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

4:50 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 …

Jim Romenesko:

Murdoch's letter to Dow Jones employees — In a memo to employees, Rupert Murdoch says of the UK Parliament panel's phone hacking report: “I recognize that for all of us - myself in particular - it is difficult to read many of the report's findings. But we have done the most difficult part …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Politico and National Updates

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 …

Discussion: Guardian, Media Week, Journalism.co.uk, Company Town and paidContent

News Corp:

News Corporation Statement of UK's Parliamentary Select Committee of Culture, Media and Sport's News of the World Report — “Hard truths have emerged from the Select Committee Report: that there was serious wrongdoing at the News of the World; that our response to the wrongdoing was too slow …

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 …

Discussion: @skynewsbreak and ITV News

Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
NY Daily News editor Colin Myler misled MPs over hacking, report finds

Discussion: Forbes, New York Times, Capital New York and Mixed Media

Tom Watson MP: News International and Phone Hacking

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

ABC: Newspaper circulation rose in last six months, 5% on Sundays — Newspapers across the country gained readers in the last six months, compared to the same period a year ago. Nationally, daily circulation was up .68 percent for digital and print at the 618 papers reporting …

Discussion: Media Decoder, AdAge, Forbes, WebProNews, Capital New York, Adweek, BtoB Magazine, Gannett Blog, FishbowlNY, paidContent, DCist, NewsBulletin Connection and The Newspaper Guild

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

Discussion: Crain's New York Business, NetNewsCheck Latest and The Huffington Post

Zeke Miller / Buzzfeed:

How The White House Smothered The News Of Obama's Trip To Afghanistan — Shortly before 9:19 a.m. this morning the Afghanistan-based 24-hour broadcast news station TOLONews tweeted that President Barack Obama had landed in Afghanistan. The surprise trip was a closely guarded secret …

Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and Mashable!

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 …

Discussion: Slate, Business Insider, Erik Wemple and eMedia Vitals

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 …

Discussion: mediabistro.com, VentureBeat, paidContent, SocialTimes, The Next Web, @edbott, Betabeat, Fast Company, Washington Post, TechCrunch, eMedia Vitals, The Verge, The Next Web, CNET and Business Insider

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 …

Discussion: Deadline.com, VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:

Wall Street Journal, News Corp. Receive Suspicious White Powder Letters — UPDATE: The Associated Press has corrected its initial report, clarifying that Fox News did not receive an envelope containing white powder. News Corp. received two letters, at least one of which was addressed to The Wall Street Journal.

Discussion: Associated Press