Mediagazer: For the Next Two Weeks, Rush Won't Have National Advertisers (Alexander Abad-Santos/The Atlantic Wire)

12:15 PM ET, March 13, 2012

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#phonehacking Apart from Mr and Mrs Brooks and News Int security chief Mark Hanna, another current N.I. employee is among the six arrested

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Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire:

For the Next Two Weeks, Rush Won't Have National Advertisers — Right after releasing an ever-growing-list companies that don't want anything to do with Rush Limbaugh on Monday (the count is at 140), the broadcaster's distributor has sent out a memo telling affiliates to suspend national advertising spots for the next two weeks.

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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh

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CNN:
FCC should clear Limbaugh from airwaves

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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

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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.

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Rachel McAthy / journalism.co.uk:

Al Jazeera to broadcast Syria documentary filmed entirely on iPhone — In an interesting development for mobile journalism, Al Jazeera is due to broadcast a documentary tomorrow night (Wednesday, 14 March) on Syria which has been filmed by a journalist using just an iPhone due to safety concerns.

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 …

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

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Ari Levy / Bloomberg:
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Sean Roach / CJR:

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