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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
Investor Group Again Urges Sotheby's to Remove James Murdoch From Board — James Murdoch's resignation from News International amid heightened scrutiny over his handling of the unit's newspapers in Britain could hurt his position within companies beyond News Corporation.
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Guardian
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James Murdoch Steps Down as Executive Chairman, News International to Focus on Expanding International TV Businesses
James Murdoch Steps Down as Executive Chairman, News International to Focus on Expanding International TV Businesses
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Erik Wemple:
Vanity Fair on Washington Post: Old story, new copy — Vanity Fair has completed its long-awaited big-time look at the toils of the Washington Post. Sorry, readers, no link: Vanity Fair sent the piece on the condition that the URL not be shared. — Written by Sarah Ellison, the piece is as much history as current events.
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Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Whatever Happened to Ted Turner? — The “Mouth of the South” is no longer as he devotes his time (and $1 billion) to the U.N., jets between 28 homes and four girlfriends, misses Jane Fonda and opens up to THR about Rupert, Jerry and his abuse as a child. Says a friend: “He's definitely changed.”
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Mediaite, New York Magazine, Chickaboomer, Washington Post, TVNewser and The Daily Caller
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NYT guild members have ‘quiet’ protest outside Page One meeting — Newspaper Guild members at The New York Times received this notice Tuesday: … Quiet protest, everybody! Sorry: (quiet protest, everybody). You can vigorously rustle your copy of the Observer, or tap out a polite tweet on your phone (keyboard clicks off, please).
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The Huffington Post and New York Magazine
Steven Church / Bloomberg:
Tribune Paid Bankruptcy Advisers $233.3 Million Since Filing in 2008 — Tribune Co. (TRB), the biggest news media company in bankruptcy, paid lawyers and other advisers $233.3 million since filing for court protection from creditors in December 2008. — The two main law firms …
Kevin Lincoln / Business Insider:
A.J. Daulerio Tells Us About The New State Of Gawker — With the new year also came a new editor of Gawker, Gawker Media's flagship site. — A.J. Daulerio took over Gawker's sports blog Deadspin from Will Leitch and turned it into a major player in terms of both news and audience.
Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
BBC World Service Opens Newsroom to Public in Live Broadcast — The BBC World Service broadcast its daily morning editorial meeting live for the first time Wednesday as part of a series of public events commemorating its 80th birthday. — A recording of the 55-minute meeting …
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
Bloomberg's Abelson on How Wall Street Is Coping — Bloomberg's Max Abelson has the story of the day, another entry in his list of stories on out-of-touch Wall Streeters. This one's about how rich folks are coping with their reduced circumstances in a season of curtailed bonuses.
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Bloomberg, Capital New York and Gawker
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
With Starz exiting, Netflix loses access to live TV — Netflix customers won't just lose access to movies like Tangled and Toy Story 3 this week due to the end of the company's deal with pay TV network Starz. Subscribers also don't have access to the Starz live feed anymore …
Seth Godin / paidContent:
Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore? — We can probably agree that the local supermarket has no moral or ethical or business obligation to sell cherry-flavored Cap'n Crunch. If the owner doesn't like cherries, she doesn't have to sell them. — And the cereal maker shouldn't work under …
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Doc Searls Weblog, ReadWriteWeb, TUAW, GigaOM, App Advice, WebProNews, TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, The Digital Reader, Joho the Blog, Melville House Books, TeleRead and GeekWire
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Brooks ‘had her phone hacked twice a week’ — Police tell Leveson inquiry that Brooks was asked if she wanted to take further action, also saying that the NoW was ‘obstructive’ — Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, had her phone hacked by News of the World twice …
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Press Gazette, @megan, The Independent and Guardian
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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
News Corp. Executives Weighed Spinoff of Newspaper Publishing, Carey Says
News Corp. Executives Weighed Spinoff of Newspaper Publishing, Carey Says
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paidContent:UK, Business Insider, @dansabbagh, The Huffington Post, Noted and Capital New York
Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Leveson Inquiry: phone hacking police identified 418 potential victims in 2006
Leveson Inquiry: phone hacking police identified 418 potential victims in 2006
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Guardian
Josh Stearns / Save the News:
Public Television: We're #1! — For the ninth year in a row, public television has ranked as the most trusted institution in America, trumping all other forms of media, the courts and the federal government. — This news comes after a bruising year for public media.
Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Spotify: Staggering music releases (like movies) won't work — Hollywood studios made billions by strictly controlling distribution. Some music acts think it may be profitable to restrict access in a similar way. — Spotify CEO Daniel Ek during one of the company's press events last fall.
Steve Myers / Poynter:
IRS delays make it hard for nonprofit news sites to build their businesses — Anyone with a cursory knowledge of the nonprofit news field knows the big players: VoiceofSanDiego.org, Texas Tribune, MinnPost, ProPublica, et. al. — You probably haven't heard of the Arlington Mercury or the San Diego Newsroom.
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NetNewsCheck Latest and The Newspaper Guild