Mediagazer: Bronfman Is Stepping Down as Warner Music Chairman (Ben Sisario/Media Decoder)

5:50 PM ET, December 5, 2011

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Exclusive: ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Producer Scott Rudin Replies To David Denby's Upcoming New Yorker Review Embargo Break — “They reviewed what?” — If you follow movie insider baseball news you may have heard the embargo on Sony's “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is about to break tomorrow …

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Steve Pond / The Wrap:

Sony Furious Over New Yorker's Plan to Break ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Review Embargo — Sony Pictures is steaming over the New Yorker's plan to review David Fincher's “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” on Monday. That will be eight days in advance of the Dec. 13 embargo that the studio imposed …

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Linda Holmes / NPR:
Honor Among Thumbs: A ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Spat And An Imperfect System

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Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:

Media business chiefs brace for bleak 2012 — (Reuters) - Top media executives across North America and Europe are bracing for a global economic slowdown in 2012, and are already surrendering to demands by advertisers that they offer shorter-term, flexible deals in case of another crisis.

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Steve Myers / Poynter:

Romney campaign doesn't appreciate unscripted appearance by reporter — Fox News allowed the Times' Jim Rutenberg to roam backstage Saturday night during a GOP candidates forum. Upon seeing Rutenberg, “Mr. Romney's aides sprang into action, asking where he worked and what he was doing there …

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Mitt Romney's media blowback

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Elana Zak / 10,000 Words:

78 Percent Of U.K. Newspaper Articles Are Written By Men. Is U.S. Media Any Better? — A writer for the United Kingdom's the Guardian recently conducted an informal analysis and found that in an average month, 78 percent of newspaper articles are written by a man.

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Five tough questions for newspaper organizations as they face investors this week — It is time again for the annual December media conference for investors in New York City, starting today. And once again, borrowing the well-worn line from “I Love Lucy,” executive teams …

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Wall Street Journal Releases Kindle Fire-Only App — Add the Wall Street Journal to the list of publishers releasing apps exclusively for the Kindle Fire. — The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) app is free in the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Appstore. Users can purchase a WSJ digital subscription …

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Guardian:

Julian Assange can take extradition case to supreme court, judges rule — High court says Assange case raises question of ‘general public importance’ that should be decided as quickly as possible — The high court has paved the way for the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange …

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Jordan Valinsky / Daily Dot:

Fox News's Facebook whine: unfair and imbalanced — You can add Facebook to Fox News's growing enemies list. — The News Corp.-owned channel called out Facebook for not including any of its online output in the social network's list of most shared stories in 2011—and suggested Facebook was acting “unsocially.”

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live with 40 entertainment services, live TV, and Kinect voice control — Xbox Live isn't just an online gaming service anymore. Microsoft is announcing today that the new version of its Xbox Live user interface will help transform entertainment on the television.

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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:

Bronfman Is Stepping Down as Warner Music Chairman — 4:15 p.m. | Updated Edgar M. Bronfman Jr., who has been a major player in the music industry since the mid-1990s, is stepping down as chairman of the board of the Warner Music Group, effective Jan. 31.

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Nat Ives / AdAge:

Magazines Gird for USPS Nixing Saturday Delivery — Weeklies That Try to Reach Subscribers Before Weekend Would Have Even More Problems Staying Timely — It's tough enough for weekly magazines to stay timely when TV and the web churn out news constantly.

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Martin Evans / The Telegraph:

Leveson inquiry: editors 'could have been prosecuted over private detective's blagging' — Journalists who commissioned a private detective to illegally obtain personal information and their editors could have been prosecuted but were never pursued, the Leveson inquiry heard today.

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BBC: Leveson Inquiry: Detective hired to follow Grant

John Cook / Gawker:

New York Times Staffers: Now Is the Time to Rat Out Your Colleagues — The holidays are almost upon us, which means it's time for you to take a careful look at your neighbor and report any and all suspicious activity to your immediate supervisor. At least it is at the New York Times …

Simon Kelner / The Independent:

A foundation for the future of journalism — With the Leveson Inquiry in full swing, the reputation of the press has never been lower. Yet the importance of holding to account those who wield power has never been greater. Enter The Journalism Foundation - a new organisation dedicated …

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