Alan Knott-Craig Walks Out Of Mxit – In a dramatic turn of events, Alan Knott-Craig jnr has quit as CEO of Mxit. “Though the shareholders and I share the same vision, we differ on how to get there. Therefore I agreed to go my own way,” Knott-Craig said. [timeslive]

‘Emotional Pressure’ Cited In Knott-Craig’s Departure From MXit – Emotional pressure by MXit’s major shareholders, in particular Paul Harris and GT Ferreira, led to the resignation of the social network’s CEO, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr, a company insider said on Thursday. [businessday]

Lance Armstrong Further Humiliated As Another Sponsor Abandons Him – Lance Armstrong fell further from grace on Thursday when another sponsor announced it had abandoned the shamed former cyclist. A day after Nike became the most high-profile company to state it no longer wanted to be associated with the American, bike-parts maker Sram took the same stance. [guardian]

Investec Banker Fourth To Jump To His Death In London – An investment analyst who became the fourth person to jump to their death from the same London restaurant was named yesterday, as an inquest was opened and adjourned at City of London Coroner’s Court. [thetimes]

Butler Took Photos And Videos Of Pope – Vatican investigators have found photos and short videos of Pope Benedict XVI filmed with a mobile phone by his butler Paolo Gabriele, the Corriere della Sera daily reported online on Thursday. Notty! [news24]

Madonsela To Probe R1-billion Capitec Deal Linked To ANC – Public protector Thuli Madonsela is to untangle the R1-billion Capitec empowerment deal web woven by a consortium with close links to the ANC. [mail&guardian]

Nedbank Only Bank NOT To Lower Bank Charges – “Four of the five large commercial banks in South Africa have lowered the cost of virtually all their accounts over the past year, with Nedbank as the only exception,” Solidarity said in a statement. [timeslive]

US Election: Bill Clinton And ‘The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen Try To Swing Ohio In Barack Obama’s Favour – It was a toss-up who was the bigger star: two men in the twilight of their careers but still able to draw a crowd and inspire the kind of fervour that could yet prove critical for Barack Obama’s stuttering re-election campaign. [telegraph]

Google Shares Plummet As Results Are Published Early – Google released a disappointing earnings report on Thursday that sent its stock price plummeting and reflected the challenges the company faces as it tries to make money in a mobile world. [nytimes]

Newsweek Ends Print Edition – Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an all-digital format aimed at online users starting in early 2013. Job cuts are expected. Newsweek’s last U.S. print edition will be its Dec. 31 issue. [time]

Vietnam Snubs SA On Key Rhino Poaching Agreement – Vietnam has failed to sign a law-enforcement and biodiversity agreement with South Africa aimed at curbing escalating levels of rhino poaching. [mail&guardian]

Mega-Millions Lotto Winner: “My Girlfriend Just Dumped Me – Thank God” – A 22-year-old Massachusetts resident who won the Mega Millions jackpot had another reason to smile: His girlfriend had just broken up with him. [gawker]

UK’s Biggest Hedge Fund Star (41) , The ‘Wizard Of Oz’, RETIRES with £430m Fortune– Greg Coffey, whose fortune is estimated at more than $700million, has resigned to spend more time with his family A flamboyant hedge fund trader nicknamed the Wizard of Oz has announced his retirement at the tender age of 41 – with a fortune of £430million to enjoy. [dailymail]

Martha Stewart Paints Her Louboutin Soles Black – Martha Stewart is crafty—we all know this thanks to her billion-dollar empire—and she extends that philosophy to the red soles on the bottoms of her Christian Louboutin heels. “See the soles? I paint them black,” Stewart said. [instyle]

‘Producers See Tom Cruise As Next Bourne Or Bond, Playing ‘Reacher’ Hero [TRAILER] – Tom Cruise is so bad-ass in “Jack Reacher,” the producers are saying this could be the next big franchise, a la James Bond and Jason Bourne. [daily]

Who Is This Nude Woman Posing for Subway Riders in the Vienna Underground? [NSFW] – That’s what Austria’s newspapers would like to know. Several have published full-frontal photos of a mysterious subway patron — dubbed the “Vienna Venus” — riding the rails with nothing but a pair of boots and a smile asking their readers to identify her or at least the purpose of her pubic indecency. [gawker]

Katy Perry Does Walk Of Shame From Mayer’s Apartment – Katy Perry rightly attempted to disguise herself as she did the walk of shame out of John Mayer’s apartment building in New York after celebrating his 35th birthday in the city the night before. [oppview]

Will Ferrell’s Old Milwaukee Returns – Old Milwaukee Beer has a history of humorous advertisements. An iconic one was a collaboration between the American brewers and the ‘Swedish Bikini Team’, in which the buxom blondes arrived to save the day. Now, Will Ferrell has picked up that torch to make less attractive, though probably a little more funny, TV ads for Milwaukee Beer. [contmus]

Russell Crowe Split: Not My Fault, Dancer Damian Whitewood Says – Whitewood, Danielle Spencer’s Aussie “Dancing With the Stars” partner, goes on record saying he had nothing to do with her rumored split from Russell Crowe, her husband of nine years. [latimes]

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