Mediagazer: Phone hacking: Les Hinton rejects Clive Goodman's claims (Lisa O'Carroll/Guardian)

2:35 PM ET, September 9, 2011

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Economist:

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

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Martin Langeveld / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Nat Ives / AdAge:

Wired Magazine, Showtime Deliver Augmented Reality to Promote ‘Homeland’ — Weeklong Glitch Now Resolved — With a roughly weeklong glitch now resolved, Wired magazine and Showtime are again using augmented-reality tech to let readers trigger ads by pointing their camera phones at the September issue.

Jonathan Weber / The Bay Citizen:

A Moment of Change for The Bay Citizen — I'm both happy and sad to announce an important change at The Bay Citizen: I have stepped down as editor in chief, and my colleague Steve Fainaru will be taking over as interim editor in chief. I'm leaving to pursue a new opportunity, the details of which will be announced shortly.

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

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Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:

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Noah Davis / Business Insider:

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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

CNBC survey finds news apps cannibalising websites for ‘Mobile Elite’ — iPhone also ahead of BlackBerry as most popular personal mobile device for European business leaders — A survey of more than 650 European business leaders conducted by broadcaster CNBC has found that the proliferation …

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Phone hacking: Les Hinton rejects Clive Goodman's claims — Former NI boss stands by evidence that he believed News of the World royal editor was ‘only person’ involved in phone hacking — Les Hinton, the former boss of News International, has dismissed an allegation by the former News …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

How to Watch the NFL on the Web, Legally, for Free — Remember when it seemed like this year's pro football season could be canceled or delayed because of a fight between millionaires and billionaires? — Phew! The NFL kicks off tonight, on schedule, on NBC, when the Saints play the Packers.

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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
ESPN Signs News Rights Deal With NFL

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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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David Kravets / Threat Level:

Newspaper Chain Drops Righthaven — ‘It Was a Dumb Idea’ — The new chief executive of MediaNews Group, publisher of the Denver Post and 50 other newspapers, said it was “a dumb idea” for the nation's second-largest newspaper chain to sign up with copyright troll Righthaven.

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