Mediagazer: The questions Rupert Murdoch must answer at the Leveson inquiry (Nick Davies/Guardian)

8:15 AM ET, April 25, 2012

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Nick Davies / Guardian:

The questions Rupert Murdoch must answer at the Leveson inquiry — The News Corp boss must address allegations over the BSkyB bid, his relationship with politicians and his papers' illegal activity — All of the questions are directed to testing key allegations.

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Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry - live — • Murdoch: ‘I try very hard to set example of ethical behaviour’ — • ‘I take pride in we have never promoted our commercial interests in our papers’, claims Rupert Murdoch — • I never asked a prime minister for anything, says Murdoch

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Murdoch's written statement: management and standards committee is handing over info to US department of justice #leveson

Daniel Bentley / Press Association:

Jeremy Hunt aide Adam Smith quits over News Corp link — A special adviser to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt resigned today, admitting his contact with News Corporation over the BSkyB takeover “went too far”. Adam Smith said his relations with News Corporation lobbyist Frederic Michel …

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Guardian:
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Press Gazette:
Jeremy Hunt ‘secretly backed BSkyB bid’

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Guardian:
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Julie Moos / Poynter:

Fox News mole Joe Muto served with search warrant — In a series of tweets, the Gawker blogger who worked at Fox News until he was outed as a mole, announces this morning that News Corp.'s legal threats were not just talk.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Study: J-school grads' unemployment rate better than average — Recent college graduates with an undergraduate degree in journalism have a 7.7 percent unemployment rate, a new Georgetown University study says. Experienced grads have a 6 percent rate, and people with graduate degrees …

Aruna Viswanatha / Reuters:

Exclusive: SEC probes movie studios over dealings in China — (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are investigating major U.S. movie studios' dealings with China as the entertainment companies try to get a greater foothold in one of the fastest-growing movie markets in the world.

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Nicholas Thompson / The New Yorker Blog:

Is Netflix Doomed? — For a while, Netflix seemed like the smartest tech company around. Searching for movies online was easy; mailing them back off-line was cathartic. The company constantly tweaked its red envelopes, trying to create one that you could open while tipsy and seal one-handed while late for work.

Felix Salmon:
The problem with Netflix — Nick Thompson today asks whether Netflix …

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Eriq Gardner / ABA Journal:

The Righthaven Experiment: A Journalist Wonders If a Copyright Troll Was Right to Sue Him — Almost anyone who uses the Internet and is slightly curious about their own digital existence has, over the past decade, had what might be termed a Google moment. These are times …