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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Murdoch expresses regret over 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 “deep regret” over the scandal and restating his innocence.
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The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple, Media Decoder, Financial Times and Free Press
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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
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Huffington Post UK, Journalism.co.uk, journalism.co.uk and Telegraph
Press Gazette:
Guardian crime reporter warns of police ‘over-reaction’ — Journalists cannot hold the police to account if they only take information from forces' official channels, a senior crime correspondent told the Leveson Inquiry today. — Sandra Laville, of the Guardian, warned that there has been an …
Reuters:
Murdoch UK paper editor “told me to bribe police” — (Reuters) - A former reporter on the News of the World newspaper, the defunct News Corp British paper at the heart of phone-hacking and corruption allegations, said he lost his job as crime correspondent because he refused to bribe police officers.
Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
Horsegate: Questions about whether Rebekah Brooks, not Charlie, is David Cameron's real friend
Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks and husband arrested in new twist in phone-hacking inquiry
Rebekah Brooks and husband arrested in new twist in phone-hacking inquiry
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Reuters, Associated Press, Gawker, Vanity Fair, @skymartinbrunt, Guardian, @skymartinbrunt and New York Times
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Private investigators posed as journalists for NoW, says lawyer
Private investigators posed as journalists for NoW, says lawyer
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@skymartinbrunt and The Independent
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 …
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Poynter, Reuters, Jacket Copy, Culture, AllThingsD, Britannica Blog, The New Yorker Blog, Wall Street Journal, Gawker, HTMLGIANT, Gizmodo, @qthrul, Engadget, MetaFilter, Pocket-lint, Melville House Books, Techland, PC Magazine, ABCNEWS, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, The Next Web, New York Times, The Daily What and Mother Jones
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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.
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GalleyCat, Britannica Blog and Chicago Tribune
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.
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Wired
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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.
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 …
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Deadline.com, Pocket-lint, paidContent:UK, The Next Web and MCV: Home Stream
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.
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Wired 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.
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paidContent:UK, Pocket-lint and hypebot
Ken Ellingwood / Los Angeles Times:
Mexican lawmakers back broader protections for journalists — REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY — Attacking or intimidating journalists in Mexico would become a federal crime under a constitutional reform approved Tuesday by Mexican lawmakers. — The measure, approved unanimously by the Senate …
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Guardian, Committee to Protect … and WebProNews
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 …
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BBC College of Journalism Blog, Naked Security, Agence France Presse and Gizmodo
Billboard.Biz:
Exclusive: Turntable.FM Signs Licensing Deals With All Four Major Labels — It's Official — Turntable.fm is going legit, with licensing agreements with all four of the major labels now in place. The announcement was made today at South By Southwest by Turntable.fm founder Billy Chasen …
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Betabeat, Media Decoder, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Engadget, Mashable!, CNET, The Next Web and WebProNews