Mediagazer: At Greater New York Fete, Murdoch Tells Sulzberger to ‘Get a Life’ (John Koblin/New York Observer)

3:30 PM ET, April 27, 2010

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At Greater New York Fete, Murdoch Tells Sulzberger to ‘Get a Life’ — It was a few minutes after 7 p.m. Monday night on Broadway and 36th Street, and Rupert Murdoch was addressing a crowd of a few hundred pinstripe-suited machers. “With tonight's launch of Greater New York …

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Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:

Print War Between NYT and WSJ Is Really About Digital — The New York Times sold part of its headquarters for $225 million last year, and now leases it back from a real estate company. — NEW YORK — The stage was set for a clash of the titans Monday as Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal …

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John Koblin / New York Observer:
Robert Thomson and Les Hinton Introduce ‘Greater New York’ at the Plaza

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Gizmodo:

Police Seize Jason Chen's Computers — Last Friday night, California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers. — They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo.

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
iPhone Leak Investigation Pauses As DA Ponders Gizmodo Shield Law Defense

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Yahoo! News:
What is Apple Inc.'s role in task force investigating iPhone case?

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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Expert: Invalid Warrant Used in Raid on iPhone Reporter's Home

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Dan Frommer / The Wire:
Cops Bust Into Gizmodo Editor's Home And Seize Computers …

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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:

Hulu ‘abandons UK plans’ after broadcaster talks collapse — Hulu, the US video aggregator, has been forced to abandon plans to launch a UK version of its web TV service after talks with the major British broadcasters have collapsed, The Telegraph can reveal.

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Updated: BBC, C4, Five Going After TV Streamers; Zattoo Removes Streams — The legality of services like Zattoo and TVCatchUp, which re-stream public-service TV channels via what they say is a provision in copyright law, has long been a hornet's nest waiting to be stirred.

Steve O'Hear / last100:
Zattoo turns off BBC streams, could TVCatchup be forced to do the same?

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Mobile Blogger “Boy Genius” Unmasked, Acquired — You probably haven't heard of Jonathan Geller. But you may have read his site. Geller's Boy Genius Report is avidly followed by those obsessed with mobile phones and the companies who make them. — Among those paying attention …

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Boy Genius Report:
Taking BGR to the next level — MMC acquires BGR

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David Goetzl / MediaPost:

‘Variety,’ ‘Newsday’: Pay Walls Mean Fewer Page Views — As Hollywood trade publication Variety has joined the select few publications with an online pay wall, it has seen page views drop more than 40%, according to Nielsen figures. The number of unique visitors has fallen a lesser 18% …

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Tim Bradshaw / blogs.ft.com:

Spotify moving on up — ‘, Assanka. $(this).parents(’.falconpostactions'), “, ‘Share’, 530)”>Share — Spotify is growing up fast. After first pitching itself as the best weapon against piracy, the online music service now has Apple in its sights. Apple's approval of Spotify's mobile application …

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Super Mike, Politico's star — If the cover of the New York Times Magazine is any indication, Mike Allen must be the most important journalist in Washington. — I'm afraid I don't get it. — This is not a knock at the Politico reporter, who has also toiled for my paper, Time and the New York Times.

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Dan Zak / Washington Post:

Washington Blade to resume publishing — The District's long-running gay weekly will resume publishing under its original name, the Washington Blade, at the end of this week, after the acquisition of the Blade's assets in bankruptcy court in Atlanta. — In late February …

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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

TOLDJA! Nancy Dubuc To Run Lifetime (And I Bet Retain History, Too) — UPDATES EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime's Andrea Wong Out, And History's Nancy Dubuc Most Likely In EXCLUSIVE: My sources tell me that the announcement will come this week (probably tomorrow now that I've written this) …

Media Week:

The Sun to publish 3D issue — LONDON - The Sun is to publish a 3D edition with 3D colour ads and editorial, including Page 3, a week before the start of this year's World Cup. — The News International-owned red-top is to be the first national newspaper to run ads and editorial in this format.

FINalternatives:

Journal Hits Back At Greenlight, Dealbreaker — The Wall Street Journal isn't taking David Einhorn's slings and arrows lying down. — The newspaper's senior editor blasted the Greenlight Capital founder, who took the opportunity presented by Greenlight's first-quarter investor letter to slam the Journal.

Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:

Investigative journalism bureau will embrace multimedia and government data analysis, says head — “If you define investigative journalism purely as the search for the next Watergate, you are going to be waiting a long time before that lands in your lap.” — That's not to say the UK's …

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