Mediagazer: Why Philly will suffer if new owners close the Daily News (Daniel Denvir/Philadelphia City Paper)

4:40 PM ET, April 19, 2012

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New York Times Co. Reports Gain in Net Income — The New York Times Company reported on Thursday a large gain in first-quarter net income, driven largely by the sale of its regional newspapers, the sale of part of its stake in a New England sports group and an increase in circulation revenue at its flagship newspaper.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

New York Times Sees Digital Ads Droop — The New York Times says its digital paywall strategy is a success with consumers. But its digital advertising business stumbled last quarter, and dropped by 2 percent. — Times CEO Arthur Sulzberger Jr. blamed an “uneven U.S. economic environment …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Will Sulzberger be the next Times Company C.E.O.? He doesn't quite say ‘no’ — Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has been serving as interim C.E.O. of The New York Times Co. ever since the resignation of Janet Robinson late last year. As a member of the Times controlling family, the Sulzbergers …

Ryan Chittum / CJR:
The New York Times Company in 2015

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Jason Deans / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry: Rupert and James Murdoch to give evidence next week — Rupert Murdoch is to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and media ethics next week, with a day and a half set aside for the News Corporation founder. Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corp …

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Reuters:

UK parliament aims to publish hacking report on May 1 — (Reuters) - British legislators said on Thursday they hoped to publish on May 1 a long-awaited report into a phone hacking scandal centered on News Corp's now-closed News of the World tabloid. — Parliament's culture committee …

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Guardian:

Watson: News Corp was like ‘shadow state’ — Labour MP who led campaign against phone hacking also says News of the World aimed to investigate MPs' provate lives — News Corporation is a “toxic institution” that operated like a “shadow state” in British society, according to a Labour MP …

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

Murdoch's News Corp facing growing legal threat in US — Lawyer Mark Lewis reveals at press conference he has taken on fourth case of alleged phone hacking on American soil — Rupert Murdoch faces a growing legal challenge in the heart of his global media empire as lawyers representing alleged victims …

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Final Numbers Make It Official: ‘GMA’ Beat ‘Today’ Last Week — The final score is in for last week's ratings race between NBC's “Today” show and ABC's “Good Morning America,” and the winner is ABC. — ABC's morning program surpassed NBC's by 31,000 total viewers for the week, marking its first full-week victory over NBC since 1995.

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Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:

Starmer: Charging advice ‘likely’ for more journalist cases — Director of public prosecutions says he expects more cases relating to arrested journalists to be referred to the CPS, following first batch this week — Keir Starmer: ‘These are simply the first batch of cases’

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Telegraph: Sun royal editor Duncan Larcombe held in ‘illegal payment’ raids

The Independent:
Brooks and Thurlbeck at risk as prosecutors get first hacking files

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Pentagon Asked Newspaper Not to Publish Photos — The grisly photographs of American soldiers posing with the body parts of Afghan insurgents during a 2010 deployment in Afghanistan were the source of a dispute between The Los Angeles Times and the Pentagon lasting weeks.

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Steve Myers / Poynter:
LA Times delayed publication of Afghan corpse photos at Pentagon's request

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Mona Zhang / 10,000 Words:

Newton to Journalists: Focusing on the Story Isn't Enough Anymore — In the digital age, journalists are required to don different hats; from multimedia to social media, there is an increasing amount of tools available for telling the story and sharing it. Still, it may not be enough.

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Jim Romenesko:

‘God Hates Fags’ group to speak to journalism classes — Four members of the Westboro Baptist Church will speak Monday to three Central Michigan University journalism classes taught by Prof. Timothy Boudreau. — “I try to bring [controversial speakers] in because students routinely claim …

Daniel Denvir / Philadelphia City Paper:

Why Philly will suffer if new owners close the Daily News — The sign welcoming visitors to the Inquirer and Daily News' new building's marquee on Market East will not, KYW Newsradio reported last week, include the logo of the embattled Daily News. — Or, maybe it will, it turns out.

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Huffington tells Colbert: ‘You just won a mere Peabody, we won a Pulitzer’ — Arianna Huffington appeared on “The Colbert Report” Wednesday night to talk about her website's first Pulitzer Prize win. Huffington Post started in 2005, the same year as Stephen Colbert's show.

BBC:

President Obama leads tributes to TV host Dick Clark — Tributes have been pouring in following the death of American veteran TV presenter Dick Clark, with President Barack Obama saying he “reshaped the television landscape forever”. Clark, who was 82, died following a heart attack on Wednesday.

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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
TV Emperor of Rock ‘n’ Roll and New Year's Eve Dies At 82

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Grant McCool / Reuters:

Apple wants trial on e-book price-fixing: lawyer — (Reuters) - Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday.