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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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Future of Journalism, Mediaite, mediabistro.com and The Atlantic Wire

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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Good ol' Grub Street. — THERE are two stories dominating the news today - the Leveson inquiry into the behaviour of the Press, and the trial into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence 18 years ago. — The two are entirely unlinked except for the fact they both hinge on the tabloids.

Neville Thurlbeck tells the inside story of hacking scandal: ‘I am either a fool or an innocent man...You decide’
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Guardian, Guy Fawkes' blog and Tom Watson MP


SOPA: The bill that could kill the Internet — As the US government's House Judiciary Committee begins hearings on the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, (SOPA), both supporters and opponents are ramping up their campaigning, with big names getting involved. And so they should.
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CNET News and The Huffington Post, more at Techmeme »
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House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearings Stacked 5 To 1 In Favor Of Censoring The Internet — Apparently the folks behind SOPA are really scared to hear from the opposition. We all expected that the Judiciary Committee hearings wouldn't be a fair fight. In Congress, they rarely are fair fights.
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Betabeat


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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Forbes, The Verge, PC Magazine, ZDNet, Engadget, Home Media Magazine, Electronista, MacRumors, The Official Netflix Blog, mediabistro.com, VentureBeat and Softpedia News


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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The New York Observer, FishbowlNY and The Wrap

Number Of Journalists Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Raid Rises To Ten — As the number of activists arrested during the NYPD's raid on Occupy Wall Street Tuesday morning continues to rise, so do the number of journalists arrested while documenting the eviction.
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DNAinfo.com, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple, Poynter and Time
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Video: Reporter for The Local Is Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Clearing

Why I quit the mainstream media
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Washington Post, Poynter, Future of Journalism, Big Journalism and Media Research Center


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, Future of Journalism, TechnoBuffalo, CNET News, Electronista, Gizmodo and The Verge, more at Techmeme »


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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Forbes, Guardian, Broadcasting & Cable, Online Video News, CNET News, Home Media Magazine, FT Tech Hub and AllThingsD, more at Techmeme »


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 …
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TeleRead


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


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

‘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.


Chart: States Squeeze Funding for Public Media — In the age of tight budgets and rallying cries for fiscal conservatism, public media has not fared well. During the spring and summer budget debates, one program facing the chopping block was the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
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Save the News


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

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 …
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Future of Journalism and Poynter
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