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9:45 AM ET, February 14, 2012

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
News Corp executives at risk of US prosecution for ‘willful blindness’  —  American anti-corruption law holds company chiefs culpable for consciously avoiding knowledge of corrupt deeds at News Corp  —  News Corporation executives could be vulnerable to individual prosecution …
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
News Corp. Without Newspapers Would Be Addition by Subtraction  —  One of the luxuries Rupert Murdoch's unchallengeable control of News Corp. affords him is not having to justify himself.  That's convenient because it's become painfully obvious of late that there's no way to justify his continued attachment to newspapers.
Discussion: Forbes, AdAge and Company Town
Press Gazette:
News Corp hands over journalists' sources to police  —  News Corporation has handed over details of some of its journalists' sources to police investigating allegations of criminality at its papers “on the grounds that they do not deserve protection” because there is evidence they may have paid them for information.
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
Dan Lyons / Real Dan Lyons Web Site:
Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool  —  It's tough being a journalist, especially if you're covering technology and living in Silicon Valley, because it seems as if everyone around you is getting fabulously rich while you're stuck in a job that will never, ever make you wealthy.
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Ben Parr / Ben Parr's Entrepreneurial Musings:
Tech Blogger Catfight! Why Bloggers Attack Bloggers
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Hearst to Link Digital Editions With Amazon  —  Is it a magazine—or catalogue?  —  Magazines have been increasingly blurring the line between editorial and commerce, lending their names to products and shopping sites.  Now, computer tablets and e-readers are making it more tempting to bridge that gap.
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Oprah Apologizes for Tweet Encouraging Nielsen Viewers to Tune In  —  Oprah Winfrey apologized on Monday for publishing a message to Twitter that encouraged people counted in Nielsen ratings to watch her cable channel, potentially influencing the ratings.  —  “Every 1 who can please turn …
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Julian Assange might want to trademark his face after seeing this Taiwanese advert...  Last year we reported that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was seeking to trademark his name.  But after seeing these images recorded by one eagle-eyed Asia-based blogger, he may want to trademark his face too.
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Twitter and the incredible shrinking news cycle  —  In the not-so-distant past, news generally tended to travel in a few well-worn paths.  It was reported by a newspaper, it appeared on television at noon or 6 p.m. or it was mentioned on a drive-time radio show — and those involved usually …
Nitasha Tiku / Betabeat:
Whistleblowing Website Cryptome Hacked, Conspiracy Theories Do Not Abound  —  Cryptome, a sort of proto-WikiLeaks website best known for exposing the CIA analyst who found Osama Bin Laden, announced this week that its entire website had been hacked.  But, in a surprising response …
Associated Press:
AP files lawsuit against Meltwater News  —  The Associated Press today filed suit against Meltwater News for copyright infringement and “hot news” misappropriation.  Using unlicensed verbatim AP content, Meltwater delivers a service to paying customers that competes directly with AP and its customers, the suit claims.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Barry Diller Gets Into the “Cord-Cutting” Business  —  When last we heard from Bamboom, it was an interesting and also sort of confusing service that promised to let you watch TV — but only some TV — on your iPad or any other Web-connected device.  —  Now Bamboom is called Aereo …
Deggans / Tampa Bay Times:
Does it matter if journalists don't get the top jobs at cable newschannels?  —  When I talked to MSNBC president Phil Griffin about his channel's recent habit of hiring anchors of color who are not journalists for high profile jobs, he took issue with a central notion:
Discussion: The Maynard Institute
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Conservatives At CPAC Search For The Right's Woodward And Bernstein  —  WASHINGTON — While Republican candidates score points slamming the media from the stump, prominent conservatives, gathered in Washington D.C. for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, were busy encouraging young attendees to pursue journalism.
Discussion: @mlcalderone
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
At CPAC, plenty of lefty media, but campaign finance reporters left out
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
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Dave Davies / News Works:
Rendell, a bidder for Philly papers, mum on muzzling reporters
Discussion: @ckrewson and philebrity.com
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Music industry warms to digital streaming
Doug Gross / CNN:
Myspace gains 1 million users, touts more music than Spotify
Dan Hodges / Total Politics:
We should all be worried about the Sun journos' arrest
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
In Amanda Knox Tale, a Delicate Bet for Publishers
Discussion: Personanondata
Reuters:
Murdoch facing battle with staff in Sun showdown
Discussion: CJR and New York Magazine
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
HuffPo Blog Formerly Known As Parentlode Will Now Be Called ‘Parentry’
Guardian:
Met police statement on Operations Weeting, Elveden and Tuleta
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Steve Myers / Poynter:
Aided by Silicon Valley, U.S. government ferrets out journalists' confidential sources
Discussion: Scripting News
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Depressing: News Sites Are Their Own Biggest Advertisers
Discussion: TVNewser, Journalism.org and Poynter
Dylan Byers / Politico:
After remarks, CNN stopped booking Loesch
Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations
Jamie Keene / The Verge:
UK's ITV denies warning Apple away from iTV name
Heloise Wood / Press Gazette:
Hugh Grant stands by ‘inference’ MoS hacked his phone
Discussion: Guardian
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon Kindle To Japan And Brazil This Year?
Discussion: The Next Web
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind

 
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