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11:45 PM ET, January 11, 2011

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Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Twitter's Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard  —  ANALYSIS: Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and the rest of the tech world should take note and come up with its own version of it  —  Twitter beta-tested a spine.
New York Post:
A ‘sign’ of bad things to come for CNN's Parker  —  Cnn yanked “Parker Spitzer” off the network's enormous Sixth Avenue billboard yesterday just hours after reports hit that the co-hosts were headed for a breakup.  The advertisement for the show, which has been at the corner of 47th Street for months …
Knight Foundation News Releases:
New Technologies Helped in Novel Ways with Haiti Earthquake Relief  —  Relief workers used innovative technologies in unprecedented ways to aid in the recovery of quake-ravaged Haiti, a new report has found.  —  Interactive maps and SMS (Short Message Service) texts helped guide search …
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
NPR accuses Republican lawmaker of trying to control public radio stations  —  NPR pushed back on Tuesday against a Republican lawmaker who is trying to cut off federal funding for public broadcasting, accusing him of trying to interfere with how the nation's local public radio stations report the news.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Thanks:gnagesh
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Seeking out sources, made transparent on Twitter  —  As the story of the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to unfold, we're seeing another example of Twitter in motion and the different approaches news organizations take to using social media.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Real Blogs Don't Buy Ads On Google  —  Blogs, even big blogs, are supposed to be a little different than old media sites.  We write faster and update often.  The writing is less processed.  We break more real news and we don't hesitate to opine.  We tend to get in fights with readers in the comments.
Discussion: SAI
Charles M. Madigan / CJR:
Welcome to Tribune Company  —  Key advice for the next chief executive  —  Dear Sir or Madam: Your most important responsibility before you settle in as CEO is to make certain everyone knows you respect the institution, not just what its stately gothic tower represents, but also the mission of its embattled employees.
Discussion: LA Observed
PewResearch.org:
The Year in News 2010  —  Disaster, Economic Anxiety, but Little Interest in War  —  Two weeks into the year, a devastating earthquake struck Haiti and dominated the news in the United States for a month.  As coverage began to subside, the climatic legislative battle over remaking …
Dan Steinberg / D.C. Sports Bog:
Snyder and Leonsis on the media  —  One of the great things about having all the D.C. sports owners in The Post's auditorium for Tuesday's Business of Sports symposium thing was that they could all take shots at the media and we had to just sit there and smile and take it since we invited them there.
Discussion: Poynter
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
At Twelve, a Brief Chapter Ends  —  Only three months after taking over as publisher of Twelve, a small imprint of Grand Central Publishing, Susan Lehman has been abruptly replaced, Grand Central said Tuesday.  —  “Susan Lehman is an extremely insightful, creative and talented editor,” …
Lisa Lacy / ClickZ:
The Rise of TV Check-Ins  —  It's no secret Americans watch a lot of television - 35.6 hours a week on average, by Nielsen's estimate.  So it should come as no surprise that a handful of start-ups have emerged to channel TV viewing behavior.  —  Platforms like GetGlue, Philo …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
For Netflix And Lovefilm, Online Choice Pales Against DVD Business  —  Reality check: The prospect of Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Lovefilm becoming online-first subscription businesses looks a long way off - they have online rights for just a tenth of their DVD catalogue...
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:
ESPN3 breaks new ground with live BCS stream  —  If you didn't have ESPN on cable TV last night, there was a new way to catch the BCS Championship Game: via ESPN3.com.  While the broadband channel has streamed many games before, this game was arguably the biggest live football event streamed directly …
Louis C. Hochman / Chatham Patch:
Daily Record, 2 Other Gannett Papers Slashing Newsroom Staffs in Half  —  The Daily Record, Courier News and Home News Tribune will cut their collective newsroom staff approximately in half, employees of the local newspapers were told Monday.  —  Several employees of the Gannett-owned …
Discussion: Poynter
Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Reuters taps Midwest bureau chief to head new domestic news service  —  Peter Bohan, Reuters' Midwest bureau chief, has been named editor of Reuters America, the domestic news offering that Thomson Reuters launched last month.  “In his new role, Peter will lead Reuters America Service …
Judy Shapiro / AdAge:
Why Agencies Should Stop Pretending They're in the Technology Business  —  Shops Should Select the Best Tech for Clients, Not Pretend to Create Their Own  —  The practice of “white labeling” (a.k.a. re-skinning), where a reseller slaps its own brand on a technology it didn't create, is standard practice in enterprise tech.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Condé Nast Takes Another Crack at the iPad, With a Single-Serving App  —  Okay.  So iPad magazine apps aren't going to magically solve the publishing industry's problems, after all.  But that doesn't mean publishers can't find ways to take advantage of tablets.
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Joe Scarborough Wants the Republican Party Back  —  Joe Scarborough has been branded a turncoat by some in the GOP for taking on extremists.  But the Giffords shooting shows he was right in calling for calm, the Morning Joe host tells Howard Kurtz.  —  Joe Scarborough was back in Washington …
Jordan Greene / iMediaConnection Blog:
What the Verizon iPhone Means for Marketers  —  After literally years of speculation and rumors, Verizon finally announced that it will debut the iPhone on its network.  While consumers get their ultimate tech wish, this has some significant marketing opportunities for brands and publishers.
 
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Bloomberg:
Max Mosley Takes Privacy Fight Over ‘Nazi’ Sex Video to Human Rights Court
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
On the Media: With the Tucson shooting, impatient pundits …
Discussion: The Big Picture and GlobalGrind
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Cable Rewards Cord Non-Cutters With a Bigger Bill
Steve Safran / Lost Remote:
Social media storm over weatherman's firing
Discussion: AdAge and Farmington Patch
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
RollingStone.com Discovers Web Video
Jim O'Neill / Online Video News:
Dailymotion rolls out on-demand content hubs
Discussion: digiday:DAILY
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
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Conor Friedersdorf / The American Scene:
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Tim Dick / Sydney Morning Herald:
Herald appoints first woman editor in its 180-year history
Cathy Horyn / On the Runway:
An Editor Goes to Barneys, but Not to Shop
James Kanter / New York Times:
Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg to Rank the Rich
Discussion: Poynter, eMedia Vitals and FishbowlNY
Tom Clark / Guardian:
Why do editorials remain anonymous?
Martin Belam / currybetdotnet:
“Do Information Architects have a role in datajournalism?” debate on SIGIA-L
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Dallas Morning News boss: We'll be vilified for charging for web content