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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rebekah Brooks likely to return to News Corp in UK-based role focusing on digital endeavors — News Corp. Set to Rehire Rebekah Brooks, Acquitted Executive — Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's media holdings in Britain, acquitted last year on charges related …
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Mother Jones:
Bill O'Reilly's Own Video From Falklands Protest Contradicts His “War Zone” Claim — He has said he saw civilians massacred in Buenos Aires. The report he filed at the time said nothing of the sort. — Throughout the controversy set off by a recent Mother Jones article …
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TVNewser, Mediaite, @clarajeffery, NY Daily News, @nickbaumann, @davidcorndc, @katz, @keitholbermann, @jeremyschulman and Washington Post
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story — One evening in March more than 30 years ago, Gaeton Fonzi received a call from a man whose voice and name are now instantly recognizable. — “Hi Gaeton,” the caller said. “Bill O'Reilly.” — The year was 1977.
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Fox: O'Reilly Didn't See Bombings In Ireland, But He Saw Photos Of Them — Fox News issued a clarification on Friday on behalf of its star host Bill O'Reilly, saying that he said he'd “seen” bombings in Northern Ireland because police showed him photos of them.
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Gawker, Guardian and Washington Post
Scott Dadich / Wired:
Wired launches redesigned responsive site, web pages now load twice as fast — WELCOME TO THE NEW WIRED — Welcome to the new WIRED. This site is the culmination of more than two years of work by dozens of super-talented people, people I'm proud to have as colleagues.
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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
The New Republic's investment arm buys part of analytics startup Parse.ly, deal said to be in “mid-six figures” — The New Republic's investment arm buys up a piece of analytics startup Parse.ly — The New Republic's investment arm has made its first move in buying a piece of web analytics firm Parse.ly.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo TV Converts to Tumblr-Based Digital Magazine Format — Yahoo's TV news and reviews section has adopted the company's “digital magazine” format, a visually oriented design based on the Tumblr mico-blogging website. — The new Yahoo TV digital magazine is the 11th title in the format …
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Under a new editor, CJR relaunches website, consults Columbia students about its future — C.J.R. gets advice from students and an updated look — Columbia Journalism Review, born 1961, is leaning on a class of college students to help it prepare for the digital future.
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Columbia Journalism Review, @mlcalderone and @megreenwell
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Can Former Planet Money Host Build the ‘HBO of Podcasts’? — “Are you meeting someone with money? Alex Blumberg's wife asks him within the first 30 seconds of the first episode of StartUp, his podcast about launching a podcast network. Maybe Mr. Blumberg should rethink his footwear, she suggests. ”
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Dugald Baird / Guardian:
BBC should face criminal action over Rwanda documentary, says inquiry — Rwandan committee claims it has ‘serious evidence of criminal offences’ relating to a controversial film that questioned official accounts of the 1994 genocide — An inquiry in Rwanda has urged its government …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Weakened BBC Would See “American Tastemakers” Dominate U.K., Chief Says — BBC director general Tony Hall said Monday that the U.K. public broadcaster must become an online “pioneer” to remain a key player in the digital age, promising a “myBBC revolution.”
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William Dotinga / Courthouse News Service:
In lawsuit, auditor says LA Times fired him for blowing whistle on scheme to pad circulation figures — L.A. Times Juggled the Books and Fired Him, Auditor Says — LOS ANGELES (CN) - Los Angeles Times fired an auditor for blowing the whistle on a scheme to pad circulation numbers, the man and his company claim in court.
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