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8:55 PM ET, September 19, 2011

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Avril Ormsby / Reuters:
News International to pay $4.7 million to settle hacking case  —  (Reuters) - News International is expected to pay about three million pounds($4.7 million) to settle hacking claims by the family of murder victim Milly Dowler against the now defunct News of the World newspaper, sources close to the case told Reuters on Monday.
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why Netflix is a cautionary tale for newspapers  —  When Netflix first announced earlier this year that it was changing its pricing plans for its legacy DVD-by-mail service as a way of promoting its digital streaming business, we wrote about how this was very similar to what newspapers …
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Your Guide to Who Measures What in the Online Space  —  Nielsen Quantcast, Hitwise Compete, Google's Doubleclick — Which Service is Right for You Depends on What You're Tracking  —  The online marketing world has never been more awash in quantifiable information on audience sizes …
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Calling the beginning of a story a ‘lede’ is just another form of nostalgia  —  A Sunday morning tweet from NYU's Jay Rosen provoked a conversation about why journalists call the opening of a story a “lede.”  —  Jennifer Connic, a social media producer at NJ.com, tweeted, “I kind of like lede still.
New York Times:
In E-Books, Publishers Have Rivals: News Sites  —  Book publishers are surrounded by hungry new competitors: Amazon, with its steadily growing imprints; authors who publish their own e-books; online start-ups like The Atavist and Byliner.  —  Now they have to contend with another group elbowing …
Discussion: B2B Memes
Wall Street Journal:
NBC in Talks With Ted Koppel  —  NBC is in talks to bring veteran news anchor Ted Koppel to its new news magazine program slated for fall, according to people familiar with the matter, the network's latest attempt to lend some more star power to the prime-time program.
Discussion: TVNewser and The Huffington Post
Michael Wolff / Adweek:
Is Content the Problem Or the Solution?  —  The ever-mounting disarray at Yahoo, along with the not-so-far-behind-it disarray at AOL, is just another part of the long-in-coming conclusion that content doesn't work as a business online.  —  “Content doesn't work” means, in this context, that other businesses work better.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Tom Junod / Esquire:
Jon Stewart and the Burden of History  —  He's not so funny anymore, and it's not only because he's come to take himself seriously.  It's because in the Obama era, we're starting to see the price of refusing to stand for anything.  —  Published in the October 2011 issue, on sale any day now
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Berkeley j-school hires Spot.Us founder to research online business models  —  Romenesko+ Misc.  DigiDave  —  David Cohn, who launched community-funded reporting site Spot.Us in 2008, will be conducting research on economic models of online journalism publications and help to develop business products …
Discussion: DigiDave and Medacity
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Facebook Is Expected to Unveil Media-Sharing Service  —  For cloud-based digital music services like Spotify and Rhapsody, which stream millions of songs but have struggled to sign up large numbers of paying users, being friended by Facebook could prove to be a mixed blessing.
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Ex-LAT Magazine publisher sues over redlining of readers *  —  Steven Gellman, who became publisher of the Los Angeles Times magazine in 2009, sued the Times and Tribune over his firing and accuses them of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violations of business and professions codes.
Michael R. Triplett / The NLGJA Blog:
NLGJA Joining UNITY Coalition  —  Historic news from NLGJA and UNITY this morning.  The NLGJA board has unanimously voted to accept an invitation to join UNITY as a full member.  We will be joining our colleagues at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association …
Discussion: Poynter
New York Post:
Cable ad plan fizzles  —  After three years, a $150 million investment and the efforts of a staff of 150 people, the cable industry's effort to grab a bigger piece of the $70 billion spent on TV advertising has been largely unsuccessful — and has now reached a critical crossroad, industry insiders tell The Post.
Discussion: Adweek
Adweek:
First Mover: Maryam Banikarim  —  Gannett's been around for 100 years; why do they need a CMO all of a sudden?  —  I think there's this recognition that while it was fine to be more of a holding company and let these businesses all operate independently—which was a great thing …
Discussion: Poynter, Gannett Blog and CJR
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Blippar brings its augmented reality app to Ireland, launches “first AR newspaper”  —  Blippar is the augmented reality app that brings brands to life, and it launched to the public on iOS and Android a month ago.  Now, it is arriving in the Irish market and it's partnering …
Discussion: Poynter
 
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

 
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