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Paul Mason / BBC:
Murdoch: the network defeats the hierarchy — Rupert Murdoch has dispensed power, terrorized politicians and shaped politics — The Murdoch empire fractured, a Conservative prime minister attracting bets on his resignation, the Metropolitan Police on the edge of yet another existential crisis …
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Daily Mail, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Future of Journalism, Metamedia, PC Magazine and Telegraph
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Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
Life After Rupert's Reign: What Will Happen in a Post-Murdoch World? — With the Closure of the News of the World, the Rule of One of the Most Powerful Media Moguls of All Time Has Officially Begun to Wind Down — With Sunday's closure of News Corp.'s 168-year-old News of the World …
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Globe and Mail, Guardian and Media Week
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
British tabloid tactics are rampant in American journalism, too — It takes some doing to get an entire country up in arms about media misconduct, but News of the World rose to the occasion. — By hacking into the phones of terror victims and a missing 13-year-old girl later found murdered …
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FishbowlDC
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 …
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Mirror.co.uk, Poynter, The Daily Beast, Guardian and Media & Entertainment
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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Guardian, Telegraph, Felix Salmon and New York Times
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
News of the World final crossword has a message for ‘catastrophe’ Rebekah Brooks
News of the World final crossword has a message for ‘catastrophe’ Rebekah Brooks
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Crikey, Future of Journalism, Guardian, paidContent and Gawker
Robert Peston / BBC:
News International found ‘smoking gun’ e-mails in 2007
News International found ‘smoking gun’ e-mails in 2007
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Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Wire, Jon Slattery, Future of Journalism and News of the World
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix Isn't Kicking Tires at Hulu — The sale of video site Hulu LLC is entering its next phase. — Initial presentations to potential suitors mostly wrapped up last week, according to people familiar with the matter. Next, interested bidders will comb through the business in greater detail …
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Online Video News and Electronista
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
An iPad App for Cosmo Guys — Cosmopolitan offers the answers to a lot of crucial questions. Should you get back with your ex? How do you make your pony tail sexy? Are those the right sunglasses for summer? — But one area the magazine has not delved into much is giving advice …
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Adweek and eMedia Vitals
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Diane Sawyer Tweets Through Jaycee Dugard Special — Diane Sawyer began Tweeting Friday ahead of tonight's live tweet of her Jaycee Dugard special. (Sawyer's second Tweet was about the death of former First Lady Betty Ford). It was Dugard's first interview since being set free from 18 years …
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The Wire
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Compass for Conservative Politics — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Without the soupy South Florida humidity and the fastidiously clipped lawn, the Newsmax headquarters here would be a lot like one of those diners in New Hampshire and Iowa where autographed pictures of politicians cover the walls.
Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:
Black News in New Focus — NBC News and Interactive One, a network of Web sites aimed at African-Americans, plan to announce a partnership on Monday that will combine the editorial and sales resources of both properties. The partnership will focus on aligning NBC's African-American news site …
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Poynter
Andy Boyle:
Hey journalists — here's why you should learn to make the internets — In case you didn't know, many news organizations are looking to hire web developers to help create awesome stuff online. And as this list of 19 job openings might imply, news organizations are having a difficult time trying to find people to fill these gigs.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Best Show on Web Video Is the One You Can't See: Inside the $100 Million YouTube Channel Sweepstakes — If this was a reality show, you'd definitely watch: Hundreds of competitors fighting for $100 million in prize money and a chance at worldwide exposure. — Alas, you won't be able to view the event — just the winners.
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes.com:
Who's Doing It Right? Storify Empowers Journalists to Write a Different Kind of Story — Way back in 1983, just days before Newsweek published the Hitler Diaries (does anyone remember that journalistic triumph-turned-disaster?), I accepted a job at the magazine.
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
The ePresse Digital Kiosk: First Lessons — On June 30th, the French consortium ePresse opened its digital kiosk. Six months of hard work for a very small team (the ePresse consortium is a three persons operation: a CTO, a marketing person, and a manager), and still a long way to go. ePresse brought …
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Future of Journalism