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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.
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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.
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Poynter, Techdirt and Charles Apple
Mary Hockaday / BBC:
The challenges of reporting Gaddafi's death
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Guardian, Press Gazette and Poynter
Matt Wells / Guardian:
News Corporation annual shareholder meeting - live — Rupert Murdoch is facing a revolt at News Corporation's annual meeting over its handling of the phone hacking scandal. Follow developments live — 11.38am ET / 4.38pm BST: My colleague Dominic Rushe, who is in Los Angeles for the meeting …
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Rob Golum / Bloomberg:
Murdoch Spars With Shareholders Ahead of Tally — Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) —Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp. (NWSA), sparred with shareholders at the annual meeting today, ahead of a vote on board nominees. — “I hate to call you a liar but I don't believe you …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
News Corp. to Pay $4.78M Phone-Hack Settlement
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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
HuffPost Politics most-visited site for political news, outdraws CNN Politics, Politico — New audience data from comScore says Americans' appetite for political news is heating up, and HuffPost Politics led all politics-focused news sites in September with nearly 10 million visitors.
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Press Gazette
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Chicago Tribune cash flow falls short on national advertising weakness — The Chicago Tribune's operating cash flow is running 24 percent below its business plan for the first nine months of the year and revenue is 3 percent below budget, “largely driven by the national advertising category …
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Chicago Business and NetNewsCheck Latest
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Political Analyst Alex Wagner to Host New NoonET Show on MSNBC — MSNBC political analyst Alex Wagner is getting her own show, TVNewser has learned. — At some point in the next few months, the channel will debut a new NoonET program hosted by Wagner, who was most recently with the Huffington Post …
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On Media's Blog, Mediaite, GalleyCat, The Huffington Post and Inside Cable News
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
27 Fox Cable Channels May Be Pulled From DirecTV in Carriage Dispute — 27 of News Corp.'s Fox cable channels may be pulled from DirecTV November 1, unless the two sides can come to a new carriage agreement. The channels include FX, National Geographic Channel, Speed, Fuel TV, Fox Soccer …
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Media Decoder, rbr.com, Company Town, MediaPost, Adweek and FishbowlLA
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 …
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paidContent, rbr.com and Folio
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.
RBR:
World Cup moving to Fox Sports and Telemundo — Fox Sports and NBCUniversal's Telemundo shocked the soccer world Friday (10/21) by outbidding ESPN and Univision for the US broadcast rights to the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. Bid details were not immediately known …
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Multichannel, SportsBusiness Daily, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable and Company Town
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 …
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