Mediagazer: Icahn withdraws board seat demands after Gannett reveals rules for publishing and broadcast split (Roger Yu/USA Today)

4:10 PM ET, March 2, 2015

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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 …

Discussion: TVNewser, Mediaite, NY Daily News, @clarajeffery, @davidcorndc, @katz, @keitholbermann, @jeremyschulman and @nickbaumann

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

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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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Financial Times:
Rebekah Brooks set to run Dublin-based Storyful

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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.

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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 …

Discussion: VentureBeat and Tubefilter

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.

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, @mlcalderone and @megreenwell

Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:

Netflix will launch in New Zealand and Australia on March 24 — Gaming execs: Join 180 select leaders from King, Glu, Rovio, Unity, Facebook, and more to plan your path to global domination in 2015. GamesBeat Summit is invite-only — apply here. Ticket prices increase on March 6 Pacific!

Discussion: Netflix and ZDNet

Roger Yu / USA Today:

Icahn withdraws board seat demands after Gannett reveals rules for publishing and broadcast split — Icahn withdraws demands after Gannett details print company rules — Gannett, the media company that owns USA TODAY, revealed Monday new corporate governance rules of its publishing unit …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NetNewsCheck Latest and Deadline

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 …

Discussion: allAfrica.com, UPI, Agence France-Presse, BBC and The Beacon Review

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.”

Discussion: @saramorrison

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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