Mediagazer: USA Today toys with a side business: selling commercial access to its data (Andrew Phelps/Nieman Journalism Lab)

11:20 AM ET, October 21, 2011

Top News:

Irate News Corp. Shareholders to Take Murdoch to the Woodshed — The annual News Corporation shareholders meeting has always been a raucous and unpredictable event. — In a 12-minute exchange last year, one disapproving shareholder gave Rupert Murdoch, the company's chairman and chief executive …

Discussion: Company Town, NetNewsCheck Latest, Los Angeles Times and Guardian

Erik Larson / Bloomberg:

News Corp. to Pay $4.78M Phone-Hack Settlement — News Corp. (NWSA)'s U.K. unit agreed to pay 3 million pounds ($4.78 million) to settle claims that the News of the World tabloid hacked the mobile-phone messages of schoolgirl Milly Dowler, who was murdered in 2002.

Discussion: Dow Jones Newswires and Associated Press

Ben Smith / The Politico:
New York funds to vote against Murdochs, over Bloomberg objections

Discussion: New York Magazine, Gawker and Bloomberg

Mark Sweney / Guardian:
‘Leveson inquiry no threat to free press’ - PM

Discussion: Media Decoder and Free Press

Craig Silverman / CJR:

The Story of the Gaddafi Story — How news of the Libyan leader's demise spread on Twitter — Earlier this morning news began to spread that something major was happening in Libya. At first it seemed that a convoy, likely belonging to those loyal to former leader Moammar Gaddfi, was under attack in/near Sirte.

Discussion: Guardian, Erik Wemple, Editors Weblog and TVNewser

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Few U.S. front pages feature dead Gadhafi, many international papers show body — Very few front pages of U.S. newspapers featured photos of a dead Moammar Gadhafi Friday morning, choosing instead to show rebels and citizens celebrating or archival images of the Libyan leader.

Discussion: Charles Apple

Bob Andelman / Poynter:
AFP, AP transmit graphic photos of dead Gadhafi

Discussion: BBC, Press Gazette and TVNewser

Jefferson Morley / Salon:

Fired NPR host sees “McCarthyism” — OWS supporter Lisa Simeone says she was dismissed after right-wing attacks — Lisa Simeone, host of two cultural programs on National Public Radio, was fired from one of her positions last night for her leading role in the Freedom Plaza occupation in Washington …

Discussion: War Is A Crime .org, Media Decoder, NPR and The Daily Caller

Julie Moos / Poynter:
NPR host will remain with ‘Opera’ show after becoming spokesperson for ‘Occupy DC’

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

Nationwide Layoffs Hit Village Voice Media — In your tragic Thursday media column: more info on the companywide layoffs at Village Voice Media, the NYT Co. makes money, a Washington Post heiress has a bright idea, The Economist screws up, and newspaper layoffs are back.

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

USA Today toys with a side business: selling commercial access to its data — One year ago, USA Today opened up its massive database of articles, reviews, census figures, and sports salaries to the public. The newspaper provided open and well-documented APIs to software developers …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest

Keith Boykin / The Huffington Post:

Everything The Media Told You About Occupy Wall Street Is Wrong — After 10 days out of town, I finally made it to Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday and had a chance to see for myself what's going on. My conclusion: almost everything the media told me about the protest is wrong.

Discussion: AdAge, Future of Journalism and mediabistro.com

Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
‘n+1’ starts $2,000 Kickstarter campaign to publish an Occupy Wall Street magazine of its own; raises it in an hour

Discussion: Splice Today, Speakeasy, The New York Observer, AdAge, CNET News, Future of Journalism, Runnin' Scared, Forbes, The New Yorker Blog and Gawker

John Keenan / The Argus:

£15m free advertising pledge from local newspapers — Regional and local newspapers across the country, including The Argus, have today delivered a huge boost to UK business by pledging an unprecedented £15 million of free advertising to the most dynamic fledgling enterprises.

Discussion: Future of Journalism, Marketing Week and Yorkshire Post

Heather Horn / The Atlantic Wire:

Vanessa Grigoriadis: What I Read — How do other people deal with the torrent of information that pours down on us all? Do they have some secret? Perhaps. We are asking various people who seem well-informed to describe their media diets. This is drawn from a conversation with New York …

Discussion: The New York Observer and FishbowlLA

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Forbes hires outsider COO — Quietly and with little fanfare, Forbes Media has picked up a new chief operating officer, Mike Federle, a former publisher and president of rival Fortune. — The COO title was last held by Timothy Forbes, one of the four brothers in the third generation …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Meredith buys stake in London 2012 agency Iris — US media group's backing will help UK-based advertising business further expand its international operations — US media group Meredith Corporation has acquired a strategic stake stake in Iris - the UK agency that created London 2012 Olympic mascots Wenlock …

Discussion: Folio and paidContent