Top News:
Guardian:
Key witness will testify on News of the World phone hacking — • Ross Hall transcribed hacked voicemail for other journalists — • Police likely to interview Andy Coulson, says Met officer — • New inquiry launched by home affairs select committee
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The Staggers, New York Times, BBC and Inforrm's Blog
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
NY Times will not assist police investigation of tabloid
NY Times will not assist police investigation of tabloid
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Guardian and New York Observer
Michael Wolff / Newser:
What Did Rupert Murdoch (and Son James) Know, and When Did They Know It?
What Did Rupert Murdoch (and Son James) Know, and When Did They Know It?
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Guardian, CJR, Press Gazette, The First Post, The Wire and New York Times
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
How readers consume their news online is changing journalism, but it's not just about the clicks — I can no longer file a story in our computer system without filling out a box, a small gray square that may well determine the future of serious journalism. — The box is supposed …
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The Atlantic Wire, the Econsultancy blog, International Media and Romenesko
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Real Journalism Threatened by Knowledge of What People Like
Real Journalism Threatened by Knowledge of What People Like
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The Wall Blog and Web Analytics World
Choire / The Awl:
Gawker Media Now Bigger Than All Newspapers Online — Except One — The latest traffic memo arrives from Gawker Media honcho Nick Denton: in it, Comscore shows that his network of sites is bigger than any newspaper online but the New York Times. That being said? “The newspapers are now the least of our competition.
The Daily Beast:
Who Pushed ABC News' Chief? — David Westin may have had friction with Disney/ABC President Anne Sweeney, but things had been tense with Disney CEO Bob Iger for years. Peter Lauria and Lloyd Grove go inside his resignation. — David Westin's departure from the helm of ABC News after 13 years …
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Howard Kurtz, Company Town, Tuned In, The Wrap, Gawker, The Daily Beast, TVNewser and Associated Press
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Marisa Guthrie / Broadcasting & Cable:
Network News Changes: Just A Matter of Time
Network News Changes: Just A Matter of Time
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TVNewser and Yahoo! News
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Westin Out At ABC News Just Months After Massive Job Cuts; The E-Mails
Westin Out At ABC News Just Months After Massive Job Cuts; The E-Mails
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Broadcasting & Cable, Romenesko, Company Town, DailyFinance and New York Times
The Atlantic Online:
When ‘Bite Me’ Is ‘Off the Record’ — A day after Rolling Stone Magazine published an explosive profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, featuring raw comments and salty language, a sort of self-generated audit of Washington's journalistic conventions took off inside the Beltway.
/ Jay Rosen:
The Journalists Formerly Known as the Media: My Advice to the Next Generation — This is adapted and expanded from the Inaugural Lecture I gave to the incoming class of journalism students at Science Po in Paris, September 2, 2010: their first day. You can find reports on the speech in English here …
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Rebooting The News, News Launch Diary and Kirk LaPointe's …
Andrew Fitzgerald / Promiscuous Intelligence:
Citizen Medicine and Citizen Journalism — In my many Google Alerts is one for “citizen journalism.” I get some interesting material from it and most often it's people picking on the subject in defense of “real journalism” (which I do not have a Google Alert set up for.)
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
IPad Magazine Subscriptions, With a Catch: Zinio Launches Apps for Sporting News, National Geographic — Another day, another new iPad magazine app. But the latest entry, from Sporting News, is worth mentioning, at least for its subscription model. — That is: Unlike much bigger rival …
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Publishing Executive News, Poynter Online, NetNewsCheck Latest, MediaPost and eMedia Vitals
Taylor Buley / Buleyean String:
HP Breaks Its Own News With Lawsuit Over Hurd's Move To Oracle — HP announced on Tuesday that it is pursuing a civil case against HP chief exec-turned-Oracle-exec Mark Hurd “to protect HP's trade secrets” as Hurd transitions to a new gig as part of the Oracle triumvirate.
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GigaOM, Computerworld, TechCrunch, DailyFinance, Globe and Mail, Gizmodo, HipMojo.com and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Links: Not Just the Currency of the Web, but the Soul — Author Nicholas Carr wrote a controversial post recently about the use of hyperlinks in online content, in which he argued that links were a distraction for readers, and were likely to lead to less comprehension rather than more.
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Salon and Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
The Atlantic Will Follow Paid iPad Edition With New ‘Atlantic Premium’ — The Atlantic is the latest to mine for gold in the iPad App Store with single issues for sale at $4.99—but that's just one part of a grander digital scheme. In coming weeks, the magazine publisher plans …
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Editors Weblog, WebNewser and Poynter Online
Lois Beckett / The Snitch:
NPR Takes ‘Web-First’ Approach to Blogging. What Does That Mean? — Tomorrow, National Public Radio will formally launch the Argo Project, a group of 12 topic-based news blogs hosted by different NPR affiliates across the country. Two of the blogs are Bay Area-based: KALW's The Informant …
Bloomberg:
Samsung Electronics May Use Google's Android Software in TVs — Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest television manufacturer, may make sets run by Google Inc.'s software to compete with Sony Corp. and Apple Inc. in the market for TVs that access movies, shows and games online.
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SocialTimes.com, NewTeeVee, CrunchGear, Gizmodo, Gadget Lab and DailyFinance
CNN:
Exclusive first peek at ‘Parker Spitzer’ — CNN announces the name and Oct. 4th premiere date for the Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer program, weeknights at 8 p.m. ET.
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The Wire, Salon, Mediaite, rbr.com, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, New York Observer, Wonkette and Hotline On Call
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction:
Man Booker Prize 2010 shortlist announced — Judges decide on six shortlisted titles — Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue, Damon Galgut, Howard Jacobson, Andrea Levy and Tom McCarthy are today, Tuesday 7 September, announced as the six shortlisted authors for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
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Jacket Copy, GalleyCat, New York Observer, mediabistro.com and New York Magazine