Mediagazer: Brooks: hacking payments not my remit (John Plunkett/Guardian)

8:20 PM 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”.

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

The Statement The Murdochs Wanted To Make Before The MPs Said No — Before MPs kicked off their phone hacking questions for James and Rupert Murdoch today, James asked John Whittingdale, the chair of the Commons Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, if he could read out a statement—another apology.

Discussion: Crikey, Guardian, paidContent:UK, Future of Journalism, TheMediaBriefing, Big Journalism, Gothamist, http://www.Stinkyjournalism …, On Media's Blog, Editors Weblog and BBC

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and Shaving Cream) Pie — 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 …

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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:

Video: Murdoch Attacked! Deng Fights Back! (Updated, With Slow-Motion Replay) — Rupert Murdoch was just attacked during the big News Corp hacking hearing in the British Parliament. Via Business Insider, this is objectively insane and awesome: — Update: Via Jezebel's Whitney Jefferson, the Gif you've all been waiting for:

Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, The Wire, On Media's Blog, @jonniemarbles, The Daily Dish and mUmBRELLA

Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
On Rupert Murdoch's performance before Parliament: Shockingly bad, or routine?

Discussion: Guardian, The New York Observer and On Media's Blog

Legalweek:
Harbottle defends Hackgate position; Grabiner to lead News Corp clean-up

Discussion: The Slog

John Cook / Gawker:
Rupert Murdoch Has Left the Building

Discussion: The Wire

Dominic Rushe / Guardian: News Corp's independent directors hire own legal team over phone hacking

Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Rupert Murdoch has board backing

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Nick Robinson / BBC: From inside the Murdoch hearing

Reuters:
Special report: Rupert Murdoch, a hands-on newspaperman

Discussion: CJR and MediaFile

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
How News Corp. Will Change After the Hacking Scandal

Felix Salmon:
Could News Corp end up in play?

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Can Hands-on Boss Rupert Murdoch Plausibly Deny Knowledge of Hacking at the News of the World?

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Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:

Scribd Creates a Paid News Site — Relatively few people are willing to pay for an online newspaper or magazine. But what if they could pay a monthly fee for a vast library of news, like Netflix's subscription service for movies? — Scribd, a Web site that lets users share reports …

Discussion: paidContent, AllThingsD and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
With Float, Scribd Hopes To Become The Netflix Of Reading

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Time Magazine Rolls Out Print/Digital Subscriptions — And Puts Up Another Web Pay Wall — Time magazine is making it easier for readers to subscribe to its digital and print editions. And it is making it harder for non-subscribers to read the magazine on the Web.

Discussion: Folio, Poynter, NetNewsCheck Latest, mocoNews, The Wrap, Electronista, VentureBeat, MediaPost, Audience Development and FishbowlNY

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

Hulu Owners Offer 5-Year Show Extension — Hulu LLC, the online video service seeking bids, plans to offer suitors five years of access to shows from its media-company owners, including two years of exclusivity, two people with knowledge of the situation said.

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John Plunkett / Guardian:

Brooks: hacking payments not my remit — Former News International chief says News of the World's managing editor approved payments to private detectives — The former News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, has deflected MPs' questions about the News of the World's payments …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Press Gazette, Jon Slattery, Future of Journalism, paidContent and On Media's Blog

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

The Good Ol' Days of 20 Years Ago — Are 18- to 34-year-olds too young to be nostalgic? — Evidently not. — Starting next Monday, TeenNick, part of the Nickelodeon family of cable channels for children, will start rebroadcasting old series from the 1990s that are considered classics by young adults.

Discussion: The New York Observer, The Awl and TVWeek.com

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Frustrated judge pushes Google digital book deal — (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge set a September 15 deadline for Google Inc, authors and publishers to come up with a legal plan to create the world's largest digital library, expressing frustration that the six-year-old dispute has not been resolved.

Discussion: The New York Observer, Hillicon Valley, TeleRead, Future of Journalism, Electronista and GalleyCat, more at Techmeme »

Sophie Roell / The Browser:

Jay Rosen on Journalism in the Internet Age — In a break from our usual practice of focusing on books, we asked the journalism analyst and veteran blogger to recommend five articles illustrating the upheavals of the news business — I know that as journalists we have to adapt rapidly …

Martin Langeveld / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Tackable, BANG collaborate on a location-based digital newspaper — Ever since he was a beat reporter at the Palo Alto Daily News and the Contra Costa Times, Luke Stangel has been thinking about how to improve finding and consuming news by adding more specific location data to news content.

Michael Crowley / Swampland:

Reporter Accosted After Bachmann Comments on Migraines — It's not easy to get to Michele Bachmann. Her appearance at a rally on Tuesday in Aiken, South Carolina, attended by perhaps 150 people, featured three uniformed police officers and two body guards in plain clothes.

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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:

Rodale Names Dave Zinczenko EVP/Editorial Director For Prevention And Organic Gardening Brands — Rodale Inc. has promoted Dave Zinczenko to executive vice president and editorial director for the company's Prevention and Organic Gardening brands, effective immediately.

Discussion: Folio, Adweek and MinOnline