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3:35 AM ET, January 11, 2013

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John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Every Tech Journalist's Worst Nightmare — At 4:05 PM on Wednesday, Dish Networks notified its Twitter followers that it had been chosen as a finalist for CNET's “Best of CES” awards for its new DVR product. This was not a surprise — the Hopper was given a best-of award by nearly every publication …

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Dish Recorder Snubbed for CNET Award Over CBS Legal Scuffle

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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

Why Amazon Won't Give You Free Digital Copies of Your Movies and Books — Amazon announced Thursday morning that any customer who purchases a CD will receive a free digital copy of that album. The offer is valid not only on present and future purchases, but on any one of 50,000 CDs purchased from the retailer since 1998.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon's “AutoRip” Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On Amazon …

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Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider: Amazon Should AutoRip All The Books You've Bought To Your Kindle

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:

A.J. Daulerio Out As Gawker Editor; John Cook to Step Up — Gawker editor-in-chief A.J. Daulerio will no longer run the site after a year on the job, Daily Intelligencer has learned. Daulerio jumped across the Gawker Media network from Deadspin and took over for Remy Stern at the start of 2012.

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Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!:

Redditors Accuse BuzzFeed of Photo Theft — Alex Fitzpatrick2013-01-10 17:38:15 UTC — A thread at the top of Reddit's most popular photography group, r/photography, accuses BuzzFeed of “stealing people's long exposure pics ... without any permission” for a sponsored post advertising a camera on the site.

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

Homicide Tracking Site Expanding to Chicago — Homicide Watch, the Washington, D.C., Web site that tracks murders, has found another crime-ridden city to cover. — The Chicago Sun-Times is partnering with Homicide Watch's co-founders, Laura and Chris Amico, to launch a Chicago edition.

Matt Yoder / Awful Announcing:

CNN moves forward with Bleacher Report replacing Sports Illustrated — One of the most widely discussed recent events in the online realm has been Turner's acquisition of Bleacher Report. The marriage of a mainstream company with a decidedly new school (and yes, certainly polarizing) …

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Newseum says it laid off 16 — The Newseum says it “eliminated 16 positions” this week. — The Gannett blog reported the Freedom Forum, which funds the Newseum, “laid off 20% of approximately 150 employees at the Washington museum and other programs financed by the foundation”:

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Jim Hopkins / Gannett Blog:
Freedom Forum paid new CEO Duff $1.6M in 2011, documents show, amid signs of more fiscal distress

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Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

As Grantland Grows Up, It Looks to New York Magazine as a Model — Sees to Create Successful Blog Brands Such as Vulture, Daily Intel — No one knew what quite to expect in June 2011 when ESPN introduced Grantland.com, a sports and pop culture website helmed by Bill Simmons, ESPN's longtime “Sports Guy” columnist.

Michael Meyer / CJR:

Unfinished business — A new biography of photojournalist Tim Hetherington reflects on a too-short career — In recent years, as the American public has grown exhausted by news of war, it has become ever more fascinated by war photographers. When the photojournalists Tim Hetherington …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Beats' New Music Subscription Service Gets a New Boss: Topspin's Ian Rogers — There are a ton of digital music services out there, with more on the way. — So how will Beats Electronics, the headphone maker, stand out when it rolls out its own version this year? — The company won't spell that out quite yet.

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Time Inc. Prepares for Layoffs — Time Inc. staff are on eggshells as they await news of layoffs and smaller bonuses than in years past as the company faces declining revenue. — CEO Laura Lang, in a memo yesterday, has already told employees she would eliminate the usual 3 percent merit increase …

Discussion: New York Post

Jim Romenesko:

New York Times received 1,644 applications for 13 summer intern positions — After posting the Oregonian's summer internship rejection letter, which noted that the paper received nearly 200 applications, I wondered about the numbers from other newspapers and fired off some emails. Here's what came back:

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Mathew Ingram / paidContent:

Henry Blodget isn't telling us the most important thing about Business Insider — Business Insider founder Henry Blodget has pulled aside the curtain — or the kimono, as he likes to call it — to tell us all about how well the site is doing, courtesy of a presentation he put together for Folio magazine.

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Chicago Business Journal:

Warrant issued for former Tribune executive … Stephanie Pater missed a second scheduled court appearance in as many weeks, and so a warrant has been issued for her arrest, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. — The Tribune said Pater sent an email to an official at the court saying …