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7:55 AM 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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Raphael G. Sattter / Associated Press:
As Assange awaits ruling, WikiLeaks faces its fate  —  LONDON (AP) — As Julian Assange awaits a judge's extradition verdict, it could be WikiLeaks' very future that's at stake.  —  Its finances under pressure and some of its biggest revelations already public, WikiLeaks may not have the strength …
Discussion: Gawker
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch  —  (Reuters) - A law firm which represented Rupert Murdoch's London tabloids has turned over to the British parliament documents which could embarrass his son James when he returns to testify before a committee investigating a phone-hacking scandal.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
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Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Phone hacking: Internal News International documents published
Discussion: Guardian
Press Association:   Blair aide's phone ‘hacked by NotW’
Jason Deans / Guardian:
Phone hacking: NoW lawyer warned editor of ‘damning email’ in 2008
Discussion: Digital Spy
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times top latest circulation report  —  ABC has released circulation figures for the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2011.  This is the second reporting period in which ABC is counting circulation differently, so you can't compare current figures to previous periods.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
The sideways numbers you'll see in today's newspaper circulation report
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Fas-Fax: Major Newspapers' Total Digital Editions Rise 63 Percent
Discussion: BtoB Magazine
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Ratings: ‘Rock Center’ Off to Bad Start as Halloween Cuts Into Ratings All Around  —  “Rock Center with Brian Williams” is off to a bad start, debuting 38 percent lower than the premiere of “The Playboy Club,” the now-canceled drama it replaced in the Mondays-at-10 timeslot.
Discussion: TVNewser and rbr.com
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
‘60 Minutes’ Draws Viewers With the Madoffs
Discussion: TVNewser and GalleyCat
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
AOL Beats Estimates, Posts Another Sales Ad Increase.  But About Those Domestic Numbers...  Here's a first look at AOL Q3 earnings: Revenue of $532 million an earnings loss of $.02 per share; Wall Street estimates for the company tend to be all over the map but Yahoo Finance thinks the consensus …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Three lessons news sites can take from the launch of The Verge  —  Maybe it's just the 30-something former rock critic in me, but I keep accidentally calling new gadget site The Verge The Verve instead.  But whatever you call it, The Verge's launch today is one of the most anticipated in the online news space in some time.
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David Jolly / New York Times:
Satirical Magazine Is Firebombed in Paris  —  PARIS — The office of a magazine here was firebombed early on Wednesday, the publisher said, after the satirical weekly published an issue “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad to salute the victory of an Islamist party in Tunisian elections.
Discussion: www.thetakeaway.org
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The ‘Times’ debuts its latest Goliath: A new, web-friendly event calendar for New York  —  The New York Times today launches its very soberly named Arts & Entertainment Guide, which is actually a big deal: It means a Goliath is entering the online event-calendar market for really the first time.
Heidi Kulicke / Editor & Publisher ®:
How Media Companies Are Fighting Back Against Hackers  —  Hackers have been wreaking havoc on websites since the early days of dial-up.  But as the Internet has become more sophisticated, so have hackers.  Victims range from financial companies, retail sites, and government entities …
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Gawker network three times more valuable than Drudge Report, according to survey  —  The financial news site 24/7 Wall St. has come up with a list of the 25 most valuable blogs (perhaps more aptly, aggregators and news sites) based on revenue, profits, market differentiation and “founder risk …
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Mike Sauter / 24/7 Wall St.:
The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs In America - 2011
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Alex Pham / Company Town:
Sirius XM third-quarter subscriber growth rattles investors  —  Sirius XM Radio Inc.'s subscriber growth received a cool reception on Wall Street as investors worried that the satellite radio company might lose customers early next year when its 12% price hike is set to hit.
Discussion: Media Decoder, AllThingsD and rbr.com
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
In Defense of Journalistic Facelessness  —  The mighty, omniscient “journalistic tone” is largely a convenient myth.  Newspapers and other media outlets long adopted this self-assured institutional writing style which admitted no doubt as a way to appear more knowledgeable than they really were.
Discussion: Poynter and The Loyal Opposition
Odette Yousef / wbez.org:
Al Jazeera English hits Chicago cable waves  —  WTTW carries Qatar-based news channel  —  Starting today, Chicagoans have cable access to news from Al Jazeera English.  The Qatar-based channel will air its international coverage on local public television station WTTW.
Discussion: On Media's Blog and Poynter
 
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Anna Sanders / The New York Observer:
John Swansburg Leaves the New Yorker After Only 2 Months, Returns to Slate
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Newly-Bankrupt MF Global Owes CNBC $850,000
Emily Witt / The New York Observer:
Pottermore Delays Opening to New Users for ‘Immediate Future’
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Time Warner Trims Its Excesses
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Twitter highlights impactful Tweets
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
CNN's ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’ Gets Beat In The Ratings By A 3 AM Fox News Show
Discussion: TVNewser
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Our relationship with e-books: It's too complicated
Discussion: MinOnline and TeleRead
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Dee Gill / paidContent:
Why Is Reed Hastings Selling So Much Netflix Stock?
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Limbaugh Denounces Herman Cain Story
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
‘Fast Company’ Launches Site on Innovation
Ed Stych / Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal:
Star Tribune expects $4M in extra revenue from paywall
Discussion: Medacity
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Aol's Patch Taps Ad Tech Startup PaperG To Boost Local Ad Sales In Over 100 Markets
Discussion: Cision