Mediagazer: The Leveson inquiry: what we've learned so far (James Robinson/Guardian)

7:55 AM ET, December 1, 2011

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James Robinson / Guardian:

The Leveson inquiry: what we've learned so far — From the ‘toothlessness’ of the PCC to Hugh Grant's middle name, we round up what 10 days of testimony has taught us — Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts …

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Henry McDonald / Guardian:
‘Paisley family targeted for phone hacking’

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
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Julie Moos / Poynter:

Pulitzer Prizes change breaking news category to emphasize ‘real-time’ reporting — The Pulitzer Prizes are doing away with paper for next year's awards. All entries must be submitted digitally. The Pulitzer Board is also changing the local breaking news award to emphasize real-time reporting.

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Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:

Expect Some Toning Down of Antipiracy Bills, Says Movie Industry Supporter — LOS ANGELES — Look for changes in the proposed antipiracy legislation that has giants in the entertainment and technology industries squared off against each other, but nothing extensive enough to please all of the legislation's opponents.

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Matt Seaton / Guardian:

Series: Talking shop Previous | Index Naomi Wolf: reception, responses, critics — Naomi Wolf's article about the police crackdown on Occupy went viral this weekend. Many ‘liked’ it; others, not so much ... When a single article is recommended on Facebook 235,000 times …

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

You Bet Apple TV Is Coming, Says Apple Guru Gene Munster — Here Are The Details — Apple analyst Gene Munster just reiterated his belief that Apple is going to launch a TV next year. — He made the comments at our IGNITION: Future of Media conference this morning.

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Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

Media Choreography and the Occupy LA Raid — During the Los Angeles Police Department's forcible removal of the Occupy LA protest last night, they chose 12 reporters and photographers to represent the media as a whole. * This is called a “media pool” — and it used to be a fairly time-honored …

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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

BBC World News channel taken off air in Pakistan — The BBC has said that it is ‘deeply concerned’ by Pakistan's decision to block its World News channel — The BBC World News channel has been blocked across Pakistan after it broadcast a documentary deemed to be critical of the country.

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

New York Times overhauls comment system, grants privileges to trusted readers — The New York Times rolls out a new commenting system today that spotlights reader contributions and grants special privileges to some. — The Times will invite any reader whose comments are consistently approved …

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John Timmer / Ars Technica:

Cambridge University Press to try renting academic articles — Ars' science articles link to the academic papers that are being discussed, and based on reader comments, people have a clear interest in looking over the publications. Unfortunately, that interest often runs into a significant hurdle …

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Ben Fritz / LA Times:

Paramount Pictures sued by financing partner for fraud — This post has been updated. See note below for details. — Paramount Pictures withheld profit from such hit movies as “Mission: Impossible 3,” “Jackass 2” and the “Transformers” trilogy, according to a lawsuit filed …

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Piers Morgan Struggles to Beat King's Ratings — Piers Morgan, who succeeded Larry King at the beginning of this year, appears to be having trouble attracting any more viewers than Mr. King did. — Mr. Morgan, who has the 9 p.m. time slot on CNN, had an average of just 154,000 viewers ages 25 …

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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Digitas CEO Laura Lang To Head Time Inc. — Nine months after he fired Jack Griffin, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes has finally filled the most prominent empty chair at the media company, appointing Laura Lang, CEO of Digitas since 2008, as CEO of Time Inc. Once again …

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