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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Associated Press Staff Scolded for Tweeting Too Quickly About OWS Arrests — A high importance e-mail went out to Associated Press employees early Wednesday morning to remind them of Twitter rules in the wake of staff arrests at yesterday's local protests. “In relation to AP staff being taken …
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mediabistro.com and Future of Journalism
Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
NUJ warns Leveson about ‘culture of fear’ — NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet today told Lord Leveson that there was a “genuine climate of fear” among journalists about giving evidence to his inquiry into press standards. — The union last week sent out an appeal to members asking …
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Guardian
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The Independent:
Leveson inquiry: Dowlers' ‘euphoria’ over voicemails — Milly Dowler's mother felt “euphoria” when she finally got through to her missing daughter's voicemail after a private detective deleted some of the messages, the press standards inquiry heard today.
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Daily Mail
Neville Thurlbeck / Press Gazette:
Neville Thurlbeck tells the inside story of hacking scandal: ‘I am either a fool or an innocent man...You decide’
Neville Thurlbeck tells the inside story of hacking scandal: ‘I am either a fool or an innocent man...You decide’
Discussion:
Guardian, Guy Fawkes' blog and Tom Watson MP
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Society of Professional Journalists Denounces Occupy Wall Street Arrests — The number of journalists arrested at Occupy Wall Street has now reached six (there may be more), but the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has had enough. It is publicly denouncing the arrests of those covering …
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Carlos Miller / Pixiq:
Number Of Journalists Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Raid Rises To Ten
Number Of Journalists Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Raid Rises To Ten
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DNAinfo.com, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, Media Decoder, Poynter and Time, more at Techmeme »
Jared Malsin / New York Times:
Video: Reporter for The Local Is Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Clearing
Video: Reporter for The Local Is Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Clearing
Natasha Lennard / Salon:
Why I quit the mainstream media
Why I quit the mainstream media
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Washington Post, Poynter, Future of Journalism, Big Journalism and Media Research Center
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Time Inc. Magazines Make It to the Kindle Fire, After All — It took some haggling, but Time Inc. is going to get its magazines on Amazon's new tablet, alongside titles from many other big publishers. — Time Warner's publishing unit told its employees this afternoon that five magazines …
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PC Magazine, ZDNet, Home Media Magazine, Electronista, The Official Netflix Blog, MacRumors, Forbes, VentureBeat and mediabistro.com
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Village Voice Claims It Owns ‘Best Of NYC’ Phrase, Sues Rival — The Village Voice made its name as a counter culture icon. Today, though, it pulled a decidedly establishment maneuver by filing a lawsuit against a magazine rival for using the phrase “Best of NYC” without its permission.
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FishbowlNY
Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch — Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video company has now added film studio Miramax to its list of content partners …
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Online Video News, CNET News, Home Media Magazine, FT Tech Hub and AllThingsD, more at Techmeme »
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sony Considers Internet Rival to Cable TV — Sony Corp. is considering launching an Internet-based alternative to cable-TV service, people familiar with the situation said, posing the latest threat to the cable and satellite operators that dominate pay TV. — The Japanese electronics …
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TVNewser, CNET News, Electronista, Gizmodo and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Andy Baio / Wired.com:
Think You Can Hide, Anonymous Blogger? Two Words: Google Analytics — Last month, an anonymous blogger popped up on WordPress and Twitter, aiming a giant flamethrower at Mac-friendly writers like John Gruber, Marco Arment and MG Siegler. As he unleashed wave after wave of spittle-flecked rage at …
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Boing Boing
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Amazon Settles With Discovery Over E-Reader Patent — Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) made sure Discovery won't ruin its hopes for the best Christmas ever by settling a lawsuit that accused the Kindle and Kindle 2 of infringing security and copy protection technology. — On Monday in Delaware federal court …
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Gawker's Nick Denton Hints at Product to Rid Sites of Boring Commenters — Blog Network Chief Wants to Attract Smart People Wary of Entering Fray — Gawker Media chief Nick Denton talked about the image problem that arises from having a conspicuous cohort of fanatical but ill-informed commenters …
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Poynter
Max Read / Gawker:
‘Exclusive’ CBS Interview With Penn State Coach Is Only 20 Seconds Long — CBS News correspondent Armen Keteyian told his Twitter followers today that he'd spoken with the former quarterback who discovered Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly raping a 10-year-old.
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Mediaite, CBS News, Forbes, Associated Press and msnbc.com
Jennifer Martinez / Politico:
Shootout at the digital corral — Hollywood's in a showdown over its TV shows, movies and music with an up-and-coming opponent in the Washington arena: the Silicon Valley gang. — And that can only mean a huge payday for lobbyists. — According to figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Penguin Adds Self-Publishing To Writing Community Site Book Country — Aspiring writers come to Book Country, Penguin Group USA's online genre fiction community, to post and workshop their romance, science fiction/fantasy, thriller and mystery manuscripts in progress.
Discussion:
MediaFile, Wall Street Journal and TeleRead
The Wrap:
No NBA This Year? TNT and ABC/ESPN Look to Dodge ‘Nuclear Winter’ — Networks are prepared to miss the first few months of a delayed NBA season. But now that it looks like the entire season could be canceled, TNT, ESPN/ABC and the league's other broadcast partners have to make some serious programming decisions.
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Multichannel News
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The New York Times runs a cross-platform interactive ad campaign in HTML5 — Today, for the first time, The New York Times is featuring a single HTML5 interactive ad campaign across its digital platforms. Coca-Cola is running the ads — an extension of its Arctic Home campaign and its long use …
Discussion:
Poynter and mnilive.com
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