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12:50 PM ET, December 29, 2011

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 Top News: 
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 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: The Huffington Post and TVNewser
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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 …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Times' grumbles grow  —  Four days after disgruntled New York Times staffers sent an open letter of frustration to publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the “Save Our Times” campaign had amassed 270 signatures in protest of the Times' decision to freeze some employees pension plans …
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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
The Times E-Mails Millions by Mistake to Say Subscriptions Were Canceled
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
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.
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.
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Conferences raise unanswered questions about fact checking  —  The Great Fact Checking Explosion continues to ripple as we approach 2012.  —  Following a November event co-hosted by Jeff Jarvis and Craig Newmark at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, I recently headed to Washington …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:
Hollywood Copyright Dispute Still Flaring  —  LOS ANGELES — Anyone who thought the nasty legal fight between the Penske Media Corporation, owner of the Deadline.com Web site, and Prometheus Global Media, owner of The Hollywood Reporter, wouldn't get nastier just wasn't thinking.
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Fuse Is a Flash Point in Cable Fight
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
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, Thanks:steverubel
Andrew Longstreth / Reuters:
Analysis: Manning's legal strategy could lead to plea deal
Sarah Lacy:
Golden Age of Tech Blogging Done? I Couldn't Disagree More
 Earlier Picks: 
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
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Television Must Crack the Customizable Content Code, Too