Mediagazer: Self-Loathing in Sun Valley (Dennis Kneale/FOXBusiness.com)

7:50 AM ET, July 11, 2011

Top News:

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 …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Guardian, Future of Journalism, Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Metamedia, PC Magazine and Telegraph

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 …

Discussion: Guardian, Felix Salmon, New York Times and Associated Press

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 …

Discussion: Poynter, Mirror.co.uk, Guardian and Media & Entertainment

Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:

News of the World final crossword has a message for ‘catastrophe’ Rebekah Brooks — Departing staff at the News of the World appear to have sent a parting message of disgust to former editor Rebekah Brooks in the crossword of the paper's final edition. — Despite orders allegedly given …

Discussion: Crikey, Guardian, paidContent:UK, Future of Journalism and Gawker

BBC: Murdoch says chief Rebekah Brooks is his first priority

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

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, AdAge, Future of Journalism and News of the World

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
‘Former News of the World journalists’ silenced on Twitter

Discussion: Future of Journalism

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 …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

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.

Discussion: TechCrunch

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 …

Discussion: Electronista

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 …

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.

Discussion: AdPulp

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 …

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 …

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?

Discussion: Rough Type and (Re)Structuring Journalism