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6:50 PM ET, January 22, 2013

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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: TVNewser, The Wrap and The Huffington Post

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

CNN's Zucker: ‘We Must Not Always Be Bound By What Has Come Before Us’ — CNN's new head honcho Jeff Zucker checked in with staff this morning at 9:05 a.m. with a quick memo: … New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Discussion: TVNewser, FishbowlNY, Mediaite and UnBeige

Jim Romenesko:

New York Times redesigns its print-edition feature sections — The redesigns of New York Times features sections begin today with the new look of “Science Times.” A Times release says: “The sections, created during the 1970's, have each been refreshed and updated repeatedly over the years …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

For The New York Times, redesigns happen in print, too — If you picked up a print copy of The New York Times today — you do remember print, right? where newspapers still make most of their money? — you would have seen a little note from the editor on the first page of the Science Times section:

Discussion: Cision

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.

Discussion: Journo2Go, Poynter, The Sherman Report and ndsmcobserver.com

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

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

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 …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Broadcasting & Cable, AdAge, The Wrap, True Blue LA, HardballTalk, CBSSports.com Sports News …, Baseball News Source and True Blue LA

Jim Romenesko:

Coming soon: A reality show about a community newspaper — NBC Peacock Productions — the company responsible for “The Brokaw Files,” “Secrets of Navy SEALS,” “Storm Stories” and other documentaries — is planning a “documentary-style reality show” about a small-town newspaper that's …

Discussion: The Rural Blog

Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

Al Jazeera Is Hiring — Looks like someone is hiring. Al Jazeera just posted a list of over 100 job openings on their website for the soon-to-launch new U.S.-based news channel. — At the beginning of the year, Al Jazeera Media Network announced that it had acquired Current TV …

Discussion: Politico, @riy, @dylanbyers, @chanders, @dkthomp and @sojournalista

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: MinOnline, Deadline.com and @ckrewson

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, Forbes, Gothamist, SocialTimes and Gannett Blog

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 and Kirk LaPointe's …

Tim Carmody / The Verge:

Memory to myth: tracing Aaron Swartz through the 21st century — To understand his contributions, we have to look beyond the headlines — I met Aaron Swartz in Cambridge shortly after he'd been indicted for downloading lots of JSTOR articles on MIT's network in 2011.

Discussion: AdAge

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

How Washingtonian lost its Beyoncé lip-synching scoop — Washingtonian magazine's Sophie Gilbert won't wait for a call back next time. Gilbert emailed the spokesperson for the Marine Corps Band Monday after determining the Marine Corps Band “wasn't actually playing during the song” …

Discussion: Washingtonian, The Times, Gawker and @erikwemple