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7:50 AM ET, January 31, 2013

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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months  —  SAN FRANCISCO — For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees.
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Adam Martin / New York Magazine:
Chinese Hackers Stole Every New York Times Employee's Password  —  On Wednesday night, after enduring four months of hacking, the New York Times finally reported its computer network had been infiltrated and that it had ousted its attackers, who it linked to the Chinese military.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BSkyB to Offer Sky Sports Channels Online-Only for $15.80 Per Day  —  CEO Jeremy Darroch says that the planned offer targets people who don't subscribe to the company's pay TV service and is priced to avoid cord cutting.  —  LONDON - U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB said Thursday …
BuzzFeed:
Al Jazeera America Has Received More Than 8,000 Applications  —  Lots of competition for just 160 positions.  —  Within 24 hours of posting openings for the majority of their new positions, Al Jazeera America received 5000 applications for open positions, a number that has grown to 8,063 …
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Nikolas Kozloff / The Huffington Post:   Al Jazeera America: Time for a New Cable Model?
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Time Inc. Cuts Some 500 Jobs, Biggest Layoffs in Years  —  Storied Publisher Resumes Reductions to Employee Rolls  —  Time Inc., the publisher of magazines including Time and Sports Illustrated, has begun eliminating about 6% of its head count — nearly 500 jobs — in the biggest round of cuts at the company since 2008.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Ring accused of burglarizing the homes of Times subscribers  —  Three men have been arrested on suspicion of burglarizing the homes of Los Angeles Times newspaper subscribers while they were on vacation, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Afghan Media Faces Uncertain Future As U.S. Withdraws  —  Danish Karokhel, like all Afghan journalists, couldn't report freely during Taliban rule in the 1990s.  The Islamic fundamentalist regime allowed only a single, state-run outlet, Radio Sharia, on the air.
Jim Romenesko:
SPJ kills print edition of conference newspaper  —  Buried in the Society of Professional Journalists president's winter meeting notes is news that SPJ will no longer produce a print version of its Working Press newspaper at SPJ's annual conference. … SPJ will still offer …
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Peter Schorsch / SaintPetersBlog:
Poynter Institute reports a $3.8 million annual loss for 2011; a significant drop from year before  —  In November of 2012, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies hired Christine Martin to head its new foundation and to increase philanthropic support for the institute.
Susan Currie Sivek / MediaShift:
Just Read It: Magazine Publishers Push Minimalist Apps Without Fluff  —  “Internet Users Demand Less Interactivity,” read the headline of a recent article at The Onion.  A (fictional) Internet user commented: “Every time I type a web address into my browser, I don't need to be taken to a fully immersive …
 
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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Guardian CEO Andrew Miller on paywalls, mobile, and going global
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
After Scientology Debacle, The Atlantic Tightens Native Ad Guidelines
Jim Romenesko:
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The Huffington Post:
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David Holmes / PandoDaily:
Washington Post's Truth Teller and the future of robots doing journalism
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Amazon Makes Murmurs About Its Video Business
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