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10:05 PM ET, October 24, 2011

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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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MediaPost:
Netflix Streams Revs, But Stock Takes Big Hit 4 hours ago
Discussion: TechCrunch, The Wrap and ZDNet
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 …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:   News International makes concession over Glenn Mulcaire damages
Richard Blackden / Telegraph:   Rupert Murdoch urged to sell off newspapers by top News Corp shareholder
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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Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:   What Was Wikileaks Good For?  —  “Leaking to the mainstream press.
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 and TVbytheNumbers
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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
‘Rock Center’ Winning Higher Ad Rates Than Some NBC Stalwarts  —  Tuning In: Why NBC Likes Brian Williams More Than the Playboy Bunnies  —  Looks like NBC's dapper news anchor Brian Williams has more leverage with advertisers than a passel of scantily-clad cocktail waitresses.
Discussion: Media & Entertainment
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 …
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Agency says HuffPo story payout sets precedent
Discussion: WebProNews and Editors Weblog
Tanzina Vega / NYT Media Decoder:
Group Says Newspapers Aren't Dead, They're Alluring  —  With more people getting their daily dose of news online through blogs and social media sites, traditional newspapers have gotten short shrift.  Print is dead or dying, say media experts, and advertising can't keep pace.
Discussion: Chickaboomer and ShortFormBlog
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Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
JP Morgan: Kindle Fire expected to sell 5 million in Q4  —  Just weeks after dismissing the Kindle Fire as a potential challenger to the iPad, J.P. Morgan is now upping its assessment of Amazon's debut tablet, saying the device is expected to move 4.5 to 5 million units in the fourth quarter.
Discussion: AllThingsD and Betabeat
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Piper Jaffray: Apple is already building prototype TV sets  —  The solution Steve Jobs said he “finally cracked” could be a $6 billion business by 2014  —  Click to enlarge.  Source: www.patentlyapple.com  —  In a note to clients released Monday, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster seizes …
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Jennifer LaFleur / ProPublica:
Government Could Hide Existence of Records under FOIA Rule Proposal  —  A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents that records don't exist - even when they do.
Matt Kinsman / Folio:
The Atlantic Sees 19 Percent Jump in Ad Revenue for Third Quarter  —  Publisher remains on track for “multi-million dollar” profit in 2011.  —  For the 12th consecutive quarter in a row, The Atlantic is reporting gains in print and online revenue.  In third quarter 2011 …
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.  —  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.
Patrick Twohy / San Francisco Business Times:
Bay Citizen news site loses CEO on heels of editor … Lisa Frazier, the founding CEO for the Bay Citizen, a news site created with funding and help from Bay Area money man Warren Hellman, is stepping down, according to a story posted on the Bay Citizen's website on Friday.
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) …
Heather Struck / Forbes:
Amazon: Stage Is Set For Uphill Revenue Growth  —  Amazon.com will report its third quarter earnings Tuesday, and the analyst outlooks are for the stock to go to at least $250 barring any major problems in the top and bottom-line numbers.  The company recently introduced its new affordable …
Discussion: PC Magazine
 
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Marcus Vanderberg / FishbowlLA:
Clear Channel Radio Promotes John Ivey to Senior VP
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Next e-reader innovation: scrolling e-ink web pages
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Times Newspapers permitted to use leaked documents in libel defence
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Petty Punishment for the Washington Post
Discussion: msnbc.com and Washington Post
Julie Cohn / The Daily:
CNBC cancels $1M investing contest after players game the system
Emily Witt / The New York Observer:
HarperCollins Acquires Newmarket Press
Discussion: GalleyCat and Publishers Weekly
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‘Katie’ A Go As Clearances Top 60% Of U.S.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Howard Kurtz Asks If Media Too Slow To Give President Obama Credit For Muammar Gaddafi Killing
Discussion: Erik Wemple
TMZ:
Casey Anthony: NBC Finds Clever Way Around Paying For Interview
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
CBS Correspondent Robert Pierpoint Dies at 86
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
DAVID FRUM: It's Time We Republicans Finally Admitted That Paul Krugman Might Be Right
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Elana Zak / 10,000 Words:
4 Questions With ProPublica's New Social Media Editor
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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