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10:40 AM ET, March 13, 2012

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Guardian:
Brooks among six Weeting arrests  —  Former Sun editor held by Operation Weeting detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice  —  Rebekah Brooks is among six people arrested by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice …
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Paul McNally / journalism.co.uk:
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Twitter Blog:
Welcoming the Posterous team to the flock  —  Today we are welcoming a very talented group from Posterous to Twitter.  This team has built an innovative product that makes sharing across the web and mobile devices simple—a goal we share.  Posterous engineers, product managers and others …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Twitter has acquired shortform blogging company Posterous, Spaces will remain up and running for now  —  Blogging and sharing company Posterous has announced via its company blog that it has been snagged by Twitter in an apparent ‘acqui-hire’, with Twitter interested mostly in the people, not the product.
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
I'm not a “curator”  —  Curator's Code is an attempt to codify and standardize “via” links and attribution from link blogs and aggregators with two new symbols:  — á"¥ means “via”  — means “hat tip”  —  It's completely misguided.  —  First of all, readers aren't going to learn what those symbols mean.
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James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
When Mom Goes Viral  —  After Review of Grand Forks Olive Garden, Marilyn Hagerty, 85, Is Talk of Social Media  —  Some people pursue celebrity.  Others stumble into it as they are rushing off to bridge club.  —  My 85-year-old mom, Marilyn Hagerty, a newspaper columnist, is in the latter category.
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
Allie Compton / The Huffington Post:
NYT Editor Descends On South By Southwest  —  The media world has been going through a period of intense change for over a decade, but, as New York Times editor Jill Abramson noted on Monday, not everyone loves that.  “One thing I've learned from being at the Times is no one likes change of any kind …
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
NY Times Editor Jill Abramson Stays Humble at SXSW
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and Poynter
Wall Street Journal:
Intel Developing Web-Based TV Service  —  Intel Corp. is developing an Internet-based TV service that it hopes to sell to U.S. consumers, a strategic shift for the chip maker that makes it the latest technology company to look at a foray in the pay-TV business.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Aereo files countersuit against broadcasters  —  (Reuters) - Aereo Inc, a new online television service backed by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, has filed a countersuit against several broadcasters, seeking a declaration that it does not infringe their copyrights.
Discussion: Adweek, PC Magazine and TVSpy
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The Huffington Post:
CNN Lifts Roland Martin's Suspension  —  CNN announced on Monday that it has lifted its suspension on political analyst Roland Martin.  —  According to Fishbowl DC, the network announced the news during a conference call Monday morning.  —  Martin was suspended shortly after Super Bowl Sunday …
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Apple TV Production Starts In May, Goes On Sale At Year End, Says Jefferies  —  Apple is going into “full-scale production” of a television in May or June, and will start selling it at the end of the year, says Jefferies analyst Peter Misek in a note this morning.
Discussion: MacRumors
Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
FT journalists to walk out today as pay talks break down  —  Around 250 journalists at the Financial Times will stop work for two hours this afternoon after talks over ongoing pay dispute failed to result in a deal.  NUJ members at the FT held talks with senior management at the Advisory …
Sean Roach / CJR:
The Constant Gardener  —  My two years tending AOL's hyperlocal experiment  —  My employment with Patch started with a handshake and a promise that I would be called with a job offer in the next few days.  I had met with Patch's editor in chief, Brian Farnham, at the company's New York headquarters.
Discussion: Street Fight and Poynter
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
Netflix Quietly Launches TV Network-Branded Pages  —  Could Complicate Stance as Complementary to TV Distributors  —  Comcast, cablevision, cox and ... Netflix?  —  Netflix has been careful to describe itself as a complement to cable distributors, but as it quietly tests network-branded pages …
CNN:
FCC should clear Limbaugh from airwaves  —  Limbaugh has long history of hate speech.  FCC should ask: Are stations carrying him are acting “in public interest,” writers say.  —  Editor's note: Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem are the Co-Founders of the Women's Media Center.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh
Joanna Walters / Guardian:
Mourners say farewell to Colvin  —  Rupert Murdoch among those at Long Island funeral for war correspondent who was killed trying to escape Homs shelling  —  Marie Colvin, the Sunday Times war correspondent whose reputation for covering difficult stories in the world's most dangerous places …
Discussion: Press Gazette
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
As Marie Colvin is laid to rest, news organizations assess the dangers of reporting from inside Syria
Discussion: BBC and Reuters
 
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Dan Rosenblum / Capital New York:
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
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Joe Flint / Company Town:
Netflix cable platform may be a long way off
Discussion: ReveNews
Natalie Peck / Hacking inquiry:
Former Home Secretary rejected plans for full investigation into phone hacking, Leveson hears
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU open to settlement with e-book publishers
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Hulu Announces a Deal for Selling Its Original Shows Overseas
Discussion: MediaPost
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Gregg Birnbaum named deputy managing editor at POLITICO