Mediagazer: Vogue's flattering article on Syria's first lady is scrubbed from Web (Paul Farhi/Washington Post)

1:30 PM ET, April 26, 2012

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Murdoch: There was a ‘cover-up’ at News of the World — ‘There is no question in my mind that someone took charge of a cover-up’, News Corporation chairman tells the Leveson inquiry — Management at News International and News Corporation were “misinformed” about the true extent …

Discussion: @skynewsbreak, BBC, Broadcasting & Cable, Guardian and The New Yorker Blog

Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:

Murdoch: I should have closed News of the World earlier — Newspaper boss says he ‘panicked’ when the Milly Dowler revelations came out - but says: 'I'm glad I did' — News International: ‘We are now a new company’ — Copyright: Roger Jones on Geograph. Some rights reserved

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Estelle Shirbon / Reuters:

Hunter turns hunted as Murdoch “harassed” by press — Rupert Murdoch described on Thursday being “mobbed” and “harassed” by journalists and paparazzi, in an exchange rich with irony during his testimony at a judicial inquiry on press ethics prompted by criminal behaviour at one of his papers.

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Crone accuses Murdoch of a ‘shameful lie’ — Crone accuses Murdoch of a ‘shameful lie’ — Former News International legal manager Tom Crone has denied he was involved in a cover-up over hacking at the News of the World. — Tom Crione also appeared at the Leveson inquiry Credit: Reuters

Press Association:

Ofcom extends BSkyB investigation — Media regulator asks News Group Newspapers to provide papers relating to civil litigation in which Murdoch firm is involved — Ofcom has escalated its investigation into whether BSkyB remains a “fit and proper” owner of a broadcasting licence.

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Jeevan Vasagar / Guardian:

News International offered to sponsor academy school — News International offered £2m in sponsorship to create an academy school but the plans fell through because the Department for Education could not afford to pay for a new building, according to email exchanges (pdf) published by the Leveson inquiry.

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Murdoch belittles the Huffington Post

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Shiv Malik / Guardian:
FSA considers News Corp emails

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Jack Shafer / Reuters:
Who cares if Murdoch lobbied?

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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Gordon Brown: Rupert Murdoch wrong to claim I declared war on News Corp

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Vogue's flattering article on Syria's first lady is scrubbed from Web — It may have been the worst-timed, and most tin-eared, magazine article in decades. — “Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic — the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies,” writer Joan Juliet Buck began …

Discussion: CJR, New York Magazine, mediabistro.com and magCulture.com/blog

Justin Elliott / ProPublica:

Broadcasters' Last Ditch Push to Hide Political Ad Data — With the Federal Communications Commission set to vote Friday on whether to require broadcasters to post political ad data online, the industry has been scrambling to water down the proposed rule. — The data is currently available only on paper at TV stations.

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

FCC wants to put political ad data online; broadcasters balk — Even though such information is already technically public, broadcasters fear that putting that level of detail on the Internet will undermine their own businesses. — This month, just before the Pennsylvania primary …

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Alexis Gutter / American Journalism Review:

Telling the Story Through Her Own Words — When Eli Sanders sat in court listening to the testimony of a rape victim, he didn't know if the material would result in anything beyond a blog post. He certainly did not expect it would lead to a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:

Angry New York Times Staffers Protest Outside Shareholders Meeting — Angry New York Times staffers took to the company's annual shareholders meeting in a flagrant display of discontent with the paper's handling of contract negotiations on Wednesday. Nearly seventy New York Times staffers formed …

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Tara Murtha / Philadelphia Weekly:

How Two Photojournalists Are Taking on the City's Gun Crisis — A new-media project, GunCrisis.org, uses old-school journalism tactics to study Philly's homicides. — Midnight comes and goes. For the first time in 11 nights, the city of Philadelphia has gone a full day and night without a homicide.