Mediagazer: Channel 4 News team deported from Bahrain (Channel 4)

The Tabloid Turncoat — Colin Myler, the Daily News' new editor, knows his enemies at Rupert Murdoch's New York Post. Maybe too well. — Five years ago, Colin Myler, now the editor of the Daily News, received a message from Rupert Murdoch's people. At the time, Myler, a square-faced Brit, was a top editor at Murdoch's Post.

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

Sky News chief apologises for misleading Leveson — Sky News editor John Ryley has apologised to the Leveson Inquiry after making a submission which stated there had been no interception of communications by its journalists. — Head of Sky News John Ryley said it was “highly unlikely” …

Discussion: Press Gazette

Reuters:

Ofcom investigating Sky over email hacking — (Reuters) - The national media regulator said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB, which has admitted twice hacking into emails to generate a story.

Discussion: paidContent, @hackinginquiry, @jackofkent, @rosschawkins, @rosschawkins and @robertandrews

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian: Leveson becomes Murdoch family affair

David Carr / New York Times:

TV Corrects Itself, Just Not on the Air — After broadcasting an audio clip on the “Today” show about George Zimmerman last month that hit the trifecta of being misleading, incendiary and dead-bang wrong, NBC News management took serious action: it fired the producer in charge and issued …

Discussion: Erik Wemple, Poynter and @brianstelter

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

New Romney Spokesman Scrubs History Of Attacking Media — NEW YORK — Richard Grenell, a former Bush administration official who joined the Romney campaign Thursday as national security and foreign policy spokesman, appears to have deleted more than 800 of his past tweets following scrutiny …

Discussion: Washington Post and New York Magazine

Thomas Catan / Wall Street Journal:

Experts Say Government Had Little Choice in E-Books Case — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department has come under criticism since filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and five publishers, accusing them of colluding to fix e-book prices. — But many experts say that under antitrust law …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and @carr2n

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Meltwater Response To Associated Press Lawsuit: AP Is Misusing Copyright Law — We were somewhat surprised by the Associated Press' decision to sue news search engine Meltwater, because we couldn't see how the AP — even with its absurdist interpretation of copyright law — had any case.

Channel 4:

Channel 4 News team deported from Bahrain — Jonathan Miller, foreign affairs correspondent for Channel 4 News, and his team have been deported from Bahrain following their release from detention. — The correspondent, cameraman, Joe Sheffer, and producer Dave Fuller …

Discussion: Guardian, Channel 4, Press Gazette, Digital Spy, Journalism.co.uk, @williamjhague, The Huffington Post, @amyllawson, @amyllawson, Al Jazeera Blogs, @jeffjarvis, The Star Online and Telegraph

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Google closes down online news payment system One Pass — Just over a year after launching the online payment service for news publishers Google has announced its closure — Google launched One Pass a day after Apple announced its subscription service for content-based apps

James Ball / Guardian:

WikiLeaks supporters plan US foundation to restore funding — Whistleblowing website's backers look to break ‘bank blockade’ 500 days after Visa, MasterCard and PayPal blocked donations — High-profile US supporters of WikiLeaks are planning to establish a foundation to break the 500-day …

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

At the Logan Symposium at Berkeley, investigative reporting showed plenty of signs of life. — Alfredo Corchado was used to getting mortal threats. — He received three in Mexico, but now he was in a Laredo bar, north of the border. — You better stop what you're doing …

Stefanie Botelho / Folio:

Q&A: Conde Nast Revamps Brides — Conde Nast's Brides magazine is undergoing a revamp from content to staff, positioning the book to stand out in a cluttered market. Here, we talk to vice president and publisher Michelle Myers about what's changed and what's next for the title, shortly before the reimagined May issue hits newsstands.