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7:50 AM ET, July 13, 2011

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Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
WSJ Ex-Editor on Scandal: News Corp. ‘Incompetent or Complicit’ (Exclusive)  —  A former deputy managing editor of the Wall Street Journal told TheWrap that he found it hard to believe top-level News International players like Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton could claim no knowledge of News Corp.'s phone-hacking activities.
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Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Phone-hacking scandal reaches US
Discussion: The Wrap
Bloomberg:
News Corp.'s Lost $7B Shows Investor Concern
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
News Corp. Sends Signal to Wall Street With $5 Billion Share Buyback
Discussion: News Corporation and Media Decoder
Aaron Gell / The New York Observer:
Bin Laden Hunter ‘CIA John’ Identified  —  The Man in the Yellow Tie, with Clinton and Panetta, and in a college yearbook photo.  —  Anyone who's ever logged in to a social network while in a jubilant, possibly intoxicated, frame of mind knows the dangers.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Gawker Tries to Reveal Identity of CIA Agent Behind Bin Laden Kill
Discussion: The Wire
Steve Myers / Poynter:
U.S. has same number of newspapers now as in 1890s  —  Stanford has used data from the Library of Congress to illustrate the spread of all kinds of newspapers across the U.S. from 1690 to 2011.  Users can see which cities had multiple papers and click on them to learn more about them.
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Prepares New Web Ad Push  —  People are spending less time on Yahoo Inc.'s websites.  So in a bid to reverse its waning influence, the Internet company is working on a way to get more of its content and advertising on others' websites instead.  —  As part of a network it expects …
Zooey Deschanel / Hello Giggles:
AN OPEN LETTER TO LOS ANGELES TIMES WRITER PATT MORRISSON  —  This is an open letter in response to a piece entitled Downtown LA: Good enough for the royals, but not for Zooey Deschanel?, written by columnist Patt Morrison, which appeared in the publication on July 10, 2011.  —  Dear Ms. Morrison,
Rebecca Meany / Idaho Mountain Express & Guide:
Allen & Co. leaves town, takes secrets with it  —  Conference closes with no news of big deals  —  Wood River Valley residents typically don't give another thought to a celebrity spotted locally—less so if the famous name is a business executive.  —  But the collection of VIPs …
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Just 1 in 10 TV newsrooms have beat-based reporters  —  Diana Marszalek writes that the disappearance of beat-based reporting “may be taking broadcast journalism down with it.”  She cites a media strategist's estimate that just 1 in 10 TV stations assign their reporters to formal beats.
Discussion: Gannett Blog and TVNewsCheck
Daniel D'Addario / The New York Observer:
Errol Morris, Gossip Boy  —  “Tabloid stories are about affairs of the heart—about why people do the things that they do, what could be their possible motivation.”  Oscar-winning director Errol Morris was discussing Tabloid, his latest film, about a 1970s British-tabloid story involving …
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Gawker on Drugs (Literally!)  —  On Monday, Deadspin editor A.J. Daulerio unrolled a fairly epic foray into the world of stunt journalism: an attempt to re-create Major League pitcher Dock Ellis' infamous no-hitter of June 12, 1970 against the San Diego Padres, pitched while tripping on LSD.
Discussion: Deadspin
Alysia Santo / CJR:
Q&A: Luke Stangel, Co-Creator of TapIn Bay Area  —  “Mobile could make us focus again on what we do really well as reporters.” … You quit your job to start Tackable, a social networking company, with Ed Lucero, a tech startup veteran.  Where did the original idea for a location-aware social network come from?
David Cay Johnston / Reuters:
RPT-COLUMN-It pays to be Murdoch.  Just ask US gov't: DCJohnston  —  David Cay Johnston is a Reuters columnist.  The opinions expressed here are his own.  —  (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch may not garner as much attention for his financial savvy as he does for his journalistic escapades …
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
With NBCU Digital Studio Closure, What's Next for Network-Backed Web Series?  —  Why Comcast Wanted the No. 4 Broadcast Network to Change Its Digital Strategy  —  Comcast's decision to close NBC Universal's Digital Studio was only the latest attempt to answer questions about making …
Rosemary Feitelberg / WWD Media Headlines:
Peter Manso Bristles Over New York Times' Review  —  HATCHET JOB: In what looks like the makings of a knock-down, drag-out fight, “Reasonable Doubt” author Peter Manso has fired off a 700-plus-word letter to The New York Times, in response to Dwight Garner's stinging review Sunday.
 
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Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Big Media Thinks Its Future Is in Your Phone
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Kutcher's son of Sun Valley
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