Mediagazer: WikiLeaks Backers Lose Bid to Keep Twitter Data From U.S. (Tom Schoenberg/Bloomberg)

11:05 PM ET, January 6, 2012

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Dow Jones Digital Departure: WSJ.com Head to Atlantic Media for New Project — According to sources close to the situation, Dow Jones is losing its top online editor. — Kevin Delaney, managing editor of The Journal Online — or WSJ.com, as it is better known — is taking a job at the Atlantic Media Company, sources said.

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media: Atlantic Media Launching Global Business Site

Philip Bump / Mediaite:

What BuzzFeed's New Politics Team Is Doing Right — Several months ago, Politico reporter Ben Smith lamented that his blog at the site was being trumped by his Twitter feed. Where once people would refresh his blog for updates, now they could simply follow him on Twitter and know what he was going to post before he posted it.

Discussion: Poynter

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: Business Insider and Betabeat

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: ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, NetNewsCheck Latest, Future of Journalism, Free Press and WebProNews

Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:

New Lawsuit Means All Major Labels Are Suing Grooveshark — Grooveshark, a popular digital music service that is being sued for copyright infringement by three of the four major record companies, now has problems with the one big label that it has a licensing deal with.

Discussion: CNET, Company Town, Plagiarism Today, SocialTimes.com, Digital Trends, Techland, Rolling Stone, The Verge, Guardian, WebProNews, Gizmodo, The Next Web, hypebot and AllThingsD

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Ron Burkle, Magic Johnson Acquire BlackBook Media — Ron Burkle and Magic Johnson have teamed up once again, this time to acquire BlackBook Media. Last February the duo purchased Vibe Holdings, a deal that saw Johnson becoming the Chairman of the company.

Discussion: Folio, Media & Entertainment, The New York Observer, FishbowlLA and New York Post

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

B&N CEO: 'The Nook Will Continue To Be Barnes & Noble's E-Reader' — In a CNBC interview today, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch told David Faber, “Whatever we do, we will continue to have a tight relationship between the Nook and [our] stores.”

Discussion: CNET and WebProNews, more at Techmeme »

Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:

WikiLeaks Backers Lose Bid to Keep Twitter Data From U.S. — Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) — Three WikiLeaks backers lost their bid to keep information on them collected from their Twitter Inc. accounts from being turned over to U.S. prosecutors who are investigating the group's publication of classified information.

Discussion: The Raw Story, Mashable!, ReadWriteWeb and Threat Level

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

WARNING: All That Free Spotify Music You've Been Enjoying Is Going To End Soon — Spotify made its big U.S. debut on July 14, 2011. — In one week, we'll be marking the streaming music service's six-month anniversary. — And in one week, all those users who signed up for the free …

Discussion: ZDNet, TechCrunch, WebProNews and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

Julie Moos / Poynter:

ECU journalism profs support fired student newspaper adviser — East Carolina University journalism professor Cindy Elmore is standing by her former colleague, Paul Isom, who was fired this week after serving as an adviser for three years to the student newspaper.

Discussion: Bellingham Herald, The East Carolinian, College Media Matters, WITN, WCTI-TV, www2.wnct.com and JIMROMENESKO.COM

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.

Discussion: Guardian, Reuters, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Pocket-lint and Home Media Magazine

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Rebekah Brooks's former PA arrested — Woman arrested by detectives on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice understood to be Cheryl Carter — The long-serving personal assistant to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is understood to have been arrested …