorrect information was reported by ABC News we will issue a full retraction and apology." (more...)

ABC is waiting to hear back from Tony Scott’s family or a family representative before determining whether its initial report about Scott was incorrect, a network spokesperson told Poynter.

Relying on a single source, ABC News reported Monday that Scott -- who committed suicide Sunday -- had inoperable brain cancer. That piece now redirects to a story that says Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter has since told ABC News station KABC that Scott’s family was unaware of the cancer. Many news sites picked up on ABC’s original story and are now reporting that it was incorrect.

If ABC learns from Scott's family that he didn't have inoperable brain cancer, the network will issue a retraction and conduct an internal review, the spokesperson said, noting that it's possible Scott didn't tell his family he had cancer. (more...)