Mediagazer: Murdoch and son get ready to face Leveson (London Evening Standard)

2:10 PM ET, March 14, 2012

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

James Murdoch writes to MPs expressing regret over phone hacking — Former News International chairman restates his innocence and expresses ‘deep regret’ over the phone hacking scandal — James Murdoch has written to the parliamentary select committee investigating phone hacking to express his …

Discussion: Financial Times, The Huffington Post, Capital New York, Poynter, Erik Wemple, Media Decoder, @edmundlee and @lisaocarroll

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Neville Thurlbeck, former chief reporter of News of the World, is re-arrested — Operation Weeting officers re-arrest former NoW chief reporter, this time on suspicion of intimidation of a witness — Neville Thurlbeck, the former chief reporter of the News of the World, has been arrested on suspicion of intimidation of a witness.

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

@fleetstreetfox:

Believed he's accused of intimidating a witness with this: http://www.nevillethurlbeck.com/ ...

Discussion: @hughes_mark and @skymartinbrunt

London Evening Standard: Murdoch and son get ready to face Leveson

Press Gazette: Guardian crime reporter warns of police ‘over-reaction’

Christopher Hope / Telegraph: Horsegate: Questions about whether Rebekah Brooks, not Charlie, is David Cameron's real friend

Reuters: Murdoch UK paper editor “told me to bribe police”

Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:

After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses — After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. — Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered sets of reference books that were once sold door to door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed …

Jim Romenesko:

A former Britannica editor on the print edition's demise — After reading the news about Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its print edition after 244 years, I asked former Britannica.com editor Charlie Madigan if he wanted to share his thoughts with Romenesko readers.

Discussion: Daggle, GalleyCat, TechCrunch, Chicago Tribune and ReadWriteWeb

Associated Press:
Encyclopaedia Britannica to stop publishing print editions, will continue digital versions

Discussion: Mashable!

Reuters:

BBC suffers cyber-attack following Iran campaign — (Reuters) - The BBC has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack following a campaign by Iranian authorities against its Persian service, director-general Mark Thompson said on Wednesday. — Thompson also reported attempts to jam satellite feeds …

Discussion: Agence France Presse and Gizmodo

BBC:

Cyber-attack on BBC leads to suspicion of Iran's involvement — The BBC is not providing detail of the timing or nature of the cyber-attack — A “sophisticated cyber-attack” on the BBC has been linked to Iran's efforts to disrupt the BBC Persian Service.

Discussion: Naked Security and BBC College of Journalism Blog

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Police release six arrested by Operation Weeting on bail — All six people arrested by Operation Weeting on Tuesday, reported to include Rebekah Brooks and her husband, have now been released on bail — Metropolitan police said all six have been bailed ‘to return pending further inquiries’ in April

Discussion: Huffington Post UK, Guardian, Journalism.co.uk, journalism.co.uk, Guardian and Telegraph

Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks and husband arrested in new twist in phone-hacking inquiry

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Greg Sandoval / CNET:

No injunctions in sight, so Aereo lives — The Web streaming service that delivers over-the-air TV broadcasts went live today though ABC, CBS, NBC and other networks sued to try and stop the launch. — New Yorkers can watch live broadcast TV via the Web starting today.

Discussion: Wired

Ben Popper / VentureBeat:
As legal battle with TV networks escalates, Aereo launches in New York. …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

NewsRight lands its first licensing deal — Two months after opening for business, NewsRight, the news licensing agency created by the Associated Press and 28 other news organizations, has its first client. — It's not Huffington Post or Google News or Flipboard.

Discussion: paidContent and The Wrap

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

BSkyB probe to include Netflix and LoveFilm — Competition Commission extends deadline for final report until July to to take into account changes in the movie market — BSkyB's battle to retain its stranglehold on Hollywood films on pay-TV has been given a potential boost …

Discussion: Pocket-lint, paidContent:UK, The Next Web, Deadline.com and MCV: Home Stream

Steven Greenhouse / Media Decoder:

Former Intern at ‘Charlie Rose’ Sues, Alleging Wage Law Violations — A former unpaid intern for the “Charlie Rose” show has filed a lawsuit against Mr. Rose and his production company, accusing them of violating New York State wage laws by not paying the show's interns for the work they performed.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘New York Times’ names SmartMoney.com founder Marc Frons its chief information officer — The New York Times Co. has named Marc Frons its chief information officer. — Frons previously served as the Times Media Group's chief technology officer of digital operations.

Kurt Opsahl / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Court Declares Newspaper Excerpt on Online Forum is a Non-Infringing Fair Use — Late Friday, the federal district court in Nevada issued a declaratory judgment that makes is harder for copyright holders to file lawsuits over excerpts of material and burden online forums and their users with nuisance lawsuits.

Discussion: The Raw Story, Wired, Boing Boing and Righthaven Victims

Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:

Billboard Gets Digital Update — Trade Magazine's Hot 100 List Will Now Include Data From Music Services Like Spotify, Rdio — Billboard magazine's Hot 100 songs chart is getting a digital makeover, though readers might not notice much of a difference when the weekly list is released on Wednesday.

Discussion: paidContent:UK, hypebot, WebProNews and Pocket-lint

Greg Sandoval / CNET:

Google's entertainment strategy is in disarray — Google Music no longer exists as a standalone service. Google TV was an embarrassment. YouTube may lose music videos next year. Sources say not everybody at YouTube and Android is pulling in the same direction.