Mediagazer: USA Today designer Rose named staffer of the year (Jim Romenesko/Romenesko)

David Kaplan / paidContent:

SEC Watch: Top NYTCo Execs' Wages Soar — While the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) struggled under the weight of economic pressures and debt last year, top execs personally did pretty well, even as the company reduced its newsroom by 100 staffers. As the company's recent Q4 results showed …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, The Huffington Post and FishBowlNY

In '09, New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson Again Out-Earned Her Boss — NEW YORK For the third year in a row, New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson made more money than Chairman and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., according to a Security and Exchange Commission proxy filing.

Discussion: Fitz & Jen, Romenesko and Gawker

Howell Raines / Washington Post:

Why don't honest journalists take on Roger Ailes and Fox News? — One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or medical malpractice.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Mediaite, Media Research Center, The Wrap, Michael Calderone's Blog, BLTv and NewsBusters.org

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Huffington Post and NewsBusters.org

Mercedes Bunz / Guardian:

Print publishers show off iPad ideas — Print publishers are hopeful the iPad will hit the streets next month. — There are already several test examples out there. Some blend print and online as BERG's version for the innovative Swedish publishing house Bonnier shows …

Discussion: paidContent and Shaping the Future …

Discussion: Phanfare blog, Brainstorm Tech and MinOnline

Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:

Instant Ads Set the Pace on the Web — Time is now on the side of online advertisers. — Advertisers have been able to direct online messages based on demographics, income and even location, but one element has been largely missing until recently: immediacy.

Discussion: AdExchanger.com and NYConvergence

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

It's Hard To Watch The Newsosaurs Turn A Blind Eye To Their Own Extinction — Sometimes it is obvious where the world is headed, but some people and industries become frozen in place and time. They are like the duckbilled dinosaurs happily munching on the still-abundant plants around …

Discussion: CJR, Kirk LaPointe's …, FishBowlLA and Reflections of a Newsosaur

Business Week:

Revenge of the Cable Guys — If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control—and stick you with the bill — Watch the Video... Once upon a time, not so long ago, a bunch of small companies in Silicon Valley thought the future of television was theirs.

Discussion: Company Town and NewTeeVee

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

Poynter: MSNBC narrative slideshow garners 78m page views — After researching the strange story of a very wealthy, elderly American heiress, veteran MSNBC investigative reporter Bill Dedman decided to experiment with the presentation of his article. Rather than turn in a few thousand words …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Lost Remote and E-Media Tidbits

Claudia Eller / Company Town:

Disney to close Bob Zemeckis' digital film studio, laying off hundreds — In a cost-savings move, Walt Disney Studios is shutting down director and producer Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers Digital studio in Marin County, which employs 450 people. Those employees will be phased out over the course …

Discussion: Deadline.com, Media Decoder, /Film, The Wire, Variety, The Hot Blog, New York Magazine and Multichannel

PR Newswire:

Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners — The Scripps Howard Foundation today announced the winners of its annual National Journalism Awards, honoring the best work in the communications industry and journalism education in 2009.

Discussion: Romenesko

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:

USA Today designer Rose named staffer of the year — Chuck Rose is a deputy managing editor at the paper. Joan Biskupic won USA Today's “Best Scoop” award for her Ruth Ginsburg interview. PLUS: More USA Today newsroom awards.

Discussion: USA TODAY

Gillian Reagan / The Wire:

Daily Beast's Tina Brown On Creating A ‘Subculture Of Impoverished Writers’ (IACI) — “We do pay for content on the Daily Beast but,” Daily Beast's Tina Brown told Charlie Rose last night, “you're not gonna get rich on what we pay.” — Brown was on Rose's PBS show to push the Beast's Women in the World Summit, which starts today.

Discussion: Charlie Rose

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Interview: ABC News' Slavin: Paywall Strategy Coming Down By June — ABC News Digital execs are currently putting together a formal paywall strategy with expectations of having some concrete ideas for ways to charge consumers by the summer, said Paul Slavin, the unit's SVP, in an interview with paidContent.

Discussion: Romenesko

John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

D.C. Circuit Court Denies Cablevision/Comcast Program Access Challenge — Says FCC reasonably concluded rules were still necessary — A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Friday denied Cablevision's challenge to the program access rules, according to a copy of the opinion.

Discussion: Multichannel, Variety and Company Town

Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:

Kate Snow Departs ABC for NBC — First on TVNewser: ABC's “Good Morning America” weekend edition co-anchor Kate Snow is leaving the network to join NBC's “Dateline,” TVNewser has learned. — Snow had been with the network since 2003, when she came on as the “GMA” White House correspondent.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Mediaite

Telegraph:

Shares in BSkyB jump on rumour Rupert Murdoch will take company private — Shares in BSkyB rose in early trading on Friday as rumours swept the market that Rupert Murdoch will take the company private. — British Sky Broadcasting Group — The shares, which have gained 32pc in the past 12 months, climbed more than 3pc.

Discussion: The Wire

AdAge:

Do Marketers Still Need News Brands? — Ken Doctor on Whether the Tablet Will Resurrect Advertiser and Publisher Relationships — Let's take a quick, one-question quiz together. — Marketers need news brands: — A. less than before — B. about the same — C. more than before

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Reuters Readies Syndication Plan for Third-Party Video News Producers — LONDON — Reuters, which produces and distributes news videos to many of the world's broadcasters and top news sites, is working on a plan to syndicate videos from third-party content producers, said Greg Breitchman …