Mediagazer: Netflix big customer satisfaction loser in '11 (Chris Isidore/CNNMoney)

10:05 AM ET, December 28, 2011

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Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:

Times Co. Agrees to Sell Regional Newspaper Group — Updated The New York Times Company announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to sell the company's Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings, of Daytona Beach, Fla., for $143 million in cash.

Discussion: The New York Observer, The New York Times Company, Reuters, The Boston Globe and Beyond Search

Jim Romenesko: FAQ for NYT Regional Media Group employees

Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:

CNN Under Fire After Uncut Version Of Ron Paul Interview Surfaces — An uncut version of Ron Paul's seemingly testy interview with CNN surfaced on Sunday, and has raised questions about whether or not the network may have unfairly edited the interview. — Paul was interviewed by CNN's Gloria Borger last week.

Steve Kornacki / Salon:

How the media made Ron Paul — The racist-newsletter saga is a reminder of how good he had it when the press thought he was a nobody — Ask just about any candidate's hardcore supporters whether the media is giving their guy a fair shake and chances are you'll be greeted with an emphatic …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Mediaite and Forbes

NPR:

Bahrain To Host Saudi Prince's News Network — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has been picked to host the headquarters for Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's new international Arabic news network despite months of unrest, according to the tiny Gulf kingdom's media oversight authority.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:

Netflix big customer satisfaction loser in '11 — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The customer satisfaction gap between online retailer Amazon and video service Netflix is widening and may pose a significant threat to Netflix's outlook going forward, according to survey results released Wednesday.

Discussion: AllThingsD, more at Techmeme »

Alex Kantrowitz / Kantrowitz:

What BuzzFeed Is Trying To Do — Earlier this month, BuzzFeed shocked the media world by hiring Politico's Ben Smith as its editor in chief. Smith, recruited hard by BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti, was a star Politico columnist and figured to have an important role in Politico's 2012 election coverage.

Discussion: Forbes

Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

The Times Names a New Deputy Managing Editor — The New York Times said Tuesday that it was promoting its longtime design director, Tom Bodkin, to deputy managing editor, the latest change to the masthead since Jill Abramson took over as executive editor in September.

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Wrap, FishbowlNY and The Huffington Post

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Staffers Express ‘Profound Dismay’ With Management

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Jim Romenesko: New York Times drops many podcasts

Yahoo! News:

Yahoo News hires Steve Chaggaris as executive producer, elections — In the latest move to bolster Yahoo's original coverage of the 2012 presidential election, Yahoo News has hired Steve Chaggaris, the former Political Director of CBS News, as Executive Producer, Elections. Chaggaris will start on January 3, 2012.

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

Was WaPo's Flock Forced on Vacation? — Like some reporters, WaPo's Elizabeth Flock was off last week — conceivably for the holidays. — But FishbowlDC sources are insisting that Flock was suspended last week for writing that post on GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's using a KKK slogan in his speeches.

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

How Hulu's ‘Steamboat’ ads recommend new shows to users — Hulu, like all video services, has long been focused on growing its viewership, but also on keeping those viewers watching more and more shows. While it's mostly been building that audience by featuring popular new programming …

Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:

End of an Era: The Golden Age of Tech Blogging is Over — That's right. We're at the end of an important period. The tech blogosphere as we know it, is over. — Four Trends Show the End of this Era: — Like the film industry, the Golden Era is the emergence period, when fresh innovation in a new medium is born.

Ethan Bronner / New York Times:

Struggle of Israel's Channel 10 Tied to Political Wars — JERUSALEM — An Israeli television station reported last spring on numerous trips Benjamin Netanyahu had taken as an elected official to Paris, London and New York before becoming prime minister in 2009.

Discussion: Media Decoder

Sam Delaney / Guardian:

Will the Leveson inquiry kill celebrity magazines? — Readers can no longer dismiss celebrity news as harmless fun. The gossip game will change tone — As compelling as it has often been, the Leveson inquiry hasn't really told us anything new about the celebrity news game.

Kevin Lincoln / Business Insider:

AOL Loses Another Star Editor To Jim Bankoff's Growing Media Empire — Chris Grant, the editor-in-chief of AOL gaming website Joystiq, is leaving with two staffers to start a gaming vertical at Vox Media, according to Engadget managing editor Darren Murph. — Murph posted the news on his blog …

Discussion: Joystiq