Mediagazer: Marketers Spending More on Social Media for the Wrong Reasons (Debra Aho Williamson/eMarketer …)

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

Shuster's officially out of MSNBC; starting new journalism venture — David Shuster told his Twitter followers Monday night that he's “returning to the airwaves” as a substitute radio host this week. — The brief message was notable because it had been more than five months since Shuster …

Discussion: New York Observer, TVNewser, On Media's Blog, Inside Cable News and Poynter

Justin Osofsky / Facebook Developers Blog:

Making News and Entertainment More Social in 2011 — Throughout this year, we have worked closely with media organizations to make their content even more social by empowering readers to experience media through their friends and easily discover and share great content.

Discussion: Lost Remote, Thanks:malliegator

Phil Rosenthal / Tower Ticker:

Gerry Spector exiting as Tribune Co. COO — Tribune Co. Chief Operating Officer Gerry Spector, a long-time associate of real estate billionaire Sam Zell, is leaving the Chicago-based media company he has helped lead since Zell took it private three years ago.

Discussion: The Wrap, New York Observer and Poynter

Julia Boorstin / CNBC:

2010 Surprise: Newspaper Stocks Q4 Surge — Newspaper publishers face huge challenges—the decline in subscriptions and ad revenue, and the flight of readers to the web. So it comes as a surprise that newspaper stocks have led media in the fourth quarter, rising 22 percent.

Discussion: Beet.TV

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

Apple Sued Over Applications Giving Information to Advertisers — Apple Inc., making of the iPhone and iPad, was accused in a lawsuit of allowing applications for those devices to transmit users' personal information to advertising networks without customers' consent.

Discussion: Epicenter, MediaPost, Bloomberg, paidContent and Hillicon Valley, more at Techmeme »

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

Anonymous Twitter Account Named Music Critic of Year by Village Voice — New York cultural periodical the Village Voice has named @discographies, an anonymous Twitter account that publishes 140-character reviews of the life work of musicians and bands, as its music critic of the year.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Fast Company and Sound of the City

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

The merger of journalists and government officials — The video of the CNN debate I did last night about WikiLeaks with former Bush Homeland Security Adviser (and CNN contributor) Fran Townsend and CNN anchor Jessica Yellin is posted below. The way it proceeded was quite instructive …

Discussion: The Wire and mediabistro.com

Kevin Zimmerman / splicetoday.com:

Late Night Comedy to U.S. Congress — Will Jon Stewart soon be another Al Franken? — A piece in yesterday's New York Times explores the idea that Jon Stewart's vocal support of a bill pledging federal funds for 9/11 responders' health care was key to its passage.

Discussion: Most Recent Home Page Posts … and Media Research Center

Discussion: Media Myth Alert, Gothamist, Soup and New York Times

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Journalism groups protest Texas A&M's open-records proposal — Romenesko Misc. — Representatives from 15 journalism groups are criticizing a proposal that could result in punishment for Texas A&M University System journalism instructors who assign their students to file open-records requests with institutions in the system.

Discussion: Techdirt

Clive Thompson / Wired:

Clive Thompson on How Tweets and Texts Nurture In-Depth Analysis — We're often told that the Internet has destroyed people's patience for long, well-thought-out arguments. After all, the ascendant discussions of our day are text messages, tweets, and status updates.

Debra Aho Williamson / eMarketer and Blog Posts:

Marketers Spending More on Social Media for the Wrong Reasons — Companies will spend more than ever on social media marketing in 2011, but some businesses are boosting budgets for entirely the wrong reasons. — In my new report “Social Media in the Marketing Mix: Budgeting for 2011,” …

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

How Online News Evolved in 2010 — News is changing - quickly. The way it's researched, the way it's reported and the way we access it are all evolving rapidly. 2010 could well be remembered as a key year in the history of online news. Here are the key reasons why. — The iPad effect