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Andy Davies / Channel 4:
Revealed: the Rupert Murdoch tape — “Incompetent” cops, regrets over his own investigation, promises to protect Sun journalists: a secret recording reveals Rupert Murdoch's real attitudes to the scandal that has engulfed his empire. — Watch Channel 4 News from 7pm to hear the audio recording
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Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Rupert Murdoch Caught on Tape: “We Will Hit Back” — ExaroNews a British investigative web site, has just published the full transcript of a secretly recorded meeting between media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the staff of The Sun, a U.K. tabloid owned by News Corp., in which Murdoch admitted …
RT:
Al Jazeera, other TV stations forced off air in Egypt — Al Jazeera's Egyptian broadcast has been taken off the air. Both Reuters and Al Jazeera itself reported that security forces raided Cairo offices and detained at least five staff members. — Karim El-Assiuti has told Reuters …
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Al Jazeera Blogs, Committee to Protect …, Mediaite, @aymanm, @marquardta, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, @mlcalderone and @anblanx
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english.ahram.org.eg:
Islamic TV channels off air, police arrest crews — The Muslim Brotherhood-owned television channel Misr 25 went off air along with several other Islamist-run channels, including the controversial Hafez and Al-Nas, shortly after the military statement announcing the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi.
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@ajelive, @antderosa, @aymanm and @rt_com
Yasmine Saleh / Reuters:
Egyptian army secures state TV studios: sources
Egyptian army secures state TV studios: sources
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@shadihamid, @acarvin, @skytwitius, @aliabunimah, The Dawn News, Variety, The Independent, @bgittleson, @haseebmaudoodi, @3bdulr, @acarvin, @msentropy and Reuters
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Do you use Reddit?: Six percent of American adults online do — Reddit is the self-proclaimed front page of the Internet — a community of people who submit links and vote them up or down based on their quality, novelty or general ability to generate amusement. — But does Reddit really have enough users to make that claim?
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TechCrunch, Poynter, Fast Company, WebProNews, Betabeat, The Atlantic Online and Nieman Journalism Lab
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Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:
Meet Reddit's New Director of Communications
Meet Reddit's New Director of Communications
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SocialTimes and FishbowlDC
GlobalPost:
Postmedia Q3 loss surges to $112.2 million on impairment charge, lower revenues — TORONTO - Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says it lost $112.2 million in its latest quarter on a $93.9-million impairment charge and a drop in revenue. — The media company, which owns several newspapers including …
The Huffington Post:
Morsi Overthrow Coverage: Networks Finally Go Wall-To-Wall For Egyptian President's Ouster — American news networks finally swung into action on Wednesday, devoting wall-to-wall coverage of the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. — After days of virtually ignoring …
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TVNewser, @jeremyscahill, FishbowlDC, UPROXX, @brianstelter, Reuters and @huffpostmedia
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Jay Rosen / Quote and Comment:
CNN makes its priorities clear.
CNN makes its priorities clear.
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Politico, Mediaite, Erik Wemple, @huffpostmedia, @rafat, @sdkstl, @howardkurtz, Gawker, @thestalwart and Business Insider
Eric Deggans / Poynter:
Snowden's leaks force media self-examination — Besides forcing government and national-security institutions to face the public about their spying efforts, Edward Snowden's decision to release information on America's massive public surveillance efforts has thrown another system into a flurry of self-examination:
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Mediashift, Adweek and Salon
Jim Romenesko:
Patch editor: ‘From what I see on the ground, we are on our last legs’ — I've received a few emails in recent days from Patch people unhappy with Patch 2.0. One was from a former manager who said “I can speak to morale issues, tone deaf management and why the new website could be the final straw …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Acquires Xobni for Upward of $30 Million (Like ATD Said, Part 2) — Yahoo said it has bought Xobni, as AllThingsD had previously reported it was planning to do. — According to numerous sources close to the company, Yahoo paid $30 million to $40 million for the maker of address book apps and plugins.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Xobni Support, The Smartr & Xobni Blog, Los Angeles Times, SocialTimes, GeekWire, ZDNet, Engadget, App Advice, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Digits, VatorNews and WebProNews
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
No Quid Pro Quo by You're the Boss Writer, but Intrigue, Anyway — Ed Zitron may not be the savviest public relations person around. When he e-mailed a New York Times business editor, he asked for the strictest anonymity about his complaint: that a writer for the You're the Boss small-business blog …
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@sulliview and Talking Biz News
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Extends PBS Pact, Scoring Two Exclusives — Netflix gains subscription-streaming rights to ‘Super Why!’ and ‘The Bletchley Circle’ — The rivalry between Netflix and Amazon.com for online streaming content has been a boon to TV programmers, as the two are motivated buyers eager to one-up each other.
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CNET, Hollywood Reporter, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Deadline.com, paidContent, Speakeasy, Home Media Magazine, Softpedia News and Broadcasting & Cable
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Boxee acquired by Samsung, reports peg sale at $30 million — Boxee, a relatively small company known for its set-top box that streams media to TVs, has been purchased by Samsung for roughly $30 million. The news comes out of Israeli site The Marker, though Boxee CEO Avner Ronen has declined to comment on the rumor.
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NYT Bits, TechCrunch, CNET, Mashable, AdAge, AppleInsider, Betabeat, ZDNet, BGR, Variety, Engadget, WebProNews and AllThingsD