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BBC Controversy Over Faked Phone-Ins (Independent)
The BBC was plunged into fresh controversy yesterday over faked phone-ins after an inquiry unearthed serious breaches in six shows including the charity telethons. Mark Thompson, the corporation's director general, ordered all phone-related competitions on television and radio to cease from midnight last night, while interactive and online competitions were also being taken down.

New NFL Photog Vest Rule (With Sponsor Logos) Has Some Seeing Red (NPPA)
The National Football League has passed a new rule for the upcoming season that requires photographers at NFL games to wear red vests with Canon and Reebok logos on them, and the news is not being very well received by some editors and photography directors as word spreads through the journalism community.

Do Bancrofts Need a Don Corleone to Get Dow Jones Deal Done? (E&P)
Joe Strupp: Has Rupert Murdoch made an offer they can't refuse? In any case, if a true Godfather ran the Bancroft Family, chances are none of this hesitation would prevail. The decision would be made. Cheeks kissed. Fade to black.

Harry Potter and the Fact That I Hate The New York Times (ETP)
What is your problem, New York Times? How on earth could you run a review of the last Harry Potter? To do so, you had to break an industry-wide embargo — and not just any embargo, an embargo that is almost tantamount to a public trust at this point, given the worldwide hype about Harry Potter and the excitement and intense emotion generated by — finally — the end to this epic series.

Duke: iPhone May Be Disrupting Network (AP)
iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network at Duke University. Bill Cannon, a Duke technology spokesman, said an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system for 10 minutes at a time. A single iPhone was powerful enough to cause the problem, and there are 100 to 150 of them registered on the network.

High-Ranking Washington Post Editor's 'Negative Energy' (City Paper)
"I think anybody who has a really strong vision needs to make certain that they are able to communicate [that vision] to everybody, and that's a challenge facing her," says executive editor Leonard Downie og Susan Glasser. What Downie won't say is that the 38-year-old Glasser is a manager who combines high standards with sharp elbows, and not "everybody" is pleased to be working under her vision. Some say that she has created a generational divide that favors the younger reporters under her tutelage; others insist she's just really tough to deal with. "There is negative energy in the office."

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