Mediagazer: Kobo Announces Kindle Fire Competitor, The $199.99 WiFi Vox Tablet (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Murdochs' Infighting Clouds Future of News Corp. — LONDON — It was a striking display of unity: Rupert and James Murdoch, father and son, walking side by side through central London as they faced a crisis that had laid siege to their company. Pushing through a crush of paparazzi on a street …

Discussion: Reuters, On Media's Blog, Guardian, Gawker, New York Magazine, NetNewsCheck Latest, FishbowlNY, The Huffington Post, Free Press, Poynter, Company Town, NPR, @brianstelter, @jeffjarvis and Press Gazette

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

News Corp. Ignored Aberrant WSJ Data — News Corp. (NWSA), the media company facing an investor uprising over its business practices, was alerted to a plan to inflate circulation at the Wall Street Journal Europe almost a year before the newspaper's publisher resigned, according to a former employee and internal documents.

Discussion: The New York Observer

WSJ Top Editor: Future Fox Business Deal “Not Necessarily” A Sure Thing — The Wall Street Journal has not decided if it will form a partnership with Fox Business similar to the newspaper's current arrangement with CNBC when that deal ends next year, the Journal's top editor tells Media Matters.

Discussion: BtoB Magazine, Talking Biz News and Future of Journalism

Philipp Grontzki / MarketWatch:
Dow Jones to launch online German version of WSJ

Discussion: paidContent

James Robinson / Guardian:

NI lawyer says he knew its ‘rogue reporter’ defence was wrong — Farrer & Co partner tells MPs he was aware company had misled parliament but did not act because of client confidentiality — A lawyer who acted for News International (NI) over phone-hacking claims has told MPs he knew …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Discussion: Guardian

Gordon MacMillan / Brand Republic: Tom Watson buys News Corp shares and will attend the AGM

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

What Not to Do in Hong Kong (Trust Me on This One) — How shall I put this as delicately as I am known for: So I went to AsiaD in Hong Kong and all I got was this lousy transient ischemic attack. — First off: I'm doing great, have recovered all functions completely, and have even had a couple of scoops while bedridden.

Discussion: Business Insider, The Next Web, The Loop and Poynter, more at Techmeme »

Naomi Wolf / Guardian:

How I was arrested at Occupy Wall Street — Arresting a middle-aged writer in an evening gown for peaceable conduct is a far cry from when America was a free republic — • Naomi Wolf condemns ‘Stalinist’ erosion of protest rights — Last night I was arrested in my home town …

Discussion: City Room, The New York Observer and New York Magazine

Discussion: Gothamist and GalleyCat

Julie Moos / Poynter:

USA Today managing editor leaves to become Bar Association media relations director — Carol Stevens, who has worked at USA Today for 14 years, is leaving her post as managing editor/news of the Gannett paper to become the media relations director for the American Bar Association.

Discussion: Gannett Blog

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

The Economist Bows To Apple Terms As iOS 5 Breaks Its App — The Economist is finally moving to an iPad strategy compliant with Apple's new developer terms, after what it calls “iOS bugs” under the new iOS 5 broke its non-compliant app edition. — The newspaper's debut app appears …

Discussion: CNET News and GigaOM

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

The Daily Is No. 1 On Apple's Newsstand — Apple's Newsstand app seems to be a boon for publishers, and no one's benefiting from it more than The Daily. News Corp.'s eight-month-old iPad-only publication has been the No. 1 seller in the digital storefront since it launched last week …

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

The Company Behind WordPress Invests in Newspaper Toolmaker OwnLocal — The open source blogging start-up Automattic has made its first investment, leading a round of funding in Austin, Texas-based OwnLocal, which offers tools for newspapers to help local businesses with their Web presence.

Discussion: VentureBeat, GigaOM and VatorNews

Keach Hagey / On Media's Blog:

POLITICO, Random House launch online bookstore — POLITICO has taken its second step into the book business today with the launch of an online bookstore, in partnership with Random House, of political books curated by POLITICO's editors. — “POLITICO Bookshelf” will be operated …

Discussion: Poynter, GalleyCat and paidContent

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Reuters Chief Addresses Flap Over That Soros Story, Sort Of — Journalists at Reuters are scratching their heads today after receiving a puzzling memo from their editor in chief, Steve Adler. Headlined “Editorial Update,” the memo appears to have been drafted in response …

Discussion: Poynter and Guardian

Pamela Moreland / Online Journalism Review:

Don't just blame the player - blame the game, too — By Pamela Moreland: I would have hired former Politico.com reporter Kendra Marr. — Why? Because her resume and my resume are so alike. — Same journalism undergrad and grad school. Same love of journalism. We both worked in the San Francisco Bay Area region.

Discussion: Poynter

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Kobo Announces Kindle Fire Competitor, The $199.99 WiFi Vox Tablet — In an effort to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire, e-reading company Kobo is launching a tablet of its own: The $199.99 Kobo Vox, a 7-inch Android, WiFi color tablet that starts shipping October 28. How does it stack up to the Kindle Fire?

Discussion: Forbes, ZDNet, paidContent:UK and eBookNewser

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: Gary E. Knell wants to ‘retell’ the NPR story — The incoming president of the public radio network plans to make the case to Congress for its value. — Big Bird, Elmo and their pals made huggable toys and helped turn “Sesame Street” into a durable worldwide brand.

Discussion: Poynter

Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:

How the Print-Digital Divide Endures at The New York Times — On Thursday, Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, announced that the paper sought to eliminate up to 20 newsroom positions through voluntary buyouts. — Unlike the round of 100 buyouts that occurred in 2009 …

Meagan Fitzpatrick / CBC News:

Internet links not libel, top court rules — Hyperlinking to defamatory material on the internet does not constitute publishing the defamatory material itself, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday. — The ruling will alleviate fears that holding someone liable for how they use hyperlinks …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Libel reform: juries should be dropped for most trials, says committee — Parliamentary group backs measures to curb online defamation and make it more difficult for big corporations to sue newspapers — Libel trials by jury should be abolished for all but exceptional cases involving public figures …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, Editors Weblog and Press Gazette

Rick Robinson / Street Fight:

Jim Brady Reflects on WaPo, ‘Blown Up’ TBD and the Do or Die Future of Local — Combine digital community journalism and the New York Jets? Jim Brady might call that heaven. The longtime leader in online journalism and hyperlocal endeavors (though he avoids the term hyperlocal) …

Discussion: Poynter

Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

Todd Donovan Named SVP of BO&E at ABC News — Todd Donovan has been promoted to senior vice president of broadcast operations and engineering at ABC Television, ABC News president Ben Sherwood announced today in an internal memo to staffers obtained by TVNewser.

Discussion: TVSpy

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

In Web TV Service, A Glimpse of the Future — RadixTV Is Designed Not to Disrupt Cable, At Least Not Today — Live TV, distributed over the web: The very idea is disruptive to the cable and satellite companies that have spent billions laying cable and launching satellites.