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10:40 AM ET, July 14, 2011

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ProPublica:
Bancroft Family Members Express Regrets at Selling Wall Street Journal to Murdoch  —  This story was co-published with The Guardian.  —  A number of key members of the family which controlled The Wall Street Journal say they would not have agreed to sell the prestigious daily to Rupert Murdoch …
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Whatever happened to the WSJ editorial integrity committee?  —  News that the Bancroft family might not have sold The Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch if they knew then what they know now about his newspapers' journalistic practices, reminded me: Wasn't there a panel established to protect …
Discussion: The Awl, Media Nation and CJR
New York Times:
Father and Son Split on Tactics in Murdoch Family Drama  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation announced Wednesday that it was withdrawing its $12 billion bid to buy complete control of the satellite giant British Sky Broadcasting, a move intended to calm the torrent of derision directed …
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
GOPer wants FBI probe of Rupert Murdoch  —  New York Republican Pete King is calling on the FBI to investigate whether Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation hacked into the voicemail accounts of Sept. 11 victims, calling the allegations of the scandal “disgraceful.”
New York Times:
Murdochs Resist Calls to Appear Before Parliament  —  LONDON — A British parliamentary panel said on Thursday that Rupert Murdoch and his son James had both refused to testify next week about the phone hacking that has shaken their British media empire to the core, but Rebekah Brooks …
Discussion: Mediaite
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Handicapping Who Survives the Coming Purge at News Corp.  —  James Murdoch will probably still be at News Corp. a year from now, but some of his colleagues won't.  Image by Getty Images via @daylife  —  Remember the name Tom Crone.  Little known to the outside world before today, Crone …
Guardian:
Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch calls in PR firm Edelman  —  PR company will report directly to general manager of News International  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has called in PR and lobbying specialists Edelman to help the embattled company handle mounting public anger …
Reuters:
Legal head of News International leaves company: source
Discussion: Guardian and Guardian
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Like it or not, aggregation is part of the future of media  —  Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington  —  There's been a lot of commentary flying around about a recent incident in which The Huffington Post “over-aggregated” a piece from Advertising Age, including a complaint from the original writer …
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
The journalistic value of aggregation creates the business value  —  Aggregation has been core to this website's success for the last decade.  Our most popular feature since 1999 has been a blog that earns its iconic place in journalism by highlighting the most interesting and important news for a passionate audience.
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Union-Tribune owner hires investment advisor to explore possible sale  —  Platinum Equity, the private investment firm that owns The San Diego Union-Tribune, has hired an investment adviser “to help the company explore alternatives for its future,” the newspaper reported.
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
David Cay Johnston / MediaFile:
How I misread News Corp's taxes  —  By David Cay Johnston.  The opinions expressed are his own.  —  Readers, I apologize.  The premise of my debut column for Reuters, on News Corp's taxes, was wrong, 100 percent dead wrong.  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp did not get a $4.8 billion tax refund for the past four years, as I reported.
Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Kiran Chetry To Leave CNN: 'This Isn't Goodbye, This Is See You Soon'  —  The New York Post is reporting tonight-and Mediaite has confirmed-that that American Morning co-host Kiran Chetry is leaving the morning show-and CNN.  The Post cites “sources” saying Chetry “was seen packing up her desk today” …
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
AMI Slashing OK!'s Circulation  —  David Pecker's American Media Inc. is jumping right on fixing newly acquired OK!  Weekly's weak circulation—by cutting it.  —  Effective with the second half of 2011, AMI will whack OK!'s rate base to 625,000 from 800,000, a decrease of 22 percent.
Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:
Jennifer Salke Named NBC Entertainment President  —  Exec joins net from 20th Century Fox Television  —  As previously speculated, Twentieth TV's Jennifer Salke has officially been named president of NBC Entertainment, the network said Wednesday.  The appointment is effective immediately.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
The Latest iPad-Only Magazine  —  Here's a good example of putting your money where your mouth is: TabTimes, a new magazine about tablet news and put out by tech vets that can only be read on the iPad.  —  TabTimes, launching this fall as a free iPad app (and already on Twitter) …
Discussion: Technologizer and SiliconFilter
 
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