News Corporation Shareholders Meeting: Much Ado Might Not Add Up to Much
Date: 16 October 2012
By David Carr
David Carr
Despite new revelations in the hacking scandal and significant protests from large shareholders expected at Tuesday’s annual meeting, the Murdochs’ control of News Corporation will very likely continue.
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Wine News Online: A Paying Proposition
Date: 16 October 2012
By Eric Pfanner
Eric Pfanner
While general-interest publications struggle to get readers to pay for online content, wine publications seem to draw customers who are willing to pony up. Well-known critics like Robert Parker and Jancis Robinson have long had paid-for sites. The latest digital newsletter, The Feiring Line, is due to start this month.
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Murdoch Hears Critics as His Board Wins Election
Date: 17 October 2012
By Ben Sisario
Ben Sisario
Rupert Murdoch took a contrite tone and listed steps taken at the News Corporation since it was engulfed in scandal last year.
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$11 Million Severance Reported for Murdoch Aide
Date: 16 October 2012
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Rebekah Brooks, who resigned as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-plagued British newspaper group, still faces a variety of charges.
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Breakfast Meeting: A Moderator’s Lot Is Not a Happy One
Date: 17 October 2012
By Bill Brink
Bill Brink
Also, Hilary Mantel captures her second Man Booker Prize in four years for the novel “Bring Up the Bodies.”
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Murdoch Hears Critics as His Board Wins Election
Date: 16 October 2012
By Ben Sisario
Ben Sisario
The company also elected two new board members: Elaine Chao, who worked in the Bush White House, and Álvaro Uribe, the former president of Colombia.
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CNN to Interview Reddit’s Violentacrez: A Troll Comes Out From Under the Bridge
Date: 16 October 2012
By David Carr
David Carr
Violentacrez, the moderator of several highly controversial forums on Reddit, was outed on Gawker and fired from his job, and he will now sit for an interview with CNN.
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2nd Debate Also a Ratings Hit, Drawing 65.6 Million At-Home Viewers
Date: 17 October 2012
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The big cable winner was Fox News, with the biggest audience in the channel’s history.
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Hollywood Moguls Pledge $90 Million to Organization Supporting Workers
Date: 16 October 2012
By Brooks Barnes
Brooks Barnes
David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg each pledged $30 million to the non-profit Motion Picture & Television Fund, which provides health services and other support.
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In Debate, Crowley Found Herself Part of the Fray
Date: 17 October 2012
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Candy Crowley, who moderated Tuesday night’s presidential debate, had to try to guide two candidates who seemed bent on trampling the rules.
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