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11:00 AM ET, July 21, 2011

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The Wall Street Journal under Rupert Murdoch — Although the scandal enveloping Rupert Murdoch's media empire has focused on his British properties, it has also put News Corp's. U.S. outlets under a brighter spotlight—particularly the prestigious Wall Street Journal he acquired by purchasing Dow Jones for $5 billion in 2007.

Discussion: Poynter, Mixed Media, Chicago Reader, TVNewser and Guardian

The New York Observer:

Murdoch and His Critics — Regarding the scandal that has roiled Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, a few things seem clear. The phone-hacking scandal in London is deplorable. Journalists have violated the privacy of ordinary citizens and, it is alleged, the law of the land in the United Kingdom.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Guardian, N.Y. Times worked to break News Corp. hacking case — Two newspapers on opposite sides of the Atlantic were instrumental in cracking open the massive phone-hacking scandal in Rupert Murdoch's British media empire. And they might not have been able to do so without a little Anglo-American cooperation.

Discussion: Poynter, Editors Weblog, Chicago Tribune and News Desk

Katy Bachman / Adweek:
Senate Dems Ask News Corp. to Investigate Itself

Discussion: Hillicon Valley, Future of Journalism, Erik Wemple, Guardian and On Media's Blog

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Wall Street Journal Staffers Push Back: We're Not ‘Fox-ified’

Discussion: Journalism.org, CJR, msnbc.com, Poynter, Guardian and New York Times

Bloomberg:
Murdoch's Refusal to Take Responsibility May Undermine Credibility as CEO

Discussion: Company Town, Business Week, Washington Post, Telegraph and ThinkProgress, Thanks:beet_tv

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Sharpton Appears to Win Anchor Spot on MSNBC — After giving a nearly six-month tryout for the Internet talk show host Cenk Uygur, the cable news channel MSNBC is preparing to instead hand its 6 p.m. time slot to the Rev. Al Sharpton. — Mr. Sharpton's imminent hiring …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The New York Observer, Chickaboomer, News Desk, Inside Cable News, New York Times, The Wire and Gawker

Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:

Cenk Uygur Is Out At MSNBC, Refused Alternate Time Slot — It's official: MSNBC has decided to “make a change,” dropping Cenk Uygur's 6 p.m. show from its lineup. — The network shares that “it is unfortunate that Cenk has declined our offer to have him develop and host a program for another time slot.”

Discussion: Deadline.com, On Media's Blog, Inside Cable News and The Wrap

New York Times:

In Court, Suggestions of Hacking Beyond The News of the World — LONDON — Front pages across Britain featured pictures of Rupert Murdoch apologizing for phone hacking at The News of the World. But further suggestions that the practice spread beyond his newspaper emerged in a small …

Discussion: Free Press and MediaFile

Gautam Naik / Wall Street Journal:

Scotland Yard Stint Lands Former Editor in Spotlight — One aspect of the tangled phone-hacking scandal in the U.K. is the alleged cozy relationships between tabloid editors and top police officers and leading politicians. Those connections are increasingly coming into view via the figure of Neil Wallis …

BBC:
Phone hacking: Cameron's ‘regret’ over hiring Coulson

Discussion: Labour Uncut, New York Times, Online NewsHour and Guardian

Business Wire:

The New York Times Company Reports 2011 Second-Quarter Results — Companies: — Related Quotes — SymbolPriceChange — NYT — 8.97 — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT - News) announced today a 2011 second-quarter diluted loss per share …

Discussion: New York Times, Poynter, Media & Entertainment, FishbowlNY and CNET News

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

AP will link back to newspapers who get scoops — News organizations that break big stories will soon get a little more credit — and maybe even a little traffic — from The Associated Press. Beginning Aug. 1, whenever the AP picks up a local story from a member for rewriting and distribution …

Discussion: Poynter and paidContent

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Huffington Post writer who ‘over-aggregated’ Dumenco's AdAge post is returning — Amy Lee, the Huffington Post writer who was suspended for “over-aggregating” a post, is back, Huffington spokesman Mario Ruiz told me today via email: … He wouldn't elaborate on the internal review or policies but said she'd return on Monday.

Discussion: http://www.Stinkyjournalism …, The New York Observer, The Wrap, The Atlantic Wire and The Business Insider

Steve Safran / Lost Remote:

Guest Post: Google Plus pulls TV station account — This is a guest post from Kimberly Wilson, who founded SocialNewsDesk, a company that specializes in social media solutions for newsrooms. You'll find her on Twitter @kimberly_wilson and G+ at +Kim Wilson. — True to its word, Google has shut down the KOMU G+ account.

Discussion: Poynter and TVSpy

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Report: Online Video Will Replace Pay TV in 4.5 Million Homes by Year-End … NEW YORK - The cord cutting debate may move back into the spotlight. — Research firm SNL Kagan in its latest U.S. multichannel TV report on Wednesday predicted that while absolute pay TV subscriber numbers …

Douglas Coupland / Guardian:

Why McLuhan's chilling vision still matters today — 100 years after the birth of the media visionary, ‘the medium is the message’ explains what Google and YouTube do to our souls — Over the years I've been asking people in my life who are old enough to remember which technological change felt …

Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

David Cameron widens inquiry on media regulation to include the BBC — PM also wants takeover rulings taken out of politicians' hands and Ofcom given power to act at earlier stage — David Cameron has broadened the terms of the inquiry into the conduct of the media to include the BBC and social media.

Discussion: Future of Journalism