Here are some media stories of note for Wednesday, June 12, 2013:

The Greek national government abruptly closed the state broadcaster overnight Tuesday, citing the need for public spending cuts to deal with its economic challenges. But the ERT network, also known as Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., stayed on the air via the Internet and has been streaming its content in the absence of a restoration of its broadcast signal. Thousands are protesting the government move outside the network's headquarters.

The annual Oriella Digital Journalism Study has been released. It canvasses 845 journalists in 15 countries. Its findings suggest a digital-first approach has become the new normal. AdWeek reports that outside of North America and Russia, print was still considered more prestigious. Most recognize that online does not produce profits of the same magnitude as print media.  One-third of those surveyed liked their jobs more than they did a year ago. And academics and experts are considered the most trustworthy sources of content.

New consumer research suggests a growing number of millennials are prepared to have broadband-only video consumption. MediaPost reports the study by the Pivot cable network, in advance of its launch online, also suggests strong interest in broadband offerings of traditional broadcasting. Those findings pose potentially serious consequences for cable and satellite firms and conventional TV ownership.

Veteran digital media thought-leader Dan Gillmor has a new column for Salon and he's putting down interesting markers in his first efforts. His latest post argues exhaustively (one hopes he's being paid by the word) against tax subsidies for journalists and their work.

Instead, he sees an analogy to the early days of publishing support and the need to subsidize the infrastructure that delivers the digital equivalent of the mail. Open broadband would open the business,  

With such support, Gillmor argues, "entrepreneurs would almost certainly come up with the journalism, including a variety of business models to augment or replace today's, that would provide the public good we all agree comes with journalism and other trustworthy information."

Gillmor believes the newspaper industry, with a few exceptions, deserves to die and certainly doesn't deserve to be propped.

"Let's create the conditions that help ensure a market of ideas and business models, based on one of the principle America stood on in its early days: widespread contributions and access to knowledge, as a foundation of the future," he writes.