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Guardian:
Phone hacking: Police probe suspected deletion of emails by NI executive — • ‘Massive quantities’ of archive allegedly deleted — • Emails believed to be between News of the World editors — Police are investigating evidence that a News International executive may have deleted millions …
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Ken Auletta / News Desk:
What Murdoch Made — During the first full day of the Allen & Co. Conference in Sun Valley, Rupert Murdoch was almost invisible. He was not spotted at the morning panels or at the outdoor lunch where he usually arrives early and holds court. Presumably, he was holed up strategizing …
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Telegraph:
News of the World to close: Andy Coulson arrested at police station — Andy Coulson, the former communications chief for David Cameron, has been arrested by detectives investigating alleged phone hacking and illegal payments to police during his tenure as News of the World editor.
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Guardian:
Message from Rebekah Brooks to all News International staff — News of the World closure: Email sent to staff in wake of phone-hacking scandal — Yesterday was a day of great sadness for the News of the World and I know all of you felt deep sympathy for colleagues.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
At the Paper: Shock, Anger and a Retreat to the Pub — LONDON — Thursday afternoon, when the News Corporation executive Rebekah Brooks walked on to the floor of the News of the World newsroom and began speaking, many of the paper's 200 or so employees thought she would be announcing …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
James Murdoch Takes Stage With Tabloid Closing
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Adweek, The Huffington Post, Reuters and CJR
Jacob Aron / New Scientist:
Voicemail hacking: How easy is it?
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AllThingsD and NevilleHobson.com
Felix Salmon:
Brand and crisis management, Murdoch style
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New York Times, FishbowlNY, paidContent and brandrepublic.com
Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
News Of The World's Closure Brings Abrupt End To One Murdoch Paywall
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Victoria Ward / Telegraph:
News of the World former royal editor Clive Goodman arrested
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The Independent:
Jemima Khan: 'I'm a member of the hacked club'
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BBC, Guardian and MarketBeat
Alison Frankel / MediaFile:
Is Murdoch free to destroy tabloid's records?
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Mediaite, National Review, Guardian, On Media's Blog, Crikey, New York Magazine, Runnin' Scared and Reuters
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
News of the World closes - live coverage
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Economist:
Bulletins from the future — The internet has turned the news industry upside down, making it more participatory, social, diverse and partisan—as it used to be before the arrival of the mass media, says Tom Standage — EVEN IF YOU are not a news junkie, you will have noticed that your daily news has undergone a transformation.
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Economist:
Back to the coffee house — The internet is taking the news industry back to the conversational culture of the era before mass media — THREE hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or letter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets, newsletters and broadsides.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Harry Smith Leaving CBS News for NBC News — First on TVNewser: Harry Smith, who has been with CBS News for 25 years, is leaving the network, we've learned. In a note to the staff, obtained by TVNewser, CBS News president David Rhodes writes, “Harry Smith has been a fixture here at CBS News …
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The Wrap, TVGuide.com, Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Wire, National Review, GalleyCat and TVSpy
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Big Soup: Anthony De Rosa on becoming Reuters social media editor and the ambient wire for news — It was a surprise that wasn't so surprising. When it was announced Anthony De Rosa would become social media editor for Reuters.com, it was hard to avoid thinking: Yeah, that makes sense.
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Cision and Editors Weblog
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
AP warns staff about expressing opinions on social networks — Associated Press journalists have tweeted opinions about the Casey Anthony trial and the New York Senate vote on gay marriage, says Tom Kent, AP Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production.
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Yahoo! News, Techland, Editors Weblog, eMedia Vitals and NetNewsCheck Latest
Economist:
Reinventing the newspaper — New business models are proliferating as news organisations search for novel sources of revenue — ON THE MORNING of September 3rd 1833 a new kind of newspaper went on sale on the streets of New York. With its mix of crime reports and human-interest stories …
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Editors Weblog
Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:
Court tosses FCC's relaxed media ownership rule — A federal court rejected a rule change from the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that would have made it easier for a single company to own both a newspaper and broadcast TV station in the same local market on technical grounds.
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The ProPublica Nerd Blog:
Facebook for News Apps: How We Harnessed The Social Network for ‘The Opportunity Gap’ — Last week we published The Opportunity Gap, a news application that lets readers find out how equally their state provides poor and wealthier schools access to advanced classes that researchers say will help students later in life.
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Radhika Jones promoted to Time executive editor — Romenesko Misc. — Radhika Jones joined Time from Paris Review three years ago today. As an assistant managing editor, she edited the last two TIME 100 issues and the Mark Zuckerberg “Person of the Year” issue.
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FishbowlNY
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Yahoo, AOL Homepage Ad Gains Appear To Stall, As YouTube Diversifies — Although display advertising growth is as strong as ever, efforts to draw more advertisers to lucrative homepage ads fell flat in Q2 compared to Q1, according to a research note from Macquerie analyst Ben Schachter …
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