Mediagazer: News Organizations Defend Airing Gruesome Gadhafi Death Video (Marisa Guthrie/Hollywood Reporter)

9:45 PM ET, October 21, 2011

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News Organizations Defend Airing Gruesome Gadhafi Death Video … NEW YORK - News organizations are defending airing the grim video of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's lifeless, bloodied body being kicked and dragged through the streets near his hometown of 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.

Discussion: Random Pixels and Loose Talk, Poynter, Reuters, Techdirt, Charles Apple and Newsweek

Mary Hockaday / BBC:

The challenges of reporting Gaddafi's death — When the end came, it came very suddenly. For months, the Libyan rebels, supported by Nato, were striving to end Muammar Gaddafi's rule in Libya. For weeks that goal seemed to be coming closer, but for many Libyans a tantalising question remained: where was Gaddafi?

Discussion: Guardian, Future of Journalism, Press Gazette and Poynter

Craig Silverman / CJR:
The Story of the Gaddafi Story — How news of the Libyan …

Discussion: News.me, Guardian, Editors Weblog, Erik Wemple and TVNewser

The Wrap:

Rupert Murdoch, Sons, Re-Elected to News Corp.'s Board — Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Lachlan and James, survived a shareholders vote on Friday, with the entire clan re-elected to News Corp.'s board of directors, the company announced. — In all, 15 board members were reappointed.

Discussion: Adweek, Multichannel, Guardian, Broadcasting & Cable, Company Town and News Corporation

Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch speaks of ‘unfair attack’ in face of shareholder revolt — News Corp chairman and chief executive makes defiant address at annual shareholder's meeting in Los Angeles — Rupert Murdoch has made a defiant and uncompromising address in front of his company's shareholders in Los Angeles …

Discussion: paidContent, Guardian, PC Magazine and Media Money …

Susanna Kim / ABCNEWS:

Rupert Murdoch and Sons Blasted By Shareholders — Rupert Murdoch and his sons James and Lachlan got a dressing down from shareholders at the company's annual meeting Friday amid the fallout from a hacking scandal at its UK newspapers. — At the News Corp. annual meeting in Los Angeles on Friday …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal

Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
News Corp. to Pay $4.78M Phone-Hack Settlement

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Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:

Ex-Governor of South Carolina Joins Fox News — Former Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina may have not have been able to run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination after his 2009 cheating scandal, but he will at least get to talk about the campaign on national television …

Discussion: Mediaite, On Media's Blog, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Business Insider

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.

Discussion: Press Gazette and Future of Journalism

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Hulu Plus brings its TV treasure trove to Nintendo Wii and 3DS — Nintendo's 3DS handheld and Wii console will get access to Hulu Plus' trove of streaming TV content before the end of 2011, the company said today. — One of the most pressing issues facing streaming services like Netflix and Hulu is access.

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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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Mediaite, GalleyCat, On Media's Blog and Inside Cable News

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 …

Discussion: Chicago Business

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Why Other Papers Aren't Racing to Copy the NYT Paywall — Image by Getty Images North America via @daylife — It's been an odd week for paywall-watchers. On the one hand, you had The New York Times reporting extraordinarily good news about its six-month-old digital turnstile.

Discussion: Noted, CJR and The Politico