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2:30 PM ET, May 23, 2012

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Andy Coulson voicemails allegedly hacked  —  Voicemails left by Andy Coulson for the aide to former Labour home secretary Charles Clarke are believed to be among those allegedly hacked while he was editor of the News of the World.  Coulson is one of a number of journalists whose messages …
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Kate Holton / Reuters:
Ex-UK editor Morgan accused again on hacking  —  May 23 (Reuters) - One of Britain's most respected journalists said on Wednesday that former tabloid newspaper editor Piers Morgan showed him how to hack into phones 10 years ago, the latest twist in a scandal that has so far centred on Rupert Murdoch.
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Lord Justice Leveson discusses role of bloggers  —  Lord Justice Leveson has queried whether bloggers would have to be brought in a revised system of press regulation, as he heard evidence from Andrew Marr about the growing power of political websites.  The BBC journalist and politics show presenter …
Media Monkey / Guardian:   Michel expected to hold nerve at Leveson
Josh Halliday / Guardian:   Leveson inquiry: Hunt's permanent secretary to appear on Friday
Jason Del Rey / AdAge:
Huffington Post Gets Its First Publisher Amid Broader AOL Changes  —  Janet Balis Takes Post While AOL Chief Revenue Officer Ned Brody Also Gets New Role  —  In his company's most recent earnings call, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said he wanted to restructure the company in a way that made …
Jay Greene / CNET:
How Amazon is changing the rules for books and movies  —  Amazon Studios is crowdsourcing movie-making, creating test movies, that fans can review, with storyboard art in the place of video, like this image from a possible upcoming release called “Touching Blue.”
Discussion: Home Media Magazine
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Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Amazon Prime acquires access to Paramount films
Discussion: Home Media Magazine and TechCrunch
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
If Video Sites Could Act Like Cable Companies  —  BOSTON — Most consumers have no idea what an M.V.P.D. is, but they mail a check to one every month.  What they call Comcast or Time Warner Cable or DirecTV, the government calls a “multichannel video programming distributor,” or M.V.P.D. for short.
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Several people reportedly stabbed at Topeka TV station  —  Staffers at WIBW in Topeka, Kan., subdued a “disgruntled man” this morning at the TV station.  Morning news co-anchor Amanda Lanum tweeted events as they unfolded, as did other staffers.  Their tweets say the man had a knife and stabbed …
Discussion: WIBW-TV
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
It's official: Chicago Reader sold to Sun-Times parent  —  A memo from group publisher Alison Draper and CFO Tammy Bailey to Creative Loafing employees confirms the sale: … The likely sale to Wrapports was first reported about two weeks ago.  —  The Reader and Washington City Paper …
Jim Romenesko:
McClatchy to begin ‘robust test’ of pay model  —  McClatchy vice president of news Anders Gyllenhaal tells employees that “after more than a year of experiments and analysis on pay models, McClatchy newspapers will begin a robust test of a pay plan that looks like the right balance for our websites.”
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Katharine Zaleski leaves Washington Post  —  Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli announced to staff today that Katharine Zaleski, the Washington Post's executive director of digital news, will be leaving the news organization to join Planet Daily, where she'll be managing editor.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Pentagon, CIA, White House opened up to Hollywood on bin Laden raid  —  Just weeks after Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials warned publicly of the dangers posed by leaks about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top officials at both agencies and at the White House granted …
 
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Roku and Dish partner on new foreign TV streaming service
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Hachette lets you read free chapters from upcoming books on Facebook
Owen Bowcott / Guardian:
Julian Assange extradition verdict due next week
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising
Richard Horgan / FishbowlLA:
Son of THR Founder Shares Some Memories
Peter Osnos / The Atlantic:
In Praise of ProPublica
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab
Voice of San Diego:
Knight Grant Fuels New VOSD On-Demand Mag
Discussion: LA Observed
 Earlier Picks: 
Michael Meyer / CJR:
The Ford Foundation's unprecedented grant to The Los Angeles Times
Discussion: Poynter
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Dish defends ad-skipping DVR, pay TV peers throw it under bus
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
TV Everywhere's Counting Problem
Discussion: Poynter
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
AOL's Patch Gets a Haircut in Push For Profitability
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's Primetime Ratings Sink to 20-Year Low
Felix Salmon:
How Gawker wants to monetize comments
Michelle Breidenbach / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Syracuse University files show the making of Mike Wallace — at a historic time
Discussion: Capital New York