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9:35 AM ET, December 17, 2011

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Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
Why Heather Matters  —  TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde announced her departure today.  —  I'm so angry.  —  Drift back to the end of 2006.  TechCrunch was a year and a half old.  My hobby had turned into a business.  Federated Media was selling our standard ads and sent a small check every month.
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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
ARRINGTON: Arianna Destroyed TechCrunch Because She Was Jealous Of All The Attention It Was Getting  —  Here's why TechCrunch imploded earlier this year, according to founder Michael Arrington, who has suddenly gone public with his side of the story.  —  Basically, Arrington …
Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
Lawmakers Table SOPA and Say ‘Bring in the Nerds’  —  Update (4:30 p.m.): Members of the House Judiciary Committee decided on Friday to table the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) citing the need for more research into the issue and the potential effects of a law with such radical as this one.
Discussion: Guardian, Techdirt, Adweek, Forbes and CNET News
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
Stop Online Piracy Act Vote Delayed  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz.  Photo J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press  —  (This post was updated at 2:55 p.m. EST to reflect new hearing date set for Wednesday.)  —  The House Judiciary Committee considering whether to send the Stop Online Piracy Act …
John Cook / Gawker:
Christopher Hitchens' Unforgivable Mistake  —  The outpouring of grief, goodwill, and teary encomia that has attended news of Christopher Hitchens' passing would—if he was anything like the persona he presented in print—have turned his stomach.  He loathed sentiment, welcomed combat, and delighted in inflicting hard truths.
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
New York Times did not need to stop the presses for Hitchens obit
Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Why did Universal get this video yanked off YouTube if it doesn't have a copyright claim?  —  Universal Music Group recently had a video removed from YouTube because...  Well, that's a good question, actually.  The video was removed without notice and without any copyright violations …
Discussion: Media Decoder and Threat Level
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Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Now We Know AOL's Patch Revenue - And It's Tiny  —  AOL's local business, Patch, will lose at least $100 million this year and generate paltry revenues, according to documents we've obtained from a source.  —  Analysts say that, during 2011, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong invested ~$160 million …
Discussion: Erik Wemple
Brendan Nyhan / CJR:
When Newt Isn't Newsworthy  —  The problems with news pegs in campaign coverage  —  NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich returned to New Hampshire for a foreign policy debate with former Utah governor Jon Huntsman.  The trip marked Gingrich's first visit …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Getting Detained and Gassed  —  Nothing like getting pulled into a police car to glimpse, through a haze of tear gas, hints of a police state.  —  The royal family in this American ally of Bahrain deserves immense credit for turning a desert island in the Persian Gulf into a modern banking center.
Discussion: The Lede
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Cablevision COO Rutledge's Resignation Spurs Privatization Talk  —  Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Cablevision Systems Corp. may try to go private or seek a buyer following the resignation of Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge, analysts said.  —  Rutledge announced his exit yesterday, effective later this month.
Discussion: B&C
Michael S. Schmidt / At War:
Secret Military Documents, Straight From an Iraqi Junkyard  —  BAGHDAD — Several weeks ago, we heard that a local businessman had purchased some trailers from a closing American base.  —  We were told the trailers were parked at a nearby junkyard, so one afternoon I headed out with our security team to find them.
Discussion: New York Times
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Al Jazeera English Launches ‘Inside Story Americas’  —  Al Jazeera has launched a new TV show designed to both get people talking about the headlines in a different way and examine the news that has slipped through the cracks.  Titled “Inside Story Americas,” the 30-minute debate show features interviews …
Discussion: GalleyCat and eBookNewser
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Defining journalism is a lot easier said than done  —  The ripples continue to spread from a recent Oregon court ruling involving a blogger who was sued for defamation, and argued she should be covered by the state's “media shield” law.  The judge decided that she didn't qualify as a journalist …
Discussion: Free Press
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Manning Hearing Halted as Investigator Considers Recusal Request  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — A defense lawyer for Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the most famous leak of government secrets since the Pentagon Papers, began a frontal attack during Private Manning's first court appearance …
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Bradley Manning hearing - updates
Discussion: Guardian and Guardian
 
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Jim Romenesko:
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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
More Digital-First Downsizing: The Guardian's Print Edition Shrinks Again
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock
Discussion: GigaOM, paidContent and The Consumerist
Jack Shafer:
Are you reading the best magazine in America?
Discussion: Media Nation and CJR
Guardian:
Julian Assange can appeal against extradition, supreme court rules
Discussion: Mediaite