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8:55 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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Katherine Bagley / InsideClimate News:
New York Times Dismantles Its Environment Desk  —  Times says demise of the nine-person team, created in 2009, won't affect climate coverage.  —  The New York Times will close its environment desk in the next few weeks and assign its seven reporters and two editors to other departments.
Discussion: Poynter
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
The New York Times' Plan to Save the Banner Ad  —  Like many publications, The New York Times has a banner ad problem.  The problem is this: the Web is littered with banners and new computer-driven methods of buying discrete audiences is putting even further pressure on the display ad market.
Discussion: eMedia Vitals, Thanks:@steverubel
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.
Cyndi Stivers / CJR:
Huey, Luce, and the news  —  At year-end, Time Inc. editor in chief John Huey quietly announced plans to head to a fellowship at Harvard after an 11-year run (six in the top job) on the Mount Olympus of magazine journalism.  On his way up, he ran Fortune, coauthored Sam Walton's autobiography …
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.
Discussion: paidContent
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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.
Guardian:
Jimmy Savile abused children at 14 hospitals across six decades - report  —  Savile's offending footprint was vast, predatory and opportunistic as he ‘groomed the nation’, say Met police  —  Jimmy Savile abused children across six decades at 14 hospitals including Great Ormond Street …
Discussion: cps.gov.uk and New York Times
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.
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Tim Carmody / The Verge:
Better than Nielsen: Twitter breaks down TV behavior by demographics, device, and genre  —  UK statistics show that tweeting about ‘Homeland’ is not like tweeting about ‘Downton Abbey’ or ‘X Factor’  —  Twitter has released a twenty-page booklet for advertisers on trends in television viewing and Twitter use in the UK.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
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.
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Sara Morrison / CJR:
Maura Johnston's new song  —  The former Village Voice music editor is back with a magazine app  —  After Maura Johnston was let go from the Village Voice in September, she decided that, after six years as a full-time writer, it was time to “prove myself on a grand scale.”
Associated Press:
Censorship Row Shows China's Tight Grip On Media  —  GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media.  That's the lesson of a dustup involving an influential newspaper whose staff briefly rebelled against especially heavy-handed censorship.
Discussion: New York Times
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”:
Discussion: Gannett Blog
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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
Discussion: The Newspaper Guild
 
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