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Guardian:
James Harding gives Leveson evidence — Full coverage as the Private Eye, Guardian and Times editors appear at the inquiry into media standards and phone hacking — 12.19pm: Harding is aked if the Times was slow to cover the phone-hacking scandal, possibly because of external pressures.
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Journalism.co.uk and Jon Slattery
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Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest against SOPA — Today, founder of the non-profit behind information archive Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, announced that the site will go dark for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Wikipedia founder defends blackout — Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, has defended the decision to blackout the website around the world tomorrow, despite other American technology companies refusing to follow suit. — The digital encyclopaedia will voluntarily shut …
Paul Carr / PandoDaily:
Costolo is Right: Wikipedia's SOPA Blackout is a Terrible Idea
Costolo is Right: Wikipedia's SOPA Blackout is a Terrible Idea
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Softpedia News, Computerworld, MacStories, Boing Boing and The Next Web
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Twitter's Dick Costolo calls Wikipedia's SOPA blackout ‘foolish’ [Updated]
Twitter's Dick Costolo calls Wikipedia's SOPA blackout ‘foolish’ [Updated]
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GeekWire, GigaOM, New York Magazine and Future of Journalism, more at Techmeme »
Shara Tibken / Wall Street Journal:
Apple to Give a Lesson About Textbooks — Apple Inc. fans should have something new to cheer this week, but it's not likely to be the latest iPad or a TV. — While the notoriously secretive Apple remains mum about its education announcement Thursday at New York's Guggenheim museum, observers aren't expecting a new gadget.
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paidContent, ZDNet, Gadget Lab, Electronista, MacRumors, Ars Technica, TUAW, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint, The Verge, 9to5Mac and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
Texas Tribune Ropes in Funds And Readers — When The Texas Tribune launched in November 2009 as a nonprofit online news organization, it had one mission: to provide comprehensive reporting on politics, public policy and state government—increasingly critical coverage as local papers closed …
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JIMROMENESKO.COM
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Netflix Hit With Class-Action Suit By Angry Investors — Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has been hit with a class-action suit by a group of disgruntled investors who claim the online movie-rental chain withheld information from them prior to its steep stock-price plunge over the late summer and fall.
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Fast Company and ZDNet, more at Techmeme »
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Tech Industry Buys Itself a Mouthpiece — How did Silicon Valleys bigwigs react when their favorite trade publication adopted strict new conflicts of interest policies? They banded together to pay someone else to cover them. — Former TechCrunch reporter Sarah Lacy today launched PandoDaily …
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PandoDaily, SiliconFilter and Future of Journalism, more at Techmeme »
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David Carr / New York Times:
Hollywood Techniques at Play in Politics — Hollywood came early to the 2012 presidential race in the unlikely form of “When Mitt Romney Came to Town,” the 28-minute documentary-style attack film that opens with the word “capitalism” and comes to an end with chants of “Wall Street greed.”
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The Caucus and The Wrap
Nick Denys / The Kernel:
Why The Huffington Post UK Failed — The Huffington Post's UK operation has not been a rousing success. Nick Denys investigates why, concluding that a lack of editorial leadership and mediocre hires may be to blame. — On the day that AOL purchased the Huffington Post, for a reported $315 million …
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune offers newsroom voluntary buyouts — Looking to reduce costs as it continues to grapple with a changing media landscape and challenging economy, the Chicago Tribune told employees Monday it will offer an undisclosed number of voluntary buyouts in the newsroom.
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Future of Journalism
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves — Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can't bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sleek new device and head into the stacks.
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TeleRead
Owen Bowcott / Guardian:
Press regulation ‘needs state support’ — Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says Press Complaints Commission needs state help but stops short of direct regulation — “Statutory underpinning” may be required to bolster the authority of a revived Press Complaints Commission, the culture secretary has suggested.
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Press Gazette and Future of Journalism
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
‘The Salad Days Are Over at Bloomberg:’ Dispatches From Inside America's Most Paranoid Media Company — Last week, we brought you some firsthand cries of rage, despair, and frustration from inside Bloomberg headquarters. The most paranoid headquarters in all of the New York media world?
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Inside Cable News and Talking Biz News
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Trinity Mirror's Sly Bailey: ‘No evidence our journalists hacked phones’ — Chief executive of Trinity Mirror Sly Bailey tells Leveson inquiry there is ‘no evidence’ to support allegations of phone hacking, as she stood by her decision not to investigate the matter internally
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Digital Spy, Press Gazette, Media Week and BBC
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Murdoch rant claims are untrue, says Brown
Murdoch rant claims are untrue, says Brown
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Press Gazette, Journalism.co.uk and Guardian