Mediagazer: Egyptian blogger Mona El-Tahawy released after arrest (Storyful)

5:40 PM ET, November 24, 2011

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BBC:

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.

Discussion: Guardian, Future of Journalism and msnbc.com

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Max Mosley: News of the World publisher tried to destroy me — Former F1 chief tells Leveson inquiry that after he challenged paper in court, it sent video of alleged orgy to motorsport bosses — Max Mosley, the former Formula One boss who was caught up in a News of the World video sex sting …

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Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Wales' Ex First Minister Morgan Claims To Be NOTW Phone Hacking Victim — The former First Minister of Wales says he and his politician wife have been interviewed by the Metropolitan Police because her phone was hacked by News Of The World investigator Glen Mulcaire.

Discussion: Digital Spy and Future of Journalism

Guardian:
Sienna Miller: NoW stories left me paranoid

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Shiv Malik / Guardian:

Journalist Mona Eltahawy alleges sexual assault in Egypt detention — US-based Egyptian journalist uses Twitter to describe sexual and physical assault she says took place at the interior ministry — The US-based Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy has been released according …

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Storyful:
Egyptian blogger Mona El-Tahawy released after arrest

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

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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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Police make first computer hacking arrest — Arrest of 52-year-old man is first by Operation Tuleta, the Met's investigation into computer hacking by the press — Scotland Yard has made 18 arrests so far between its three operations related to the phone-hacking scandal — Copyright: Alberto OG on Flickr.

Discussion: Digital Spy, @dansabbagh and Press Gazette

Mimi Turner / Hollywood Reporter:

Piers Morgan to Be Called to Leveson Inquiry to Explain Comments on Phone Hacking … LONDON - Lord Justice Leveson said Thursday that CNN anchor Piers Morgan will be called to “explain himself” over comments he made relating to phone hacking in 2007. — The Judge said his inquiry into press culture …

The Huffington Post: Leveson Inquiry: Piers Morgan To Give Evidence To Phone Hacking Inquiry

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Future reports £19m loss as US print revenues slump — Results for the magazine publisher shows profits fell from £5.5m to a loss of £19.3m for the year up to the end of September — Future Publishing, which owns around 90 magazines including T3, Classic Rock and Total Film …

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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

ABC: Mail Online breaks traffic record with 79m uniques — Website of Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday continues to be the UK's most popular online news site, with the Guardian and Telegraph sites in second and third place — Daily Mail website Mail Online set a new monthly traffic record in October …

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Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:

British Retailer HMV to Enter On-Demand Movie Market Place … LONDON - British entertainment and technology retail giant HMV is to dip its toe into the increasingly competitive on-demand movie sector here with titles such as Cars 2, Zookeeper, Rio, X-Men: First Class and Bad Teacher.

Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
Interview: FilmFlex CEO To Netflix: Bring It On!

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

EU Court Rules ISPs Can't Be Forced To Filter Out Illegal Content — The European Court of Justice this morning ruled that content owners can not strong-arm Internet service providers (ISPs) into filtering out copyright-infringing content. — This case has its origin in a dispute between ISP Scarlet …

Discussion: CNET News, more at Techmeme »

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

The future of news and why “digital first” matters — Covering the news used to be fairly simple. Reporters wrote things down and then sent them to editors, who then sent them to the printer to be published in the newspaper. But things are a lot more complicated now …

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Brian Bakst / Boston Globe:

NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Fallon song choice — ST. PAUL, Minn.—GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's “Late Night,” her spokeswoman said late Wednesday.

Noam Cohen / Media Decoder:

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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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

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 …