Mediagazer: Comcast Earnings Up 5% as Fewer Cancel Cable; NBCU Results Mixed (Tim Molloy/The Wrap)

4:10 PM ET, November 2, 2011

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Robert Booth / Guardian:

Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition — High court judges rule the WikiLeaks founder should face accusations of rape in Sweden — The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.

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The Guardian:

Julian Assange loses extradition appeal - full judgment

Discussion: VentureBeat and Guardian

Raphael G. Sattter / Associated Press:
As Assange awaits ruling, WikiLeaks faces its fate

Discussion: Gawker

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

AOL Beats Estimates, Posts Another Ad Sales Increase. But About Those Domestic Numbers ... Here's a first look at AOL Q3 earnings: Revenue of $532 million and an earnings loss of $0.02 per share. Wall Street estimates for the company tend to be all over the map, but Yahoo Finance thinks …

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David Kaplan / paidContent:
AOL's Armstrong: ‘Benefits Are Coming Into View’

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David Gelles / Financial Times: AOL chief plays down Yahoo takeover

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Liveblogging Yahoo's Product Runway: Are You In or Out? — I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Ca. to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant's attempt to show that it can still innovate. — First and foremost is the launch of Livestand …

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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
HANDS ON: Does Yahoo's Livestand Stand Up to Flipboard? [PICS]

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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Yahoo's IntoNow comes to the iPad with more social perks

Discussion: Electronista

Eric Jackson / TheStreet.com:

Yahoo!: Digging Into So-Called Scoops — Along with the broader market, Yahoo!(YHOO_) has been sacked this week. More on YHOO Law Firm Brower Piven Announces Investigation Of Interclick, Inc. AOL's Spike a Product of Relief Ryan & Maniskas, LLP Announces Investigation Of InterCLICK, Inc. Market Activity Microsoft Corporation|

Discussion: Poynter and Business Insider

Nancy Messieh / The Next Web: Yahoo and BBC team up to bring more Arabic content to the web

Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News: Yahoo News hires David Chalian as Washington bureau chief

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

Comcast Earnings Up 5% as Fewer Cancel Cable; NBCU Results Mixed — Comcast Corp. reported a 51 percent increase in revenue and 5 percent increase in profits in its third quarter earnings Wednesday. — The nation's biggest cable company lost 165,000 cable subscribers, down from 275,000 in the same quarter in 2010.

Discussion: Forbes, GigaOM and Company Town, more at Techmeme »

Anthony Crupi / Adweek:
Cable Unit Props Up Ailing NBC

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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:

Murdoch Clan Met with Family Therapist to Discuss News Corp.'s Future — New York, N.Y.— Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison reports that “The [Murdoch] siblings had been in family counseling with a psychologist over the issue of succession” since before last February.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Reuters

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Time Warner's Bewkes: Netflix actually helps us — In the past, Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes might have been critical of Netflix's ability to compete with traditional TV networks. But he has softened his tone lately, talking up the additional value that subscription video-on-demand services …

Associated Press: Harry Potter Helps Time Warner Profit

Edward Wyatt / Media Decoder:

Court Affirms ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’ Ruling — WASHINGTON — Janet Jackson's nipple just can't seem to stay out of court. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday again threw out a $550,000 fine against CBS by the Federal Communications Commission for Janet Jackson's famed “wardrobe malfunction” …

Discussion: Media & Entertainment, rbr.com, Adweek, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable and Hillicon Valley

Ana Radelat / AdAge:

FCC's New Political Ad Disclosure Plan Has Broadcasters Concerned — Planned Website would List Who's Behind an Ad, How Much They Paid for It — Just as a banner season for political advertising is starting, the Obama administration has thrown broadcasters a curveball …

Discussion: Multichannel, Company Town and The Future of Capitalism

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

The One Question You Should Never Ask Chris Matthews — Chris Matthews reading a passage from his new book about John F. Kennedy — Be it known: Chris Matthews does not use a ghostwriter. The “Hardball” host does all his own writing, and he resents the idea that anyone would ever think otherwise.

Discussion: On Media's Blog

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Wired' Bringing Advertisers and Its Blogs Closer Together — It may have taken nontraditional publishers like Federated Media to pave the way for “conversational media,” in which advertisers mix more directly with the blogging community. But now premium content brands want to get in on the act.

Discussion: 10,000 Words and Future of Journalism

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Adweek Names Lisa Granatstein Managing Editor — Adweek has named Lisa Granatsein as its new Managing Editor. Granatstein comes to Adweek from Mochila, a content syndication network and platform, where she had been since 2008. — The move actually marks a return to home of sorts for Granatstein …

Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:

NBC Gives Doug Vaughn Oversight of Most Late-Night Programming — Exec expands role to ‘SNL,’ ‘Late Night,’ ‘Last Call;’ Telegdy to keep ‘Tonight Show’ duties — NBC has re-upped Doug Vaughn's contract, expanding the program executive's role to add responsibility for most of the network's late-night programs.

Discussion: rbr.com

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

NYT Nixes Credit for Politico on Cain Story — The waters are getting muddied with the alleged sexual harassment story on Herman Cain. Since Monday, Politico has been getting loads of credit for breaking the news — on TV, online, and in print. The publication's Jonathan Martin …

Discussion: New York Times and Editors Weblog

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Newspaper stocks down after circulation report — The stock markets were down 2.5 to 3 percentage points Tuesday, but newspaper stocks fell even more after the Audit Bureau of Circulations released its latest report. Gannett's stock price fell 7.1 percent and The New York Times Co. was down 5.6 percent.

Discussion: MarketWatch, Lost Remote, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost and Media News