Mediagazer: Greg Kelly Still Hasn't Spoken To Investigators, Which Is Totally Normal? (John Del Signore/Gothamist)

8:55 AM ET, February 6, 2012

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The city tabloids and the fate of Greg Kelly, morning anchor accused of rape — Around breakfast time on Wednesday, Jan. 25, Greg Kelly was on the set of “Good Day New York” in a dark grey suit on a bright yellow couch. — He was discussing the 2012 election with co-host Rosanna Scotto and Newark Star-Ledger columnist Steve Adubato.

New York Post:

Manhattan DA nowhere near convening a grand jury to seek rape charges against Greg Kelly — The Manhattan district attorney is nowhere near convening a grand jury to seek rape charges against Ray Kelly's newsman son, Greg — and it may never happen, sources told The Post yesterday.

John Del Signore / Gothamist: Greg Kelly Still Hasn't Spoken To Investigators, Which Is Totally Normal?

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
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David Carr / New York Times:

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

After a Year, Tablet Daily Is a Struggle — One year ago Rupert Murdoch took the stage at the Guggenheim Museum and with much fanfare introduced a News Corporation publication that, in the words of the Apple executive Eddy Cue, would “redefine the news.” — A year later, it has not quite done that.