Mediagazer: Myler, Crone and Hinton could face public dressing down (Press Gazette)

1:05 PM ET, May 1, 2012

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Rupert Murdoch ‘not fit’ to lead major international company, MPs conclude — Select committee also says James Murdoch showed ‘wilful ignorance’ of extent of phone hacking at News of the World — Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to exercise stewardship of a major international company …

Guardian:

Phone hacking: select committee report - live — MPs' verdict on News of the World phone hacking scandal expected to criticise James Murdoch, but fall short of accusing him of misleading parliament

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Press Gazette:

Myler, Crone and Hinton could face public dressing down — Three former senior News International executives could be summoned to the Commons to face a public dressing down from MPs over allegations they misled Parliament. The House of Commons will be asked to agree with the Culture …

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Matthew Keys / @producermatthew:

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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

‘Les Hinton was complicit in cover-up at News Int’ — Ex-News International chief executive Les Hinton sanctioned a series of “extraordinary” payments to former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman after his phone-hacking conviction in a bid to buy his silence …

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
NY Daily News editor Colin Myler ‘misled MPs’

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Tom Watson MP: News International and Phone Hacking

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times rising, WaPo struggling

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Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

Where Do All Those BuzzFeed Cute Animal Pictures Come From? — BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti discusses the copyright implications of all the adorable cats, disappointed otters, and worried monkeys that grace the site. — It all started when I was looking at a photograph of an otter that was …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Digg's Tech Team Heads for the Washington Post, and Digg Looks for a Lifeline — Digg isn't done. Yet. — But it's looking pretty close. The Washington Post is in the process of buying/hiring the news aggregator's technology team, but isn't purchasing the business itself …

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Discovery Is Said to Pursue Revision3, a Web Video Company — Discovery Communications, the owner of Discovery and a dozen other cable channels, could soon scoop up Revision3, a maker and distributor of Web video shows. — The two companies are in talks that could result in a sale as early as this week …

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Sayantani Ghosh / Reuters:

Demand Media on M&A radar after failed buyout bid; shares soar — (Reuters) - Shares of Demand Media Inc (DMD.N) rose 31 percent on Monday, following reports that an offer to take the company private fell through over the weekend, fuelling hopes that the online content provider may be up for grabs.

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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Hulu, networks to change model of free streaming — Viewers who stream network TV shows may soon discover the free ride is not so free. Hulu, which attracted 31 million unique users in March under a free-for-all model, is taking its first steps to change to a model where viewers …