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10:50 AM ET, January 6, 2012

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Warner Brothers Will Make Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster Wait Longer for New Movies  —  Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers?  You're going to have to buy it, or wait even longer to get it from Netflix or other disc renters.  —  A new deal between Time Warner's movie studio …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET:
HBO forces Netflix to go elsewhere for its DVDs  —  Netflix will still be able to rent ‘True Blood’ and other HBO shows, but it won't get them directly from HBO.  —  HBO has stopped providing DVDs of its shows to Netflix as competition between the two companies heats up.
Steve Myers / Poynter:
How Google beat AP with Iowa caucus results (and why it matters)  —  WNYC's John Keefe decided to use Google's election results for his map tracking the results of Iowa's GOP caucus for three reasons:  — Google's data were easier to deal with than the files provided by the Associated Press.
Discussion: Free Press and WebProNews
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Nick Denton's 'State of Gawker 2012′ Memo: ‘Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul.’  —  Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton occasionally sends out missives for his company that usually contain a little bit of insight into the way his company is trending …
Discussion: @carr2n and Snarkmarket
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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Gawker Blogger Fired After Post Invoking N-Word  —  The Observer has just learned that Gawker blogger Seth Abramovitch was dismissed after a post that invoked a racial slur many considered to be in generally poor taste.  Gawker.com editor A.J. Daulerio has confirmed: “Yes, he was fired.”
Lucas Shaw / The Wrap:
New York Times, Washington Post, AP Found NewsRight  —  Newspaper organizations are banding together under an organization titled NewsRight to license and profit from the spread of their content online.  —  A project first developed by the Associated Press and initially named the News Licensing Group …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Current TV Source: Keith Olbermann Has Not Responded To Request To Cover New Hampshire  —  The plot of the bewildering, apparently one-sided dispute between Countdown host Keith Olbermann and Current TV is thinning as it thickens.  A source at the network tells Mediaite that …
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Keith Olbermann Has a Point Regarding the Quality of Current TV's Production Values
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: Dominic Mohan and Kelvin MacKenzie to appear next week  —  Lord Justice Leveson will focus on former and current editors from the Sun, Telegraph, Mail, Indy, FT and Express  —  The editor of the Sun, Dominic Mohan, and his best-known predecessor, Kelvin MacKenzie …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:   Editors to face Leveson Inquiry next week
Michael Wolff / GQ:
Why I love Fox News  —  Forget the phone-hacking scandal, the real threat to News Corp comes from its enemy within - Fox News' president Roger Ailes has the power, profitability and political influence to bring the media empire to collapse  —  For more than a decade, the traditional media business …
Discussion: Erik Wemple
Jason Del Rey / AdAge:
Contently Raises $2 Million to Play Matchmaker for Journalists and Brands  —  Series A Led By Groupon Founders' Investment Firm  —  Contently, a New York City-based startup that runs an online marketplace for freelance writing and editing work, has closed a $2 million Series A round led by Lightbank.
Discussion: Betabeat
Mimi Turner / Hollywood Reporter:
Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Acquires U.K. Shortform Video Producer ChannelFlip  —  The deal marks the producer's second digital investment after buying social gaming start-up Bossa Studios last year.  —  LONDON - Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group underlined its commitment to online programming …
Discussion: paidContent, Guardian and Televisual
Mark Sweney / paidContent:
BBC World Service To Run Ads On Some Websites And Radio Stations  —  The BBC Trust has approved plans to run advertising on a number of BBC World Service websites as well as in radio broadcasts for the first time in the corporation's history.  —  BBC World Service has been given the green light …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Lovefilm Adding More ITV, BBC Worldwide Archive TV  —  Amazon's Lovefilm is extending existing deals with ITV (LSE: ITV) and BBC Worldwide to gain a larger catalogue of their shows for online streaming, as it begins to defend against Netflix's imminent UK arrival.
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Comcast-Disney Pact Signals More Deals Aimed at Fighting Netflix  —  Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)'s rights agreement with Walt Disney Co. (DIS) may become the template for how pay-TV companies strike deals with programmers to defend their subscriber base against online rivals such as Netflix Inc.
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Will Richmond / paidContent:
Disney, Comcast And Why TV Everywhere Alone Is Not Enough
Discussion: Comcast
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Amazon Ends Lawsuit Over Kindle Fire  —  In a surprise development, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has quietly resolved a lawsuit that alleges its Kindle Fire violates four patents related to touchscreen technology.  —  In court papers filed in Texas this week, Amazon and Smartphone Technologies …
 
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
RTL to exit Greek TV market
Discussion: Media News
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Future Launching TechRadar State-Side To Turn U.S. Fortunes
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Kevin Convey, ousted “News” editor, in newsroom farewell; he was “blindsided,” even though …
Erik Wemple:
J. Hoberman departs the Village Voice
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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
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Robert Bianco / USA Today:
PBS president punches back at Romney
Discussion: Speakeasy and Free Press
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Analyst: Netflix Now the 15th Most-Watched TV ‘Network’ in U.S.
Discussion: C21Media and Free Press
Neville Thurlbeck:
Notes on Leveson and the Need for Tabloid Revolution