Mediagazer: The Local, a growing European network of English-language news sites, aims for the expat crowd (Liam Andrew/Nieman Lab)

1:25 PM ET, October 10, 2014

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Nielsen says it has issued faulty ratings data since March — Nielsen, which controls almost all of the television ratings measurement market, says that a technical error resulted in the company issuing incorrect TV ratings for national broadcast networks. — The error was introduced in March …

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Japan Protests Indictment of Journalist by South Korea — ASAHIKAWA, Japan — Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned a South Korean diplomat on Thursday to protest the filing of charges against a Japanese journalist in Seoul, in the latest spat to divide the two countries.

Liam Andrew / Nieman Lab:

The Local, a growing European network of English-language news sites, aims for the expat crowd — That there is a market for news about Europe for people living in Europe who speak English is not a new discovery. Plenty of newspapers have had success catering to this niche audience over the years.

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Disney CEO on unbundling: It'll cost you — Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger — At the VF New Establishment Summit Disney boss Bob Iger isn't afraid of cable unbundling. — Iger, whose magical kingdom includes ESPN and its many sister channels, admitted the sports programming powerhouse …

Joe Murphy / London Evening Standard:

London Mayor Boris Johnson, who previously supported police snooping on journalists, has now changed his mind — police should go to judge before accessing journalists' phone records — Police should be banned from trawling journalists' phone calls to identify whistleblowers without judicial approval …

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StubHub hires its first Editor-in-Chief, looks to become a destination for sports and music fans — StubHub has an image problem. Consumers think of the ecommerce platform as a place to find tickets to events that they know about. But rarely do they visit the site to discover and browse …

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Unsealed court documents show Fox reporter's battle against DOJ subpoena in Somalia leak probe — Fox News Reporter Fought Subpoena in Justice Dept. Leak Inquiry — WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department was hunting for government leakers in 2011, it said that Mike Levine …

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