Mediagazer: Barbara Walters recovering, home soon (Dylan Byers/Politico)

11:35 AM ET, January 22, 2013

Top News:

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

As Zucker Starts at CNN, a Familiar (and Deep) Voice Is Heard — For a channel that needs to find its voice, this was a distinctive way to start. — Fans of CNN may have noticed over the weekend that James Earl Jones's voice is back, proclaiming “This is CNN” in his authoritative baritone.

Discussion: Politico

Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:

Pulitzer Prize-winners discuss Manti Te'o — I asked a pair of recent Pulitzer Prize winners, Ken Armstrong of the Seattle Times and Amy Nutt of the Newark Star-Ledger — both have extensive experience covering sports — for their thoughts on the Manti Te'o story.

Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:
Inside the Te'o story

Discussion: Poynter, Speakeasy, Daily Download, Fox News and Globe and Mail

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

William Hearst Named Chairman of Hearst Corporation — William Hearst III has been named the new chairman of Hearst Corporation. Hearst has been a director of the company for over 30 years and is a trustee of the Hearst Family Trust. Hearst succeeds the late George Hearst Jr. as chairman.

Discussion: Deadline.com and @ckrewson

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Barbara Walters recovering, home soon — ABC sends word that Barbara Walters is recovering from her inauguration weekend fall and is expected to be released from the hospital soon. — The 83-year-old Walters fell on a stair Saturday at the residence of the British Ambassador here in Washington …

Discussion: TVNewser, ABC News and USA Today

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Some news orgs' social media policies are on shaky legal ground — If your social media policy prevents employees from saying anything bad about the company, it might be going too far. — The National Labor Relations Board has weighed in on several cases where employees lost their jobs …

Discussion: New York Times and The Newspaper Guild

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Amazon developing ‘Zombieland’ series as part of push into original programming — Amazon may be lagging behind Netflix when it comes to delivering original programming to users, but the company just scooped up a fairly recognizable brand in Zombieland. A TV series set in the same zombie-filled universe …

Discussion: broadcastnow.co.uk, Mashable!, io9, Complex.com and WebProNews

Bloomberg:

Time Warner Cable Said to Win Right to Carry L.A. Dodgers Games — Time Warner Cable Inc. has struck a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers to broadcast the Major League Baseball team's games, according to two people familiar with the situation. An announcement of the deal is imminent …

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times: Dodgers TV deal could mean another sports channel for Los Angeles

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

Sun defence editor Virginia Wheeler charged over alleged payments to police — The Sun's defence editor Virginia Wheeler has been charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office along with a former officer from the Metropolitan Police. — The Crown Prosecution Service …

Discussion: Sky News, Bloomberg, The Independent, BBC and Guardian

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Report: Google made €50 million copyright offer, French publishers want €100 million — Google proposed an annual €50 million payment to news publishers to resolve a long-simmering copyright dispute, but the publishers decided to hold out for more, according to a report Friday in Le Monde.

Discussion: Softpedia News, ZDNet, CNET, The Verge and The Next Web

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Swarming a Book Online — Reviews on Amazon are becoming attack weapons, intended to sink new books as soon as they are published. — In the biggest, most overt and most successful of these campaigns, a group of Michael Jackson fans used Facebook and Twitter to solicit negative reviews of a new biography of the singer.

Discussion: New Yorker and GeekWire

Guardian:

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.

Discussion: TheMediaBriefing, ZDNet, The Wall Blog, Crikey, Talking Biz News, NetNewsCheck Latest and paidContent

Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Financial Times editor announces digital-first strategy

Discussion: mediabistro.com, Mashable! and Crikey

Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
The Financial Times to axe staff in digital shift

Discussion: Reuters, Politico and Guardian

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch in London to meet Times independent directors — News Corp chief may lead meeting over appointment of John Witherow and Martin Ivens as Times and Sunday Times editors — Rupert Murdoch has flown into London and is expected to hold a summit with the independent directors …

Discussion: Deadline.com and Guardian

Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:

Kennedy: No Papers Getting It Right In Digital — Dan Kennedy, veteran media critic and assistant professor at Northeastern University's School of Journalism, says newspapers are falling short when it comes to digital, with many hampered by clumsy paywalls and too much debt on their books.

Discussion: Media Nation

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.