Mediagazer: Daily Mail in £110k libel payout over Syrian chemical weapons story (Gavriel Hollander/pressgazette.co.uk)

9:15 AM ET, June 26, 2013

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch's News International changes name to News UK — UK newspaper operation, which includes the Times, Sunday Times and the Sun, rebrands in wake of phone-hacking scandal — Rupert Murdoch's News International, parent company of the Times, Sunday Times and the Sun …

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Rupert Murdoch's News International Rebrands as News UK Ahead of Split — The Australian arm of the post-split publishing company that will be the new News Cop also will change its name from News Limited to News Corp Australia. — News International, the U.K. newspaper arm …

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Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:

Australia's largest publisher News Limited is to change its name to News Corp Australia. The change comes 90 years after James Davidson created News Limited in 1923. It formed the foundation of the Adelaide-based empire that Sir Keith Murdoch bought into in 1949.

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Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:

Ex-NSA official assails Obama administration as journalists, others, debate gov't leak probes — WASHINGTON — A former spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says he feels a “significant kinship” with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

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Jonathan Kaiman / Guardian:

China newspaper praises Snowden for 'tearing off Washington's mask' — State-run People's Daily says whistleblower has exposed US hypocrisy after Washington blamed Beijing for his escape — China's top state newspaper has praised the fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for …

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Gregory Kohs- / Examiner:
Jimmy Wales breaks Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden

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Gavriel Hollander / pressgazette.co.uk:

Daily Mail in £110k libel payout over Syrian chemical weapons story — about Daily Mail in £110k libel payout over Syrian chemical weapons story- Comments — The Daily Mail has been forced to pay more than £100,000 in damages and apologise for a story linking a UK company with the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

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David Dishneau / Associated Press:

Courtroom Closures Likely In WikiLeaks Trial — FORT MEADE, Md. — Lawyers for Army leaker Pfc. Bradley Manning raised no objection Tuesday to a government proposal to temporarily close his court-martial to the public and press, possibly as early as this week, to protect classified evidence.

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

ASNE census finds 2,600 newsroom jobs were lost in 2012 — The American Society of News Editors released its annual newsroom census today and found an unexpected acceleration of job losses. Roughly 2,600 full-time professional editorial jobs at newspapers disappeared in 2012 …

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Minority employment in newsrooms held steady in 2012

Liz Hester / Talking Biz News:

What happens to Paula Deen's empire? — When Paula Deen admitted in a deposition that she used racial slurs, the Queen of Butter had a lot to lose. The first blow happened when The Food Network dropped her show on Friday. — But Tuesday, ABC News had a story about how much the admission was costing her business:

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

San Francisco Examiner sues San Francisco Chronicle — The San Francisco Newspaper Company, which owns the San Francisco Examiner, says the Hearst-owned San Francisco Chronicle “offered ad space to advertisers for a fraction of its cost on the condition that the advertisers not buy ads in the Examiner.”

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Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

TV industry-backed second screen app ConnecTV raises $1.4M — SMRTV Inc., the company that produces second screen TV service ConnecTV, has raised a $1.4 million in funding, according to a Security Exchange Commission document filed yesterday. — A growing number of people stare …

Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Pandora and musicians to discuss royalty settlement as war of words heats up — Talks are preliminary, but sources say formal negotiations are expected soon — Pandora, the web's top radio service, has held preliminary discussions with groups representing music artists as well as indie …

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Jim Romenesko:

AJR editor Rem Rieder is named USA Today media editor — Longtime American Journalism Review editor Rem Rieder joins USA Today on July 15 as full time media editor. “[He] brings us a combination of traditional media sensibilities and new media entrepreneurship that will help us develop …

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Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:

CNN Mocked for Lack of Texas Filibuster Coverage — witter lights up after the network opts to air a segment about blueberry muffins during Texas State Senator Wendy Davis' day-long battle against anti-abortion legislation. — Hollywood has found a new cause celebre.

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