Mediagazer: Meet Ethan Sattler, 13 Years Old, White House Reporter (Danny Yadron/Wall Street Journal)

Lionel Barber's email to FT staff outlining digital-first strategy — Editor's email to staff outlines detailed proposals for reshaping the paper for the digital age — In my New Year message, I said 2013 would test our resolve to move further and faster to support top quality journalism in a rapidly changing media landscape.

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

The Financial Times to axe staff in digital shift — The Financial Times is to axe 35 jobs as part of plans to make “a big cultural shift” from a traditional print news organisation to a digitally focused “networked business” in a bid to compete with social networks and information-gathering services like Google.

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Financial Times editor announces digital-first strategy — Lionel Barber to cut 35 jobs in ‘big cultural shift’ for business daily — The Financial Times editor, Lionel Barber, has announced plans to move the title to a digital-first strategy in a move he described as a “big cultural shift” for the business daily, and cut 35 jobs.

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Hail the independent directors of The Times for living up to their remit

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian: NI chief to hold meeting with Times directors over new editors

Julie Moos / Poynter:

Inauguration front pages combine Obama's second term, Martin Luther King Jr. legacy — President Obama's inauguration on Monday, January 21, 2013 coincides with the federal holiday celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Many inauguration front pages combined the two.

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Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:

Meet Ethan Sattler, 13 Years Old, White House Reporter — Perhaps no reporter faced more scrutiny from guards at the White House gate Monday morning than Ethan Sattler. — Mr. Sattler, 13 years old, does not have a driver's license. His Virginia child ID card lists his height at 4 feet 3 inches …

Jim Romenesko:

Sinclair Broadcasting ‘owns’ social media accounts of its on-air talent — WHAM-TV (Rochester, NY) reporter Rachel Barnhart tells her followers that Sinclair Broadcasting, which recently acquired WHAM, has a policy of “owning” the social media accounts of its on-air talent.

Noam Cohen / New York Times:

How M.I.T. Ensnared a Hacker, Bucking a Freewheeling Culture — In the early days of 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology learned that it had an intruder. Worse, it believed the intruder had been there before. — Months earlier, the mysterious visitor had used …

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Leslie Kaufman / Media Decoder:

An App to Sift Through Books — How do you find out what books friends and family are reading and loving? — One answer is a conversation face to face — but that is so old-fashioned. Another is to join social media sites devoted to books, like Goodreads.com or Shelfari.com — but that takes time and commitment.

Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:

Washington Post launches social trending feature — The Post Pulse feature gives 15 minute updates on the latest stories receiving ‘the most traction’ on social media — Copyright: dionhinchcliffe on Flickr. Some rights reserved. — The Washington Post has launched a new social trending feature …

Gina Hall / L.A. Biz:

Dish takes shot at CBS in new ad for Hopper — Some see controversy, others see marketing opportunity. The recent scandal over Dish Network being denied the Best of CES award has yielded a unique advertising concept for the company, which involves calling out the apparent bad guy in the situation, CBS.

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Myspace Is Accused of Using Music Without Permission — Last week, Justin Timberlake's new song, “Suit & Tie,” did double promotional duty. Not only was it a teaser for Mr. Timberlake's latest album, but it also served as an introduction for a revamped version of Myspace, the once-mighty social network and music site.

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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Google vs. the press: avoiding the lose-lose scenario — Google and the French press have been negotiating for almost three months now. If there is no agreement within ten days, the government is determined to intervene and pass a law instead. This would mean serious damage for both parties.

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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:

A Young Publisher Takes Marx Into the Mainstream — When Bhaskar Sunkara was growing up in Westchester County, he likes to say, he dreamed of being a professional basketball player. — But the height gods, among others, didn't smile in his favor. So in 2009, during a medical leave …