Mediagazer: Rupert Murdoch steps down from NI boards (Katherine Rushton/Telegraph)

1:25 AM ET, July 22, 2012

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

Rupert Murdoch steps down from NI boards — Rupert Murdoch's grip on UK newspapers is loosening “finger by finger”, as he resigns string of directorships. — Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly insisted that he remains committed to his UK newspapers, vowing that he will remain a “very active chairman” of the publishing busines.

Discussion: BBC, Runnin' Scared, @jeffjarvis, Gothamist, @carr2n, The Atlantic Wire, Mediaite, Deadline.com, Business Insider, Washington Times, Adweek, Digital Spy, New York Times and The Raw Story

Matt Williams / Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch quits as News International director — Move fuels rumours of sell-off of UK newspapers despite media mogul's reassurance that he is ‘fully committed’ as chairman — Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as a director of News International, in a move that will fuel speculation …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, Forbes Real Time and Wall Street Journal

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

The Colorado shooting and the crowdsourced future of news — Only a few days ago, we were writing about how users of Twitter and Reddit used those networks to tell a compelling story about a mass shooting in Toronto, and now the same phenomenon is playing out in real-time during another horrific incident …

Discussion: The Wrap, Beet.TV, Poynter, CNN, Jordan Ghawi, Erik Wemple, BuzzFeed and Poynter, Thanks:@megangarber

Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:

Colorado tea partier describes ‘surreal’ day of wrongly being linked to theater massacre — Colorado Tea Party Patriots member Jim Holmes told The Daily Caller in a Friday interview that his day has been “surreal” after falsely being linked to the movie theater massacre in Colorado by an on-air ABC News reporter.

Discussion: Politico, NewsBusters.org blogs, ABCNEWS, Instapundit and Poynter

Jakob Schiller / Wired:

When Tragedy Hits, Photojournalists Balance Reporting and Emotion — “He was screaming at the top his lungs, ‘Have you seen my son?’” says Barry Gutierrez, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who has been covering today's shooting in Colorado for the Associated Press.

Discussion: The Raw Story, Poynter and Politico

Jack Shafer:
What the Colorado shooting says about us

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Crooks and Liars, Slate and The New Republic

Media Decoder:
Hollywood Struggles for Proper Response to Shooting

Discussion: Daily Mail, Rolling Stone, msnbc.com, The Informer, The Wrap, AdAge, Adweek, ComicBook.com, The Wrap, The New Yorker Blog, Deadline.com and Hollywood Reporter

Jim Romenesko:

Chicago Tribune decides to stick with Journatic — The Chicago Tribune is hiring 44-year newsroom veteran Randy Weissman as a consultant to help develop and implement appropriate changes at embattled Journatic and the Chicago Tribune, which has invested in the hyper-local content provider.

Tom Foremski / ZDNet:

‘Access journalism’ ... and the Silicon Valley reporter — Summary: Controlling access to top executives is a traditional way that Silicon Valley companies try to ensure favorable coverage. — Follow @tomforemski — David Weidner, a 15 year veteran reporter on the Wall Street beat …

Discussion: @karaswisher

David Taintor / TPM:

MSNBC's Chris Hayes: No Symmetry Between Fox News And MSNBC — MSNBC's Chris Hayes: No Symmetry Between Fox News And MSNBC — Can you describe what you read, how you get the news? — I subscribe to a number of magazines. I've always been a magazine lover from the time I was 11 or 12.

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, NewsBusters.org blogs, Inside Cable News and Mediaite

Dorian Benkoil / MediaShift:

The Return of the Human: Why Tech Companies Are Tapping Journalism Talent — In digital media, it turns out, editors — actual human beings — might actually be necessary. — At least that seems to be the trend as developer-laden ventures like Tumblr, Flipboard and even an ad network bring …

Discussion: The Newspaper Guild

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Alexander Cockburn, Left-Wing Journalist, Dies At 71 — Alexander Cockburn, a prominent radical columnist and journalist, has died at 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer. — Cockburn's death was announced by his friend and journalism partner Jeffrey St. Clair on Counterpunch, the website they ran together.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Times, CounterPunch, Runnin' Scared, NewsBusters.org blogs, Hit & Run and The Nation

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Wielki sukces! Piano Media expands its national paywall model to Poland — Piano Media, the Slovakian company with plans to erect a pan-European paywall, expanded today into its third and largest market, Poland. Seven major media companies have agreed to put some of their content behind a single national paywall.

Abigail Pesta / The Daily Beast:

The War on ‘Teen Vogue’: Young Readers Escalate Campaign for More ‘Real Girls’ — Teenage girls are stepping up a fight for the magazine to show a wider range of body types, claiming the current images can spark eating disorders and other problems. Abigail Pesta reports. — Does Teen Vogue digitally zap zits?