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4:15 PM ET, March 14, 2012

Top News:

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, Poynter, Capital New York, Erik Wemple, @edmundlee, @lisaocarroll and Media Decoder

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

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

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

Discussion: @hughes_mark and @skymartinbrunt

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

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and Press Gazette

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

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 …

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Encyclopedias are like journalism: It's better when they are open — Anyone who grew up with the Encyclopedia Britannica could be forgiven for getting a little misty-eyed about the legendary publication doing away with its printed version after more than two centuries, even if the move seems unsurprising (and more than a little late).

Discussion: Daggle, Guardian and Britannica Blog

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: Chicago Tribune, Britannica Blog, Los Angeles Times, ReadWriteWeb and Gawker

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

A Big Digital Kiss to Britannica: Change — It Is Okay (Look It Up!) — The folks over at Encyclopaedia Britannica posted today to say they are discontinuing the 32-volume printed book edition of the invaluable information resource “when our current inventory is gone.”

Discussion: Media Decoder, TechCrunch and GalleyCat

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, BBC College of Journalism Blog and Voice of America

John Plunkett / Guardian:

BBC boss confirms TV download pay service — Mark Thompson says Project Barcelona will allow viewers to purchase programmes permanently just after they are broadcast — BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed plans for an iTunes-style download service that will allow viewers …

Discussion: BBC and The Next Web

Reuters:
BBC suffers cyber-attack following Iran campaign

Discussion: Agence France Presse and Gizmodo

Greg Sandoval / CNET:

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

Discussion: Wired and Shelly Palmer Digital Living

Ben Popper / VentureBeat:

As legal battle with TV networks escalates, Aereo launches in New York. We tested the service. It rocks — I'm sitting in my office (by which I mean my kitchen) watching Rachel Ray on my iPad and Kathy Lee on my laptop. These aren't clips or day or old episodes.

Discussion: Multichannel, NetNewsCheck Latest and Broadcasting & Cable

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.

Jeffrey Goldfarb / Reuters: New York Times pay structure isn't fit to print

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

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Assad Emails Reveal ABC News Correspondence, CNN Deception — In an impressive scoop, The Guardian has acquired a cache of emails from embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. While many emails shed a light on Assad's personal life or the crackdown of his people, they also shine a light on his dealings with Western media outlets.

Discussion: Guardian and Guardian

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV: Yahoo!-ABC News Tie-up Dominates Online Video News by Wide Margins, comScore

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, journalism.co.uk, Guardian, Guardian and Telegraph

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

Discussion: Crikey, Softpedia News, Reuters, Associated Press, @skymartinbrunt, The Independent, @skymartinbrunt and @skymartinbrunt

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

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