Mediagazer: Ars Technica tries a new way to monetize a much-anticipated article with a Kindle ebook for Mac fans (Andrew Phelps/Nieman Journalism Lab)

8:15 AM ET, July 23, 2011

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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

Exclusive: News Corp executive suspected of “orchestrating” leak — (Reuters) - A leading private investigations firm said it had strong reason to suspect that Will Lewis, a senior executive of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, was involved in “orchestrating” a leak of material …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Times Names David Leonhardt Washington Bureau Chief — The New York Times has named David Leonhardt, this year's Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary and the paper's Economic Scene columnist, as its next Washington bureau chief. — His appointment is the first major staffing decision …

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Hacker group claims WikiLeaks-style collab with media outlets on News of the World emails

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Seattle Times

Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:

A Lucky Magazine Alliance With Fashion Bloggers — Lucky, the shopping magazine published by Condé Nast, has introduced a collaborative venture with 50 bloggers who write about fashion and beauty subjects. — The venture is a network of blogs that Lucky is calling the Lucky Style Collective …

Julie Moos / Poynter:

As ‘Daily Show’ turns 15 years old, Jon Stewart's best media criticism moments — The longest-running show on Comedy Central debuted July 21, 1996 — 15 years ago this week. Jon Stewart became host of “The Daily Show” in 1999, and has been commenting on the media ever since.

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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Ars Technica tries a new way to monetize a much-anticipated article with a Kindle ebook for Mac fans — It by now nearly qualifies as an ancient ritual in the tech world: Apple releases a new version of Mac OS X, and Ars Technica's John Siracusa delivers a comprehensive, almost scriptural, review of it.

Discussion: GigaOM, MacStories, Future of Journalism, Fortune and TUAW

BBC:

FBI to contact Jude Law over phone hack claims — A lawsuit filed by Jude Law alleges his mobile phone was hacked while he was in New York — The FBI plans to contact the actor Jude Law following claims that his mobile phone was hacked during a visit to the US, officials have told the BBC.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Guardian, Deadline.com, Top Digital Journal News and The Huffington Post

Telegraph:
Phone Hacking: emails next scandal, says Tom Watson

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Cindy Adams / New York Post:

Can't top this — The genius who dreamed up the iconic New York Post headline “Headless Body in Topless Bar,” Vincent A. Musetto, was given an affectionate send-off by his colleagues last night after 40 years at the paper. Retiring film critic Musetto, who once ran the newsroom …

Discussion: Poynter, The New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

WSJ's Robert Thomson On Ethics: The Memo — Robert Thomson, the top journalist at Dow Jones and flagship Wall Street Journal, just sent this memo about ethics to the News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). unit. Given the last three weeks in the Murdoch empire, with scandal unfolding about unethical …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Don't Hold Your Breath on That Apple Hulu Deal — If you stop by a Subaru dealer and end up kicking the tires on a new Outback, are you in early talks to consider a bid on a new Outback? — Well, sure. But if you drive off the lot in your old Civic and never come back, no one's going to be shocked.

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The Atlantic Online:

How to Be a Right-Leaning Journalist — A libertarian guide for young reporters tells us how media, ideological or otherwise, should work in the digital age — With the rise of ideological journalism over the past decade, a period when opinionated bloggers, Web journalists …

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Matt Kinsman / Folio:

Forbes Media Makes Minority Investment in Startup of Ex-Fortune Editor — Deal includes strategic partnership, sponsorship of Techonomy 2011 conference. — Forbes Media has struck a strategic partnership with Techonomy Media, a new media business founded last year by former Fortune editor and columnist David Kirkpatrick.

Mark Thompson / BBC:

Investigative journalism and breaking the rules — The phone-hacking scandal has put investigative journalism in the dock. Yet without investigative journalism - and in particular the meticulous work of one investigative journalist, Nick Davies, of the Guardian - it's a scandal that would have never seen the light of day.

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