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John Koblin / New York Observer:
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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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.
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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LAT to add paid links to stories, blogs — The Los Angeles Times will begin selling e-commerce links in selected stories and blog posts — but not in news stories or columns — as “both a reader service and a revenue opportunity for the company,” editor Russ Stanton announced to the newsroom in a memo this morning.
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% …
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.
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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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.
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Steve O'Hear / last100:
Zattoo turns off BBC streams, could TVCatchup be forced to do the same?
Zattoo turns off BBC streams, could TVCatchup be forced to do the same?
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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 …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg executive editor named co-chair of Pulitzer board — Longtime business journalist Amanda Bennett, the executive editor of Bloomberg News, has been named the co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize board. — David Kennedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Stanford University professor …
Michael Wolff / Newser:
Creepy Steve Jobs May Not Want You to Read This (or Will Break Down Your Door) — Follow him on Twitter @MichaelWolffNYC — Speaking of Apple's weird and scary overreactions—yes, good idea, have the police storm the Gizmodo editor's house in the lost iPhone prototype caper—here's my story:
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.
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.
Joe Flint / Company Town:
Latest protester of Comcast - NBC deal plays race card and has ex-FCC chairman on board — A recently formed advocacy group has some pretty harsh words for cable giant Comcast Corp. and has hired a former FCC chairman as its counsel. — “For decades Comcast has shut the door …
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Media not allowed to watch Philly newspapers auction — The Inquirer explains the process: “There will be a round robin, with each bidder given an opportunity to top the existing high bid. The minimum monetary bid increase will be $100,000. After each round of bids …
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