Mediagazer: USPS Raising Periodical Rates 1.8 Percent For 2011 (Matt Kinsman/Folio)

Damon Kiesow / Poynter:

The first look at The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper — An official introduction to The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's new iPad newspaper, is expected on Jan. 19, possibly at an event with Apple's Steve Jobs. — But peeking inside the source code of its recently-launched companion website …

Discussion: The Next Web, 9 to 5 Mac, Guardian, RazorianFly, The Atlantic Online, MediaPost, CNET News, Electronista, MacStories, App Advice, FishbowlNY, everythingiCafe, New York Observer, Flavorwire, Epicenter, CrunchGear and Yahoo! News

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

A Delay for the Daily: Apple, News Corp. Push Back Launch Date — Turns out you'll have to wait a bit longer to see the Daily, Rupert Murdoch's long-awaited iPad news service. — Apple and News Corp. have made a joint decision to push back next week's planned launch, according to sources familiar with the companies' plans.

Discussion: TechCrunch, 9 to 5 Mac, The Next Web, MacStories and Electronista, more at Techmeme »

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Business Columnist Joe Nocera Moving to NY Times Op-Ed Page? — Joe Nocera. Image by dsearls via Flickr — The New York Times op-ed page is about to get a big dose of financial intelligence to complement Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman. Business columnist Joe Nocera is set to move to the op-ed page …

Discussion: Poynter, The Wire, BusinessJournalism.org … and The Huffington Post

Marion Maneker / The Big Picture:

Can Piers Morgan Save CNN? — A series of attempts to resuscitate CNN during the evening hours have culminated in next week's launch of Piers Morgan Tonight. The fumbling around replacing Larry King and the decision to give former Elliott Spitzer a political talk show in the slot …

Lacey Rose / Moneywood:
Piers Morgan Producer's CNN Goal: ‘More. Better. Now.’

Discussion: Inside Cable News

Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Piers Morgan Debuts on the New York Cocktail Scene With Jabs at O'Reilly, Fox

Discussion: New York Observer, The Huffington Post, mediabistro.com, Gretawire, WWD, Media Decoder, Inside Cable News and FishbowlDC

Douglas Quenqua / New York Times:

Lucky's Brandon Holley: Dressing for a Revolution — BRANDON HOLLEY, the new editor of the beleaguered shopping magazine Lucky, has a complicated relationship with clothes. — As a teenager in Great Falls, Va., Ms. Holley would cram Ralph Lauren outfits bought by her preppy mother …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Poynter, New York Observer and FishbowlNY

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Mobilizing for mobile before it's too late — This column originally appeared in Editor & Publisher Magazine. Click here to subscribe for timely delivery of the magazine. — Amazingly, newspapers are making the same self-defeating mistakes with their mobile initiatives that they did with the Internet.

Michael Miner / Chicago Reader:

Waiting for the Web — The Chicago News Cooperative launched with the promise of a pathbreaking online site. When will it arrive? — The Chicago News Cooperative owes its existence to the New York Times, but its future hangs on a website it still hasn't unveiled.

David Kaplan / paidContent:

AOL Outsources Sports; Fanhouse Brand Absorbed Into Sporting News — AOL (NYSE: AOL) organized a hasty after-market call to announce three content deals designed to buttress its push towards premium content. The most prominent involves a content sharing arrangement with The Sporting News.

Discussion: Mixed Media, TechCrunch, SAI, WebNewser and CNNMoney Tech Tumblr, more at Techmeme »

MediaShift:

Social Media Grows at NY Times, But Home Page Remains King — Social Media content on MediaShift is sponsored by the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, a program offering innovative and entrepreneurial journalists the resources of Stanford University and Silicon Valley. Learn more here.

Discussion: Poynter

Stuart Elliott / New York Times:

2 New Publishers Named at Condé Nast — Every January, speculation sweeps the halls of the Condé Nast Building that a “January surprise” is in the works, with major changes coming at the Condé Nast Publications magazines. — On Thursday, changes were made …

Discussion: Poynter, Folio, MinOnline, WWD Media Headlines and The Fix

Ellie Behling / eMedia Vitals:

Publishing staffs adjust to address mobile workflow — In many ways, it seems like the iPad was plopped down on the desks of editors and production staff with a note that said, “Congratulations! Please factor this into what you're already doing.” — While support for mobile devices …

Discussion: Poynter

Nick Summers / New York Observer:

Heffernan Out at New York Times Magazine — Slowly but surely, Hugo Lindgren is making The New York Times Magazine his own. And just as important as the big names he's bringing into the building are the voices he's letting go. — In December, the magazine's deputy editor, Alex Star …

Discussion: Poynter and Gawker

Matt Kinsman / Folio Stories RSS: B2B:

USPS Raising Periodical Rates 1.8 Percent For 2011 — However, increases are limited to Consumer Price Index cap. — The USPS filed new mailing service prices with the Postal Regulatory Commission today, including a 1.8 percent increase for periodicals, starting April 17.

Discussion: Publishing Executive News

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

How Media Will Relate to Facebook in the Future — All media will be personalized in three to five years, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said in September. One of the ways that's likely to happen everywhere just appeared on the UK Independent. — The site announced last night that it now offers granular subscriptions by Facebook.

Discussion: blogs.independent.co.uk, Poynter and Editors Weblog

Discussion: Future of Media

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Sports Blogger Bleacher Report To Start Paying Contributors — Sports blog site Bleacher Report has been doing pretty well with the Huffington Post model of offering contributors a place to reach a wider audience, but not providing much in the way of remuneration.

Discussion: WebNewser

Paulgillin / Newspaper Death Watch:

Quora: Evolution of Journalism or Another Time Sink? — Just when you thought there was already enough social media in your life, here comes Quora. The startup founded by former Facebook executives raised $14 million last year and was valued at nearly $90 million before even releasing a product.

Discussion: Poynter

Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:

Google, Weinstein Co. Strike Film Deal — Given the pressure Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is under to land premium content deals for YouTube, you would think they would shout from the rooftops about securing its largest top-shelf film haul yet, from Weinstein Co. But a closer inspection reveals why neither side may feel like bragging.

Discussion: Fast Company and GigaOM

Joe Mullin / paidContent:

As MySpace Sputters, Where Will Musicians Congregate? — Even as MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has floundered in recent years, it's hung on to an important user base—artists, particularly musicians, who have relied on the site to provide them with a digital home on the web and a place to showcase their work.

Discussion: Sounds/Ideas/Colours and Forrester Blogs

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Harvard Undergrads Launch Newsle To Find News About Your Friends (Beta Invites) — Social news has many flavors. Twitter and Facebook function as social news feeds with your friends pushing out stories they find interesting. But what about news about your friends or other people you care about?

Discussion: Editors Weblog

Phil Rosenthal / Tower Ticker:

Time Out's Frank Sennett to do book on Groupon and CEO Andrew Mason for St. Martin's — Remember Frank Sennett's Time Out Chicago cover story last month on Groupon and Andrew Mason, the Chicago-based Internet firm's founder and chief executive? — St. Martin's Press has signed Sennett …

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Newsonomics of 2011 news metrics to watch — [Each week, our friend Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of the news business for the Lab.] — In the digital business, the old aphorism …

Kim Severson / New York Times:

Reporter on Quest to Close 1964 Civil Rights Case — ATLANTA — Stanley Nelson writes for a small weekly newspaper in the Louisiana delta. For the past four years, he has been obsessed with one story: who threw gasoline into a rural shoe repair and dry goods shop in 1964 and started the fire that killed Frank Morris?

Discussion: The Rural Blog, The Concordia Sentinel, Free Press, NPR Topics and CIR: All New Content

The Wire:

THE WIRE 50: The Most Influential People In Media This Year — It has been a roller coaster ride in media this year. — A jaw-dropping trip of high highs, low lows, and twists and turns that left many people feeling like they'd been turned entirely upside down — sometimes all in less than a week.

Discussion: FishbowlDC