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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Two Ex-Editors for Murdoch to Be Charged for Phone Hacking — LONDON - British prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge the Prime Minister's former director of communications Andy Coulson, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business Rebekah Brooks and six others with …
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘Daily News’ fires political editor Ian Bishop on eve of 2012 conventions — It can't be a good thing to lose the guy who runs your politics coverage a month ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. — But that is precisely the situation the Daily News now finds itself in.
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘Daily News’ hires Alexander Hitchen, ‘Enquirer’ reporter who broke the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter scandal wide open — The Daily News has named a replacement for photo director Gretchen Viehmann, who left the paper at the beginning of March. Alexander Hitchen, a long-time National Enquirer reporter based …
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Colorado Shooting: Cable News a Destination For Viewers Looking For The Latest — Cable news channels were a significant destination for viewers interested in getting the latest on the shootings in Colorado on Friday, according to Nielsen ratings from that day.
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Reuters, Chickaboomer, TVSpy and Washington Post
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Tracie Powell / Poynter:
Denver Post covering Colorado shooting without a copy desk
Denver Post covering Colorado shooting without a copy desk
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The Buttry Diary, Poynter and The Maynard Institute …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
ABC News rebuts Arlene Holmes's claim
ABC News rebuts Arlene Holmes's claim
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Deadline.com, ABCNEWS, ABCNEWS and Mediaite
Claude Solnik / Long Island Business News:
Newsday fires longtime reporter Jim Bernstein — Jim Bernstein, a veteran Newsday reporter whose work has been a mainstay of the publication's business section for decades, has been let go after 40 years at the newspaper. Bernstein, whose byline vanished from Newsday last week, was fired Friday …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Baton Rouge Advocate moving into New Orleans — The Baton Rouge Advocate is expanding into New Orleans as its hometown paper The Times-Picayune has announced plans to cut staff and print frequency. “From the moment that they announced that they were going to a three-day-a-week newspaper …
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Kevin Allman / Gambit:
As the New Orleans media landscape turns ...
As the New Orleans media landscape turns ...
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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Who Can Improve on Nature? Magazine Editors — The magazine editors knew they had their cover shot. The model, just emerged from a small pond, produced a look for the camera that exuded intelligence and confidence. The only problem was the water droplets clinging to the model's ears.
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Associated Press updates Twitter and Facebook guidelines — The news agency has updated its social media guidelines to say as long as journalists have informed the newsdesk of big breaking news they are allowed to tweet about it — The Associated Press has updated its social media guidelines …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
GOOD magazine seeks ‘brand apostles’ to build online community — GOOD — GOOD magazine, which laid off most of its editorial staff this past June, is seeking “content curators and change-makers,” according to an announcement on its website. — Successful candidates will serve as “brand apostles,” the announcement says.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Knight Foundation funds new projects for fact-checking and transparency — The Knight Foundation added to its investment in media on Monday, supporting five new innovation projects from startups and established media companies. The funding from Knight will go toward fact-checking and transparency work …
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Change The Ratio, Knight Foundation and MIT Center for Civic Media
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Barry Diller And Scott Rudin In Talks To Launch E-Book Business — EXCLUSIVE: Barry Diller and Scott Rudin are in exploratory talks to launch an e-book business for both fiction and non-fiction. I'm told they have had a lot of exploratory conversations and I expect an announcement …
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Michael Oneal / Chicago Tribune:
Aurelius, others appeal judge's confirmation of Tribune bankruptcy plan … Junior bondholders in the Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy appealed Monday's confirmation decision in the case and asked the judge to stay consummation of a restructuring plan that would hand ownership of the Chicago-based media company to its senior creditors.
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