The Morning Lowdown 7-28-11

»  Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) lost 130,000 video subscriptions in Q2; broadband picks up the slack (paidContent)

»  James Murdoch back to chair BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) board meeting (Guardian)

»  Hacking aside, has Rupert Murdoch been a good CEO? (paidContent)

»  Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) to FCC: We’re complying with merger rules–Bloomberg’s playing games (paidContent)

»  Hearsay Social secures $18 million to help franchised brands master social (AdAge)

»  An IPO built on the basics: Sugar and coffee (DealBook)

»  Gate2Play launches Zynga games cards in Middle East and North Africa (VentureBeat)

»  What Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Hulu users are watching…and how (Nielsen Wire)

»  The moment of truth for Airbnb as user’s home is utterly trashed (TechCrunch)

»  I’m a social media rockstar (Slacktory)