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This Month's Apple Event To Focus On Publishing And iBooks — Apple will be holding a product event later this month in New York, Kara Swisher is reporting, and we've confirmed independently with a source. — According to the source the event will not involve any hardware at all and instead …
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Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month — According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement.
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Is the Sun looking at charging for content again? — Is News International looking again at charging for content from The Sun? I blogged last year that News International had ditched the idea of putting up a paywall for The Sun, but an archive website has now appeared offering access to historical Sun content for 50p an article.
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The Verified Twitter Account for Rupert Murdoch's Wife Was Fake [Updated] — Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter last week. So did his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch. “Joining my husband @rupertmurdoch in our new digital adventure on Twitter,” reads her bio. Cute, right?
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Fast Company, Mediaite, New York Magazine, TechCrunch, @wendi_deng, The Atlantic Wire, @wendi_deng and @wendi_deng, more at Techmeme »
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Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
Taking to Twitter, Murdoch Signals Support for Santorum — The media mogul Rupert Murdoch signaled his support for Rick Santorum on Monday evening, calling him the “only candidate with genuine big vision” for the United States. — His comments were significant not only because Mr. Murdoch …
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Media Decoder, New York Times, The Huffington Post, Reuters, ABCNEWS, Telegraph, New York Magazine and theweek.co.uk
Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Updated: Will The Real Wendi Deng Murdoch Please Stand Up?
Updated: Will The Real Wendi Deng Murdoch Please Stand Up?
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Deadline.com and BBC
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Gotham: At Wall Street Protests, Clash of Reporting and Policing — In late November, the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, ordered every precinct in his domain to read a statement. Officers, the commissioner said, must “respect the public's right to know about these events and the media's right of access to report.”
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New York Magazine, Free Press and Gothamist
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Tom Freston's $1 Billion Revenge: Ex-Viacom Chief Helps Vice Become the Next MTV — Tom Freston is Vice's growth guru and not-so-secret weapon. Credit: Ben Baker/Redux — This story appeared in the 1/16/12 issue of FORBES. — Shane Smith is trying to order drinks. It's not going well.
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9/11 Relatives Who Suspect Hacking Await Answers — Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, relatives of some of the victims began suspecting that someone was eavesdropping on their telephones. — Some heard mysterious clicking sounds on their home and mobile phones.
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New York Magazine
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Murdoch hacking warning admission won't lead to review by BSkyB board — Murdoch hacking warning won't lead to review by BSkyB board — The BSkyB board does not regard James Murdoch's admission that he was warned of the extent of phone hacking in 2008 as “material”, sources at the company have claimed.
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Hearst U.S. Digital Biz ‘Solidly Profitable For The First Time’ In '11 — In a New Year letter to employees, Hearst president David Carey reiterated that the company's target this year is to reach over 1 million paid digital subscribers per month. — The full letter:
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If you choose your own news, you'll be less well read — Digital news offers customers the choice of what they want to read. But print offers something extra: stories that people didn't know they wanted to read until they had read them — Last year it was paywalls …
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Daily News' Response to Conlin Allegations Sets Bar for Penn Staters — Immediately, the Pennsylvania newspaper's disgust and outrage were palpable. — No hint of hesitation. No qualifications or excuses. Just pure outrage and undiluted disgust. — Those are gut reactions you'd expect …
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Des Moines Marriott a ‘Star Wars’ bar scene for journalists covering Iowa Caucus — Everyone knows the media loves a horse race, so it's no surprise journalists covering the Iowa Caucus have gathered at the same starting gate in the derby for the White House.
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KTIV-TV, The Atlantic Online, Lens, Vanity Fair, Via Meadia, msnbc.com and Iowa Caucuses
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa's Media Watering Hole
Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa's Media Watering Hole
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CJR and New York Times