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8:10 PM ET, October 7, 2011

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Steve Jobs and the continuing disruption of media  —  The products created by Apple and its iconic founder Steve Jobs have revolutionized a host of different industries in the past couple of decades, from personal computing to mobile telephony — but they have also had a substantial impact …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Steve Jobs and the media: For the most part, it was a love affair
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Steve Jobs stops the presses one last time
Discussion: Cult of Mac, Poynter and Time
James Robinson / Guardian:
News of the World phone-hacking settlement agreed by Kelly Hoppen  —  Interior designer accepts £60,000 plus costs from News Group Newspapers after she alleged that messages were intercepted  —  The interior designer Kelly Hoppen settled her phone-hacking claim against the publisher …
Discussion: Press Gazette
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Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg:
James Murdoch Must Leave News Corp. Board, Pension Body Says  —  Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch should leave the board of the media company in the wake of a hacking scandal at its U.K. newspaper unit, according to a group of British pension funds.
Discussion: Digital Spy, Guardian and Guardian
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
News Corp sets up hotline for staff to report ‘illegal activity’  —  Journalists at News International (NI) and other staff in Rupert Murdoch's media empire have been told to call a hotline to report suspicious colleagues in a fresh clampdown on corruption and other illegal activities.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Wapping's pseudo-union dog fails to bark as members face uncertain future
Discussion: Guardian
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Wall Street protests: liberal cable's tea party moment?  —  The two cable networks battling each other for the liberal mantle finally have a movement they can embrace with the kind of fervor Fox News reserved for the tea party:  —  Occupy Wall Street.  —  After more than two weeks …
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David Maris / Forbes:
Some Say Occupy Wall Street Protesters Aimless; Facts Say Otherwise  —  This post was written by David Maris, a writer and well-known health care equity research analyst.  He has been ranked #1 six consecutive years by Institutional Investor Magazine.  You can follow him on Twitter at @davidmaris.
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Examiner.com editor: ‘Plagiarism is inexcusable and we try our best to guard against it’  —  Romenesko+ Misc.  —  Examiner.com vice president of editorial Travis Henry says he first learned about his contributors' plagiarism by reading yesterday's Romenesko+ post, “Examiner.com is caught ‘pulling a Daily Mail’.”
Discussion: Cops and Courts and Poynter
Gabe Elsner / MediaShift:
TrueTies.Org Wants to Increase Transparency on the Op-Ed Page  —  The following is a guest opinion from Gabe Elsner of The Checks and Balances Project, which recently launched a new project aimed at increasing transparency at news outlets.  —  Every day, Americans read the opinion and commentary …
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Disney CEO Bob Iger Inks New Contract, But Will Step Down in 2015  —  The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, ABC News and ESPN, among numerous other media properties, has unveiled an unusual succession plan for CEO Bob Iger.  Under the deal, Iger will step down as CEO in 2015 …
Lindsay Rubino / Broadcasting & Cable:
Netflix Strikes Multi-Year Licensing Deal with AMC  —  Prior seasons of ‘The Walking Dead’ available Friday; also acquires rights to shows from AMC, IFC, Sundance, WE tv  —  Netflix and AMC Networks announced a multi-year licensing agreement in which prior seasons of AMC's The Walking Dead …
Curtis Brainard / CJR:
The Scientist Closes  —  25th anniversary issue of the venerable magazine will be the last  —  Having just published a special twenty-fifth anniversary issue in October, employees of the The Scientist, a venerable monthly magazine and website focused on the life sciences, learned Monday that it would be their last.
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Denton pays debt on Gawker pageviews, makes new bet with Sorgatz  —  Just after settling a bet with Rex Sorgatz because the Gawker network fell 10 million page views short of their agreed-upon target, Nick Denton agreed to another bet — this time for 40 percent year-to-year growth.  Sorgatz explains:
Discussion: Fimoculous
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
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Joe Flint / Company Town:
Bloomberg TV plays politics
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Inside Cable News
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Using A Familiar Model, ‘GMA’ Narrows Ratings Gap With ‘Today’
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and GalleyCat
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Discussion: FishbowlNY and Poynter