Lucas Shaw
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News Corp. Nominates Venture Capitalist to Board as Two Members Depart
Thomas Perkins, considered one of the more independent board members, will not return while James Breyer faces a vote to join the board in October
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Apple Promotes iTunes Chief Eddy Cue — Tim Cook’s First Big Move as CEO
Though Apple rarely makes public comments on subjects like this, Eddy Cue’s executive profile on the Apple website has already changed
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Comcast Ads Misled Customers, Regulator Says
The advertising industry’s self-regulating body has advised Comcast to discontinue or modify certain advertisements that make false claims about Xfinity
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Washington Post Shutters Most of Its Local Bureaus, Denies It Is Retrenching
Paper, which closed all national bureaus in 2009, will only maintain its physical presence in capitals of Virginia and Maryland
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Wikileaks’ Trove Leaks, Organization Blames ‘The Guardian’
Twitter user linked to its full archive of leaked cables with the identities of at-risk individuals unredacted
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Google, Fox News Partner for GOP Debate
The biggest name in online search and the highest-rated network in cable news are teaming up for a presidential debate
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President Obama, Potential Opponents (Will Not) Compete for Air Time (Updated)
Obama will unveil his jobs plan before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, the same night as an NBC/Politico Republican presidential candidate debate
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Chicago Tribune Halts Tabloid Edition
After a brief dalliance with a tabloid copy, Chicago’s largest newspapers refocuses on its broadsheet edition
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U.S. Files Antitrust Suit to Stop AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile
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News Deluge Lifts Fox News, CNN Ratings in August
Fox News continued top dominate its rivals while CNN edged past MSNBC
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Kentucky U. Cracks Down on Press Freedom
University limited a student reporter’s access to the team for not going through the sports information department
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Rupert, James Murdoch to Testify Under Oath About Phone Hacking
A UK governmental inquiry will bring both Murdochs and potentially many more figures in the scandal before a high court judge
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Rush Limbaugh Blames Media for Hurricane Irene Hysteria, Ignores Facts
The conservative talk radio host lampoons the media — as many have — but errs when he says Obama wanted it to be a disaster
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Twitter Adds D.C.-Based Head of Public Policy
The social networking site has brought on Colin Crowell as its second full-time D.C. staffer
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Slate’s Former Media Critic Jack Shafer to Live Chat About Layoffs
The Poynter institute is holding a live chat at 12:30 ET for Shafer to answer people’s questions