Mediagazer: Twitter Suspends Beloved Account @NYTOnIt After Trademark Violation Claims from the New York Times (Jessica Roy/Betabeat)

10:25 AM ET, November 20, 2012

Top News:

Former Murdoch Aides to Be Charged With Bribery — LONDON — In a dramatic new turn in the scandals swirling around Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper outpost, prosecutors said on Tuesday that two former top executives — Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks — will be charged with making corrupt payments …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Chickaboomer and Vanity Fair

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson charges set new context for Leveson — The Crown Prosecution Service's decision to bring charges has ramifications for the inquiry as well as Downing Street — It is less than two weeks before Lord Justice Leveson is expected to deliver his final report …

Kate Holton / Reuters:
Ex-Cameron aide charged over royal family details

Discussion: AllThingsD, BBC, Guardian, Metro.co.uk, New Statesman, Telegraph, Sky News, The Independent and Channel 4

Jessica Roy / Betabeat:

Twitter Suspends Beloved Account @NYTOnIt After Trademark Violation Claims from the New York Times — Avid media watchers are well acquainted with the presence of @NYTOnIt, a longstanding Twitter account that gently mocks the New York Times by pointing out articles or trend stories with that tread somewhere between indulgent and “duh.”

Discussion: AllThingsD, Poynter, FishbowlNY and @bkabak

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Guys, You Can Use “Copyright Violations” As A Way To Get A Twitter Parody Account Suspended, And The Times Is On It — The NYT is on it, if by “on it” you mean the newspaper has successfully managed to get a Twitter account that parodied its news coverage suspended from Twitter by citing copyright concerns.

Discussion: Gothamist and The Huffington Post

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Is Among Those Mulling a TVGuide.com Bid for About $20 Million — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo is among the companies taking a serious gander at TVGuide.com, the online entertainment listings, video and news site and mobile app. — Earlier today …

Discussion: Betabeat and Business Insider

David Lieberman / Deadline.com:

Lionsgate In Advanced Negotiations To Sell TVGuide.com — EXCLUSIVE. The online TV navigation site could go for about $20M — possibly as much as $25M I'm told — and would enable Lionsgate to cash in on a property that's considered peripheral to its main production and TV networks businesses.

Discussion: TVWeek.com and C21Media

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

BSkyB Raises $800 Million, Analysts See Potential for Acquisitions — The U.K. pay TV giant, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. owns a 39 percent stake, has made some technology investments. — LONDON - U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB said Tuesday that it has raised $800 million in a debt deal …

Discussion: Fox Business

Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Emerging From Scandal, News Corporation Looks at Potential Acquisitions

Discussion: Media Decoder, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and Poynter

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Pot calls kettle black in New York Times piece on Washington Post business troubles — I am a huge David Carr fan. Great writer, great eye for news-about-news, a shoe-leather reporter when he needs to be (as when driving the frat boys from the Tribune Co. executive suite).

Discussion: Media Decoder

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Tolkien estate sues Warner Brothers over Lord of the Rings digital rights — J.R.R. Tolkien's estate and publisher HarperCollins are suing Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema and the Saul Zaentz Company for infringing copyright on Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, BBC and Polygon

Greg Mitchell / The Nation:

MSNBC's Disgrace: In Five Hours of Primetime, Fifteen Minutes on Israel-Gaza — Early yesterday, I made this prediction: Based on past performance, none of MSNBC's five primetime, liberal, hosts last night or their guests would utter a single word critical of Israel in the current conflict with Gaza.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Times, The New Yorker Blog and Pressing Issues

Daily Mail:

Fox news anchor Brian Kilmeade sparks outrage after joking his network 'hires women by flipping through the pages of a Victoria's Secret catalog' — Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade is under fire after saying his own network finds its female on-air talent by flipping through a Victoria's Secret catalog …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Can a big bet on tech help USA Today escape its paper past? — Is there a future for a media brand best known for dropping free newspapers at America's hotels? The brass at USA Today seems to think so and today launched a “next generation” iPad app to carry the brand into the digital future.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

iTunes-like Disney Movies Online service shuttered because there weren't enough users — Disney has shut down its Disney Movies Online service that streamed movies for purchase and rental, reports Deadline. The service allowed users to rent or purchase movies on its site and watch those via streaming.

Discussion: Deadline.com

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

GetGlue + Viggle Is a Big Bet Based on Small Numbers — Viggle, which pays users to “check in” to TV shows, says it will shell out more than $70 million for GetGlue, which lets users “check in” to TV shows, but doesn't pay them. — The combined company, according to a Viggle press release …

Discussion: TechCrunch, CNET, GigaOM, AdAge, Lost Remote and VentureBeat

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Viggle's Deal To Buy GetGlue Hinges On $60M Of Financing ‘From 2 Strategic Investors’, Expected To Close In Next 30 Days

Discussion: Business Wire, mediabistro.com and The Wrap

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Lord McAlpine and ITV near settlement over Phillip Schofield blunder — Former Tory party treasurer understood to be negotiating six-figure sum with broadcaster following child abuse allegations — Lord McAlpine was on Monday night close to reaching a six-figure settlement with ITV …