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3:25 AM ET, December 28, 2010

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

APer blasts ‘patently false’ scoop claims in NYT oil spill story — Romenesko Misc. — Associated Press oil spill reporter Harry Weber says of the New York Times' Sunday “Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours” story: “Their key assertions that the destruction of the Horizon 'has escaped intense scrutiny …

Discussion: The Wire, New York Magazine, TIME.com, New York Observer, FishbowlNY and Gawker

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Business cable primed for hefty gains — While viewers of the three business cable networks may be feeling a bit better today than a year ago — thanks to the 10 percent plus gain in the S&P 500 index in 2010 over last year — those producing TV's daily dose of business babble have a right to be downright giddy.

Discussion: MediaPost, Yahoo! News, TVWeek.com, The Wire, TVNewser and Talking Biz News

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

The worsening journalistic disgrace at Wired — (updated below) — For more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed — but refuses to publish — the key evidence in one of the year's most significant political stories: the arrest of U.S. Army PFC Bradley Manning for allegedly acting as WikiLeaks' source.

Discussion: Firedoglake

Lynne Brennen / INMA:

Gen Y's reality is print newspapers' challenge — The other day, as we were musing around a conference table, someone asked a straight forward and seemingly naïve question: why don't people read print newspapers as much as they once did? — We all know that there are easily a hundred …

John Eggerton / Multichannel News:

FilmOn Founder Says He Is Suing CBS, CNET — FilmOn founder Alki David says he plans to sue CBS and its CNET tech Web site for “illegal distribution of DRM — [digital rights management] removal software as well as the illegal distribution of file sharing software with — malicious intent to infringe on copyright.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Steve Krakauer / CNN:

Media Analysis: Murrow didn't do fart jokes: Why Jon Stewart is not America's next great journalist, and that's okay — (CNN)-What is Jon Stewart? A lot was made of the “Daily Show” host after his D.C. rally, which got major national attention and saw hundreds of thousands of fans in attendance.

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

Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:

Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media? — What's Your Reaction: — The holidays are here and people are using their free time to flock to the Fockers, gorge on bowl games, and figure out how to enjoy HuffPost on their new iPads (she said suggestively).

David Lipke / WWD Media Headlines:

Memo Pad: Lacoste's New Look... Hail, Mario Testino... LACOSTE'S NEW LOOK: After 10 seasons of its “Un Peu d'Air Sur Terre” ad campaign, Lacoste will introduce a new concept under the tag line “Unconventional Chic” in January. The ads feature individual models — including Liya Kebede …

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Hollywood Moves Away From Middlebrow — LOS ANGELES — When negative Twitter commentary seemingly torpedoed the Sacha Baron Cohen film “Brüno” in July 2009, movie executives started talking in solemn tones about the ability of social networking to sway attendance.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Johnnie L. Roberts / The Wrap:

Move Over Michael's: Lure is New York's New-Me Power Lunch Spot — “You're going to see more faces you know at Michaels,” says Dan Abrams, NBC News' chief legal analyst and the web entrepreneur behind Mediaite. “But at Lure, you are going to see the people you'll have to know five years from now.”

Discussion: New York Observer

Don Clark / Digits:

Logitech Sees Better Reviews for Revue Google TV Device — It's been far from smooth sailing in the early days of Google TV. But partner Logitech International insists the winds are beginning to blow its direction. — New devices based on Google's TV software billed themselves as offering …

Discussion: Tech Trader Daily and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:

HGTV Taps Examiner.com Content Creation Engine — The evolution of social media continues to spawn new business models that suggest advertisers just need to let go. Similar to AOL and Yahoo, Examiner.com recently began pushing a content social model where brands sign on to advertise …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals