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9:45 AM ET, February 12, 2013

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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Dish Chairman Ergen Doesn't Want To Kill Ads, He Wants To Make Them Better — Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is no stranger to controversy, so it should be no surprise that he has a controversial plan for the future of advertising. At the D: Dive Into Media conference today …

Discussion: AdAge, AllThingsD and paidContent

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Dish's Charlie Ergen: “I think people are cutting the cord” — Cord cutting is real, argued Charlie Ergen, Chairman and co-founder of Dish Network at All Things Digital's Dive into Media conference in Dana Point, California Wednesday. “think people are cutting the cord,” Ergen said …

Discussion: CNET, VentureBeat and The Verge

Jared Newman / TechHive:
Dish Network's Hopper with Sling now available, combines ad-skipping and streaming

Discussion: Broadcast, digitaltrends.com, PC Magazine, TWICE, about.dish.com/feeds … and Engadget

Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:

If newspapers are to survive, they must abandon the defensive crouch and take a proactive approach. — The quote jumped right out of the excellent new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. “If there's any business in the world that is built around the excuse …

Discussion: Journalism.org

Bert Kok / imgZine:

DNP: the first newspaper with personal subscriptions to journalists — Dutch based Digital Second and imgZine today announced the launch of an innovative newspaper app: DNP (De Nieuwe Pers). The app has an unique business model. It is the first newspaper in the world that allows personal subscriptions to journalists.

Eliza Gray / New Republic:

Roger Ailes' Border War Can the Fox News CEO make his network more Latino-friendly? — Roger Ailes is kvetching. “The president likes to divide people into groups,” he huffs into the phone. “He's too busy getting the middle class to hate rich people, blacks to hate whites.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, TVNewser, Erik Wemple, The Daily Beast, The Raw Story, Poynter, Prof Chris Daly's Blog and Mediaite

Dan Farber / CNET:

Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studio working on interactive TV — Studio chief Nancy Tellem wants to deliver “hit” programming, including live events, reality shows and scripted programs with an interactive twist. — DANA POINT, Calif.—Microsoft is the new Hollywood.

Discussion: AdAge, AllThingsD, GigaOM, Kotaku, TechCrunch, Adweek, VentureBeat, LiveSide.net, Polygon, GeekWire, The Next Web, Engadget and Softpedia News

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Inkling takes on Amazon, Apple with new e-book publishing tool — The startup, founded by a former Apple executive, also has allowed users to search via Google within titles made using its technology. — The launch of Amazon's first Kindle e-reader in 2007 upended the publishing industry.

Discussion: TechCrunch, paidContent, VentureBeat, Businessweek and Digital Book World

Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:

DreamWorks Animation to develop first Netflix original kids' show — In DreamWorks Animation's upcoming summer film “Turbo,” the movie's snail hero pursues the improbable dream of competing in the Indianapolis 500. (DreamWorks Animation) — DreamWorks Animation will create …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Bloomberg, USA Today, Reuters and The Next Web

A. H. Belo Corporation:

A. H. Belo Corporation Announces Full-Year 2012 and Fourth Quarter Net Income — DALLAS - A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) today reported full-year 2012 net income of $0.01 per share compared to a net loss of $0.51 per share in 2011. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company's net income …

Guardian:

Independent on Sunday editor exits as Lebedev papers go seven-day — Up to 20 job cuts as papers join multimedia operation that will include the Evening Standard and London Live TV station — The Independent on Sunday editor, John Mullin, is leaving the paper as the Lebedev titles move …

Discussion: @benfenton, @mediaguardian, @psmith, @joshhalliday, @kevin_maguire and Guido Fawkes

Telegraph:

100 people arrested for hacking and corruption — The arrest of a police officer has brought to 100 the number of people arrested by detectives investigating hacking and corrupt payments to public officials. — The 50-year-old serving officer was held this morning under Operation Elveden …

Discussion: BBC, Sky News, thisislocallondon.co.uk and Guardian

Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

Univision and Disney Give Details of Fusion, a Channel for Latinos — Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images — Univision's Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas interviewed President Obama in Coral Gables, Fla., during the campaign. — A new 24-hour news and entertainment channel has a name, Fusion.

Discussion: TVNewser and Broadcasting & Cable