Mediagazer: Hinton Faces Questions Over Two News Corp. Scandals at Hearing (Bloomberg)

10:05 AM ET, October 24, 2011

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The Media Equation: Bonuses Worthy of Protest for Gannett and Tribune Executives — Almost two weeks ago, USA Today put its finger on why the Occupy Wall Street protests continued to gain traction. — “The bonus system has gone beyond a means of rewarding talent and is now Wall Street's primary business …

Discussion: Free Press and Gannett Blog

Bloomberg:

Hinton Faces Questions Over Two News Corp. Scandals at Hearing — Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Les Hinton was one of Rupert Murdoch's closest associates for half a century. His role at the top of News Corp. makes him the focus of British lawmakers' questions about two scandals at his former employer.

Discussion: @jamesro47 and Guardian

Tim Adler / Deadline.com:

Date Set For James Murdoch To Face MPs — News Corp deputy COO James Murdoch will face British MPs for a second time on November 10. He will defend himself as to whether he misled British politicians investigating the phone-hacking at the News of the World.

Richard Blackden / Telegraph: Rupert Murdoch urged to sell off newspapers by top News Corp shareholder

Netflix, Inc.:

Netflix to Launch Service in the UK and Ireland for Streaming Movies and TV Shows in Early 2012 — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the leading global Internet movie subscription service, today announced it will expand to the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2012, offering unlimited TV shows …

Discussion: Fast Company, Techland, Guardian, TechCrunch, Future of Journalism, GigaOM, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, AllThingsD, This is my next and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Christopher Hope / Telegraph:

WikiLeaks' money woes brings end to leak of secrets — WikiLeaks is to stop publishing state secrets because it is running out of money, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. — The whistleblowing website set up by Julian Assange said that it is temporarily suspending publication of leaks to fight a “blockade” by credit card companies.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Guardian, @tim, @psmith, The Next Web and Mashable!, more at Techmeme »

Elana Zak / 10,000 Words:

4 Questions With ProPublica's New Social Media Editor — The role of social media editor is a relatively new, and highly coveted, spot in newsrooms. While there are still a lot of questions about what exactly this job entails, everyone can agree that there needs to be at least …

Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

‘American Idol,’ NFL Duke it out for Priciest TV Spot — Watch out, Steven Tyler. The Green Bay Packers are rushing you. — Long TV's most expensive program for advertisers, “American Idol” is now neck-and-neck with NBC's “Sunday Night Football” as the costliest prime-time show on this year's schedule …

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Tina Brown Preps Daily Beast TV Original video set to launch in Nov. By Lucia Moses — Tina Brown's recent forays on the Web and in print have so far had uncertain results. Can she make it on TV? We'll soon see: Daily Beast TV is getting ready to launch in November.

Discussion: Poynter

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

CBS posts the full 60 Minutes interview with Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson — The tech world is in a frenzy over the release of Walter Isaacson's biography on Steve Jobs, including CBS. The TV network has just posted the full interview online. — The special interview was recorded …

Discussion: Forbes, PC Magazine, Guardian, NetNewsCheck Latest, ZDNet, Softpedia News, Bits and paidContent:UK, more at Techmeme »

Newspaper Association of America:

Traffic to newspaper websites increases 20 percent in past year — Double-digit growth in multiple categories demonstrates high level of engagement by newspaper website visitors; — More than 110 million unique visitors in Q3; strong reach in key demographics continues

Discussion: FishbowlNY, NYT Media Decoder, NetNewsCheck Latest, Agence France Presse, MarketWatch and bizjournals

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Just How Much Damage Did Netflix Really Do To Itself? — How bad was Q3 for Netflix? By Wall Street's reckoning, an unmitigated disaster: Three months ago, when the company reported its Q2 numbers, its stock was at $281. Now it's at $117, down 58 percent.

Discussion: Forbes

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

The Bestsellers: Steve Jobs And The Importance Of Pre-Orders — On the official morning of its release, Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs is #1 on the Kindle bestseller list, #1 in Apple's iBookstore and #2 on the Nook bestseller list. It is not yet showing up on the Kobo or Google (NSDQ: GOOG) …

Discussion: AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »