Mediagazer: Cost of hacking to Murdoch's empire so far: £239,000,000 (Gideon Spanier/The Independent)

3:25 PM ET, April 6, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Current TV denies Olbermann allegations — Current TV has forwarded its complete legal response to the lawsuit filed yesterday by Keith Olbermann, in which he charged the network with wrongful termination of his five-year contract. — “Current generally denies each and every allegation …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Guardian and The Atlantic Wire

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Current TV responds to Olbermann's lawsuit

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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Keith Olbermann Files Lawsuit Against Current TV (Read the Complaint)

Discussion: The Awl, Business Insider, Chickaboomer, The Daily Beast, msnbc.com, @mlcalderone, New York Magazine, TMZ, Politico and Reuters

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Matt Lauer to Stay With NBC's ‘Today’ Show — NBC News has signed Matt Lauer to a new multiyear contract to remain as the co-host of the “Today” show, addressing one of the division's most pressing issues. — The news will be announced formally on the air during the show Friday morning.

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
On Air, an ‘Excited’ Matt Lauer Confirms His Plans

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving has turned in his resignation and it has been accepted by the company. — The process for Irving's departure is a bit more formal since …

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Reuters:

NBC probe centers on staffer in shooting story error — (Reuters) - An internal NBC News probe has determined a “seasoned” producer was to blame for a misleading clip of a 911 call that the network broadcast during its coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting, according to two sources at the network.

Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser, Chickaboomer, Business Insider and The Daily Caller

Nat Ives / AdAge:

NFL Magazine Shutting Down After Four Issues — League Ends Relationship With Publisher — The National Football League is shutting down NFL Magazine after just four issues. — The NFL has ended its business relationship with Dauphin Media Group, the company it hired to publish …

Discussion: The Wrap, FishbowlNY, New York Post and ProFootballTalk

Duane Dudek / JSOnline:

All 4 TV news operations report staffers who signed recall petition — The tempest in a teapot that I've dubbed “petition-gate” has grown to include all four local TV news organizations. — WISN-TV (Channel 12), WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WDJT-TV (Channel 58) …

Discussion: Minnesota Public Radio

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

OC Register assigns 70 reporters to cover one baseball game — Usually, when the majority of reporters in a newsroom rallies around coverage of a single story or event — floods the zone, you might say — something really big is breaking. Maybe a mass shooting, a tsunami, or a terrorist attack.

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Lance Whitney / CNET:

More people using TV and tablets at same time — A new global survey from Nielsen finds more people busying themselves with their tablets and smartphones while sitting in front of the TV. — Follow @lancewhit — Do you check e-mail while you watch TV? If so, you're far from alone.

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Gideon Spanier / The Independent:

Cost of hacking to Murdoch's empire so far: £239,000,000 — Rupert Murdoch has run up losses of almost a quarter of a billion pounds from the closure of the News of the World, and costs from the hacking scandal are set to soar further. Annual accounts for News Group Newspapers (NGN) …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and This Is London

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Media companies & ISPs outline plan to stop piracy — Another cog has fallen into place for the music and movie industries' plan to transform major internet service providers into a copyright violation task force. — Today ISPs and media companies announced new plans for the Center …

Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

Dear Newsroom Curmudgeon, — I sometimes share your anxiety and occasionally share your concerns about some of the changes in journalism. I learned journalism in the old school, same as you. I am steeped in the same values of accuracy, fairness, dogged reporting and good writing that you cherish.

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James Eng / msnbc.com:

‘Three Cups of Tea’ author Greg Mortenson must pay $1 million to charity — Award-winning “Three Cups of Tea” author Greg Mortenson has agreed to pay $1 million to a nonprofit he co-founded to settle allegations that he misspent charity money on personal items such as plane flights …