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11:00 AM ET, December 22, 2011

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A.J. Daulerio / Deadspin:
A Conversation With Bill Conlin The Day Before The Inquirer Dropped Its Molestation Story  —  The first email arrived at 4:28 p.m. Monday.  Subject line: “Hot button issue.” … That story was published on Tuesday—a lengthy investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer into allegations that Conlin …
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Philly.com:   Years of silent fear: 6th person accuses Conlin
Nancy Phillips / Philly.com:
Another woman comes forward over abuse by Bill Conlin
Discussion: Philly.com
Chicago Tribune:
Sun-Times sold to local investor group  —  Deal with Wrapports LLC valued at more than $20 million, expected to close by end of the year  —  The deal to acquire Chicago's No. 2 newspaper is done.  —  Sun-Times Media Chairman Jeremy Halbreich confirmed Wednesday evening that a new company led …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry receives more than 200 submissions from outside media  —  Inquiry says it has been sent 411 submissions of evidence in total, including 93 from those claiming to be victims of the press  —  The Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and media ethics has received more than 200 submissions …
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Guardian:   Daily Express editor was ‘obsessed’ with Madeleine McCann story, inquiry hears
BBC:
Leveson Inquiry: Summary of week six
Discussion: Business Insider
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
The Most-Read Newspaper Websites In Europe  —  We often see national and international breakdowns of newspaper website popularity, but rarely by continent.  —  Here is comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) Media Metrix's chart of the most-read newspaper sites in Europe (June 2011), as features …
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Mail Online tops 80m monthly online browsers  —  UK's most popular newspaper website hits new high, as guardian.co.uk's monthly users rise to more than 63 million  —  Mail Online topped 80 million monthly online browsers for the first time in November in a busy news period when guardian.co.uk also broke new traffic records.
Wall Street Journal:
Cable Chief Fires Back at MSG Sports Network  —  As Dispute Escalates, TWC CEO Touts Model That Would Shift Programming to Separate Tier  —  Facing a heated battle with MSG sports network over rising rates, Time Warner Cable Inc. Chief Executive Glenn Britt said sports channels …
Discussion: Media Decoder
Peter Lauria / Reuters:
Robinson exit to cost New York Times over $15 million  —  (Reuters) - Janet Robinson, who will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co on December 31, will receive an exit package in excess of $15 million, according to people familiar with the situation.
Jim Hopkins / Gannett Blog:
GCI buys ‘thousands’ of iPhones and other devices, memo says, in ramp-up of mobile newsroom tech  —  Following is a memo U.S. newspapers division President Bob Dickey sent to employees today.  I'm posting this from my iPhone (!), with limited Web access.  ​  —  ​Dec. 21, 2011
Discussion: Poynter and Electronista
Jenna Russell / The Boston Globe:
Professor at BU faces charge in fatal crash  —  PLYMOUTH - A well-known Boston University journalism professor and former longtime ABC News correspondent will be charged with vehicular homicide in connection with an October accident that killed a 26-year-old Plymouth man.
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story:
Boehner's office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating  —  A strange thing happened Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill.  —  As Rep. Stenny Hoyer (D-MD) attempted to call for a vote to extend a payroll tax cut to middle class and working Americans, his Republican colleagues adjourned …
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
Tumblr Bets on Big-Name Publishers  —  Twitter used its entree with celebrities — hello @aplusk and @oprah! — to build a tech platform into a media juggernaut.  Tumblr is hoping to do the same, only it's banking on old-school media properties to popularize its platform and create the kind …
Random Pixels:
Is Huffington Post Miami guilty of theft?  —  Arianna Huffington is most famous for launching a website that posts thousands of stories a week, most of them written by people who don't get a dime for their work.  —  Much of what appears on HuffPost is written by bloggers who write for no pay.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Herman Cain Got Most Press Coverage Of GOP Contenders, Pew's 2011 Media Study Shows  —  NEW YORK — He's no longer running for president, but Herman Cain will finish 2011 having racked up more national media coverage than any other Republican candidate, according to a report released Wednesday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Internet Radio Wants More Ad Dollars  —  If a song plays on the Internet, rather than the radio, does it count for anything?  —  That question is at the heart of an intensifying dispute between traditional radio broadcasters and online radio service Pandora Media Inc. over how their audiences are measured.
Jakob Schiller / Raw File:
CNN's iReport Produces Controversy, Llama Photos  —  CNN recently laid off at least 50 staff, including several photojournalists, in favor of affiliate contributions and iReport — CNN's user-generated content department which does not pay users for their submissions.
Arif Durrani / Media Week:
The Sunday Times prepares iPad and Android editions for Christmas Day  —  The Sunday Times will be published on Christmas Day this year for the first time in its 190-year history, thanks to its new digital versions.  —  The Sunday Times: readies digital versions
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘The New York Observer,’ in a bid to go national, will expand its editorial department  —  The New York Observer is gearing up to go national.  —  The 25-year-old weekly newspaper is considering spinning off a nationally focused website, and will increase the size of the full-time editorial staff …
Discussion: Journalism.org and FishbowlNY
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
KTLA weatherman Henry DiCarlo throws fit on air  —  Henry DiCarlo, the morning weatherman at KTLA in Los Angeles, threw a fit Wednesday and walked off camera after conducting a live interview and then not having time to do his weather segment.  As he left, he scolded the producers …
 
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Online Sales of Louis C. K. Special Cross $1 Million Mark
Discussion: Business Insider
Anne Barnard / Lens:
Iraqi Photographers Captured the Costs of War
Trevor Butterworth / The Daily:
Choosing how to consume media requires critical intelligence
Carrie Brown-Smith / Nieman Journalism Lab:
From local TV to journalism co-ops, 2012 may be a banner year for the local news ecosystem.
Discussion: Street Fight
Nicholas Carr / Nieman Journalism Lab:
2012 will bring the appification of media
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
NYPD describes training program for officers in the First Amendment rights of press at protests
Curtis Brainard / CJR:
Phone-Hacking Inquiry Eyes Science Journalism
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: Piers Morgan's phone was hacked, says ex-Mirror journalist
Discussion: Future of Journalism
 Earlier Picks: 
New York Times:
Seeing Terror Risk, U.S. Asks Journals to Cut Flu Study Facts
Mac McClelland / Mother Jones:
What Is Good Fact-Checking?  —  Amid Politifact's “lie of the year” …
Discussion: Attackerman
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
All Eyes on Viacom/YouTube Case After Court Rules For Veoh
Discussion: MediaPost
NPR:
WikiLeaks Military Hearing Faces Closing Arguments
David Brauer / MinnPost:
Is ex-reporter Christine Clayburg paying TV journalists to help clients tell their good news stories?