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AdeMacLeod

  1. iPad users start reading at 5am. WSJ reveals readership trends across different devices zite.to/JPw3dn
  2. High Court overturns ruling that TV companies must hand Dale Farm eviction footage to police bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… 'Media not narks'
  3. Tomorrow's front pages: politicians vs media barons RT @TheMediaTweets: James Murdoch: Hunt saboteur bit.ly/I9nz3x
  4. Interesting RT @TimHarford @boingboing Why storytellers lie bit.ly/Hlvngj Also theatlantic.com/entertainment/…
  5. Footballer's rape victim allegedly named on Twitter. Police investigating breach of anonymity. pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sect…
  6. The world needs more *thought scoops* Four Types of Scoops from @jayrosen_nyu zite.to/JVnt9X
  7. No, I'm the narrator. Interesting, touching - when your ex starts blogging about you. opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/no-… /via @JaneFriedman
  8. Mail Online is about to turn its first profit zite.to/J0zaSw
  9. The world isn't changed, but it has been set talking. Anger is the secret of the Mail's success says Ian Jack guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
  10. Good Ideas is a lifestyle mag designed for iPad but also printed. paidcontent.org/2012/04/11/goo…
  11. Woodward & Bernstein: could the web generation uncover a Watergate? washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl… A: no (to save you reading).
  12. Libel: cricketer wins £90k over false match-fixing allegations on Twitter. pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sect…
  13. Committee of MPs to recommend *no change* on privacy law. guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar…
  14. Libel: Supreme Court restores Reynolds Defence. Phew. guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar…
  15. Publishers think: "people prefer us above all other sources." Users think: "I prefer content aggregated to suit me." gigaom.com/2012/03/19/if-…