Mediagazer: Other new hacking claims against News Group over alleged hacking about to be made public. (Josh Halliday/@joshhalliday)

11:40 AM ET, February 23, 2012

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James Barron / New York Times:

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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News:

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Lindsey Hilsum / Channel 4:
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Josh Halliday / @joshhalliday:

Other new hacking claims against News Group over alleged hacking about to be made public.

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Charlotte Church settles phone-hacking case — Details of deal between star and News of the World publisher to be announced in court next week — Charlotte Church has settled her civil action against News International and the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over alleged voicemail interception by the News of the World.

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The Huffington Post - UK:

Andy Coulson Loses Bid To Make Murdoch Pay Legal Costs — David Cameron's former director of communications Andy Coulson has been denied permission to appeal against a High Court decision that his former employer News Group Newspapers (NGN) does not have to pay his potential legal costs over the phone-hacking affair.

Sarah Limbrick / Press Gazette:

Colin Stagg sues News Int over phone-hacking — Colin Stagg, a former murder suspect in the killing of model Rachel Nickell, has become the latest person to sue News International over allegations relating to the phone-hacking scandal. — Nickell was stabbed 49 times before her body …

Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Cherie Blair to sue News International

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Murdoch confirms Sun on Sunday will be 50p — Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter to announce price of new Sunday edition, plus a price reduction for Saturday's paper — Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to confirm that the Sun's new Sunday edition will cost 50p. He also announced a 17% cut in price for the Saturday Sun.

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John Plunkett / Guardian:

Times and Sunday Times digital subscriptions to double in price — Weekly subscriptions to the Times and Sunday Times will cost £4 from next month, as part of ‘digital pack’ — Digital subscriptions to the Times and Sunday Times will double in price to £4 a week next month.

Todd Wasserman / Mashable!:

Google to Launch TV Service — Google is looking to get into the paid TV business. — The company filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved, the service could launch as soon as a month from now …

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Dan Lyons / The Daily Beast:

Ethical or Not, Silicon Valley Bloggers Hit Up VCs for Angel Funds — It's a win-win game: Bloggers write favorably about both sides' portfolios, and everyone exits with 100x returns. Even social media maven Robert Scoble is getting in on the game. But whatever happened to journalistic integrity?

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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Are Silicon Valley tech bloggers truly objective?

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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Scoble: hit man of Silicon Valley?

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The Baron:

Reuters changes editorial priorities in quest for Pulitzers — Reuters is adopting a new editorial approach aimed at winning Pulitzer Prizes: long, in-depth, investigative special reports from all bureaux. In the longer term the organisation will have fewer journalists; they will be better paid.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Are aggregation and curation journalism? Wrong question — The battle between traditional media and the blogosphere over aggregation (or “curation,” if you prefer) continues to rage. In the latest skirmish, Forbes blogger Kashmir Hill got thrown under the bus by many for a recent blog post …

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Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Gannett's Big Paywall Play: Will It Work? — Gannett (NYSE: GCI) said it is “playing offense” again after years of cuts and contraction. Its touchdown strategy is a sophisticated paywall system that the news giant says will both bolster local news reporting and deliver an extra $100 million in profits.

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media: Gannett Building Paywalls Around All Its Papers Except USA Today

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

The IRS and the Chicago News Cooperative — I wrote back in November that the tax man was making it harder for the nonprofit-news movement to flourish or even survive. — Now the IRS figures prominently in the downfall of a major nonprofit news organization, the Chicago News Cooperative.

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Jim Romenesko:
CNC editor: No MacArthur Foundation interference

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Julie Moos / Poynter:

Media General explores sale of its newspapers — Just after the market closed Wednesday, Media General announced it is “exploring the potential sale of newspaper operations.” The company, which owns 21 newspapers in five states, just two weeks ago got more time to ease a debt crunch it's been facing.

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:

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