Mediagazer: BBC staff earn £32.5m a year in extra allowances (Patrick Foster/Telegraph)

Christopher Hope / Telegraph:

Phone hacking: judge to question Rupert and James Murdoch under oath — Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, are to be questioned about the phone hacking scandal under oath in the High Court. — Lord Justice Leveson, the man who prosecuted Rose West, will hold his inquiry at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Discussion: Adweek, New York Magazine, Media & Entertainment, Press Gazette, The Wrap, Company Town, Journalism.co.uk, Editors Weblog, Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media and NY Daily News

Murdoch expands internal inquiry of papers — (Reuters) - Lawyers for Rupert Murdoch's News International are conducting a broad inquiry into reporting practices at all of the company's UK newspapers, according to sources who have been briefed on the probe.

Discussion: Adweek

Joe Grimm / Poynter:

Following layoff, Jack Shafer tells journalists: ‘Always be looking’ — In this week's career chat, we talked with longtime media critic Jack Shafer, who has covered the media for about 25 years. Just last week, he was laid off from Slate. — Shafer, who said no audience questions were off-limits …

Discussion: GalleyCat and FishbowlNY

How to reboot Slate — The opinions expressed are his own. — There's really no schadenfreude to be had for Slate, which laid off four staffers and a few freelancers last week. After all, this is the online magazine that gave birth to a Twitter meme, #Slatepitches …

Discussion: Poynter

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

How The New York Times is taking Twitter reporting faster and deeper with @NYTLive — After 346 tweets and 22,000 followers in three days, @NYTLive has gone dormant — for now. — The Times' new Twitter megaphone for in-depth, real-time curation of big news stories got its first test run this weekend for Hurricane Irene.

Discussion: Editors Weblog, NetNewsCheck Latest, eMedia Vitals and NYConvergence.com

New York Times:

Joao Silva: ‘This Is What I Do. This Is All That I Know.’ — Photographs by Joao Silva are on exhibit at the Visa Pour l'Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France. Mr. Silva spoke at the Bronx Documentary Center on Aug. 2, during his first visit to New York since he was injured in Afghanistan.

Discussion: Poynter and Gawker

Noah Davis / SAI:

Thanks To Covers You Love To Hate, Tina Brown Is Turning Around Newsweek — Newsweek may have a bit of a turnover issue, but there are signs Tina Brown is righting the ship. — Her cover choices are certainly talked about with increasing frequency. — The “insane” Michele Bachmann cover …

Discussion: Adweek, The New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Sherry Ricchiardi / American Journalism Review:

Out of the Shadows — Two high-profile incidents have propelled the long-ignored issue of sexual violence against journalists into the spotlight. And women aren't the only victims. Two photographs tell the story. In the first one, Umar Cheema displays a wide, dimpled smile crowned by a bushy mustache.

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

The global internet speedup initiative will make web video faster — Get ready for a ride on the Global Internet Speedup Initiative. It's an alliance of companies who want to make the internet faster by shortening the distance that data has to travel when someone is requesting it.

Discussion: Forbes, Softpedia News, CNET News and GigaOM

Tim Carmody / Epicenter:

Without Jobs as CEO, Who Speaks for the Arts at Apple? — What is the secret to Apple's success? After introducing the iPad 2 in March, Steve Jobs offered one answer: … Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple leaves the company without its founder and lead visionary, but still in very capable hands.

Discussion: Forbes, Future of Journalism, Felix Salmon, Evolver.fm and VatorNews

Patrick Foster / Telegraph:

BBC staff earn £32.5m a year in extra allowances — The BBC pays £32.5 million a year in extra allowances to more than 8,000 employees whose hours of work are deemed unpredictable because they “only” receive two weeks' notice of their shift patterns.

Discussion: Press Gazette

Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:

Newspaper paywalls: Lessons learned — News sites have launched a variety of different online paywall models this year, some with more success than others. There's no one way that works for every local market, but a few best practices are emerging for any news publisher to consider before charging for digital content.

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

‘Leading From Behind’: The Evolution Of A Blind Quote — NEW YORK — In late June, the New Yorkerâs Ryan Lizza was following Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on the campaign trail when he heard the Republican presidential contender utter three familiar words used to criticize President Obama: âleading from behind.â

New York Times:

A News Corp. Decision — To the Editor: — David Carr wrote about a corporate merger that was reviewed by the Justice Department in 1997, when I was assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust under President Bill Clinton ("News Corp.'s Soft Power in the U.S.," The Media Equation column, Aug. 8).

Discussion: The New York Observer

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Sequoia Leads $9.5 Million Round In Interactive Video Advertising Startup Innovid — Innovid, a video advertising startup, has raised $9.5 million round led by Sequoia Capital with Genesis Partners and T-Ventures (Deutsche Telecom) participating in the round.

Discussion: VatorNews