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10:55 AM ET, August 24, 2012

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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Elisabeth Murdoch: James should have stepped back in phone-hacking crisis  —  Rupert Murdoch's second daughter also confirms she asked for Rebekah Brooks to resign as NI chief executive last year  —  James Murdoch should have taken a “step back” from his number three job at News Corporation …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Elisabeth Murdoch turns on her father and brother in MacTaggart lecture  —  Tensions within the world's most powerful media family were dramatically laid bare on Thursday when Elisabeth Murdoch set out her own vision of media leadership, emphasising humanity over profit and criticising …
Katherine Rushton / The Daily Telegraph:
Elisabeth Murdoch distances herself from family
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Digital Chief Jon Miller Leaving News Corp.  —  According to sources close to the situation, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller will soon be leaving the media giant.  —  It seems to be a cordial, although perhaps inevitable, parting — sources said Miller will remain …
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Exit Interview: Jon Miller On Transforming News Corp., Launching The Daily And What Comes Next  —  After three years as chief digital officer of News Corp. Jon Miller is leaving.  It was an eventful few years, encompassing the sale of MySpace, the launch of The Daily, Hulu's addition of a subscription tier …
Bobbie Johnson / paidContent:
Prince Harry's brush with radical transparency: you can't stop the web  —  On the internet, just like everywhere else, time only moves in one direction: forward.  But that doesn't stop people trying to turn the clock back.  —  Take Britain's royal family, who contacted the editors …
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Magazine Publisher Bonnier Creates Accelerator Program for Media Startups  —  Four Startups to Receive Seed Funding, Services and Consultation in 14-Week Program  —  Bonnier Corp., the publisher of magazines including Field & Stream and Popular Science, is beginning an effort …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Missing reporter: 'Coming here to Syria is the greatest thing I've ever done'  —  In late July freelance reporter Austin Tice posted a message to his Facebook page explaining “why I'm doing this crazy thing.”  He was in Syria, covering the war there for McClatchy, The Washington Post …
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Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Whereabouts of journalist Austin Tice, McClatchy contributor, unknown in Syria
Discussion: Poynter
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
Current TV to Turn Half the Screen Over to Twitter During Conventions  —  Networks Have Shown Tweets Before, But Current is Going Bigger  —  Current TV is handing over half its screen to Twitter during the conventions.  —  The cable news network, co-founded by former vice president Al Gore in 2005 …
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Time magazine fact-checking mistake shows value of fact-checking in public  —  This week brought a mix of embarrassment, shame and unexpected satisfaction for me.  —  Wednesday morning, I heard from two people who told me by email I had made a big mistake in my post, “Newsweek ditched …
Benjamin Shors / MediaShift:
At Rural Newspapers, Some Publishers Still Resist Moving Online  —  In 1968, Dick Graham bought a small weekly newspaper in Ferry County, Wash., one of the most remote and sparsely populated counties in the Pacific Northwest.  —  Forty-four years later — give or take a few months — broadband Internet is arriving.
Discussion: Garcia Media
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Prismatic wants to conquer the new frontier: Mobile news  —  Most traditional media companies are still trying to handle the disruption that the web has caused in their business models and content strategies, and if they think about mobile at all it is via their iPhone or iPad app …
Discussion: Business Insider, TechCrunch and PandoDaily, Thanks:@om
Jim Romenesko:
AP announces 2012 Gramling Award winners  —  Rodrigo Abd, whose haunting photo from Syria appeared on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post on March 9, is one of the $10,000 AP Gramling Award winners.  AP CEO Gary Pruitt writes in his memo to the AP staff …
 
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
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