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Guardian:
James Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry - live — • Murdoch claims he was given information to settle Taylor case, but not enough to ‘turn over a whole lot of stones’ — • Guardian's 2009 revelations were a ‘smear’, Murdoch told — • Profitability did not save NoW, says Murdoch
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Deadline.com, Press Gazette, @glengyron and Crikey
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Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch before the Leveson inquiry — Murdoch's media empire was partly built on rage at the British establishment. I, for one, hope he still has some fight in him — Does Rupert Murdoch have the wiles and the stamina for a last stand? — On Wednesday, he is scheduled to appear …
Steve Fishman / New York Magazine:
The Tabloid Turncoat — Colin Myler, the Daily News' new editor …
The Tabloid Turncoat — Colin Myler, the Daily News' new editor …
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Capital New York and The New York Observer
Megan Carpentier / The Raw Story:
Unsolicited advice to young writers: The internet remembers — It's hard not to read a story about a young, aspiring journalist like Elizabeth Flock and not feel at least a little sorry for her. Flock, who resigned from the Washington Post last week after receiving two strong editor's notes …
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Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Post editors, critics weigh in on ombud column about Flock plagiarism — In a new column about the recent resignation of Washington Post blogger Elizabeth Flock, Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton offers the provocative assessment that, “The Post failed her as much as she failed The Post.”
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inVocus Media Blog
Jim Romenesko:
Here's more information about Journatic — It was announced earlier today that the Chicago Tribune has invested in Journatic and will be using it to cover hyperlocal news. — A Romenesko reader writes: … Visitors to Sportsjournalists.com started asking questions about Journatic last December.
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PR Newswire
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune replaces TribLocal with Journatic suburban content — Tribune Co. announced Monday it has made an investment in Chicago-based media content provider Journatic, which will take over production of TribLocal, the Chicago Tribune's hyper-local news report. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
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MediaPost, @ckrewson, The Huffington Post, JIMROMENESKO.COM and Radio & Television …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Netflix Posts An In-Line Quarter, But Investors Balk — First look at Netflix numbers: A loss of $0.08 a share on revenue of $870 million. Wall Street was expecting revenues of $855 million and a loss of $0.27 a share. The crucial number: 23.41 million domestic streaming subscribers.
Ben Child / Guardian:
Michael Moore predicts phone-hacking scandal will spread to Fox News — Documentary film-maker has ‘gut feeling’ investigations will reveal phone hacking at Murdoch subsidiary Fox News — The film-maker Michael Moore has suggested that the phone-hacking scandal at News International …
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Erik Wemple and NME News
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Sky News chief apologises for misleading Leveson
Sky News chief apologises for misleading Leveson
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Guardian, Press Gazette and Reuters
David Kenner / Foreign Policy:
The death of a newspaper — It's an old story: Journalists tend to see their occupation as a calling, and investors see newspapers as a business. At Egypt's only independent English-language print daily, the balance sheets won out. — Daily News Egypt announced yesterday that it was closing after over seven years in business.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘Columbia Journalism Review’ will leave Columbia campus, take Midtown offices — The Columbia Journalism Review is leaving Morningside Heights. — The bimonthly journal is in the “final stages” of negotiating office space in a building “right off Times Square,” said Nicholas Lemann …
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Columbia University …
Elizabeth Dickinson / UnderReported:
When a Fixer is Arrested — Many of the international journalists who come in and out of a country like Bahrain rely on fixers—locals who are willing to help them set up meetings, serve as translators, and generally get the lay of the land. Particularly for correspondents tasked …
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Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post, Guardian and Channel 4
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Alleges Media Bias, As Study Finds He Receives More Positive Coverage Than Obama — NEW YORK — During the past several months of the Republican primary campaign, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney received a mix of positive and negative coverage, while President Barack Obama got …
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Slate, Journalism.org and Mother Jones