Mediagazer: How Wikileaks has woken up journalism. (Emily Bell)

2:15 PM ET, December 8, 2010

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

At CNN, Talk Show Tensions — In one sweeping move, the 8 p.m. political talk show “Parker Spitzer” could have turned around CNN's flailing prime-time ratings, publicly rehabilitated the fallen New York governor Eliot Spitzer, and turned his co-host Kathleen Parker into a television star.

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

New York Post Political Editor Quits After Fight With Tyrant Boss — Gregg Birnbaum was the well-liked political editor of the New York Post, a 17-year veteran of the paper. Until yesterday, when he left abruptly. The reason, we hear: he got sick of NYP chief Col Allan's obnoxious behavior.

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Lauren A. E. Schuker / Wall Street Journal:

Movies at Home, for $20,000 — A proposed service aims to bring movies to homes the same day they hit theaters, a milestone that Hollywood has long anticipated with a mixture of fear and fascination. — But there's a catch: At the prices currently being discussed by Prima Cinema Inc. …

Discussion: /Film, IFC.com, Gizmodo and The Moviefone Blog

Emily Bell:

How Wikileaks has woken up journalism. — If you follow the latest cache of diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks and reported by the Guardian, The New York Times and others it is impossible not to conclude that this is a pivotal moment for journalism, its teaching and its practice.

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Jodiolson / Twitter Blog:

Now Playing on #newTwitter: Embedded Music, TV Shows, Slides and More — One of the most popular features of #newTwitter is the ability to check out photos, videos, and music directly in the details pane. Click on a Tweet with a link to media, and the details pane on the right lets …

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Craig Silverman / Regret the Error:

Crunks 2010: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections — While you're here, please consider purchasing a copy of the Regret the Error book, which won an award for media criticism from the National Press Club, and also contains hundreds of hilarious corrections. You can learn more about the book and read some reviews here.

Nick Summers / New York Observer:

The Deal on DealBook — In the beginning, DealBook was a newsletter with links to that morning's Times, and then, when DealBook became a blog, it was a place for the newspaper to compete on news that broke during the day and would be too late for tomorrow's edition.

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Correction: Netflix And Disney Agree On 15-Day Window For Some Streaming — Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) have a new agreement that will allow the rental service to run some new episodes 15 days after the original programming airs. The deal builds on the the existing arrangement …

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Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Nicholas Christakis on the networked nature of Twitter — Earlier this fall, Alyssa Milano — known for being on “Who's the Boss” and, more recently, for being on Twitter — sent out a somewhat surprising tweet to her nearly 1.2 million followers: a link to the Amazon page of a book called Connected …

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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe Stepping Down — Neil Ashe, president of CBS Interactive, is stepping down from his post. — CBS confirmed the move, after BoomTown made inquiries recently, after hearing of various executives who had been contacted by the media giant about the position.

Felix Salmon:

The NYT toughens up its paywall — Martin Niesenholtz, the head of digital at the NYT, clearly hasn't been taking my advice when it comes to how to build a paywall. Instead, he's pre-emptively cracking down on a tiny and financially meaningless minority of hypothetical readers who might want to find ways around his wall:

Discussion: The Wall Blog, paidContent, Poynter Online, Yahoo! News and The Wrap

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Yahoo CEO: Don't Judge Me Until 2012 — Carol Bartz has been CEO of Yahoo for almost two years now. That's long enough for some people to declare her ineffective and call for her to be replaced. But to hear Bartz tell it, not only is it premature to demand her resignation now — it will still be premature 12 months from now.

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Mike Shields / Mediaweek:

Moonves to Google TV: Pay Up — If Google wants access to the broadcast networks' top prime-time shows for its fledgling Google TV product, they are going to have to cough up some cash. — At least, they will have to for CBS' shows. — According to CBS CEO Les Moonves …

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