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8:20 AM ET, January 2, 2013

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Simon McGarr / McGarr Solicitors:
2012: The year Irish newspapers tried to destroy the web  —  This is not a joke.  I have started with that clarification, because as you read this you will find yourself asking “Is this some kind of a joke?”  I thought I would be helpful and put the answer right up at the start, so you can refer back to it as often as you require.
Discussion: Guardian and @georgeprof
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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.
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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John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
China expels journalist after Wen revelations  —  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.  After 15 years in China, including 12 as a reporter …
Discussion: Guardian and Business Insider
Reuters:
Tribune, out of Chapter 11, set to begin makeover as TV company  —  (Reuters) - Tribune Co, which started by publishing the Chicago Tribune on a hand press in 1847, sees a future in broadcasting, one not likely to include the major newspapers that made it a force in the news business.
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Bill Maurer / Seeking Alpha:
Netflix Gives Reed Hastings Huge Raise: Why?  —  After the bell on Friday, Netflix (NFLX) announced that it was giving CEO Reed Hastings a huge raise.  Mr. Hastings will get a $2 million salary along with $2 million of compensation through stock options, the ultimate value of which depends on how Netflix's shares perform.
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Orange County Register Owner Aaron Kushner Defies Trend To Shrink Costs  —  SANTA ANA, Calif. — New and expanded sections to cover business, automobiles and food.  A nearly five-fold increase in community news pages and more investigative reporting.  Even daily color comics.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple's iBookstore Headed to Japan This Year  —  Apple is preparing to take a serious run at the Japanese e-book market.  The company is negotiating deals with a handful of Japanese publishers to supply a local version of its iBookstore with their e-book catalogs
Discussion: The Verge and Bookseller news
Patricia Sauthoff / Mediagazer News:
Mediagazer's biggest stories of 2012  —  It's always fun for journos to argue about which news story was the story of the year.  Of course, everyone has different criteria and therefore a different answer.  At Mediagazer we decided to look at the data and choose visually.
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Belgian media planning shared digital content passport  —  Fresh from apparently wrangling online content fees from Google last month, Belgian newspaper websites will, in 2013, launch an industry-wide platform to take back their readers.  —  Major Flemish- and French-language newspaper publishers …
Jon Evans / TechCrunch:
All Journalism Is Tech Journalism Now  —  I am about to commit an act of meta-journalism.  I'm sorry.  I hate meta-journalism.  I unfollowed GigaOm's Mathew Ingram (a fine writer) on Twitter some time ago because I could not muster any more interest in articles about articles and blog posts about blogging.
Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch's make-or-break venture: the new News Corp  —  As the octogenarian mogul marshals his ailing newspaper group, he faces the sternest test of his business acumen to date  —  In my world, one of the great sports of the New Year is going to be watching Rupert Murdoch de-hitch his newspapers from his entertainment companies.
Discussion: @tom_watson
 
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