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12:35 PM ET, January 25, 2013

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
New York Times' Pilhofer: 'There's a lot of institutional memory walking out the door'  —  The New York Times' round of buyouts that ended Thursday landed heavily on some of the organization's digital leaders: Jonathan Landman, who took charge of the paper's digital newsroom in 2005 …
Discussion: @joepompeo
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
New York Times editor to take 75,000 Twitter followers out the door with him  —  Jim Roberts, the assistant managing editor of the New York Times who has overseen many of the paper's digital initiatives, confirmed on Thursday that he would accept a buyout and leave the paper.
Michael Calderone / Huffington Post:
New York Times Buyouts Push Veteran Journalists To The Exits
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Jim Roberts takes buyout
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Why publishers should follow the Verge-HuffPost aggregation dustup  —  It might be hard to understand why staffers at tech site The Verge complained so loudly about a Huffington Post “linkout” that sent readers to a Verge feature.  After all, isn't the Web built on such selfless acts of curation?
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John Herrman / BuzzFeed:   Why Does Google Still Reward Content Scraping?
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
What digital magazines can learn from ebook publishers  —  A recent Wall Street Journal article by Keach Hagey takes a look at trends in digital magazine pricing and finds a number of publishers charging more for tablet editions than print.  As ad revenue declines, publishers are turning …
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John Paul Titlow / ReadWrite:   Why Magazines Are Using Digital To Boost Prices, Not Bolster Innovation
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Ex-Officer for C.I.A. Sentenced to 30 Months in Leak Case  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first Central Intelligence Agency officer to face prison for disclosing classified information, was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in prison by a judge at the federal courthouse here.
Discussion: Associated Press and BBC
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
For interested buyers looking at the numbers of Tribune newspapers, one bright spot will stand out: the price.  —  Soon, the next act of the Tribune newspaper agonies will play out.  That's agonies, as in a Biblical passion play.  The Tribune papers have endured a special kind of agony …
Discussion: LA Observed
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Variety Editorial Firings To Come In March  —  EXCLUSIVE: Variety Media's Chairman/CEO Jay Penske is planning editorial firings at the top-heavy trade in March.  He also is overseeing a redesign of Variety's website for March.  Penske laid off between 20 and 25 employees last November 15th …
Discussion: FishbowlNY, @lucas_shaw and FishbowlLA
Gail Shister / TVNewser:
What Kind of Anchorman Will Jake Tapper Be?  'They Don't Want Me to be Ron Burgundy'  —  Former ABC ace Jake Tapper, who debuted on CNN Tuesday, says that his being passed over — twice — as ‘This Week’ anchor was not the reason he left the network.  —  When ABC chose CNN's Christiane Amanpour …
Discussion: mediabistro.com
Digits:
Could Cord Cutters (and Lena Dunham Fans) One Day Get a Crack at HBO?  —  It's a cord-cutter's dream: the chance to get HBO without having to pay for the full television package.  Comments by HBO's new chief executive, Richard Plepler, on Thursday night suggest that while a standalone HBO broadband offering …
Jim Romenesko:
Boston Globe considers stand-alone digital subscription to Ideas section  —  A Romenesko reader sent the above screenshot of a Boston Globe survey.  The paper's Ideas section was launched in 2002.  Founding editor Alex Star described its mission this way in 2003: “The section is trying …
Henry McDonald / Guardian:
No prosecution in Martin O'Hagan murder case  —  Northern Ireland prosecutor says evidence of supergrass Neil Hyde is insufficient to secure conviction over journalist's murder  —  Prosecutors in Northern Ireland have dropped plans to use a loyalist supergrass for a case against the suspected killers …
Discussion: BBC
CNN:
Rachel Nichols Joins CNN and Turner Sports  —  Nichols Will Anchor New Weekend CNN Sports Program and Report for Turner Sports  —  Across Television and Digital Platforms  —  CNN and Turner Sports have hired veteran ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols, it was announced today by Jeff Zucker …
Discussion: From Inside the Box
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN to launch weekend sports program
Discussion: TVNewser
 
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Vincent Chang / CNET:
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Jim Romenesko:
Cox Media Group's new website dubbed a ‘conservative Huffington Post’
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