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9:40 AM ET, January 4, 2013

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Gore Went to Bat for Al Jazeera, and Himself  —  Al Gore at the Current TV studios in San Francisco in 2005.  He said Al Jazeera's coverage was “thorough, fair and informative.”  —  Al Gore's Current TV was never popular with viewers, but it was a hit where it counted: with cable and satellite providers.
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Time Warner Cable Says It Will Keep ‘Open Mind’ on Reinstating Al Jazeera  —  Time Warner Cable minced no words when it announced on Wednesday night that it was dropping Current TV, just hours after Al Jazeera acquired the channel.  “Our agreement with Current has been terminated …
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
Why Al Jazeera buying Current is a good thing for media, country  —  Forget the vapid personality chatter about Al Gore and Glenn Beck  —  I don't care if Al Gore got more money than he ever deserved for his pathetic channel, or Glenn Beck got the short end of the stick in trying to buy …
Reuters:
Al Jazeera's new channel struggles for U.S. distribution  —  (Reuters) - Al Jazeera's announced plans to establish a new U.S. cable news channel via the purchase of Current TV isn't even 48 hours old and already it finds itself in a vicious battle to retain distribution rights.
Discussion: PandoDaily
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
New Cable Channels Keep Coming Despite Content-Cost Crackdown
Discussion: Globe and Mail
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:   Questions Linger for Hosts After Sale of Current TV
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Al Jazeera will face hurdles to succeeding with Current TV
Discussion: @rafat and ABCNEWS
Associated Press:
China says New York Times reporter was not expelled, says his visa application was incomplete  —  BEIJING — The Chinese government said Friday that it did not expel a New York Times reporter who had to leave mainland China this week after he failed to obtain new press credentials.
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Associated Press:
Journalists confront China censors over editorial  —  BEIJING (AP) — In a rare move, some Chinese journalists are openly confronting a top censor after a southern newspaper known for its edgy reporting was forced to change a New Year editorial calling for political reform into a tribute praising the Communist Party.
Discussion: Big News Network.com
Evan Osnos / The New Yorker Blog:
China, the American Press, and the State Department
Discussion: TechCrunch and China Law & Policy
Ann Friedman:
Journalism Is Personal  —  You probably read this post at Gawker, in which Hamilton Nolan aims to put the fear of Cronkite into the aspiring Thought Catalog contributors of America.  You probably also read that Andrew Sullivan is striking out on his own, hoping his readers will pony …
Discussion: PSFK and Guardian
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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:
Why Tumblr and Buzzfeed are on a collision course in 2013  —  The decline and fall of traditional media empires is one side of the ongoing turmoil within the industry, but the other side is the rise of disruptive new players, and two of the most prominent names in that category are BuzzFeed and Tumblr.
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Patrick Smith / TheMediaBriefing:
Cats, politics, $46 million in funding and a UK launch: It's time to start taking Buzzfeed seriously
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed Is Now Valued At ~$200 Million, But Investors Think It Has Billion-Dollar Potential
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Digital Cracks 50% of Ad Revenue at Wired Magazine  —  First for the Title Is an Encouraging Sign for the Industry  —  Digital contributed half of all ad revenue at Wired magazine in the final three months of 2012, a first for the title and an encouraging sign for an industry …
Discussion: eMedia Vitals and Business Insider
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Down And Out: Spotify Halts Its Music Download Service In Europe, But How Many Were Using It Anyway?  [Updated]  —  Spotify has made a mark in the music business with its hugely popular music streaming service, now with 20 million subscribers, 5 million of which pay monthly for it.
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Press and broadcast coalition warns against changes to contempt law  —  National papers and broadcasters oppose law change that could see courts given power to order removal of archive web stories  —  A coalition of national newspapers and broadcasters are to warn against possible changes …
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:
Legimi Wants To Be The ‘Spotify For Ebooks’ With A Business Model That Relies On You Reading Less  —  Legimi is definitely a startup I'll be watching closely in 2013.  Put simply, it aims to be the ‘Spotify for ebooks,’ in which for a monthly subscription, users get access to a potentially infinite library …
 
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Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The first stirrings of Rupert Murdoch's new company, nickname: ‘PubCo’
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Erik Wemple:
Fox News producer was scolded by State Department
Discussion: Mediaite, Politicker and New York Times
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Michele Norris to Return to NPR in New Role
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