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1:45 AM ET, December 30, 2012

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Noreen O'Donnell / Reuters:
New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar  —  (Reuters) - A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals.
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Where The Journal News went wrong in publishing names, addresses of gun owners
David Zurawik / Daily Download:
Chelsea Clinton, Still NBC's Pretend Journalist  —  I know there are questions on my beat larger and more pressing than who's worse as a TV journalist, Chelsea Clinton or Jenna Bush Hager, the presidentially-connected, pretend correspondents at NBC News.  —  But I continue to be fascinated …
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
How a bogus claim about Instagram losing users made Facebook's stock drop nearly 3%  —  Facebook's stock dropped 2.9% in its first minutes of trading this morning.  Investors were likely responding to a report in the New York Post that Instagram, the photo-sharing that Facebook acquired this year …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Hulu's Employee Owners Are Just Employees Again, Which Means Some May Be Ex-Employees Soon  —  Hulu's employees used to be owners, too.  But those days are over, so they're going to have to be happy with a paycheck and some bonuses.  —  That's the upshot of a new long-term incentive plan I'm told the video site is prepping.
Discussion: Betabeat
Chris Richards / Washington Post:
Arthur magazine, a counterculture favorite, returns to print  —  When the aughties weren't horrifying, they were tough.  Wars raged, SARS spiked, economies crumbled and America decided that its pop singers would be elected to fame via reality television, which, while pseudo-democratic, remains humiliating for all parties involved.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Newspaper on Cape Cod Apologizes for a Veteran Reporter's Fabrications  —  HYANNIS, Mass. — When an editor at The Cape Cod Times was reading the newspaper last month, she thought an article about the Veterans Day parade from the day before seemed slightly off.
Discussion: @penenberg and @bobbymacreports
Matthew Roth / Wikimedia blog:
Wikimedia Foundation raises $25 million in record time during 2012 fundraiser  —  The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce the successful completion of our ninth annual fundraising campaign in record time.  Wikipedia readers donated $25 million and once again affirmed the value …
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Suddenly, Samsung And Others Are Trying To Make An Apple TV Before Apple Can  —  Three years ago, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a keynote presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show where he showed off a Slate PC, the company's interpretation of a modern-day tablet.
Discussion: Agence France Presse
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Mat Honan / Wired:
No One Uses Smart TV Internet Because It Sucks
Discussion: Softpedia News and TVSpy
Robert Mendick / Telegraph:
Former Times editor William Rees-Mogg dies  —  Lord Rees-Mogg, one of the most influential figures in journalism over the past half a century, has died at the age of 84.  —  Lord Rees-Mogg  —  William Rees-Mogg was a former editor of The Times and a one of the most well-regarded columnists for a generation.
Discussion: The Times and Spectator
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Pearson buys $89.5m Nook stake to secure book distribution  —  Talk about vertical integration.  Pearson is taking a five percent stake in newly-reconfigured ebook device and retail brand Nook Media in order to gain favourable distribution for its education books.
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
‘Snow Fall’ Tells a Story About an Avalanche and a Newspaper's Digital Progress  —  With its spectacular graphics and photography, and its beautifully written narrative, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek” was a compelling project, even for those who might not have been particularly interested in the topic.
Jim Romenesko:
Patch editors say staff and budgets are being cut in 2013  —  I asked Patch staffers Thursday to comment on a report that editors are being given more communities to cover and freelance budgets are being cut in 2013.  Here are two responses that came in:  —  From a Patch editor:
Discussion: BostInno
 
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Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
How looking beyond UK may save British newspapers
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
News Corp buys regional sports channel in Ohio
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Bloomberg
Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Talking about paywalls without talking about tablets is just wrong
The Huffington Post:
Myanmar To Allow Daily Private Newspapers
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Orange County Register Owner Eyes Tribune Papers
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
The music industry dropped DRM years ago. So why does it persist on e-books?
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
In Boost to U.S. Plans, BBC World News Is Added to Time Warner Cable