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• German Federal Archives acquire forged Hitler diaries

  If you wait long enough, an epic scam becomes part of the historical record. At least, that’s what has happened to the famous forged “Hitler Diaries” which have just been… Read more »

• News Corp’s new publishing arm to start life with a big pot of money

  Despite the split between News Corps.’s more valuable entertainment division,  now called Fox Group Inc., and the print arm, the old media interests will nevertheless start their new life with some… Read more »

• New arrests in the News of the World case

  Yesterday brought new developments in the ongoing sordid story… Read more »

• News Corp. in talks to acquire Simon & Schuster?

  Or simply an attempt to shift focus from the UK media imbroglio … Read more »

• Pearson to sell the Financial Times?

  Pearson may start the process before the January departure of CEO of sixteen years’ standing Marjorie Scardino… Read more »

• Rupert Murdoch laughs at Penguin-Random House merger

  Apparently ticked that his $1.6 billion pitch to buy Penguin wasn’t taken more seriously, Murdoch took to Twitter… Read more »

• Murdoch tries to “scupper” Random House deal for Penguin, starts bidding war

  One of the UK’s most despised media moguls is making a move for one of the UK’s most beloved media properties: Rupert Murdoch has made an offer to buy Penguin.… Read more »

• Desperately seeking Grandpa Wen

  The Chinese edition of the New York Times, inaugurated earlier this year (see this MobyLives post), faced its first public challenge last Friday, when both the English and Chinese editions… Read more »

• The long history of corruption and bloodlust in the British press

  It’s almost a year since Lord Justice Leveson started investigating the culture, practice and ethics of the British press. As journalists, media moguls and politicians have trotted in and out… Read more »

• UK phone hacking scandal spreads to book publishing …

  Britain’s phone hacking scandal (eventually to become America’s phone hacking scandal?) took a turn into the book world yesterday, when it was revealed that Scotland Yard had notified a publisher… Read more »