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New York Times:
Times Reporter in China Is Forced to Leave Over Visa Issue — BEIJING — A correspondent for The New York Times was forced to leave mainland China on Monday after the authorities declined to issue him a visa for 2013 by year's end. — Chris Buckley, a 45-year-old Australian who has worked …
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Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post and Daily Mail
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John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
China expels journalist after Wen revelations — John Garnaut is The Age and Sydney Morning Herald's China correspondent. — AN AUSTRALIAN journalist with The New York Times has been expelled from China in an apparent act of retaliation for a news report about the family wealth of the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao.
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Guardian and Business Insider
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
‘Journal News’ advertisers face boycott over gun map — The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association is calling for a nationwide boycott of the advertisers of the suburban New York newspaper that published online maps revealing names and addresses of people with pistol permits.
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Gannett Blog, nysrpa.org and The Huffington Post
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Noreen O'Donnell / Reuters:
Gun groups seek boycott of newspaper that named permit-holders — Gun-owner groups called on Monday for an advertising boycott of a suburban New York newspaper that is under fire for publishing the names and addresses of pistol permit-holders in New York City suburbs.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
New Tribune Board to Include Peter Liguori, Other Entertainment Veterans — Ex-News Corp. and Yahoo exec Ross Levinsohn and former Disney exec Peter Murphy will also join the board as the media company emerges from bankruptcy. — Former top executives of Hollywood conglomerates …
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Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Observed and New York Magazine
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Tribune Co. names News Corp-heavy board amid rumors of Murdoch buy — The Tribune Company has emerged from bankruptcy and named a new board of directors heavy on Hollywood-based News Corp types, fuelling speculation that Rupert Murdoch is moving closer to a bid for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix Goes Down: Company Says Only DVD Website Affected — Following its lengthy Christmas Eve outage, Netflix is again experiencing issues today, according to a message posted on the Netflix website, dozens of reports from users on Twitter, and other third-party website monitoring services.
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The Netflix Tech Blog, AllThingsD, downrightnow, CNET, Business Insider and ZDNet
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Among Top News Stories, a War Is Missing — Look closely at the end-of-the-year lists of 2012's top news stories. What's missing? The 11-year-old war in Afghanistan and American-led counterterrorism efforts around the world. — The Pew Research Center's weekly polling on the public's interest …
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Gawker
Associated Press:
Netflix CEO pay: Hastings' gets 100 percent raise — Netflix CEO pay will double after he took a 43 percent pay cut this past year for management missteps. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will be paid $4 million in salary and stock options for the coming year. — LOS ANGELES
Discussion:
Seeking Alpha
Associated Press:
German magazine mistakenly publishes Bush obituary — BERLIN (AP) — Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel mistakenly published an obituary Sunday for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, hours after a family spokesman said the 88-year-old was recovering from illness.
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New York Magazine, Gawker and Mediaite
Jon Slattery:
IFJ says governments and UN are failing to protect journalists and media staff after 121 killed in 2012 — The International Federation of Journalists has accused governments and the UN of failing to protect journalists - after 2012 proved one of the bloodiest years for journalists and media staff …
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Guardian
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Touch Publishing Platform Onswipe Now Reaching 10M Monthly Active Users On iOS — Onswipe, a startup that helps publishers build websites optimized for iPads and other touchscreen devices, is closing out what sounds like a big year. Content published through the Onswipe platform reached …