Mediagazer: Piers Morgan Discussing Phone Hacking With Charlotte Church (Guido Fawkes)

8:45 AM ET, November 28, 2012

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

A Struggling CNN Worldwide Is Said to Be Drawn to Jeffrey Zucker — In the days to come, when Time Warner appoints a new leader of CNN Worldwide for the first time in a decade, that person will face an identity crisis unlike any other in corporate America. — Though CNN over all is on track …

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Piers Morgan phone-hacking conversation to air on Channel 4 — Ex-Daily Mirror editor shown in documentary telling Charlotte Church of stories which came about due to mobile phones — Footage of former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan telling Charlotte Church how “a spate of stories” …

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Guido Fawkes:

Piers Morgan Discussing Phone Hacking With Charlotte Church — Transcript of the footage of Piers Morgan specking to Charlotte Church: … Just in case you have forgotten, Piers claims: … He told Leveson:

Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Jill Abramson's dream epitaph: She kept The New York Times ‘straight’ — With a team of New York Times reporters aggressively investigating the BBC scandal in which their parent company's brand new C.E.O., ex-BBC chief Mark Thompson, has been implicated, you'd think there might be some awkwardness between Thompson and the newsroom.

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Alex Weprin / FishbowlNY:
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Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider: New York Times Executive Editor Still Betting On Print

Dylan Byers / Politico:

NPR affiliate launches drone program — Missouri NPR affiliate KBIA has launched a “Drone Program” in the hopes of building drones to collect media, the station tells POLITICO. — “A lot of people are predicting that drone technology is going to really big when commercial and security applications are available.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

“Post-Industrial Journalism”: A new Columbia report examines the disrupted news universe — There's a big new report out from Columbia Journalism School this morning, entitled “Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present.” Its authors are a sort of Justice League of New York journalism schools …

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Ben Kersey / The Verge:

Deezer lays the groundwork for its own music apps following Spotify's success — Deezer recently celebrated its international success by announcing that it had amassed 20 million tracks while serving 160 countries. Rather than making the anticipated expansion into the United States …

AFP:

Student avoids US extradition over TV website — LONDON — A British student who created a website that let people watch films and television shows for free has struck a deal with the United States to avoid extradition, London's High Court heard on Wednesday.

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BBC:

Leveson Inquiry: Cameron receives report — The Leveson Inquiry was established by the prime minister in July last year — The Leveson report into media standards has been given to Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of its official publication on Thursday.

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Dick Costolo says Twitter is a reinvention of the town square — but with TV — Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo gave a lecture earlier this week at his alma mater — the University of Michigan — where he talked to students from the Ford School of Public Policy about how the real …

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

News International must pay Andy Coulson legal fees, appeals court rules — Ex-News of the World editor wins appeal over bills arising out of investigations into phone hacking and payments to officials — Andy Coulson's legal fees relating to criminal investigations into alleged illegal activity …

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Peter Vigneron / Boston Magazine:

What Happened To The Phoenix? — Thirty years ago, the Phoenix was the essential paper for a new generation of readers: those interested in a smart, countercultural alternative to the offerings of the mainstream press. Its writers and editors, many of whom are now among the most distinguished …

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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News Exec VP: Guest Who Slammed Network Apologized - But Not Publicly — UPDATED: Author Tom Ricks accused the network of “hyped” Benghazi coverage; Fox News' Michael Clemente says Ricks apologized but “doesn't have the strength of character to do that publicly.” Ricks disputes.

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico: Tom Ricks: Fox News ‘is making it up’

Reuters:

Card firms' block on WikiLeaks did not break rules: EU — (Reuters) - A block on processing donations for WikiLeaks by Visa Europe and other credit card companies is unlikely to have violated EU anti-trust rules, the European Commission said on Tuesday. — DataCell, a company …