Mediagazer: Judge: CNN Must Face Lawsuit From Deaf Group (Eriq Gardner/Hollywood Reporter)

1:30 PM ET, March 29, 2012

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Federal police join News probe — The Australian Federal Police has revealed it is working with UK police investigating the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in a statement hours after The Australian Financial Review exposed News's role in high-tech piracy that sabotaged its pay TV rivals …

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Sandra Laville / Guardian:

Dick Fedorcio resigns after Met opens disciplinary action — Scotland Yard's head of communications, Dick Fedorcio, has resigned immediately after the force opened disciplinary proceedings against him. An inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into Fedorcio's award …

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Ben Dowell / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch blasts ‘lies and libels’

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Dina Rickman / Huffington Post UK: Leveson Inquiry: Kit Malthouse Reveals £40m Cost Of Phone Hacking Probe

Guardian:
Daily Mail made 1,728 potentially illegal requests to private detective

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Mike Shields / Adweek:

Google Unveils New Revenue Option for Web Publishers — Google has long been accused of being a content stealer, and/or a value-destroyer in certain publishing circles. Mark Cuban, the outspoken head of HD Network and the Dallas Mavericks, has referred to Google derisively as a “vampire” …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Google Partners With Pandora, AdWeek, NYDN On New Paywall ‘Substitute’ — Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is rolling out a new product, “Google Consumer Surveys,” that lets publishers monetize content through “microsurveys” created by companies that want to carry out inexpensive market research.

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

For a Week, Couric Will Co-Host ‘Good Morning America’ — Katie Couric, during an earlier appearance on “Good Morning America,” which she will co-host next week. — Next week, Katie Couric will co-host the news on ABC's “Good Morning America.” — It's a one-week role for the former co-host of …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

WaPo names John Temple managing editor — The Washington Post has named John Temple, former editor and publisher of Rocky Mountain News, as managing editor, confirming Keach Hagey's report here yesterday. — From the Post's press release:

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The Daily Texan:

Apology from The Daily Texan Editorial Board — Update: The cartoon was taken down from The Daily Texan website. On Tuesday, a cartoon ran on the Opinion page of The Daily Texan that offended many readers, and we sincerely apologize for our decision to run it.

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Barnes & Noble Incorporates In Germany, Closest Sign Yet Of European Nook Launch — Just as Amazon is launching a new Kindle (but not the Fire tablet, yet) in Europe, one of its big competitors is taking one more step in its bid to enter the European market: Barnes & Noble has incorporated a new company …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer — View Photo Gallery — Rush Limbaugh is no stranger to controversial statements: A month after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut,” the heat on him is fading.

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Lee Gardner / Baltimore City Paper:

What Is an Alt-Weekly? — We've been trying to figure that out for 35 years — Someone asked me that question recently, and I opened my mouth and started to talk. It's a question that comes up enough that I have a couple of standard answers I can riff on.

Dan Monk / Cincinnati Business Courier:

Scripps paid former head of newspaper division $4.4M severance — The man who once ran E.W. Scripps Co.'s newspaper division got more than $4.4 million in cash and stock awards after leaving the company last May. Details on severance payments to Mark Contreras were disclosed in the Scripps …

Discussion: The Newspaper Guild

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Judge: CNN Must Face Lawsuit From Deaf Group — CNN argued that the First Amendment gave it a pass from having to contend with a lawsuit over its decision not to caption its online videos. — A California judge has rejected CNN's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by The Greater Los Angeles Agency …