Mediagazer: Bribery Allegations Surfaced Against WSJ in China (Wall Street Journal)

9:35 AM ET, March 18, 2013

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BBC:

Press regulation deal struck by parties - Labour — David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband claim victory in Leveson deal — A deal has been struck between the three main political parties on measures to regulate the press, Labour has said. — Leader Ed Miliband said the deal would protect …

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Newspaper groups threaten to boycott new press regulator — Owners of Sun, Telegraph and Daily Mail say they may set up own watchdog if government opts for statutory underpinning — Three of the country's biggest newspaper groups, including the owners of the Daily Mail and the Sun …

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Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

Press regulation deal: the key points — The main sticking points in the post-Leveson discussions that were ironed out during late-night discussions — • The royal charter — The royal charter will be entrenched through statute so that it cannot be changed by ministers …

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@skynewsbreak: Prime Minister David Cameron to address Tory MPs this afternoon on press regulation

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults have abandoned a news outlet due to dissatisfaction — Readers, viewers and listeners may not have followed the contraction of the news business closely, but they're beginning to notice the effects of five dismal years for many publishers.

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David Bauder / Associated Press:

Journalism study shows impact of cutbacks in news — By By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer - 7 hours ago — NEW YORK (AP) — Years of newsroom cutbacks have had a demonstrable impact on the quality of digital, newspaper and television news and in how consumers view that work, a study released Monday found.

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Wall Street Journal:

Bribery Allegations Surfaced Against WSJ in China — The Justice Department last year opened an investigation into allegations that employees at The Wall Street Journal's China news bureau bribed Chinese officials for information for news articles. — A search by the Journal's parent company found …

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David Corn / Mother Jones:

Iraq 10 Years Later: The Deadly Consequences of Spin — Those who questioned the case for war have won the fight over history. But that won't bring back the tens of thousands of lives lost. — President Bush announcing the invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003. Paul Morse/White House

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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Iraq War 10th Anniversary Reminds Us Of The Questions We Didn't Ask

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Patrick Smith / @psmith:

Maymann announces Huffpo Live will be available on cable TV in the US this year for the first time. #DISummit

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Kia Makarechi / The Huffington Post:

CNN Under Fire For Coverage Of Rape Trial — CNN's coverage of the verdict in the Steubenville rape case appeared to be curiously weighted on Sunday, focusing on the effect the guilty verdict would have on the lives of the now-convicted rapists and their families, rather than that of the victim and her family.

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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:

Twitter Just Crushed Wall Street After The Cyprus Bailout — This process has been happening for a long time, but for those in finance, the value of Twitter is increasingly equaling or surpassing the value of traditional sell-side research from Wall Street analysts.

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Benj Edwards / The Atlantic Online:

The Copyright Rule We Need to Repeal If We Want to Preserve Our Cultural Heritage — The anti-circumvention section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act threatens to make archivists criminals if they try to preserve our society's artifacts for future generations.

Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:

Verizon Sends Signal on TV Fees — FiOS Operator Presses Smaller Media Firms for Deals Based on Audience Size — Verizon Communications Inc. is proposing to shake up the pay-television business based on a simple premise: it wants to tie the fees it pays to carry TV channels to how many people actually watch them.

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BBC:

Sun apologises for accessing MP's stolen phone — The Sun newspaper has apologised in the High Court for accessing private information on a stolen mobile phone belonging to a Labour MP. — Police told Siobhain McDonagh her text messages had been accessed after her phone was stolen in October 2010.

Discussion: Press Gazette, The Independent, Telegraph and ITV News