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2:40 PM ET, July 21, 2011

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Susan Candiotti / CNN:
9/11 families to meet with attorney general over phone hacking  —  (CNN) — Relatives of 9/11 victims will meet with the U.S. attorney general and other Justice Department officials to discuss allegations that a newspaper owned by News Corp. targeted phone conversations and voice mails …
Journalism.org:
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.
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 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Guardian, N.Y. Times worked to break News Corp. hacking case
The New York Observer:
Murdoch and His Critics
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 …
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Cenk Uygur Is Out At MSNBC, Refused Alternate Time Slot
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 …
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
NYTCo Swings To Loss; Digital Rises Double Digits, About Continues To Fall  —  In addition to seeing its advertising revenues continue to decrease due in part to the weak economy, The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) swung to a loss on a $161.3 million write-down of assets at the Regional Media Group …
Discussion: paidContent:UK
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 and The New York Observer
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Lucia Moses / Adweek:   Hearst, Bonnier Cave on MediaVest Demand for Tablet Data
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 …
Discussion: GigaOM
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Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Webs and whirligigs: Marshall McLuhan in his time and ours
Business Week:
Will the Scandal Tame Murdoch?  —  The News Corp. chief's iron grip could finally be challenged  —  When Rupert Murdoch faced inquisitors from a British Parliamentary committee on July 19, the public Murdoch was on display: monosyllabic, defiant, and unwilling to accept full responsibility …
Discussion: Company Town and Washington Post
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, KCET, @poynter, Xeni Jardin and TVSpy
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
IAC's Vimeo Claims 50 Million Unique Users Worldwide, Cites Big Growth in Europe  —  Vimeo, the video sharing site of choice for many independent content creators, has reached 50 million users worldwide up from 30 million a year ago.  —  Big growth has occurred in Western Europe …
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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 …
 
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