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11:55 AM ET, December 19, 2010

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Oprah's Highest Hurdle  —  BEFORE Oprah Winfrey jetted off this month to Washington for the Kennedy Center Honors, then to Sydney for overseas tapings of her talk show, she had a simple request for the security staff at her house near Los Angeles:  —  “Can you all make sure that I have the capabilities …
Discussion: Mediaite
Andrew Alexander / Washington Post:
Post's problems with anonymous-source rules get worse online  —  Post readers constantly complain about the excessive use of anonymous sources in the newspaper.  But the problem is even worse online.  —  Staff-written news blogs are replete with violations of The Post's long-established …
Muck Rack:
Interview with Garance Franke-Ruta of The Atlantic  —  Garance Franke-Ruta has been a Senior Editor at The Atlantic since Monday, where she manages online politics coverage and the politics news channel.  —  She was previously a Who Runs Gov blogger and the national web politics editor …
Kit Eaton / Fast Company:
Amazon Brings Newspapers, Magazines to Kindle Apps, Starting With Android  —  Amazon's expanding the capabilities of its Kindle apps, starting with Android, to include digital newspaper and magazines singly or in subscription form.  Just in time for the iPad “Daily” newspaper.
Discussion: Gawker, Digital Trends and The Next Web
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
On the Media: Patch.com clicks with veteran California journalists  —  Seasoned reporters in California are stamping their mark on the online news' community sites, a trend that can help bolster Patch.com's credibility as it continues its explosive growth into hyper-local reporting.
Discussion: The Big Picture
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
GROUPON CLIPPING  —  The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed: the major record labels let Apple take over the digital-music business; Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for a mere fifty million dollars; Excite turned down the chance to acquire Google for less than a million dollars.
Jim Romenesko / Poynter Online:
Memo: 'Gawker tech team didn't adequately secure our platform'  —  “On several fronts — technically, as well as customer support and communication — we found ourselves unprepared to handle this eventuality,” says Gawker chief technology officer Thomas Plunkett's memo to staff.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google To Expand And Market Movie Streaming Service In 2011  —  Google is expanding its feature film streaming service, says a source who's been briefed on the product.  The service will likely be an expansion of the current movie rental/streaming test launched by Google earlier this year.
Discussion: SAI and GigaOM
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Study: Some Viewers Were Misinformed by TV News  —  News organizations can educate voters about public policy and economic conditions, but they can also misinform voters.  As if to prove the point, a study released Friday found that “substantial levels of misinformation” …
Deborah Potter / NewsLab:
Data journalism central  —  The folks at the Guardian have been doing inspired work with data for several years.  Now, they've added a new data store-one stop shopping for anyone interested in making data more meaningful.  In addition to the data blog that highlights the British newspaper's own analysis …
Discussion: Editors Weblog
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Mike Bloomberg's New Megaphone  —  The New York City mayor is going into the op-ed business.  Howard Kurtz on what Bloomberg wants—and how his new venture will keep hope alive for fans who want to see him in the White House.  —  Michael Bloomberg is already fabulously wealthy …
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Exclusive: Another Executive Exits Disney Digital: Paul Yanover  —  It's over for Paul Yanover at Disney (NYSE: DIS) Online.  The chief architect behind the rebuilding of Disney.com is leaving to “pursue new opportunities outside the company,” as he told staffers Friday morning in an internal e-mail (full memo below).
Discussion: MediaPost, Company Town and The Wrap
 
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