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10:30 AM ET, July 19, 2011

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BBC:
Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch ‘humbled’ by MPs' probe  —  Rupert and James Murdoch are likely to be asked what took place at the News of the World  —  Rupert Murdoch has said his appearance before MPs to answer questions about phone hacking is the “most humble day of his life”.
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Bloomberg:
News Corp. Said to Consider Chase Carey as CEO  —  News Corp. is considering elevating Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey to chief executive officer to succeed Rupert Murdoch, people with knowledge of the situation said.  —  A decision hasn't been made and a move depends in part …
Guardian:
News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead  —  Death of Sean Hoare - who was first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson knew of hacking - not being treated as suspicious  —  • Sean Hoare profile: A courageous and distinguished reporter
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Rupert Murdoch has board backing  —  (Reuters) - News Corp independent directors are fully behind Rupert Murdoch, a board member told Reuters on Monday, as his iron grip on his vast media empire came under question because of the hacking scandal that already has consumed his London newspaper company.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Liveblogging Murdoch & Son at PhoneGate Hearing: “I Don't Know”  —  This morning, News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch, his son James (who is also a top company exec), as well as former employee and full-time lightning rod Rebekah Brooks, march on down to the British Parliament …
Bloomberg:
Murdoch Struggles for Control as Scandal Grows  —  News Corp. (NWS)'s Rupert Murdoch is struggling to control the destiny of the company he began building six decades ago after a trusted deputy was arrested and Scotland Yard's top official quit over ties to a suspect in the phone-hacking probe.
Felix Salmon:
Could News Corp end up in play?  —  The increasingly-fragile nature of Rupert Murdoch's hold on News Corp has refocused attention on its dual-class share structure.  As John Gapper noted last week, such structures aren't particularly good for minority shareholders like you or me.
Discussion: The Wire and FT Alphaville
New York Times:
Murdoch Aides Long Tried to Blunt Scandal Over Hacking  —  LONDON — Two days before it emerged that The News of the World had hacked the cellphone of a murdered schoolgirl, igniting a scandal that has shaken Rupert Murdoch's media empire, his son James told friends that he thought the worst of the troubles were behind him.
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
How News Corp. Will Change After the Hacking Scandal  —  Rupert Murdoch.  Image by Getty Images via @daylife  —  Addressing Parliament, British Prime Minister David Cameron demanded “root and branch change” at News Corp. in response to an emerging pattern of law breaking by its tabloid journalists.
Burgess Everett / On Media's Blog:
Piers Morgan takes on tabloid scandal  —  Former News of the World editor Piers Morgan finally, if briefly, confronted the News of the World phone-hacking scandal on Monday night after coming under pressure for avoiding coverage of the story while the rest of CNN went into overdrive.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mediaite and TVNewser
Wall Street Journal:
Showdown Time for Murdoch  —  Reputations at Stake as News Corp. CEO Testifies Before U.K. Panel on Tabloid-Hacking Scandal  —  News Corp. is embroiled in a phone-hacking scandal that threatens the legacy of CEO Rupert Murdoch, left, shown with son James in 2010.
Reuters:   Special report: Rupert Murdoch, a hands-on newspaperman
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Updated: The Sun and News International sites hacked, Lulzsec claims responsibility
Johnnie L. Roberts / The Wrap:
A Rupert Murdoch Peer: He's ‘Dead Money’
Phillip Mendonça-Vieira:
The nytimes they are a-changin'  —  Due to an errant cron task that ran twice an hour from September 2010 to July 2011, I accidentally collected about 12,000 screenshots of the front page of the nytimes.com (unfortunately, you can only watch the whole 7 minutes if you stick to 480p).
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
News orgs publish ebooks to capitalize on trending news, archived content  —  As more people buy e-readers and download books through digital stores, some news organizations are finding they can capitalize on their expertise and archives of information by quickly publishing e-books related to big stories.
Discussion: Editors Weblog
New York Magazine:
21 New Media Innovators  —  While the dark days of journalism have receded a bit — it was only three years ago that layoffs were a weekly occurrence, and serious people discussed the closure of the New York Times — the business is still very much in a state of chaotic flux.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
WP hires three bloggers to work with Ezra Klein  —  They are Suzy Khimm, who leaves Mother Jones; Sarah Kliff, formerly of Politico; and Brad Plumer, a New Republic associate editor.  The Post memo is after the jump.  —  The Financial staff is thrilled to announce that we've hired three talented bloggers to work with Ezra Klein.
Discussion: FishbowlDC
 
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