Mediagazer: Sir David Normington lined up for press watchdog role (Lisa O'Carroll/Guardian)

10:00 AM ET, January 23, 2013

Top News:

As ESPN Debated, Manti Te'o Story Slipped Away — On Jan. 16, a fierce debate raged inside ESPN. Reporters for the network had been working for almost a week trying to nail down an extraordinary story: Manti Te'o's girlfriend — the one whose death from leukemia had haunted and inspired …

Discussion: Deadspin and Sports Illustrated

CBS News:
Diane O'Meara, woman in fake Manti Te'o girlfriend photo, speaks out

Discussion: Sports Illustrated

Reuters:

Thai magazine's former editor gets 10 years for insulting king — (Reuters) - A former Thai magazine editor was jailed for 10 years on Wednesday for insulting the royal family under the country's draconian lese-majeste law, a sentence that drew condemnation from international rights groups and the European Union.

Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:

Donald Trump Exploring Improbable Ways He Might Buy the New York Times — Donald Trump has spent a lot of time in the last year trying to make news, first with his birther obsession, and more recently demanding comedian Bill Maher pay him $5 million. (Maher offered the sum for proof Trump wasn't the …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Business Insider and 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: Garcia Media

Jim Romenesko:
New York Times redesigns its print-edition feature sections

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Immediacy of Digital Media Helps Drive Spending — I was tallying my spending of the last year, and much to my surprise, I spent $2,403 in one category. No, that wasn't on clothes. It wasn't on my most recent vacation, either. And it wasn't the total of all my parking tickets (though that did feel as if it came close).

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Sir David Normington lined up for press watchdog role — Lord Hunt says ex-Home Office permanent secretary will be tasked with ensuring independence of new regulatory body — Sir David Normington, one of the country's most senior former civil servants, is being lined up for a key role …

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

The story behind DIAL: How Netflix and YouTube want to take on AirPlay — Netflix and YouTube have teamed up to launch DIAL, a protocol that helps developers of second-screen apps to discover and launch applications on smart TVs and connected devices. The effort is already getting support …

Discussion: The Verge and Gizmodo

Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:

The story of the Times' most-read stories of 2012 — The New York Times, in defiance of a growing media trend, doesn't generally expose much about the size and character of its audience to the reading public. — It was only grudgingly that the Times even revealed its most popular online stories …

Jamillah Knowles / The Next Web:

Sky Go Extra launches to let you download movies and shows for offline viewing in the UK and Ireland — Sky has launched its latest subscription service for downloadable content that can be viewed offline in the UK and Ireland. Sky Go Extra provides content from channels including Sky 1 …

Discussion: Digital Spy, Telegraph, TechRadar.com and Pocket-lint

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Many Reuters editors, reporters won't recive raises in 2013 — Many Reuters editors and reporters will not receive any pay raises in 2013, according to a memo from human resources distributed on Tuesday. — The memo, obtained by Talking Biz News, says that all Reuters editorial staffers …

Discussion: The New York Observer

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Pew Study Suggests Libraries (And Print) Still Have A Future In An E-Book World — A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project looks at the future of libraries. The study, titled “Library services in the digital age,” doesn't include anything particularly shocking or revelatory …

Discussion: PandoDaily, Pew Internet and Media Decoder

Tristan Louis / Forbes:

You can't legally catch up TV online — Over the last few weeks, I looked at how blockbuster movies fared on online streaming services. Many mentioned that TV fares was a better way to measure this so this week, as I've done for the last few years, I'm looking into how the top 50 broadcast TV shows fared …

Discussion: Fortune

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Poised to Acquire Content Curation Site Snip.it (Updated) — Marissa Mayer's Yahoo is in the process of acquiring a startup to help its efforts to become a destination for content. — Yahoo is expected to announce this week that it has acquired Snip.it, a Pinterest-like site for article curation …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, WebProNews, AdExchanger, Business Insider, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Mashable!, CNET, Business Insider, VentureBeat and paidContent

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: mediabistro.com, TVNewser, The Wrap and The Huffington Post