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2:00 AM ET, July 25, 2011

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The Independent:
Hacking was endemic at the ‘Mirror’, says former reporter  —  The phone-hacking story took a new and dramatic turn yesterday as a former journalist on the Daily Mirror claimed that the practice was “endemic” at the newspaper during his time there and that he would be willing to testify to investigating authorities.
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Vikram Dodd / Guardian:
Letters cast doubt on NoW claim that it ‘co-operated fully’ with police  —  Police asked for full file of Glenn Mulcaire's work but NI said it had only a single piece of paper covering his years of work  —  Legal letters sent by the News of the World to detectives have cast doubt …
David Carr / New York Times:
Scandal Splinters a Family Business  —  News Corporation, the global enterprise controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has a history of living by its own rules and operating beyond consequence.  That ended last week.  —  Mr. Murdoch, long a spectral presence who made his plays on a chess board of his own making …
New York Times:
CNN Host Is Dragged Into Phone Scandal  —  LONDON — It was perhaps inevitable that the phone hacking accusations in Britain would cross the Atlantic and reach Piers Morgan, the flamboyant former Fleet Street editor who is now the host of “Piers Morgan Tonight” on CNN.
Discussion: Chickaboomer
New York Times:
Ex-Schools Chief Emerges as Unlikely Murdoch Ally
Discussion: Gothamist
Tim Castle / Reuters:
News Corp's James Murdoch under pressure over hacking testimony
Guardian:   News International ‘bullied Liberal Democrats over BSkyB bid’
Seth Mnookin / New York Magazine:
The Kingdom and the Paywall  —  Some people thought that on Arthur Sulzberger Jr.'s watch, the New York Times could actually become extinct.  They might need to issue a correction.  —  Two weeks ago, I went to the New York Times' gleaming, modernist, Renzo Piano-­designed headquarters …
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John Koblin / WWD Media Headlines:
Bill Keller Pulls Plug on New York Times Magazine Column  —  Bill Keller is giving up his New York Times Magazine column, which will end in September, six months after it started.  —  Keller, who is becoming a full-time writer at the paper after he steps down as executive editor in September, will become an op-ed columnist.
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
The NYT Paywall Is Out of the Gate Fast  —  281,000 paying digital subscribers in three months show readers will pay for quality news  —  The Wall Street Journal has long had a successful online paywall.  The Financial Times has one, too.  We can confidently say now that The New York Times will be the third major newspaper success.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Gawker Will Go to Court in Fox Investigation  —  Gawker, the popular blog based in New York, is going to court to investigate the relationship between the Fox News chairman, Roger Ailes, and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.  —  On Monday, the company and one of its reporters, John Cook …
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Nafissatou Diallo gives Newsweek, ABC News her exclusive account of what happened with Dominique Strauss-Kahn  —  The 32-year-old woman who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault at the Sofitel hotel has publicly identified herself in interviews with Newsweek and ABC News.
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Google News changes highlight sources in coverage of Oslo attacks  —  Design changes introduced last week to Google News make it easier to filter information quickly, most immediately about the Norway shooting that has left at least 90 dead.  The changes that were made live Thursday decluttered …
Eliot Sefton / The First Post:
Johann Hari to have Orwell prize taken from him  —  Independent journalist may be stripped of honour after plagiarism allegations  —  Newspaper columnist Johann Hari, described by the conservative press as a “darling of the Left”, will be stripped of a prestigious journalism award …
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Google Tries an Online Publication for Marketing Itself  —  “DATA beats opinion” has long been a mantra at Google, where evidence-based research tends to rule.  But now the company is showing its softer side with Think Quarterly, a business-to-business publication whose first United States issue is to make its debut online this week.
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Can Google+ beat Twitter and Facebook as a tool for journalists?  —  Google+ has taken off like no other social network before it.  While it's still in ‘limited field trial’ mode, it's already being seriously considered as a contender to take on Twitter and Facebook.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
A Norwegian National Tragedy That Unfolded on the Web (Updated)  —  What's being described as the most violent day in Norway since the Second World War unfolded today for so many via social media.  —  Having seen early reports concerning an afternoon bombing attack outside government offices in Oslo …
Discussion: Politicons, Future of Journalism and Guardian, Thanks:beet_tv
 
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