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10:10 AM ET, November 29, 2011

Top News:

Paul McMullan gives evidence — • Guardian investigative reporter alleges that News of the World journalists listened to messages on Milly Dower's phone — • He describes private investigator Glenn Mulcaire as a ‘brilliant blagger’ but said he only acted as ‘facilitator’

Discussion: Press Gazette, Poynter and Jon Slattery

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Former Daily Star reporter: I was hacked after resigning — Richard Peppiatt tells the Leveson inquiry that he believes his voicemail was accessed by someone working ‘in collusion’ with his former employer — Former Daily Star reporter Richard Peppiatt has claimed that his phone was hacked …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Guardian:

Police tell former Northern Ireland secretary he may have been targeted by investigators employed by News International — Police tell former Northern Ireland secretary he may have been targeted by investigators employed by News International — The former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain …

Discussion: Digital Spy, Naked Security and Press Gazette

BBC:
Leveson Inquiry: Journalist talks of culture of bullying

Discussion: Guy Fawkes' blog

Guardian: Leveson inquiry into phone hacking: who's appearing on Tuesday

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

James Murdoch suffers severe loss of support as BSkyB chairman — James Murdoch has suffered a massive loss of support as chairman of BSkyB, with the number of votes cast against him surging from 2pc in 2010 to nearly 19pc at its annual general meeting today.

The Sydney Morning Herald:
BSkyB chairman Murdoch re-elected with 19% opposition

Discussion: paidContent and Guardian

Press Association:
Murdoch protest outside BSkyB AGM

Discussion: The Independent and Media Decoder

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Fawkes removes Campbell evidence following order — Political blogger Paul Staines, who runs the Guido Fawkes blog, has taken down a draft of Alastair Campbell's written evidence to the inquiry following a section 19 order from Lord Leveson — Political blogger Paul Staines has removed …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk, http://www.Stinkyjournalism … and Guy Fawkes' blog

Andy McSmith / The Independent: Blogger is not likely to reveal source

Mattathias Schwartz / New Yorker:

Pre-Occupied: The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street. — Kalle Lasn spends most nights shuffling clippings into a binder of plastic sleeves, each of which represents one page of an issue of Adbusters, a bimonthly magazine that he founded and edits. It is a tactile process …

Discussion: Capital New York, Media Decoder, New York Times, New York Times and The New York Observer

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Casey Anthony the most searched story of 2011 — Bing has released rankings of its most searched terms this year, and crime and terrorism top the list of news stories, followed by weather and celebrity. The top 10 list: — Casey Anthony Trial — Osama bin Laden Death — Hurricane Irene

Discussion: Journalism.org

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Google launches data journalism awards with GEN — Google announces the new awards programme at #news2011, the first news summit from the Global Editors Network — Google will partner with the Global Editors Network to offer a new data journalism contest aimed at both “established news organisations and newcomers”.

Discussion: Noted

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Analyst: Pay TV Industry to Lose 200,000 Subscribers in 2012 … NEW YORK - “It's About Cord-Avoiders and Cord-Nevers, Not Cord-Cutters.” — That's how Credit Suisse analyst Stefan Anninger summarized continuing weak pay TV subscriber trends in a Monday report that he compiled with several colleagues.

Discussion: Lost Remote

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

FT journalists to ballot on industrial action over 2% pay rise — Journalists at the Financial Times have voted to ballot for industrial action after rejecting a 2 per cent pay rise. — The NUJ chapel is also opposing alleged threats to collective pay negotiation, and claimed the mood among …

Discussion: Guardian and Jon Slattery

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

‘Scared’ governments pressured Al Jazeera, says former director — Wadah Khanfar tells the Global Editors Network summit governments across the Arab world feared of ‘ramifications’ in their own countries after Egypt's uprising reached the media — Khanfar described the technical pressures faced …

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Cain tells CNN about alleged affair as his lawyer tells TV station he's not talking — Atlanta businesswoman Ginger White says she had a 13-year-long affair with GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain, whose standing in the polls dropped after news broke of sexual harassment settlements …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, CNN, The Caucus, MyFox Atlanta, Slate, Mediaite and B&C

Emma Barnett / Telegraph:

British Library newspaper archive puts 300 years of history online — Sixty-five million historic newspaper articles, covering the most significant events over the last 300 years, are now fully available online from today in a new archive created by the British Library.

Discussion: Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

New Editors Named at Gawker and Deadspin — Gawker Media on Monday named new editors for two of its most prominent sites, the flagship Gawker and the sports and men's lifestyle site Deadspin. — Remy Stern, the editor of Gawker for nearly two years, will be replaced by A. J. Daulerio …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Wrap, Deadspin, mediabistro.com, JIMROMENESKO.COM and New York Magazine