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12:30 PM ET, October 24, 2011

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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 …
Discussion: paidContent:UK and Forbes
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Richard Blackden / Telegraph:   Rupert Murdoch urged to sell off newspapers by top News Corp shareholder
James Robinson / Guardian:   Hinton: I was right to say hacking wasn't rife
Tim Adler / Deadline.com:   Hacking Update: “No Bombshell” As Les Hinton Testifies; James Murdoch Scheduled To Face MPs On November 10
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 …
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.
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 …
Huffington Post Canada:
Le Huffington Post Québec: French-Language Edition Of HuffPost Coming To Canada … AOL Canada , AOL Canada Huffington Post , AOL Huffington Post Quebec , AOL Quebec , French Canada Huffington Post , French Canada Media , French Huffington Post , HPMG Canada , HPMG Quebec …
Discussion: The Next Web
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Agency says HuffPo story payout sets precedent
Discussion: Editors Weblog and Forbes
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 …
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.
Discussion: Company Town
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
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Tina Brown Preps Daily Beast TV Original video set to launch in Nov.  —  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.  —  The venture has been described as an online talk show.
Discussion: mediabistro.com, Poynter and FishbowlNY
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
CBS posts the full 60 Minutes interview with Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson  —  Steve Jobs's biographer answered questions about the Apple founder's life on CBS's 60 Minutes last night, and now you can watch the interview online.  —  The special interview was recorded about two weeks after Job's unfortunate death.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google+ To Integrate With Blogger  —  Up-and-coming social network Google+ will soon be integrated with Google's blogging platform, Blogger, according to a message now appearing in the “Edit User Profile” section of Blogger's Settings.  —  The message reads “Connect Blogger to Google+ …
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) …
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
CBS Correspondent Robert Pierpoint Dies at 86  —  Longtime CBS News correspondent Robert Pierpoint died yesterday from complications following hip surgery.  He was 86.  —  Pierpoint covered six Presidents for CBS, from Dwight Eisenhower in 1957 to Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Howard Kurtz Asks If Media Too Slow To Give President Obama Credit For Muammar Gaddafi Killing  —  On Sunday morning's Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz took the media to task for having roundly criticized President Obama's decision to get involved in Libya, but failing to give …
Discussion: Erik Wemple
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
DAVID FRUM: It's Time We Republicans Finally Admitted That Paul Krugman Might Be Right  —  Few economists have been more correct about the economic crisis of the last several years than the proudly liberal Paul Krugman.  —  Krugman spotted the “liquidity trap” early on …
Discussion: Paul Krugman
 
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Julie Cohn / The Daily:
CNBC cancels $1M investing contest after players game the system
Jack Mkirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Are These The Next ‘Early Show’ Hosts?
Discussion: New York Post
Emily Witt / The New York Observer:
HarperCollins Acquires Newmarket Press
Discussion: GalleyCat
Matt Kinsman / Folio:
The Atlantic Sees 19 Percent Jump in Ad Revenue for Third Quarter
Kevin Downey / TVNewsCheck:
‘Katie’ A Go As Clearances Top 60% Of U.S.
Nieman Lab / @niemanlab:
NPRs Michele Norris steps down from All Things Considered as her husband takes a senior job with the White House http://t.co/XwG5iIBt
Discussion: Media Decoder
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Piper Jaffray: Apple is already building prototype TV sets
TMZ:
Casey Anthony: NBC Finds Clever Way Around Paying For Interview
 Earlier Picks: 
Maha El Dahan / Reuters:
Egyptian talk show host suspends show in protest
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Mattel buys Hit Entertainment for $680m
Discussion: Adweek and rbr.com
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Just How Much Damage Did Netflix Really Do to Itself?
Discussion: Forbes
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
FCC to Take Another Crack at Boosting Station Disclosures
Bill Carter / New York Times:
In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback
Craig Silverman / Regret the Error:
The New York Times offers an amusing Angry Birds correction
Discussion: Gawker
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
‘Public Parts’ and its public parts: In a networked world, can a book go viral?
Discussion: BuzzMachine and bookforum.com
 

 
From Techmeme:

Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
Google fires 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in at the company's New York and Sunnyvale offices to protest its business ties with Israel

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The US CFPB fines BloomTech, formerly Lambda School, and CEO Austen Allred $164K and bans BloomTech from lending for 10 years over deceiving students on loans

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Boston Dynamics debuts an electric version of humanoid robot Atlas for commercial use, a day after retiring the hydraulic Atlas, with a pilot starting in 2025

 
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