Mediagazer: Demand Media's Lawyers Go After Critical Blog as Stock Sags (Jeff Bercovici/Mixed Media)

2:45 AM ET, July 22, 2011

Top News:

James Murdoch misled MPs, say former NoW editor and lawyer — Colin Myler and Tom Crone challenge News Corp executive's statement to MPs at phone-hacking hearing — James Murdoch has been accused of misleading the parliamentary select committee this week in relation to phone hacking …

Discussion: New York Times, Kleinman, The Wrap, Media Law Prof Blog, Jon Slattery, paidContent:UK, The Wire, msnbc.com and App Advice

Wall Street Journal:

Justice Department Prepares Subpoenas in News Corp. Inquiry — The U.S. Justice Department is preparing subpoenas as part of preliminary investigations into News Corp. relating to alleged foreign bribery and alleged hacking of voicemail of Sept. 11 victims, according to a government official.

Discussion: Gawker

Guardian: James Murdoch: groomed for the top but now looking down the barrel

Reuters:
James Murdoch denies misleading panel

Discussion: Adweek

Susan Candiotti / CNN: 9/11 families to meet with attorney general over phone hacking

Business Week:
Will the Scandal Tame Murdoch?

Discussion: Company Town, Poynter and Washington Post

Gautam Naik / Wall Street Journal:
Scotland Yard Stint Lands Former Editor in Spotlight

Discussion: Washington Post

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

NYT's Nisenholtz: 'We're Not Naive About Google' — A revealing bit of conversation at the end of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) earnings call between an analyst, digital head Martin Nisenholtz and CEO Janet Robinson about Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and the About.com response to the change in search algorithms that hit About, among others.

Discussion: Future of Journalism and paidContent

The New York Times Company:

The New York Times Company Reports 2011 Second-Quarter Results — The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today a 2011 second-quarter diluted loss per share from continuing operations of $.81 compared with diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $.21 in the same period of 2010.

Discussion: Mixed Media, Poynter, New York Times, AllThingsD, TechFlash, Media Nation, CNET News, Betabeat, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily, The Awl, Epicenter, Media & Entertainment, New York Magazine and FishbowlNY

Ken Doctor / Newsonomics: New York Times Digital Transition: Worth $34 million (annually) and counting

David Kaplan / paidContent:
NYTCo Swings To Loss; Digital Rises Double Digits, About Continues To Fall

Discussion: MediaPost, paidContent:UK and NetNewsCheck Latest

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Demand Media's Lawyers Go After Critical Blog as Stock Sags — There's something perversely flattering about having an entire website devoted to your supposed terribleness. But Demand Media is evidently not enjoying the attention from Demand Studios Sucks, a blog maintained by refugees …

Discussion: Demand Studios Sucks

Michael Miner / News & Features, Chicago Reader:

The elusive definition of “journalist” — News used to be dispensed by an identifiable priesthood. Welcome to the reformation. — What the hell is a journalist anyway, and why should we need to define one? A journalist, says one of my daughters, making me swallow hard, is someone you can believe is trying to tell you the truth.

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Condé Nast And Adobe Try To Get A Handle On Digital Mag Metrics — While it may be exciting for advertisers to try out out an interactive ad in a digital magazine, at the end of the day, they just care about the numbers. With that in mind, Condé Nast and its digital magazine partner Adobe …

Discussion: Adweek, MediaPost, Folio, Future of Journalism and The New York Observer

Lucia Moses / Adweek: Hearst, Bonnier Cave on MediaVest Demand for Tablet Data

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Is the internet making journalism better or worse? Yes — For the past several days, The Economist has been hosting a debate between journalism professor Jay Rosen and digital skeptic and author Nicholas Carr, as part of an ongoing series about the future of media.

Discussion: Economist

Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Instapaper, Read It Later, Byliner: Platform founders on the pageview economics of time-shifted reading — When Byliner.com launched last month, there was plenty of enthusiasm about their new “Pandora of narrative non-fiction” from fans of long-form journalism.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Lornet Turnbull / Seattle Times:

State DOL cancels driver's license of ex-reporter in country illegally — The state of Washington has canceled the driver's license of a journalist who, in a New York Times Magazine article last month, revealed that for 14 years he kept a secret from his U.S. employers: He is an illegal immigrant.

Discussion: Washington Post and On Media's Blog

Ian Sherr / Wall Street Journal:

Apple Explores Hulu Bid — Apple Inc. is in the early stages of examining Hulu LLC, a video-streaming pioneer that is being considered for sale by its owners. — Apple, which sits on $76.2 billion in cash and investments, is in the preliminary stages of looking at the site …

Bloomberg:

Murdoch Gets Confidence Vote From Saudi Prince — News Corp. (NWSA) Chairman Rupert Murdoch, facing the fallout from alleged phone-hacking at a London newspaper, got a vote of confidence from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, one of the company's largest shareholders.

Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:

News Corp.'s The Sun Fires Editor Over Phone-Hacking Connections — A former News of the World executive has been fired from his current job at the Sun due to allegations related to phone hacking, the BBC is reporting. — Matt Nixson, features editor at The Sun, maintains his innocence …

Discussion: Guardian and Adweek

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of U.S. media concentration — The rise and potential fall of Rupert Murdoch is a hell of a story. It is, though, closer to the Guardian's Simon Jenkins' description Tuesday, “not a Berlin Wall moment, just daft hysteria.” Facing only the meager competition of the slow …