Mediagazer: Egyptian talk show host suspends show in protest (Maha El Dahan/Reuters)

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: Gannett Blog

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, Guardian, TechCrunch, Techland, Future of Journalism, GigaOM, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, This is my next and Business Insider, 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 …

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

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: Guardian and @jamesro47

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

Agency says HuffPo story payout sets precedent — The website Huffington Post has made a payment to a news agency which accused it of using stories without credit or consent. — Vienna-headquartered Central European News (CEN) invoiced HuffPo after discovering it had covered two stories …

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: PC Magazine, ZDNet, Bits and paidContent:UK, 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: @tim, @psmith and The Next Web

Maha El Dahan / Reuters:

Egyptian talk show host suspends show in protest — A popular Egyptian talk show host said on Friday he would suspend his programme until further notice due to increasing censorship pressure after an episode discussing the army's handling of a protest that left at least 25 dead failed to air.

Tony Ortega / Runnin' Scared:

Scientology Targeted South Park's Parker and Stone in Investigation — Another interesting revelation at Marty Rathbun's blog this morning: Rathbun released what he said was an internal Scientology document which suggests that the church targeted Trey Parker and Matt Stone …

Discussion: Moving On Up a Little Higher, Gawker and Future of Journalism

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.

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

‘Public Parts’ and its public parts: In a networked world, can a book go viral? — Last month, Jeff Jarvis published his new book, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live. Last week, Evgeny Morozov published a scathing review of it.

Discussion: BuzzMachine and bookforum.com

David Leigh / Guardian:

BBC inquiry over solicitor's ‘rogue reporter’ phone-hacking admission — Julian Pike from Farrers law firm said he had known NoW executives were making misleading statements about scandal — The BBC has referred the royal solicitors, Farrers, to the profession's disciplinary body …