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10:55 AM ET, November 16, 2011

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: NUJ, Guardian editor, core participants' lawyer - live  —  Live coverage as Michelle Stanistreet, Alan Rusbridger and David Sherborne give evidence to the phone-hacking inquiry  —  11.59am: The inquiry will also hear from Tom Rowland, a Daily Telegraph property journalist.
Discussion: Press Gazette
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Neville Thurlbeck / Press Gazette:
Neville Thurlbeck tells the inside story of hacking scandal: ‘I am either a fool or an innocent man...You decide’  —  In an exclusive first-person piece for Press Gazette, former News of the World reporter Neville Thurlbeck is bidding to clear his name in the court of public opinion - and among his peers.
Discussion: Guy Fawkes' blog and Tom Watson MP
Fleet Street Fox:
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.
Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:   NUJ warns Leveson about ‘culture of fear’
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 …
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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Jared Malsin / New York Times:
Video: Reporter for The Local Is Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Clearing
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 …
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.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Boing Boing
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 …
Discussion: Poynter
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 and Wall Street Journal
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.
Discussion: 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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Steven Jacobs / Street Fight:
The Guardian's n0tice Launches to the Public
Discussion: Editors Weblog
Julie Moos / Poynter:
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Discussion: TechCrunch
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Los Angeles Times Starts Publishing E-Books
Discussion: The Vook Blog and bookforum.com
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
The Daily Caller's growing pains
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Fox, WB Near Pact to Offer Shows Online
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Discussion: Betabeat
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Allies Accuse James O'Keefe of ‘Hit Job’ in Undercover NPR Sting
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mediaite
The Independent:
BBC ‘cheap programming’ scandal exposed
Discussion: Guy Fawkes' blog
Robert Booth / Guardian:
Julian Assange seeks to take extradition fight to supreme court
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Ratings: ABC Dominates With Giffords Interview, Sandusky Leads ‘Rock Center’ To Ratings High
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Signs of broader hacking at Murdoch newspaper
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and Guardian
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