Mediagazer: News International found ‘smoking gun’ e-mails in 2007 (Robert Peston/BBC)

4:25 AM ET, July 11, 2011

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Robert Peston / BBC:

News International found ‘smoking gun’ e-mails in 2007 — News International found e-mails in 2007 that appeared to indicate that payments were being made to the police for information, although this evidence of alleged criminal behaviour was not handed to the Metropolitan Police for investigation until 20 June of this year.

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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:

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David Carr / New York Times:

A Tabloid Shame, Exposed by Earnest Rivals — The phone-hacking scandal that is mushrooming in Britain, with arrests, skullduggery and influence peddling, would be a delicious story for The News of the World if it were not about the newspaper itself. Instead, the hunter became the hunted …

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

‘Former News of the World journalists’ silenced on Twitter — Twitter accounts purporting to be held by former News of the World journalists went silent today and the majority of their tweets were deleted. — Twitter users purporting to be former News of the World journalists are falling silent

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News of the World:

We recorded history and we've made history — “IT is Sunday afternoon, preferably before the war. The wife is already asleep in the armchair, and the children have been sent out for a nice long walk. You put your feet up on the sofa, settle your spectacles on your nose and open the News of the World.”

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BBC:

Murdoch says chief Rebekah Brooks is his first priority — Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks emerge from his flat in Mayfair — News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has said Rebekah Brooks is his first priority, after arriving in the UK to handle the News of the World phone-hacking crisis.

John F. Burns / New York Times:

Labour Party Vows to Fight Murdoch's Bid to Take Over Satellite Company — LONDON — The $12 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to take over Britain's most lucrative satellite broadcast company, British Sky Broadcasting, ran into fresh trouble on Sunday when the opposition Labour Party promised …

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Felix Salmon:
What damage could Rebekah Brooks do to News Corp?

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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:UK:
Another Digital Twist to the NWS Drama: A Tell-All Blog By Ex-NOTW Journos

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Associated Press:
Murdoch backs UK news operation CEO amid scandal

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Telegraph:
James Murdoch ‘could face prosecution’ over his role in phone hacking scandal

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Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
Catastrophic ‘News of the World’: Some salvage jobs are impossible, even for Rupert Murdoch

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Clay Shirky:

Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic — The business environment for newspapers continues to be grim. Pew recently reported that advertising revenue rebounded in 2010 for all forms of media, except newspapers. * This might just be a matter of transitioning from print …

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Why the chaos in media might be a good thing — Everywhere around us we see evidence of chaos and upheaval in the media industry — newspapers laying off staff and even closing, advertising revenues continuing to decline, and so on. What can be done about this state of affairs?

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Dennis Kneale / FOXBusiness.com:

Self-Loathing in Sun Valley — The billionaires and millionaires who make their fortunes in media, entertainment and tech wrapped up Saturday at Allen & Co.'s 29th annual media conference in Sun Valley. And for another year, they succeeded largely in avoiding . . . the media.