Mediagazer: Former NoW journalist denies phone hacking (Lisa O'Carroll/Guardian)

1:25 PM ET, December 1, 2011

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Stan Schroeder / Mashable:

Spy Files: WikiLeaks Releases Surveillance Industry Documents — WikiLeaks on Thursday released the first 287 documents from a database containing “hundreds” of documents from contractors in what WikiLeaks calls the “mass surveillance industry.” — For this project, WikiLeaks teamed …

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Wikileaks:

The Spyfiles — Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countries It sounds like something out of Hollywood, but as of today, mass interception systems, built by Western intelligence contractors, including for ‘political opponents’ are a reality.

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Aaron Barnhart / Kansas City Star:

For first time in history, TV ownership declines — Nielsen, the TV ratings people, are out with the 2012 edition of their Television Audience report. Much of this is a repackaging of data previously released by Nielsen. But as NBC used to say, it's new to me!

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Sean Comer / Yidio: A Sign The Internet Has Won? TV Ownership Declining

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

Amazon Widens Its Kindle Footprint With €99 Device On Sale In Spain, Italy — It's taken a few years, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has really ramped up the number of countries where it is selling its Kindle products. Today it's announcing two more countries to the list where it sells …

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon Has Some Kindle Book Rentals Beyond Textbooks

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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

Blagging figures were ‘grossly understated’ — The Information Commissioner's official figures on the extent of blagging by journalists and private investigators unearthed by Operation Motorman have been “grossly understated” - according to the man who led the investigation.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Foursquare Teams Up With NY Mag, Time Out, Other Publishers — “Save to Foursquare” buttons now appear alongside web content at New York magazine, Time Out, and a variety of other publishers, allowing users to send places they want to go to their phones and get alerted when they're in the vicinity.

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Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Foursquare Rolls Out New Buttons for Publishers

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Barnes & Noble Reports Q2 Net Loss Of $6.6M, Says NOOK Is Now A $220 Million Business — Barnes & Noble this morning reported sales and earnings for its second quarter ended October 29, 2011, and they're a mixed bag. Total sales decreased slightly, from $1.9 billion to $1.89 billion, compared to the prior year.

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

How 9/11 led to the birth of Google News — In a video explaining the evolution of Google search over the years, Google Fellow Amit Singhal tells the story of how Google News came to be: “When September 11th happened, we as Google were failing our users. Our users were searching …

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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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Former NoW journalist denies phone hacking — Bethany Usher who was arrested by Operation Weeting detectives claims she always adhered to the PCC code — A former News of the World journalist arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at the paper has said she has …

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Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

HBO To Cord Cutters: You'll Never See Our Shows — HBO is cementing its reputation as a trail-blazer with a new batch of hit shows and, more recently, a hugely popular mobile offering. But the company is determined to remain a traditionalist when it comes to its relation with tv distributors.

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Matt Seaton / Guardian:

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, tweeted nearly 7,000 times, gets close to 1,000 comments and is viewed …

Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:

CBS Reveals Its New Morning Show Name — “The Early Show” is out. “CBS This Morning” is in. The network revealed the name for its new morning show on Thursday. The name change is one of the most significant moves CBS has made to rebrand its morning news program.

Michael J. Connor / Syracuse Post-Standard:

Why The Post-Standard didn't give Bobby Davis' tape to police in 2003 — We don't like to write about ourselves, yet here we are again. — On Nov. 20, we published a letter to you explaining why in 2003 we did not run a story after we investigated allegations of sexual molestation …

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Kunur Patel / AdAge:

Q&A with Next Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang — Time Inc. isn't About to Become a Digital Ad Agency, Lang Says — Time Warner has named Digitas CEO Laura Lang to become CEO of Time Inc., ending a nearly nine-month search by selecting an outsider with deep digital knowledge but no publishing experience.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Reporters covering Occupy Wall Street protest outside Obama fund-raiser say police barred them — Reporters told Capital last night that New York Police Department officers turned them away when they tried to report on an Occupy Wall Street protest outside of a Midtown fund-raiser for President Barack Obama …

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Bloomberg:

Alibaba-Led Group Said to Prepare Yahoo Bid — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Softbank Corp. (9984) are in advanced talks with Blackstone Group LP (BX) and Bain Capital LLC about making a bid for all of Yahoo! Inc., said three people with knowledge of the matter.

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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:UK:

Hearst's Carey: We Will Have One Million Paying Digital Subscribers In 2012 — On the heels of the Economist claiming one million monthly mobile readers of its magazine across Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android devices, another magazine publisher is gearing up to join the seven-figure club …

RBR:

Q3 Internet ad revenues up 22% — Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. hit $7.88 billion in Q3, a 22% increase over the same period in 2010, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC US. These figures also show a 2.7% uptick from the record-setting revenues of Q2.

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