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JK Rowling tells Leveson inquiry of press intrusion — JK Rowling has told an inquiry into media ethics the scale of media intrusion on her private family life. — The Harry Potter author said a reporter had once tried to contact her by slipping a note into her five-year-old daughter's schoolbag.
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Guardian, Future of Journalism and msnbc.com
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Max Mosley: News of the World publisher tried to destroy me
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Guardian, Journalism.co.uk and Press Gazette

Wales' Ex First Minister Morgan Claims To Be NOTW Phone Hacking Victim
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Guardian, The Huffington Post, Digital Spy and Future of Journalism

Sienna Miller: NoW stories left me paranoid
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Crikey, Digital Spy, Press Gazette, Guardian and Guardian

Piers Morgan to Be Called to Leveson Inquiry to Explain Comments on Phone Hacking
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Washington Post and The Huffington Post


Mayor Bloomberg's First Amendment Problem — Since the beginning of his crackdown against the Occupy Wall Street movement, Mayor Mike Bloomberg has gone to great lengths to present himself as a champion of the First Amendment. But the free speech rhetoric coming from City Hall hasn't matched …
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NYPD or City Hall: Who's Responsible for Reporter's Rights? — Since the surprise raid on Occupy Wall Street's encampment in Zuccotti Park last Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg's office has been in full spin mode. First defending the actions of the New York Police Department …


Christopher Ma, Washington Post Co. senior vice president, dies at 61 — Christopher Ma, a veteran journalist and innovative new-media pioneer who was senior vice president for development of The Washington Post Co., died Nov. 23 at a hospital in New York City. He was 61.
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Associated Press, New York Times and FishbowlDC


Egypt protests: plea to keep women reporters out of Cairo withdrawn — Reporters Sans Frontieres had called on media not to send female journalists to cover crisis following two sexual assaults — An organisation campaigning for press freedom and the safety of journalists has been forced …
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Gothamist


Conde Nast's Open Secret: SI Newhouse No Longer In Charge — Click for full photo gallery: Samuel Newhouse Jr — On Tuesday, Conde Nast chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. will gather the top editors and publishers of his magazine empire at the Four Seasons for a holiday luncheon.


On recent news stories about Jerry Sandusky and Victim One — From the very beginning of reporting on the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse story, Patriot-News reporter Sara Ganim knew the identity and many details about the young man known in the grand jury presentment as Victim One.


Celebritologyology: How Jen Chaney's blog rules the Washington Post — Monday, Oct. 24, was a great day for celebrity news. In the wee hours of the morning, Washington Post reporter Jen Chaney posted video from the red carpet at Will Ferrell's Mark Twain Award celebration the previous evening.


John Chittock obituary — Founder of the media journal Screen Digest — Building an information publishing business with a global reach and reputation from a private residence was no mean feat 40 years ago, before the advent of the internet. That was the major achievement of John Chittock, who has died of cancer aged 83.


Trolling Overseas for TV Concepts to Mine — American media companies may be cutting back on the domestic front, but they are shopping heavily overseas. The object of their desires? Reality shows like “Big Brother,” “Promzillas” and “Freaky Eaters.” — As giant companies like Time Warner …

Plan to Revive Two ABC Soap Operas Collapses — To soap opera fans facing the biggest cliffhanger of all — the death of their favorite programs — Jeffrey Kwatinetz and Rich Frank seemed like heroes. — In July, two months after ABC canceled “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” …
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AdAge, Online Video News, Broadcasting & Cable, GigaOM and Company Town


The Blogger Who Found Jenny Not on the Block — A new ad featuring the pop star Jennifer Lopez behind the wheel of a Fiat 500 as she reflects on her Bronx upbringing may have done the impossible - shock a jaded public well accustomed to fakery in TV advertising.
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