Mediagazer: Rupert Murdoch ‘not fit’ to lead major international company, MPs conclude (Guardian)

5:25 AM ET, May 2, 2012

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Paul Hoskins / Reuters:

BSkyB hopes results can outshine hacking headlines — LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Probes into phone hacking and the legacy of a failed bid by Rupert Murdoch to seize full control look likely to overshadow a resilient set of results from satellite broadcaster BSKyB on Wednesday.

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

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Jim Romenesko:

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Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch's Fox broadcast licences targeted by US ethics group — FCC called on to revoke licences in wake of British parliamentary report as phone hacking scandal widens abroad — A Washington-based ethics watchdog is calling on federal regulators to revoke News Corporation's 27 Fox …

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Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch ‘not fit’ to lead major international company, MPs conclude — Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to exercise stewardship of a major international company, a committee of MPs has concluded, in a report highly critical of the mogul and his son James's role in the News of the World phone-hacking affair.

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 …

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

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Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / MediaFile:

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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 …

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

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

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Robert Andrews / paidContent:

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Associated Press:

CBS 1st-quarter profit beats Street estimates on digital licensing, overseas sales of TV shows — LOS ANGELES — CBS Corp. on Tuesday said its net income grew 80 percent in the first quarter, as revenue surged on digital licensing deals for its TV shows and overseas sales of reruns.

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