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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Associated seeks to overturn anonymity ruling — Associated Newspapers argues decision to allow anonymous witnesses ‘contravenes the principles of natural justice’ — Associated Newspapers is seeking a judicial review of Lord Justice Leveson's decision to allow witnesses including journalists …
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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.
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Guardian, msnbc.com and Future of Journalism
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Wales' Ex First Minister Morgan Claims To Be NOTW Phone Hacking Victim
Wales' Ex First Minister Morgan Claims To Be NOTW Phone Hacking Victim
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The Huffington Post, Digital Spy and Future of Journalism
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Max Mosley: News of the World publisher tried to destroy me
Max Mosley: News of the World publisher tried to destroy me
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Guardian, Journalism.co.uk and Press Gazette
Guardian:
Sienna Miller: NoW stories left me paranoid
Sienna Miller: NoW stories left me paranoid
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Jon Slattery, Crikey, Digital Spy, Press Gazette, Guardian and Guardian
Mimi Turner / Hollywood Reporter:
Piers Morgan to Be Called to Leveson Inquiry to Explain Comments on Phone Hacking
Piers Morgan to Be Called to Leveson Inquiry to Explain Comments on Phone Hacking
Discussion:
Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer:
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 …
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Editors Weblog
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Timothy Karr / 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 …
Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
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 …
Discussion:
technosociology, Media Decoder, Future of Journalism and Gothamist
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
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
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
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.
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MediaFile
David French / Reuters:
Al Jazeera eyeing 2012 IPO: Bourse exec — (Reuters) - Al Jazeera, the high-profile Middle Eastern broadcaster, could launch an initial public offering as early as next year as the Qatar government looks to offload stakes in state-owned entities, a senior executive at the country's bourse said.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
News of the World readers ‘vanish’ as they stop reading newspapers — The latest newspaper readership figures suggest that a huge number of people have stopped reading a Sunday newspaper altogether since the closure of the News of the World. — The statistics released today …
Discussion:
Financial Times, MediaTel and TeleRead
David Newhouse / PennLive.com:
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.
David Fisher / Guardian:
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.
Andrew Beaujon / TBD All News:
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.