Everyone was doing it, but the boss didn’t know about it: Murdochgate continues

Josh Halliday, Lisa O’Carroll, Sandra Laville, and Mark Sweney, The Guardian:

The Sunday People editor, James Scott, has become the first serving newspaper editor arrested over alleged phone hacking, relating to his time at the Sunday Mirror a decade ago.

Scott was one of four former Sunday Mirror senior journalists arrested in dawn raids on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages. Tina Weaver, the ex-Sunday Mirror editor who is seven months pregnant, was also arrested on Thursday morning.

The other two were Nick Buckley, the deputy Sunday People editor, and Mark Thomas, the former People editor, who also both formerly worked for the Sunday Mirror.

Good news for those who aren’t particularly UP

David Taintor, TPM:

MSNBC announced Thursday that Chris Hayes will take over the network’s 8 p.m. ET primetime slot.
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Hayes will take over the time slot currently occupied by Ed Schultz, who will move his program to weekend evenings. Hayes takes over the 8 p.m. hour starting Monday, April 1, MSNBC said.

Hayes is an extraordinarily knowledgeable host who will probably do better in interviews against right-wing mouthpieces than good-hearted, but slow-…footed Ed Schultz did. It’s a plus for MSNBC to move him out of the Saturday 6AM Pacific Time ghetto that they put him in and into a slot that’s watched coast-to-coast.

Ed says he volunteered for the switch, because it will give him more time to develop in-depth stories. Certainly he did an amazing, excellent interview with Scott Prouty, who explained with great dignity why he released the 47% film that knocked the Romney campaign off-balance. It will probably also give Ed a little more time with his wife, who has just been through cancer hell.

More like this, please.