Mediagazer: Hearst Magazines boss lays out 2012 goals (Jim Romenesko)

11:00 AM ET, January 3, 2012

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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

This Month's Apple Event To Focus On Publishing And iBooks — Apple will be holding a product event later this month in New York, Kara Swisher is reporting, and we've confirmed independently with a source. — According to the source the event will not involve any hardware at all and instead …

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month — According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement.

Gordon MacMillan / The Wall:

Is the Sun looking at charging for content again? — Is News International looking again at charging for content from The Sun? I blogged last year that News International had ditched the idea of putting up a paywall for The Sun, but an archive website has now appeared offering access to historical Sun content for 50p an article.

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Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb:

The Verified Twitter Account for Rupert Murdoch's Wife Was Fake — Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter last week. So did his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch. “Joining my husband @rupertmurdoch in our new digital adventure on Twitter,” reads her bio. Cute, right? Rupert was verified, Wendi was verified …

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Brian Stelter / The Caucus:

Taking to Twitter, Murdoch Signals Support for Santorum — The media mogul Rupert Murdoch signaled his support for Rick Santorum on Monday evening, calling him the “only candidate with genuine big vision” for the United States. — His comments were significant not only because Mr. Murdoch …

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Don Van Natta Jr / New York Times:

9/11 Relatives Who Suspect Hacking Await Answers — Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, relatives of some of the victims began suspecting that someone was eavesdropping on their telephones. — Some heard mysterious clicking sounds on their home and mobile phones.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Michael Powell / New York Times:

Gotham: At Wall Street Protests, Clash of Reporting and Policing — In late November, the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, ordered every precinct in his domain to read a statement. Officers, the commissioner said, must “respect the public's right to know about these events and the media's right of access to report.”

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

Murdoch hacking warning admission won't lead to review by BSkyB board — Murdoch hacking warning won't lead to review by BSkyB board — The BSkyB board does not regard James Murdoch's admission that he was warned of the extent of phone hacking in 2008 as “material”, sources at the company have claimed.

Jim Romenesko:

Hearst Magazines boss lays out 2012 goals — Welcome to 2012! — I hope your holiday season was happy and that you either enjoyed some personal time off or found the Hearst offices peaceful and productive at a relatively quieter pace. And now, we're recharged and back in the exciting world of magazines UNBOUND.

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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

Tom Freston's $1 Billion Revenge: Ex-Viacom Chief Helps Vice Become the Next MTV — Tom Freston is Vice's growth guru and not-so-secret weapon. Credit: Ben Baker/Redux — This story appeared in the 1/16/12 issue of FORBES. — Shane Smith is trying to order drinks. It's not going well.

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Peter Preston / Guardian:

If you choose your own news, you'll be less well read — Digital news offers customers the choice of what they want to read. But print offers something extra: stories that people didn't know they wanted to read until they had read them — Last year it was paywalls …

Adam Smeltz / StateCollege.com:

Daily News' Response to Conlin Allegations Sets Bar for Penn Staters — Immediately, the Pennsylvania newspaper's disgust and outrage were palpable. — No hint of hesitation. No qualifications or excuses. Just pure outrage and undiluted disgust. — Those are gut reactions you'd expect …

Discussion: Erik Wemple

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Des Moines Marriott a ‘Star Wars’ bar scene for journalists covering Iowa Caucus — Everyone knows the media loves a horse race, so it's no surprise journalists covering the Iowa Caucus have gathered at the same starting gate in the derby for the White House.

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa's Media Watering Hole

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Tim Armstrong trumpets AOL successes, urges ‘kaizen’ spiritual-business approach on employees in New Year's Eve missive — AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong closed out 2011 with a 2,000-word motivational memo emailed to his several thousand staffers around 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

Discussion: Business Insider and Future of Journalism