Mediagazer: UK libel rules: Change the goddam law (Michael Wolff/Guardian)

MPs seek fresh inquiry into NoW phone hacking — • Calls for parliament to order second inquiry into hacking — • Scotland Yard to examine allegations by former NoW reporter — News International and David Cameron's PR chief, Andy Coulson, face the prospect of a fresh parliamentary inquiry …

Discussion: Press Gazette, Journalism.co.uk, BBC, The Independent, The Staggers, Editors Weblog, The Dispatch Box, Independent.ie, Daily Mail, Reuters, Financial Times, Jon Slattery, Bagehot's notebook and Liberal Conspiracy

New York Times:

In Britain, Labour Politicians Call for New Look at Scandal — LONDON — Senior opposition politicians are calling on the government to respond to renewed accusations that Downing Street's chief communications officer, Andy Coulson, encouraged reporters to illegally intercept messages …

Discussion: Guardian, BBC, Inforrm's Blog, Liberal Conspiracy, Telegraph, The Daily Beast and The Staggers

Paul Carr / TechCrunch:

Rollover Minutes: How Adam Penenberg Has Legitimised New, New, New Journalism. Again. — Adam Penenberg. If you call yourself an online journalist, and yet that name doesn't immediately prompt a nod of recognition - a smile, even - then it's time to close your laptop and bow your head in shame.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, TeleRead and Fast Company

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Some Newspapers Shift Coverage After Tracking Readers Online — In most businesses, not knowing how well a particular product is performing would be almost unthinkable. But newspapers have always been a peculiar business, one that has stubbornly, proudly clung to a sense that focusing …

Discussion: Editors Weblog, The Huffington Post and College Media Matters

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

New York Observer to Cast Its Net Beyond the Upper East Side — Listening to Kyle Pope, the editor of The New York Observer, discuss how he wants to re-energize his newspaper sounds a lot like someone describing a Broadway show or a television series that has run a little past its prime.

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:

Regulating sex and speech — Let me start with a disclosure: I hope to think that Craig Newmark is a friend. He can be as hard for me to read as James Joyce or C++. But I know him as a decent and genuine man who believes that he is bringing a service to millions of people …

Discussion: New York Times, PC World, Gawker, CNN and Advocate, more at Techmeme »

Michael Wolff / Guardian:

UK libel rules: Change the goddam law — Rupert Murdoch's biographer on the hefty legal challenges he faced when his book encountered British lawyers — One of the most confounding experiences a British visitor might have in the US is getting seriously sick without health insurance.

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

The newswire quandary — Questions: should newswire agencies serve consumers - directly? And, to a broader extent, how does the current information shift impact the agencies' future? Two recent events lead me to explore these questions in today's Monday Note.

Discussion: Editors Weblog

Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:

Wetpaint Goes Pro With 15 New Sites On TV Shows — Wetpaint, which is best known for its user-generated fan sites, is making a big move into more premium content, with the launch of 15 new, professionally-produced sites dedicated to TV shows like Glee and Dancing With The Stars.

Discussion: TechCrunch

Kristy Dorsey / Scotsman:

Interview: Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of BSkyB — Jeremy Darroch is a man with a lot on his plate, ranging from the array of technological developments in broadcasting to the possibility of a takeover. Then there are the seemingly endless battles with the regulators.

Discussion: allmediascotland.com Spike

Alexandra Topping / Guardian:

Twitter power: how social networking is revolutionising the music business — A&R men and other traditional insiders bypassed as new sites connect artists directly to fans — In decades gone by, misunderstood teens with questionable personal hygiene would gather in cramped independent record stores …

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

From Viral Video to Billboard 100 — Viral videos tend to have a short lifespan online. The best ones might attract a few million views on YouTube and get a mention on a late-night talk show before fading into oblivion. — But in one of the stranger twists in recent pop-music history …