Mediagazer: Comcast Said to Face Online-Video, Web Conditions to Seal Purchase of NBC (Todd Shields/Bloomberg)

1:10 PM ET, January 12, 2011

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

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Ryan Singel / Threat Level:

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Vadim Lavrusik / Mashable!:

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Paul Colford / ap.org:

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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

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New York Post:

Meow! Fashion news catfight planned on Web — It's a return to battle for two veterans of the catty and combative fashion news wars. — Former Fairchild boss Michael Coady and ex-InStyle editor Charla Lawhon are joining forces — with a chance to twist the tails of their respective former employers …

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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

Yahoo Sports Adds an Online Magazine — Yahoo Sports has built an audience of more than 50 million visitors on news, commentary and fantasy games. Now it is shifting gears with a product extension: an online magazine. — Starting Tuesday night, Yahoo's sports division and SportsFanLive.com …

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

The Price of Unwanted Ad Clicks — Some advertisers on Google Inc.'s search engine say a little-known feature of the company's AdWords ad system is causing them to overpay. — The advertisers, including high-end medical professionals, said their ads for services such as cosmetic dentistry …

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

Why Did Howard Kurtz Sit on an Embarrassing Correction for Six Weeks? — Howard Kurtz has quite a correction today! It seems that Howie mistakenly believed he was interviewing a Congressman directly, when in fact he was speaking to the Congressman's spokesperson. Weirder: Kurtz waited more than a month to correct the story.

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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Comcast's Gilford Jumps To ABC As SVP, Digital Media — Digital entertainment vet Karin Gilford is switching from Comcast Interactive Media (NSDQ: CMCSA) to Disney/ABC (NYSE: DIS) Television Group. As SVP-digital media for ABC, Gilford will be responsible for the network's initiatives across platforms …

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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:

Comcast Said to Face Online-Video, Web Conditions to Seal Purchase of NBC — Comcast Corp. may have to provide television programs to online competitors and wouldn't be allowed to interfere with subscribers' Web traffic to satisfy regulators vetting its planned purchase of NBC Universal, people familiar with the deal said.

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Amy Wicks / WWD:

The King of Hearst — NEW YORK — It was a few minutes before 10 p.m. on Monday night and Hearst Magazines top executive David Carey had something to say about his company, a comment his rivals would try to deny but probably fear is true. — “The current environment favors the Hearst way of doing things,” he said.

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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

Sarah Palin Accuses Press of ‘Blood Libel’ — Sarah Palin: “America's Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. — Anyone still wondering whether political debate in American would change in the wake of the shooting of 20 in Tucson that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords grievously injured got …

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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Joe Scarborough Wants the Republican Party Back

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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.

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Paper.li Raises $2.1 Million For Social News Curation, Hits 2 Million Users — Exclusive - SmallRivers, the Switzerland-based company behind Paper.li, a service that taps social streams from users and turns them into personalized online newspapers, has just raised $2.1 million in funding …

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Salman Siddiqui / The Express Tribune BlogThe …:

When money is involved in journalism — One of the many lessons I've learnt in the profession of journalism is that there are always strings attached when a flock of top media personalities are in full attendance when, let's say, a boring yet important issue like maternal healthcare is discussed at a five-star hotel.