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9:45 AM ET, November 9, 2011

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Andrew Crook / Crikey:
Farewell Big Harto: News Ltd CEO John Hartigan resigns  —  Rupert Murdoch has delivered a savage verdict on the health of his Australian operation, with veteran News Ltd CEO John Hartigan stepping aside and Rupert taking the company's chairmanship for himself.
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Murdoch's Aussie boss steps down  —  Rupert Murdoch has lost one of his most loyal and effective newspaper executives.  John Hartigan, chairman and chief executive of News Corp's Australian division, News Limited, is stepping down.  —  In making the announcement today …
Stephen Mangan / Reuters:
Endemol set to reject prospective bidders: report  —  (Reuters) - Endemol, the debt-burdened Dutch TV production company, and its lenders are set to rebuff offers from Time Warner (TWX.N) and others for the group, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.  —  The newspaper cited people familiar …
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Tim Adler / Deadline.com:
Time Warner's $1.3B Bid For Endemol Shows How Much Rupe Overpaid For Shine  —  Time Warner Makes $1.4B Offer For Endemol  —  One insider familiar with the negotiations describes Time Warner's bid for the debt-laden Dutch TV company as “rock bottom.”  I'm told Endemol's owners consider the Time Warner bid “ridiculously low.”
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
RTL eyes up possible Endemol bid
Discussion: @edmundlee
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Fox News to use Google+ Hangouts for GOP candidate interviews  —  Fox News anchor Bret Baier will use Google+ Hangouts (group video chats) to moderate live discussions with each of the Republican presidential candidates and members of the public.  First up is Mitt Romney on Nov. 15, to be followed by others later.
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
The Daily names original Herman Cain accuser, other news orgs follow
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
News of the World paid me to follow 90 people, claims private detective  —  Former policeman says he surveilled figures including Prince William and the parents of Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe  —  A private detective has claimed that the News of the World paid him to target more than 90 people …
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fleet street fox:
Hacks will be Hacks  —  JOURNALISTS will ask you questions.  We will take your picture, ring your office and your home, we will double-check what you say.  —  We will knock on your door, keep tabs on you, and stick our noses where they're not wanted.  —  Sometimes people take money …
Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:
Post Roast: Jennifer Rubin's retweet  —  Is a news organization responsible for what its journalists put out on Twitter?  And what if those journalists are opinion writers?  Those questions came up in October when The Post's Right Turn opinion blogger, Jennifer Rubin, retweeted a controversial tweet …
Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
AOL Doubles Down On Its Editions iPad Magazine With UK And Canada Versions  —  AOL's push into iPad news aggregation—to compete with the likes of Flipboard, Zite, Pulse, Yahoo's Livestand and others—is being taken up a notch today, with the launch of the AOL Editions magazine app in the UK and Canada.
Matt Lynley / Business Insider:
EdgeCast Network Goes Down, Takes The Best Of The Internet With It  —  Another glitch in the system — this time, content delivery network EdgeCast ran into problems this morning, bringing down several popular websites.  —  Content delivery sites host static content on a site like images and formatting files.
Craig Silverman / Regret the Error:
HuffPost removes, apologizes for 'Who's Got The Tranny Look?' poll  —  After receiving complaints from members of the gay and transgendered community, The Huffington Post removed a poll from its website that asked readers to vote on who has more of a “Tranny Look” between Sofia Vergara and Blake Liveley.
Discussion: Equality Matters and GLAAD
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Gone in a Flash: How Adobe's abandonment of Flash for mobile devices impacts news orgs  —  Jason Perlow at ZDNet broke a pretty big story overnight: Adobe is abandoning development of the mobile version of Flash Player.  As the text of the announcement Perlow obtained has it:
Discussion: Forbes and ZDNet, more at Techmeme »
MediaShift:
Do the Math!  How Reporters Squandered the School Loans Story  —  When President Obama announced his school loan relief plan at the University of Colorado, Denver, a few weeks ago, the mainstream media's coverage followed three predictable trajectories that, for the most part …
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Barnes & Noble Urges U.S. Regulators to Probe Microsoft on Mobile Patents  —  Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) asked U.S. regulators to investigate whether Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) seeks to monopolize the mobile-device market by demanding patent royalties on electronics running on Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Political Ad Spending Helps Drive a Consolidation of Local TV Stations  —  A period of consolidation is under way in local television — and with it, a renewed debate about the implications of merger and acquisition activity on the industry.  —  A torrent of deals began in September …
Discussion: Gannett Blog
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
The problem with retweets & how journalists can solve it  —  Every so often a journalist draws criticism for something he retweeted.  And whether that criticism is justified or not, it discourages some journalists from using Twitter effectively.  —  News organizations respond with policies urging staff to be careful.
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Twitter and journalism: It shouldn't be that complicated
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Adobe ‘Restructures,’ Eliminates 750 Jobs In North America And Europe  —  We've been hearing rumors of Adobe layoffs all day, and the company just released a statement announcing that it is ‘restructuring’ its business, which will result in the elimination of 750 jobs in North America and Europe.
Adam B. Ellick / New York Times:
A Calm Guide to Afghan Chaos Moves On  —  The New York Times lost its longest-tenured journalist in Afghanistan in October.  While foreign reporters rotate in and out of the country, Waheed Abdul Wafa was a perennial mainstay, dedicating his life to telling stories about a war that the rest …
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Steve Jobs May Be Time's First Dead Person of the Year  —  For all the hosannas he elicited, Steve Jobs was never named Time magazine's Person of the Year, a snub that rankled him considerably.  Now that he's dead, he may finally win the distinction that eluded him in life.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:UK:
Kobo Acquired By Japanese E-Commerce Firm Rakuten For $315 Million  —  E-bookseller and e-reader company Kobo is being acquired by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten for $315 million.  The company says it will continue to expand in the U.S., while growing its international market share through Rakuten.
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Phone hacking: Tom Crone admits ‘incorrect’ evidence  —  In response to a letter from the committee Crone insists the evidence he gave in September ‘was at the time my best recollection of the relevant events’ but that some details were incorrect  —  Crone (right) has told the committee …
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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
Leveson rejects bid for police review of inquiry evidence
Discussion: Press Gazette
 
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