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2:00 PM ET, February 6, 2012

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Michael Kozlowski / Good E-Reader:

Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store — Amazon sources close to the situation have told us that the company is planning on rolling out a retail store in Seattle within the next few months. This project is a test to gauge the market and see if a chain of stores would be profitable.

Discussion: TechCrunch, CNNMoney.com, Mashable!, The Verge, The Next Web, WebProNews, GeekWire, msnbc.com, Fast Company, Forbes and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Barnes & Noble Backed by U.S. Agency Staff in Microsoft Case

Discussion: ZDNet, FOSS Patents and GeekWire

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Another Chain Says It Won't Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter?

Discussion: GalleyCat and Bookseller news

The Independent:

Digital setback for Murdoch as ‘secret’ iPad project folds — A year after Rupert Murdoch described the iPad as the tool that would make newspapers “viable again”, News International has abandoned a project to produce content for the company's brand on the Apple tablet and similar devices.

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

After a Year, Tablet Daily Is a Struggle — One year ago Rupert Murdoch took the stage at the Guggenheim Museum and with much fanfare introduced a News Corporation publication that, in the words of the Apple executive Eddy Cue, would “redefine the news.” — A year later, it has not quite done that.

Discussion: The Awl, Felix and Prof Chris Daly's Blog

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry: police bribery probe expanded after Sun arrests — Sue Akers, head of Operation Elveden, says there is ‘very legitimate public interest’ in investigating leaks to journalists — The Scotland Yard team investigating allegations that newspaper journalists bribed police officers …

Discussion: @dansabbagh and @joshhalliday

Paul McNally / Journalism.co.uk:
Police officer cleared over NoW Milly Dowler ‘leak’

Discussion: Guardian and Press Gazette

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette: Paul Dacre: Bad journalists should be ‘struck off’

BBC: Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre ‘knew of use of detectives’

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Verizon and Redbox enter joint venture to create new Netflix rival — US mobile operator Verizon and DVD rental service Redbox today confirmed reports of a collaboration, announcing that the two companies have formed a joint venture to create a service capable of competing with Netflix.

Discussion: SlashGear, @ingridlunden and Electronista

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Verizon Teams With Redbox for a Netflix-Style Video Service

Discussion: Media & Entertainment, Media Decoder, rbr.com, VentureBeat, Home Media Magazine, paidContent, Multichannel, AdAge, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Wrap, Gizmodo and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Yahoo Looked At Buying Netflix When The Stock Was In The Toilet

Discussion: AllThingsD

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Is GigaOm Buying PaidContent? — Who wants to pay for PaidContent? We'll find out soon, it seems, because the sales process for the pioneering blog and its parent company ContentNext appears to be wrapping up. — But if you were making a bet, you'd get good odds that the most likely buyer …

Rafat Ali / @rafat:
After almost four years of ignoring paidContent into marked decline, finally Guardian is doing the right thing to sell to Gigaom, if true.

Discussion: @colbyhall

Matthew Fleischer / FishbowlLA:

San Diego Union-Tribune to Launch Television Network — San Diego-based KPBS television and radio producer Megan Burke is tweeting up a storm about a proposed plan by San Diego Union-Tribune (we're still not ready for U-T San Diego) CEO John Lynch to launch a new television network under the paper's banner.

Discussion: TVNewser

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The city tabloids and the fate of Greg Kelly, morning anchor accused of rape — Around breakfast time on Wednesday, Jan. 25, Greg Kelly was on the set of “Good Day New York” in a dark grey suit on a bright yellow couch. — He was discussing the 2012 election with co-host Rosanna Scotto and Newark Star-Ledger columnist Steve Adubato.

John Del Signore / Gothamist: Greg Kelly Still Hasn't Spoken To Investigators, Which Is Totally Normal?

New York Post: Manhattan DA nowhere near convening a grand jury to seek rape charges against Greg Kelly

Henry McDonald / Guardian:

Man accused of O'Hagan murder jailed for three years on other charges — Neil Hyde, 32, has signed contract that police hope will convict the killers of Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan — A man who had been accused of murdering the only reporter killed covering the Northern Ireland Troubles …

Discussion: Press Gazette

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Miami-Dade police spokeswoman arrests photojournalist — Photojournalist Carlos Miller, who runs the blog Photography Is Not a Crime, says that police deleted video from his camera when they arrested him last week as he covered Occupy protests in Miami. After recovering some of the video …

Discussion: Pixiq

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

After a Dip Into Video, Print Media Are Plunging In — The newest addition to the newsroom of Politico makes a statement about the news Web site's priorities. It's a stage set with lights, microphones, an anchor desk and five high-definition cameras so that reporters and editors can produce hours …

Discussion: Company Town, The Huffington Post and Future of Journalism, Thanks:@beet_tv

David Carr / New York Times:

Significant and Silly at BuzzFeed — When a Web site called BuzzFeed broke the news in early January that John McCain was endorsing Mitt Romney, more than a few readers scratched their heads and said, “What is a BuzzFeed?” — They're about to find out. — BuzzFeed is the creation …

Discussion: Prof Chris Daly's Blog, The Corsair and @jayrosen_nyu