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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Late shift ap-Piers likely for CNN host — CNN host Piers Morgan could join the late-night crowd. — The slumping cable news network is considering moving his hour-long interview show from the prized 9 p.m. slot back to 10 p.m. — or even later, The Post has learned.
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Los Angeles Times and Chickaboomer
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Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Can Jeff Zucker fix what ails CNN? — CNN is struggling, and doesn't understand the job in hand. But new president Jeff Zucker could be just what it needs — People who have worked with Jeff Zucker, the just-appointed president of CNN, are said to adore him and to be incredibly loyal to him.
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New York Post
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Leveson report: editors seeking legal advice on third-party complaints — Alan Rusbridger says five clauses of report will only be accepted by counterparts subject to ‘being scrutinised by lawyers’ — Alan Rusbridger spoke of widespread opposition to how third-party complaints should be handled
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CIA Forbids ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Agent From Speaking To Journalists — NEW YORK — The Washington Post ran a front-page story Tuesday about the CIA agent who serves as the model for Maya, one of the the main characters in “Zero Dark Thirty,” a much-anticipated film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Zero Dark Thirty: new torture-glorifying film wins raves
Zero Dark Thirty: new torture-glorifying film wins raves
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New Yorker, Wired, The Week, The Daily Dish, The Daily Beast and Mother Jones
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Lena Dunham Wages War with Gawker — Despite what most would think, Lena Dunham is not a fan of Gawker. In fact, she had her lawyer contact the site after Gawker published her book proposal, which fetched her a cool $3.7 million. Gawker did take down the proposal, but that wasn't enough for Dunham.
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Inside TV, Deadline.com and Publishers Lunch
Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Angus Stickler resigns from Bureau of Investigative Journalism over Newsnight documentary — Angus Stickler, the journalist behind the disastrous Newsnight programme implicating Lord McAlpine with child sex abuse claims, has resigned from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
After rapid growth, ebook readers set for collapse with shipments plummeting 36% in 2012 — In 2011, dedicated ebook readers saw shipments of 23.2 million units, a number that now appears to have been the peak of the ebook reader market. By the end of 2012, sales are expected to fall a whopping 36 percent to 14.9 million units.
Keith Coffman / Reuters:
Lawyers for accused Colorado shooter to subpoena Fox News reporter — (Reuters) - An attorney for accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes said in court on Monday he will subpoena a Fox News reporter to reveal her source for a news story about the massacre, setting up a potential First Amendment showdown.
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Associated Press and Daily Mail
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
David Walsh ‘humbled’ by recognition of 13-year investigation into Lance Armstrong — David Walsh accepts the Journalist of the Year Award. Picture: JB Young Photography — David Walsh was given a rapturous reception at the first British Journalism Awards on Tuesday night as he picked …
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Media Week
Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
In Memoriam: The Karl Rove Fox News Prohibition (November 2012-December 2012) — Fox News's Karl Rove ban did not even last a month. Karl Rove's self-imposed ban on relevancy is going much better: four years and counting! — Just 34 days after his election night meltdown and 27 days since …
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Politico, The Huffington Post and Chickaboomer
Gerry Shih / Reuters:
Twitter launches photo color filters to battle Instagram, Facebook — (Reuters) - Twitter on Monday introduced the ability to add color filters to user-uploaded photos, a step that sharpened its budding rivalry with Facebook Inc. — Twitter's filters mimic the popular feature that has defined Instagram …
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Twitter Blog and Media Week
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Comcast adopts NBC peacock as part of new logo — Comcast has unveiled a new, but familiar, logo in the wake of its merger with NBC. The company's site now boasts a logo topped by the NBC peacock, previously used only for NBC-affiliated channels. The peacock is one of the best-known …
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Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.com
Jeff Wise / New York Times:
In Pursuit of McAfee, Media Are Part of Story — Late last month, the editor in chief of Vice magazine, Rocco Castoro, joined by a photographer, Robert King, managed to secure a plum exclusive: an invitation to travel along with the fugitive tech millionaire John McAfee.
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Detained John McAfee Sells Life Rights for Movie, TV
Detained John McAfee Sells Life Rights for Movie, TV
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New York Post, New York Magazine, WebProNews and Betabeat