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David Carr / New York Times:
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 …
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Free Press, Chickaboomer 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.
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@jamesro47 and Guardian
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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 …
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Fast Company, AllThingsD, Techland, Guardian, TechCrunch, GigaOM, Future of Journalism, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, 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.
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New York Magazine, @tim, @psmith, The Next Web and Mashable!, more at Techmeme »
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.
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Poynter and FishbowlNY
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 …
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 …
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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
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FishbowlNY, NYT Media Decoder, NetNewsCheck Latest, Agence France Presse, MarketWatch and bizjournals
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) …
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Forbes and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
NBC Unable to Shake Slide in Ratings — NBC's downward slide is getting steeper. — Long a ratings laggard, the network has fallen further behind its competitors this fall, heightening the challenge facing its new owner Comcast Corp. as it works to mount a turnaround.