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10:20 AM ET, October 26, 2011

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The Independent:
Exclusive: Met finds secret phone at centre of NI hacking  —  Device nicknamed ‘The Hub’ hidden in offices of ‘News of the World’  —  Specialist detectives from the Metropolitan Police have discovered the existence of a secret mobile phone within News International's east London headquarters …
Discussion: The First Post
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BBC:
Phone-hacking scandal: Inquiry timetable revealed  —  Senior judge Lord Leveson will lead a seven-strong panel, which is expected to report within 12 months  —  The Leveson Inquiry - set up in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal - will start its hearings on 14 November.
Discussion: Guardian
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon's Acquisition Of The Book Depository Gets Official OK  —  Despite industry organizations' fears that Amazon's acquisition of UK online bookseller The Book Depository will create a de facto monopoly, the Office of Fair Trading is approving the merger.  In the OFT's view …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Amazon Misses, Q3 Sales Up 44 Percent To $10.9B; Net Income Down 73 Percent To $63M  —  Amazon reported third quarter earnings today.  Net income decreased 73% to $63 million in the third quarter, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared with net income of $231 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in third quarter 2010.
Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Become To The Video Industry What The iPod Was To The Music Industry
Discussion: Mashable!
Matt Kinsman / Folio:
Ziff Davis Enterprise To Go All-Digital In 2012  —  Remaining three magazines will convert to digital editions in January.  —  Ziff Davis Enterprise has launched a new strategy called OmniDigital that will take the company all-digital with emphasis in four keys areas—traditional websites …
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Amanpour back to CNN?  —  “This Week” anchor Christiane Amanpour isn't getting along with the bosses at ABC News, and has reached out to the honchos at CNN to return to the network where she started her career.  Sources tell us award-winning Amanpour has been “miserable” …
Barton Eckert / Washington Business Journal:
Gannett board elects new director  —  Washington Business Journal by Barton Eckert  —  Inc. announced that Susan Ness, a former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and the head of Susan Ness Strategies, has been elected to the board of directors, effective immediately.
Christina Boyle / NY Daily News:
Andy Rooney hospitalized over complications from surgery: 60 Minutes curmudgeon in stable condition  —  Andy Rooney, the veteran television commentator who delivered his final essay on CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” this month, was hospitalized Tuesday.  —  The 92-year-old developed serious complications …
Discussion: Associated Press
Sunny Hundal / Liberal Conspiracy:
Watch: Sky compares protesters to Nazis  —  This clip on Sky News was captured today afternoon.  —  Adam Boulton of Sky News, unbelievably, tries to compare the protesters to Nazis.  —  I'm not sure descendants of the Holocaust would quite agree with that.  Is Boulton out of his mind?  —  Watch
Discussion: Guardian and Boing Boing
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Richard Lawson leaves Gawker to work for old Gawker boss, at Atlantic Wire  —  The Atlantic Wire has hired veteran Gawker writer Richard Lawson, who is heading over to the news and commentary aggregation site to cover entertainment and culture.  —  As is the tradition for Gawker editors who leave the site …
Electronista:
Condé Nast digital subs soar 268% after iPad gets Newsstand  —  Conde Nast credits iOS 5 to surge in reading  —  Condé Nast suggested on Tuesday that tablet magazines might have turned a corner with the launch of iOS 5.  Since the iPad received access to Newsstand …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Watchdogs take aim at MSNBC, Buchanan  —  Both Media Matters for America and Color of Change are petitioning MSNBC this week to either fire or sanction former GOP presidential candidate and MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan for what the two organizations characterize as the use of his platform to espouse bigotry and white supremacy.
Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and JAMES EDWARDS
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS Sued for Airing Unlicensed Photos of John Edwards' Mistress  —  CBS has been sued by a celebrity photographer who claims the network's The Insider and The Early Show featured without license his images of Reille Hunter, the mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards, and her child.
Discussion: TVWeek.com
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Major media outlets say they won't pull out of Baghdad when Obama does  —  U.S. Army.  —  Despite Barack Obama's announcement last Friday that the remaining 39,000 U.S. soldiers still in Iraq would be pulled out by year's end, major American media outlets that have been covering …
Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times and Gawker
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BT ordered to block Newzbin2 filesharing site within 14 days  —  High court ruling at request of Hollywood studios could set precedent for widespread blocking of illegal filesharing websites  —  BT has been given 14 days to block access to a website accused of promoting illegal filesharing …
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Digital First Media names leadership team  —  Digital First Media, the new company that runs MediaNews and Journal Register Co. properties, has named its leadership team.  Jeff Bairstow, who was Journal Register's chief financial officer, will run daily operations for all news outlets as president of Digital First Media.
CNNMoney.com:
Netflix stock sinks 36% as subscribers flee  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Netflix shares plunged 36% in early trading Tuesday after the video rental company said it lost 800,000 subscribers in the third quarter.  —  Netflix ( NFLX) earned $62 million, or $1.16 a share, on a record $822 million …
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Netflix Puts Global Expansion On Hold As Costs Drag It Down
 
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
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Ben Camm-Jones / Macworld UK:
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Yemen editor: it's hell here, but we need coverage by international media
Discussion: Reuters and freemedia.at
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The Daily Adds Two  —  The Daily has added two staffers to its Arts & Life section.
Journalism.org:
How People Use Tablets and What it Means for the Future of News
Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. Hires Digital Executive
Discussion: AllThingsD
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Richard Horgan / FishbowlLA:
EXCLUSIVE: LA Photog Funds New Fashion Magazine
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Google asked to remove 135 YouTube videos for ‘UK national security issues’
Kevin Army / Open Salon:
Police Raid Occupy Oakland, Push Me To The Ground
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vice President Biden complains after dust-up with conservative reporter
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Obama freezes local reporters out of S.F. event
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook Co-Founder Aims to Bring Venture Capital Model to Media
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
No, CNET Is NOT In Talks To Buy gdgt
Discussion: TechCrunch
Jessica Davies / New Media Age:
Current TV to launch online series sourced from Vimeo community