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2:00 PM ET, December 29, 2011

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPM:
Romney: I'm Going To Fix The Budget By Bringing Ads To Sesame Street  —  Here's a tangible, fundamental change to the American cultural landscape that will come with a Mitt Romney presidency.  Under President Romney, Sesame Street will be brought to you by more than “The Letter Q.”
Discussion: Wonkette
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
ID's ‘On the Case’ Hires Letterman Extortionist, Former CBS News Producer Joe Halderman  —  TVNewser has learned that Investigation Discovery's “On the Case with Paula Zahn” has hired Joe Halderman, the CBS News producer who attempted to blackmail David Letterman in 2009.
Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and NY Daily News
Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:
New CNN Morning Show to Launch Jan. 2  —  Soledad O'Brien will anchor first days from Iowa Caucuses  —  CNN will debut its new morning show team of Soledad O'Brien, Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin on Jan. 2, the day before the Iowa Caucuses, the network said Wednesday
Discussion: TVNewser and The Huffington Post
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Cable Channels Set to Begin Election Year Coverage  —  America's trifecta of cable news channels, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN, are just about ready to show off their election year staffs.  —  Each channel plans to cover the one-night Iowa caucus for a stretch of several days …
The Independent:
Murdoch's £100m plan to settle hacking cases before they get to court  —  Rupert Murdoch's News International is thought to have prepared a legal fund of £100m to settle civil litigation actions brought by victims of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal ahead of a High Court showdown in the new year.
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Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry should address media sexism, women's groups demand  —  Press accused of perpetuating violence against women through sexual objectification and damaging representation  —  Lord Justice Leveson should widen his investigation into the practices and ethics of the British press …
Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
At Least a Few Local Journalists Just Experienced an End of Year Miracle  —  News emerged Tuesday night that the new owners of the New York Times Regional Media Group would mostly likely be laying off a number of employees on Thursday.  This Atlantic Wire tipster made the cut.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Times' grumbles grow
Discussion: Erik Wemple
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Amazon: We Sold Over 4 Million Kindle Devices This Month; Gifting Of E-Books Up 175 Percent  —  Amazon has just released new data regarding its Kindle sales for the holiday season.  According to the e-commerce giant, Amazon customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle e-readers.
Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Could SOPA fly if big media put skin in the game?  —  The biggest web-related legal controversy over the past few months — if not the entire year — has been the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA.  The bill's shortcomings have been covered to death (including by GigaOM here and here) …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
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Elana Zak / 10,000 Words:
Confused by SOPA? Five Multimedia Explainers
Discussion: Prison Planet.com, Thanks:elanazak
M Ilyas Khan / BBC:
Pakistan journalists ‘threatened by security’ personnel  —  Pakistani journalists protested outside parliament after the killing of Saleem Shahzad earlier this year  —  Two senior Pakistani journalists say they have received threatening messages after raising questions over the military's role in their respective television shows.
Jim Romenesko:
Rossi: Kinsley review cut ‘Page One’ box office in half  —  The History Channel is airing “Page One: Inside the New York Times” at 6 p.m. ET on New Year's Eve.  (It can also be streamed on Netflix.)  Filmmaker Andrew Rossi answers a few of my questions about the documentary and Michael Kinsley's negative review.
Alana / Nielsen Wire:
Nielsen's Tops of 2011: Digital  —  As 2011 comes to a close, Nielsen reviewed the top online destinations, social media sites, and smartphone devices.  Google was the most-visited U.S. Web brand, while Facebook held its lead among social networks and blogs.
Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Linear TV Consumption Is Growing, But Is Ad Spend?  —  When you consider the internet, on-demand services, games consoles, mobiles, apps and [fill in your personal favorite here], we have more ways than ever before to watch TV content whenever and however we want.
Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
The Times E-Mails Millions by Mistake to Say Subscriptions Were Canceled  —  Home-delivery subscribers to The New York Times and others received a mass e-mail notice on Wednesday erroneously saying that their delivery had been cancelled.  —  The e-mail, which the Times's spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha …
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Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:
Hollywood Copyright Dispute Still Flaring
Wall Street Journal:
Fuse Is a Flash Point in Cable Fight
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Conferences raise unanswered questions about fact checking
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
After Losing Its Star Writers, Engadget's Traffic Has Gone Up
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
L.A. Times Adds More Games to Website, Hoping to Boost Revenue
Thanks:steverubel
Andrew Longstreth / Reuters:
Analysis: Manning's legal strategy could lead to plea deal
 Earlier Picks: 
Sarah Lacy:
Golden Age of Tech Blogging Done? I Couldn't Disagree More
Sidney Crosby / Associated Press:
Fox continues dominance of cable news in up and down year, CNN shows prime-time gains
Discussion: TVNewser and TVNewser
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
Why writers tweet about death, illness, rape
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
GoodReads' Recommendation Engine Acquisition Gooses The Publishing Game
Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:
A Glimpse Inside the Camera Bag of a War Photographer