Mediagazer: PR Group Accuses Writer of Phone Hacking (Alexandra Bruell/AdAge)

5:00 PM ET, July 19, 2011

Top News:

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: Guardian, http://www.Stinkyjournalism …, On Media's Blog, Big Journalism, Editors Weblog and BBC

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament, 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 …

Discussion: Guardian, The Snitch, VentureBeat, The Wire, Gawker, Forbes.com, The New York Observer, On Media's Blog, TVNewser, The New York Observer, Associated Press, mediabistro.com and Journalism.co.uk

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 …

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: @jonniemarbles, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, The Huffington Post, The Daily Dish, Guardian and mUmBRELLA

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: Mediaite, The Daily Beast, The Book Bench, Forbes.com, GalleyCat, TVNewser, Adweek, AdAge and ThinkProgress

Legalweek:

Harbottle defends Hackgate position; Grabiner to lead News Corp clean-up — Author: Simon Petersen

Discussion: The Slog

Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Rupert Murdoch has board backing

Discussion: New York Magazine, NetNewsCheck Latest and Gawker

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

Discussion: Guardian, On Media's Blog and Forbes.com

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

Discussion: Press Gazette, Guardian, AdAge, rbr.com, On Media's Blog, Adweek, TVNewser, WWD Media Headlines, paidContent:UK, The New York Observer, Forbes.com, Mediaite, The Awl, AllThingsD, Fact and Comment, Wall Street Journal and Multichannel

Nick Robinson / BBC: From inside the Murdoch hearing

Felix Salmon:
Could News Corp end up in play?

Discussion: The Wire, Los Angeles Times, FT Alphaville and The Big Picture

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

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

Discussion: Poynter, AllThingsD, Techdirt, Adweek and NationalJournal.com

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Updated: The Sun and News International sites hacked, Lulzsec claims responsibility

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, VentureBeat, Poynter, MediaPost, FishbowlNY, Audience Development and paidContent

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.

Discussion: MediaPost, Adweek, Bloomberg, The Business Insider and Online Video News

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

With Float, Scribd Hopes To Become The Netflix Of Reading — It's a big day for online document sharing and social reading site Scribd. Today at Fortune's Brianstorm conference, CEO Trip Adler will be revealing a major initiate that introduces a suite of new products and an entirely new brand: meet Float.

Discussion: VentureBeat, Epicenter, GigaOM, Shawn Blanc, The Huffington Post, Softpedia News, Fast Company, TeleRead, Fortune, CNET News, TUAW, Adweek, ReadWriteWeb and App Advice, Thanks:beet_tv

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 and AllThingsD, more at Techmeme »

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 Awl, The New York Observer and TVWeek.com

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 …

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: Jon Slattery, Press Gazette, On Media's Blog and paidContent

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

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