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4:45 AM ET, January 25, 2012

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Dianna Dilworth / GalleyCat:
B&N's Jim Hilt Says Print Isn't Dead  —  Barnes & Noble is shifting its focus from device to content, according to Jim Hilt, vice president of e-books at Barnes & Noble who spoke at the Digital Book World conference today.  —  He said that 2011 was about the device and 2012 is about the content.
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
E-Singles: 'Journalism's Extraordinary Challenges In An Entirely New Place'  —  Byliner recently announced that it has sold 100,000 original e-singles, and other publishers are finding similar success with the format: The Atavist sold over 100,000 copies of ten e-singles combined last year …
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
E-Book Bummer: Growth Slower Than Thought—'Incremental, Not Exponential'
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:   Barnes & Noble: We're ‘Not Competing’ With Independent Bookstores
Ryan Chittum / CJR:
Mitt Romney's Taxes  —  All the major papers are devoting lots of resources to covering Mitt Romney's tax return, putting the national spotlight on how taxes, and particularly on how little taxes the ultra-wealthy actually pay.  —  It's top story right now on the home pages of The New York Times …
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Carl Straumsheim / American Journalism Review:
The Buzz About BuzzFeed  —  The online meme aggregator gets serious about developing original content.  —  Carl Straumsheim (cstraumsheim@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant.  —  When Ben Smith announced last month that he was leaving Politico to become editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Is Julian Assange's Talk Show For Real?  —  Larry King...Charlie Rose...Julian Assange?  —  Well, maybe.  The voluble, volatile Wikileaks founder is getting his own talk show, or so he says.  Beginning in March, Assange will be “hosting a series of in-depth conversations with key political players …
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Richard Huff / NY Daily News:
Lara Logan: Life is not about dwelling on the bad  —  Exclusive Interview: CBS news star talks about PTSD, her recovery, her family, her work and the women that inspire her  —  CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan in Tahrir Square moments before she was assaulted by a mob of protesters.
Discussion: PopWatch, msnbc.com and Mediaite
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Peter Ogburn / FishbowlDC:
New York Daily News Takes Passive Stance on Commenters Doubting Logan's Rape
Discussion: TVSpy
Tami Abdollah / scpr.org:
Former LA Times editor Russ Stanton moves to KPCC  —  Former Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton will be the new vice president of content for Southern California Public Radio's KPCC.  —  The hire is part of an aggressive effort by the nonprofit news organization to become …
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:
Yahoo: Media Giant, Tech Company, or Both?  —  Yahoo's new CEO, Scott Thompson, has had the job for just three weeks, but during today's fourth quarter earnings call, he pushed for a more “balanced” approach and insisted that Yahoo is equal parts media company and equal parts tech firm.
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
How ABC News built a top social media presence with a small dedicated team  —  Upon his return to “This Week” earlier this month, George Stephanopoulos introduced a new feature that's expected to become a staple of the show.  “Your Voice This Week” uses Twitter and search trends to tell …
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and MediaPost
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
ABC News and Yahoo! Launch New Political Web Shows
Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Leveson must back ban on sexualised images in media, women's groups say  —  Explicit newspaper pictures censored in inquiry evidence but Leveson warned change would require ‘rock-solid legislation’  —  When Lord Justice Leveson launched his inquiry into the ethics of the press …
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Gannett Goes Long With Acquisition Of Fantasy Sports Ventures  —  Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Co. has bought The Big Lead and a family of other sports blogs.  The company hopes the acquisition, when combined with its existing USA Today properties, will vault it into the major leagues of the online sports scene.
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Jim Hopkins / Gannett Blog:
Memo: GCI to reveal new model for weak USCP; plan could be biggest news revamp in five years
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and AllThingsD
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Leveson inquiry: Sun executive says sorry for Christopher Jefferies coverage  —  Coverage reflected ‘more liberal interpretation’ of laws governing crime reporting at time of Joanna Yeates murder investigation  —  A senior Sun editorial executive has apologised at the Leveson inquiry …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Tim Carmody / Epicenter:
“Beloved, not Beliked': Why TV's Live and Streaming Audiences Are Diverging  —  Television is a very different experience in the age of video on demand.  Even if we're watching the same kind of content — say, 30- to 60-minute scripted dramas and comedies — we watch it differently.
Alysia Santo / CJR:
Teaching Cyber-Security  —  Confidentiality promises often require technical skill  —  Since 2007, Steve Doig, an investigative journalist, has been giving a talk called “Spycraft: Keeping your sources private.”  He's presented at conferences for Investigative Reporters and Editors …
David Carr / New York Times:
How Esquire Survived Publishing's Dark Days  —  Esquire magazine, a monument to male vitality, seemed about to keel over in 2009.  Famous for laying down a much-followed literary track with an article in 1966 by Gay Talese titled “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” the magazine found itself gasping for breath and fighting for survival.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Why newspapers are closing the shutters on staff photographers  —  Newspaper photographers are in retreat.  Staff jobs are vanishing as publishers look for new ways to cut costs.  —  National papers have gradually been reducing numbers in recent years.  Many titles have only a handful.
Discussion: Big News Network.com
Felicia Pride / FishbowlNY:
News Corp To Train Wall Street Journal Reporters To Film Videos on Their iPhones  —  At the DLD digital media conference in Germany, Jon Miller, chief digital officer for News Corporation, said that the company will be ramping up its focus on video, reports paidContent.
Discussion: GalleyCat and TVNewser
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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It's All About Video For Us Right Now
 
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
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Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:
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