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12:50 PM ET, October 3, 2014

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone hacking: ex-News of the World lawyer will not face prosecution  —  Evidence emerged at Rebekah Brooks trial that Tom Crone's office safe contained transcripts of David Blunkett's voicemails  —  The former legal manager at the News of the World, whose office safe contained transcripts …
Discussion: Press Gazette and @ryanchittum
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone hacking: News of the Worlds Ian Edmondson pleads guilty  —  Ex-news editor was one of original eight defendants, alongside Rebekah Brooks, but was later deemed unfit to continue  —  A former News of the World news executive has admitted he was involved in phone hacking …
NBC News:
US freelance cameraman working for NBC in Liberia diagnosed with Ebola, will be flown to US  —  NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola  —  An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the United States for treatment.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Liberia Imposes Media Restrictions On ‘Invasive’ Ebola Coverage  —  * Reporters must get government permission to cover outbreak  —  * Could face arrest, prosecution if not  —  * Move aimed at protecting patient privacy, government says  —  * Cuban medics arrive in Sierra Leone to join Ebola fight
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Times eliminates some two dozen jobs on business side  —  While New York Times journalists brace for a round of voluntary buyouts that aims to shave dozens of salaries from their newsroom, the business side is bidding farewell to employees who have been informed that their positions are being eliminated.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Washington Post takes its ‘native’ ads to print  —  When is a print advertorial a native ad?  The Washington Post published an ad for Shell in Thursday's print edition that it's touting as its first native ad in print.  Shell used the ad, which ran on A13, to tell readers about the work it's doing to improve energy efficiency.
Discussion: @niemanlab and @digiday
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions  —  There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month.  —  Apple thinks that price is too high.  —  Sources say Apple is talking to the big music labels …
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
New JSTOR online magazine seeks to expand access to archives  —  Much of the world's knowledge is contained in JSTOR, a vast digital academic library.  But most of that content is behind a subscription wall.  And if you're not looking for something specific — or even if you are …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
After SiriusXM Success, The Turtles Take on Pandora in $25 Million Lawsuit (Exclusive)  —  The issue is whether the Internet radio giant has rights to perform pre-1972 recordings  —  The radio dial — whether it's satellite like SiriusXM, web like Pandora or terrestrial like iHeartMedia — might never be the same.
Discussion: Techdirt, Gigaom, AllAccess.com and Reuters
PEN International:
Honduras bans Globo TV anchor Julio Ernesto Alvarado for 16 months for covering university corruption  —  Honduras: PEN member barred from journalism after covering corruption in state university  —  The 16-month ban on practising journalism imposed on Globo TV news anchor …
Discussion: Guardian
Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:
Turks don't like their national press much, but rely on it heavily for news  —  This week, representatives for the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Press Institute are meeting with government officials in Turkey to discuss what the organizations say are increasing restrictions …
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Former Vice Media editor says company killed stories over ‘brand partner’ concerns  —  By all accounts, the brief tenure of Charles Davis as an associate editor working out of the Los Angeles bureau for Vice Media was not a happy one.  —  He showed promise when he was hired in July …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Piers Morgan talks about ratings race at CNN, his new column at MailOnline, and future plans  —  Exclusive: Piers Morgan dishes on CNN  —  BEVERLY HILLS, California — Piers Morgan swears he doesn't miss CNN — but the network is still very much on his mind.
 
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
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Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
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Discussion: @thekarami
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